Pavement finds

dorT500 · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:03 pm Post subject: Pavement finds

I don't frequent fast food places very often but I did happen to stop at one a little after midnight after leaving a nightshift job the other night. Only the drive-thru was open. I was jokingly complaining to drivet-thru cashier about having to pay $6.80 for a hamburger and fries. I happened to look down (being on a motorcycle) and noticed a bunch of 'silver' change scattered everywhere. I said "Look at all this money down here!" He says "Yes, we have quite a wishing well down there...don't we? (It was the end of a Friday night) I said "Well..I am getting some of my money back right now" and reached down and picked up $1.60 in a couple of swoops of my hand. There was a lot left. This just happened to remind me of all the stuff I have collected over the years off the pavement (good stuff) that you notice easier from a motorcycle than one might see from a car or truck and certainly sometimes alot easier to turn around, reach down and get it. I have found good screwdrivers, ratchets, a new 3/4" Craftsman wrench, an expensive commercial soid brass propane delivery adapter, maybe a couple of pairs of pliers. That is all I can remember right off the bat. Come to think of it, I have never happened to spot any money out of the corner of my eye while on a bike.....maybe I will go back to that fast food place. Wink

pd · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:27 pm Post subject:

Yup , good finds ...

I have picked up most of those same things . I think half of the bungee cords I have are street finds . LOL

I even scooped a 20 dollar bill once . Free gas . Very Happy

jeepurz · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject:

gas powered chop saw, ha im on a bike, crap! guy behind me grabbed it.even though ida took it too the copshop, got too many friends in the construction buz and thats a big hit losing that , but I have caught some prime snakes and moved to the roadside.

dorT500 · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:18 pm Post subject:

Qingdao · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:22 am Post subject:

Couple of days ago I got a LOOOOONG funnel off the side of 526. Not an expensive item, but cool for being free.

fasterspider · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:26 am Post subject:

I saw a billfold in the middle of the intersection once and did a stoppie right there and picked it up. It was only $26.00 but, it was now mine and it had a silver money clip.

orlo · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:01 pm Post subject:

I found a $100 bill once.. but my stepmom found $750.00 in a money clip, in a parking lot Shocked

mopehead440 · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:19 am Post subject:

That money clip was mine, given to me as a kindergarden graduation present by my Great-Great-Great Grandmother. Could you please send the clip, and its' contents back to me? Thanks for being "one of the good guys". Danny Mac.

dorT500 · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:53 am Post subject:

Well.......now 'the shoe is on the other foot' Embarassed

My keys fell out of a side ignition switch somewhere between 0 and 12 miles of mostly highway Sad

yesterday. The switch or key or both are worn and I usually turn the ignition on and then put the keys in my pocket......I guess not this time. I made one run back tracking myself this morning.....nothin....not even a bungee cord. Crying or Very sad

No spare key..... Sad

Hello Mr. Locksmith....got a locking gas cap off a bike here......

orlo · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:47 pm Post subject:

DannyMac..She put it back for you, right where you left it.. Smile

Steve Searles · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:58 am Post subject: Pavement Finds

Found a $5 bill in the parking lot of the old skating rink on my 13th birthday party. Kissed a girl that night too. I thought I was the luckiest guy in the world. Who knew it would be the two worst things I could find. Now it is the pursuit of all evil, money and women. Wink

pd · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:41 am Post subject:

Those two things aren't evil at all .

The love and lust for them might be , though ... Wink

SPRHK · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:50 am Post subject:

On a sunday ride with a 1/2 dozen friends, hit a desolete back road, rocked around the corner to find $120.00 in 20's fluttering in the roadway. I was too slow and only got $40.00, the other guys got the rest of it.

tbpmusic · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:31 am Post subject:

I came across a real life regulation fireman's helmet a few months ago, lying on the side of the road.
Tempted to keep it, but they're very expensive, so I was a good boy and took it back to the firehouse - the fireman was very grateful, it would have been replaced out of his pocket.

Also the normal assortment of bungees, small tools, and other crap over the years. Even a litter of puppies once - all went to good homes.
No money though.........

mixer · Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 5:18 am Post subject:

SCORE!!!!
9mm craftsman 6pt 3/8" drive socket! now if only i could find out where all the 10mm sockets go... the joke around our house is theres a little monster that lives near my tool box that eats all my sockets (my 4 yr old son's idea) but they gotta be SOMEWHERE!