do you ever find handbags and stuff?

[fishfish]

so do you folks find peoples handbags,purses or wallets when out? We keep finding them when we are out and about,usually rural areas and have usually been stolen and dumped.

last December we found a handbags contents in a stream near salisbury a week old,it had been stolen in the city ,using a bit of detective work we traced the surprised owner on facebook.
last month we were foraging up on whitesheet hill and found another bag with all its contents including drivers id,mobile phone,make up i-pod etc we traced the owner by using facebook,the bag had been stolen some 9 years previous and had sat in the hedgerow since.

found bag March by fishfish_01, on Flickr


Today we found another back on a rural roadside whilst walking the dogs,we will be doing some detective work as a school project,we think from the membership cards in the purse that it has been in the hedgerow for about 3 - 4 years.

found hand bag by fishfish_01, on Flickr

not one reward from the tight buggers though! lol

thanks for looking.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Good on you fish.:You_Rock_

 

[Niels]

I found a non shot shotgun cartridge yesterday. I also found a bag with medical needles once. For that I did call the police. Never heard from them what it was though.

 

[JohnC]

We did find someones bag above the ceiling tiles in one of the toilets at work. Had been there for about 3 years.

 

[Stringmaker]

That to me is a cautionary tale about privacy settings on FB!

Good on you though for caring.

 

[Marmite]

Only found a handbag once, but have found a few wallets/purses over the years. Gives you a great feeling when you've tracked them down and handed it over, the relief is palpable. Well done bud, I wouldn't have a clue how to track down via YouTube though :You_Rock_
Only once did I feel slightly disgruntled after handing back a purse with a load of cash in it, the lady counted it out suspiciously before me and then turned and shut the door in my face without even a thank you. Everyone else has been super greatfull.
In hind sight they may have been so stressed they forgot to be civil but I have to admit to thinking what a miserable devil at the time

 

[Samon]

nice one dude, I bet the owneers were shocked! why didn't the thief rob the ipod?

Me and my brother were in a lake once in summer time when the water level had dropped to where we could walk on parts of the bed. We found an old wrecked mobile phone in the slop, we assumed it was a fishermans and did our best to dry it and try to make it work so we could return it. But it was too far gone, however the memory card thing in the side was working and my brother had a peek at the pictures only to find a whole load of porn! lol alot of it seemed home made too..

I did find an old mans wallet on a rugby field shrub once, clearly it had been robbed and it still had his disability travel card.. heartless buggers! we returned it to a patrolling bobby.

 

[Perrari]

Found a mobile about 15 yrs ago at the side of a road dialled 'Home' from contacts & met up with the guy about 1/2 hr later after his wife phoned his friend & he phoned me back. Got £5 for my honesty which more than covered the fuel cost at the time.
I also remember when I was around 10 (34 yrs ago) being in a car park with my mum when a car pulled up next to us and the guy got out and dropped a roll of cash on the floor as he got out of the car (probably a few hundred quid). My mum saw this and got out of the car and picked it up and shouted at the guy who came back and just grunted took the cash and shoved it in his pocket and walked away. - She regrets to this day that she bothered to call him as he was so ungrateful !

 

[Stringmaker]

That reminded me; we found a medal on the pavement after our local town Remembrance Day ceremony.

The Poliss came to our house to collect it and record it, and I believe the owner got it back.

I also saw a kiddie drop their fluffy toy from their buggy once and ran after the parent to hand it back; HE was more grateful than junior!

 

[sycamour]

Once found the remains of an ATM machine! duly informed the local plod, and then
(with two dogs in tow) spent the best part of three hours assisting in inquiries!
"Its simple, I was walking along this lane, I looked down the bank and there was
this lump of twisted metal"......... Never again!

 

[Goatboy]

Used to find all sorts when working in the woods, (sometimes suicides which wasn't nice). Have found and returned a couple of things over the years, mobile phone (turned out the son had borrowed it without asking and dropped it. He got hell), briefcase, handed in jewelry and the likes. Used to surprise me what folk would drag out into the woods to dump, TV's, wardrobes, beds, 3 bin bags of whole salmon miles from the nearest water (boy they stunk), plane wreckage and an old underground army base or two!

It's good to hear that other folk are honest and handing stuff in, thought it was just me who was that daft.

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

Found a mobile once called the home number and the young lass couldn't understand how her blokes phone could be in norwich when he's meant to be up north. Oops wonder if they are together still?

 

[Reverend Graham]

While doing a Motorway Bridge inspection, I found a large (about 1lb) plastic ziploc bag of whiteish powder, rang the law, and was told to tip it down the nearest culvert, *** !

Rev G

 

[TurboGirl]

My Eldest found a wallet in the road, stuffed with money (like over £250) and cards when he was really, really broke... we debated, he found the guys address and biked 6 miles to return it. The bloke- headmaster at a local private school- didn't even thank him

 

[Opal]

Me? plastic bottles and dog poo, sometimes I get lucky and find the odd empty luncheon meat tin.

 

[Biker]

Good to read you're so honest, not that I'm surprised by that given the mind set of the members here at BCUK. Nope, never found so much as a fake diamond ring. Good on ya folks for being such top members of society!

 

[Samon]

Some people can be such di' heads sometimes. How hard is it to say 'thanks' when someone takes the time to do you a favour?

I remember when I was about 12, me and a friend were playing on our skateboards and some jerk in a BMW knocked me off when reversing out way to fast! he called me a '******* little ****!!' and sped off...

lol, you ran me over, moron!!

 

[woof]

Found an in date debit card only the otherday, while out walking the dog.

While working the dogs, i 've found arms, explosives, & loads & loads of drugs.

Rob

 

[fishfish]

christ !woof can i come with you?

 

[fishfish]

delivered the latest bag back to its owner,seemed very glad to see it again.