Do the police return found items to you that youve turned into them after 90 days?

[Fletch88]

Do the police return found items to you that you've turned into them after 90...

Tom, I was mainly writing about swim holes and beaches. I do not have a wife, but if I had one, I could not afford to purchased that expenses ring. If I had a wife with a expense ring, I tell her not to wear it in parks and swim holes and beaches, because if she did lost the ring, she be my ex-wife. Many times on the Milford, Connecticut beaches, women asked to me find their jewel and when I do, I do not accept rewards, but, advice them to leave their jewels home. I stand by my above comments. # 76.
To answer Tom question. Finders keepers, loser weepers. If people are too stupid to wear expenses jewels and carry coins and lose them in parks and beaches, then us hard working detectors can find what we find to pay for our detectors and other expense, and to support our families.
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Tom, one other thing, you did not think this problem through, no wife would leave the park until the husband or family member or friend came with a detector and find the ring.

Don't advise them to leave jewelry at home have you ever heard of Pinterest and Facebook! She'll spread that reminder to 30,000 soccer moms/ grandmas in 2 hours!
I hunt/find things for people anytime they ask for free if it's local and on land. I drove 2 hours to scuba dive in a black pond where a wedding ring was dropped through a dock during the wedding ceremony in February and only accepted gas/food money. Point is I didn't want you to think I won't help people find stuff when they ask, but I don't want to walk down the beach with a big sign saying "be sure to remove all jewelry and leave in safe place while swimming etc"
I had an older gentleman ask me on the beach what I was looking for and I replied mostly clad and jewelry. He said why jewelry my rings don't come off so I think you are wasting your time. Essentially telling me he didn't believe others lost there jewelry either. I politely nodded and went on my way!

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

It go to say if it's has any value you might as well kiss it good by.

And while that may seem dastardly, yet what have you lost? How have you been harmed? It was never yours to begin with. You only found it. So in their mind, to " blow you off" might seem innocuous.

 

[Honest Samuel]

In your life time, while detecting, you will meet fools and bullies. If you have no safe nor good hiding places, place your coins and paper money in a bank safety box. Good hunting and good luck.

 

[Honest Samuel]

While walking to a bank, I had found a wallet with many credit cards. I should had contact the owner, and get a reward. But, instead, I gave the wallet to a bank clerk, who I am sure contact the owner.

 

[cudamark]

While walking to a bank, I had found a wallet with many credit cards. I should had contact the owner, and get a reward. But, instead, I gave the wallet to a bank clerk, who I am sure contact the owner.

You're more sure than I would have been......

 

[freepistol]

And while that may seem dastardly, yet what have you lost? How have you been harmed? It was never yours to begin with. You only found it. So in their mind, to " blow you off" might seem innocuous.

It wasn't yours to begin with, true, but now there is an investment of time and work in the recovery as well as time and travel expenses to return it. My feeling is that the detectorist has a claim based on expenses and an hourly rate for the search. Isn't that payment for the lost item as valid as the monetary payment of the initial purchase?

It is different type of a claim than someone would have if the item was found lying on the sidewalk.

 

[cudamark]

Legally, I doubt there is a difference between the two scenarios. You weren't hired to find the lost item, you volunteered to do it.

 

[4570govt]

Buddy I work with found a kimber 1911 model handgun in the case during a eagle river Alaska highway clean up last summer and now he can't contact the Poc officer in charge of the weapon to find out its status... Weird how that works with a $1200 gun. Guess she liked it.

 

[cudamark]

Buddy I work with found a kimber 1911 model handgun in the case during a eagle river Alaska highway clean up last summer and now he can't contact the Poc officer in charge of the weapon to find out its status... Weird how that works with a $1200 gun. Guess she liked it.

And that's an item with a serial number, which, presumably can be traced! You can imagine what happens to valuable jewelry with no such I.D.

 

[USERNAME IS VALID]

I always try my hardest to find the owner of something valuable. I've noticed that a lot of people don't care, I just know that if I lose something valuable I hope someone would return the favor. I found and returned 5 wallets one year with a total of $1,900 in them, an iPhone the first month they came out, a couple wedding rings…….all that stuff would not change my life but giving it back to bummed out people sure made me happy. One guy especially, lost his wedding ring in Tahoe in the snow on his honeymoon, I found it and got it back to him in Texas a couple months later.

 

[Honest Samuel]

Yes, if we find wallets with IDs, or any other items, yes, we should try to find the owners. But, our reasons to be treasure hunters, is to find lost coins, jewel, and other items that are worth money. I agree with # 86. Re-read # 76, # 79. # 83, # 84. Good hunting and good luck.

 

[cudamark]

Yes, if we find wallets with IDs, or any other items, yes, we should try to find the owners. But, our reasons to be treasure hunters, is to find lost coins, jewel, and other items that are worth money. I agree with # 86. Re-read # 76, # 79. # 83, # 84. Good hunting and good luck.

What's the difference between finding a wallet that can be identified and a ring that can be identified? In my book, if ANYTHING I find can be positively identified, it gets returned. That's the way I'd want to be treated if I lost something.

 

[Honest Samuel]

cudamark and I believe in the Golden Rule, and I agree with # 92.