Early Morning Eyeball Find In the Street

[GopherDaGold]

I took a detour through the golden arches for some sausage McGriddles yesterday on my way to work. As I approached a busy intersection, I spotted a large black box about fifty yards out in the middle of the street. I was at a red light and had no choice but to sit there and watch as dozens of people drove right by it. Finally the light turned green and it was my turn. I cruised across the intersection and pulled over to the shoulder.
I could see right away it was a molded plastic tool box as as I got closer. I quickly found the handle and yanked the box off the pavement and hurried back to my car with purpose. It felt heavy and I heard something rattle around inside. When I flipped it over on the back seat of my car I saw the familiar butterscotch colored 'DeWalt' in big letters and my heart skipped a beat! My favorite power tools are DeWalt and I'm a huge fan of #17 Matt Kenseth.
Knowing I was on a busy stretch of road and possibly being looked at, I threw caution to the wind then threw open the lid. Inside was this DW364 7 1/4" circular saw with electric brake. These saws run $160.00 at Lowes so I was amazed that someone would let this jewel slide off of his work truck.
While at work I called the local police to report the find and leave my info. After work I put an ad in the craigslist lost and found section.
I hope to return it to it's owner but not looking good so far.

 

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[KOOTNEY KID]

Good on you buddy,hopefully youll get a reward if someone comes forward.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I am happy to see that you are looking for its rightful owner. Anytime I find jewelry I first post it on craigslist. Even if it is 50 years old, I hope to reunite it with its owner.

I vote honorable mention on this!

 

[GopherDaGold]

It would have to be re-united with it's owner and some pics taken to qualify, but thanks

 

[freddy williams]

When most contractors loose something they just write it off because there are not to many honest people like us I once found a new concrete saw and the only person out my way puts in culverts so I dropped by one day talking about doing some concrete. He said he had a saw I could use to cut it and went to get it but it was gone. He looked like he seen a ghost. I played it out for a couple more seconds and said I have one you can use I just found this morning he tripped when he seen it and he did give me 50.00 for returning it, my guess is they might be 6 to 7 hundred new. I told him I didn't want the money but he insisted so who was I to turn it down again. Good luck with your quest. HH

 

[HCW]

I'm a contractor by trade and keep most of my hand tools in hoer buckets with something called BUCKETBOSSes in the buckets. I had all 3 lined up on the back of the bed of the truck and left for work. When I got there I found I left tailgate down and all 3 were gone. I got back in the truck and retraced my route. Sure enough, I found all three buckets with all my tools sitting neatly on the side of the road next to a stop sign. Someone was nice enough to get out of their car, pick up MY tools and leave them there knowing I would be back for them and knowing that these were my livelyhood.
Stupid of me/ nice of them. I try to remember to put the tailgate up from now on but sometimes I still forget. I do keep a sheet of 3/4" plywood in the bed now though. It seems to grip what ever is sitting on it.
Anyway, what goes around comes around. I've stopped and picked things up for others and done the same thing.

 

[hwking01]

BONUS

 

[crazyjarhead]

I see things all over this country dropped on the freeways and roads of america. Saw a few good ladders but didn't want to risk my life over a ladder

 

[mlayers]

Nice find. I once found a 30 ft chain in the roadway. It has been helpful pulling cars to different places.....Matt

 

[treasurefiend]

Great find, nothing like gettin free tools!!!

 

[liftloop]

Carma

 

[GopherDaGold]

That saw find pales in comparison to the luck I had a couple years back.
I was at my favorite lake and was sharing small talk with a fellow angler who was also there. We went our separate ways but later I had noticed that a van load of teens had pulled up and from where I was, it looked like the guy had gotten a bit intimidated by them as it appeared the kids weren't there to fish.

They weren't really bothering the guy but from across the lake I could see the guy going back to his car and walked right past his two fully loaded nylon denier tackle bags! I then saw the kids head back toward the bags after he left, but so did I. I got there first and 'set up shop' right by his bags so it looked like they were mine.

After the kids left, I looked thru the bags for ID and sure enough, there was a fishing license inside. I gasped when I saw what else was in those bags. They were stuffed with just about every imaginable type of lure, multitools, LED light headband, spools of line, rod repair kits, hundreds of bass hooks, antique and collectible lures including a rare Fred Arbogast Jitterbug and an Anheiser Busch Budweiser crank bait. The bags could have come from a tournament pro considering the sheer amount of goodies inside.

I took the bags home and started doing research on the guys license. I eventually had to call the police department from the town that was listed on the license. They found and contacted him but the lady officer who called me back said the guy was very obnoxious and threatened to call the district attorney for harassment, wanted the officers badge number, etc. She said the guy was such a jerk that I should just keep the bags. Also mentioned that he no longer lived in that city but gave me the number for the department where he now resided.

Of course I called them and told my story. He took my number and promised to call the other department to verify it and get the phone number THEY used to make contact. Told me to hold on to the bags as they really had no room for them.

A year later after no contact whatsoever I made a handsome profit on what was left after I scavenged what I wanted from them.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Careless people They must have went bass fishing and took along some Budweiser

 

[calisdad]

That saw find pales in comparison to the luck I had a couple years back.
I was at my favorite lake and was sharing small talk with a fellow angler who was also there. We went our separate ways but later I had noticed that a van load of teens had pulled up and from where I was, it looked like the guy had gotten a bit intimidated by them as it appeared the kids weren't there to fish.

They weren't really bothering the guy but from across the lake I could see the guy going back to his car and walked right past his two fully loaded nylon denier tackle bags! I then saw the kids head back toward the bags after he left, but so did I. I got there first and 'set up shop' right by his bags so it looked like they were mine.

After the kids left, I looked thru the bags for ID and sure enough, there was a fishing license inside. I gasped when I saw what else was in those bags. They were stuffed with just about every imaginable type of lure, multitools, LED light headband, spools of line, rod repair kits, hundreds of bass hooks, antique and collectible lures including a rare Fred Arbogast Jitterbug and an Anheiser Busch Budweiser crank bait. The bags could have come from a tournament pro considering the sheer amount of goodies inside.

I took the bags home and started doing research on the guys license. I eventually had to call the police department from the town that was listed on the license. They found and contacted him but the lady officer who called me back said the guy was very obnoxious and threatened to call the district attorney for harassment, wanted the officers badge number, etc. She said the guy was such a jerk that I should just keep the bags. Also mentioned that he no longer lived in that city but gave me the number for the department where he now resided.

Of course I called them and told my story. He took my number and promised to call the other department to verify it and get the phone number THEY used to make contact. Told me to hold on to the bags as they really had no room for them.

A year later after no contact whatsoever I made a handsome profit on what was left after I scavenged what I wanted from them.

Almost called you until I saw your location. The red Cabelas bag and contents looks like one stolen from my RV 2 years ago. You didn't find them near Sonora CA did you? Would love to get the ID if you did.

 

[traverdog]

Good luck. There are some careless people out there.

 

[GopherDaGold]

Missouri

 

[spitfire55]