What are some interesting/expensive stuff you guys have lost/found?

[tomjose]

I will start.
Found a Samsung SGH-e316 Flip Phone back in 2005 on the ground. The phone was worth like 300 bucks then.
Still using it too:) ..

[Cruel_Angel]

I will start.
Found a Samsung SGH-e316 Flip Phone back in 2005 on the ground. The phone was worth like 300 bucks then.
Still using it too:) ..

You kept a phone?? You realize most phones you find, people store their HOME number.. You could have called it and returned it to it's owner. I wouldn't be to proud of your "find" to me it sounds more like theft.

[Trooper8111]

You kept a phone?? You realize most phones you find, people store their HOME number.. You could have called it and returned it to it's owner. I wouldn't be to proud of your "find" to me it sounds more like theft.

+1

[Dimension]

Hmmm, I've lost my wallet & purse, along with my car keys. I never recovered any of those items. :(

I never find valuable items, if I do, I take it to the police station or (at the uni.) lost and found center.

[molala]

I just lost my usb today! It has all my documents for school. Hopefully I could find it at work next Tuesday!

[goob3r]

In 2005, I lost a Samsung SGH-E316. It was worth $300 phone back then... I dropped it on the ground somewhere.

[AcidBomber]

In 2005, I lost a Samsung SGH-E316. It was worth $300 phone back then... I dropped it on the ground somewhere.


lol...

but like what others have said, you should have returned the phone... it's the easiest thing to return if you find it.

[zoolander]

I just lost my usb today! It has all my documents for school. Hopefully I could find it at work next Tuesday!

This (http://www.dailycupoftech.com/have-your-lost-usb-drive-ask-for-help/) might be old news to you, nice idea if someone honest picks it up.

There is also a way (http://www.ruwebit.net/nl/197) to make it email you when it's plugged into a foreign computer.

I haven't tried and tested the latter but combine both ideas and you would compel the finder to return it, lol.

[molala]

This (http://www.dailycupoftech.com/have-your-lost-usb-drive-ask-for-help/) might be old news to you, nice idea if someone honest picks it up.

There is also a way (http://www.ruwebit.net/nl/197) to make it email you when it's plugged into a foreign computer.

I haven't tried and tested the latter but combine both ideas and you would compel the finder to return it, lol.

I think I left it at the school library. I remember that was the last time I used it. Hopefully a staff would pick it up and leave it at the front desk or something.

[molala]

Just to add on to the thread.

I lost my wallet few years ago. After spending months replacing all the ID. A staff from a Royal Bank branch that's an hour away from my house called me and told me that someone found it and saw a RBC card inside and returned it to them. I don't really need anything in there anymore except the actual wallet that I bought from HK for like $30HKD. Of course the money was gone, but there was only $4 and change in it.

[AcidBomber]

Just to add on to the thread.

I lost my wallet few years ago. After spending months replacing all the ID. A staff from a Royal Bank branch that's an hour away from my house called me and told me that someone found it and saw a RBC card inside and returned it to them. I don't really need anything in there anymore except the actual wallet that I bought from HK for like $30HKD. Of course the money was gone, but there was only $4 and change in it.


That explains why we're on RFD! :razz:

[Kasakato]

I found a $50 MEC gift card.

[HBP]

Found a wallet, mailed it back to the home address.

[Lava]

I found a women's purse lying on the ground, had her wallet and everything in it.

Inside the wallet was $100+, but I got ahold of her and mailed it back to her :)

[molala]

That explains why we're on RFD! :razz:

Haha...sort of...I stayed in HK for 3 months in that summer and I want something small, light and large enough that will hold my Residence ID. Just didn't bother changing it back afterward and I don't usually carry much cash with me....i'm too lazy to go to the bank :cheesygri

[Realrena]

Picked up a roll of $10,000 HKD Cash from the ground when I was 6 (in Hong Kong). Gave to police and filed a report.

I think if no one claimed it after all these years I can probably go back and get it myself lol

[dummyaccountban]

Girls wallet in high school. I returned it to her homeroom teacher and she wanted me to stick around to give it to her. She ended up being sick, so never got any credit for it lol.

[NiMSo]

I lost my UofT student card once...

Well, not exactly lost. I used it to gain access to the gym facility (Hart House), and upon exit (when they return it to you) it was nowhere to be found!!! So somehow the staff misplaced it. I came back to their front desk periodically to check if it had re-appeared or was ever found. After about 3 weeks, I gave up hope and simply went to get a new one and paid the replacement fee.

Of course, two days later (ugh... WTF?! I should have waited!!!) an old friend of mine contacts me and says he has my card! He was at the gym that day too, and apparently upon exit he was given my card and took it without checking. He didn't realize it for a few weeks. It was a funny coincidence it was given to somebody I knew. The gym staff usually asks for your surname upon exit, and they return your card by matching facial photo - my friend had the same last name, but looked nothing like me!!! (We're Chinese, so maybe we all looked the same to others... :lol: )

[rogerrabbit168]

the most interesting thing i found was like $20 bill, but hey, that was 15 years ago, so it was a lot of candies/chips/arcades for that week

[ChrisBa]

You kept a phone?? You realize most phones you find, people store their HOME number.. You could have called it and returned it to it's owner. I wouldn't be to proud of your "find" to me it sounds more like theft.

Thats far from theft. He didn't steal anything, just didn't return it. So not theft.

[ChrisBa]

lol...

but like what others have said, you should have returned the phone... it's the easiest thing to return if you find it.

umm.. he said he lost a phone???

[onepixel]

About 3 months ago I found a little leather wallet on the floor near my work place. It had nothing but about 80 cents in it. There was a phone number and name written inside the wallet. I called the number and an elderly lady said she had lost it. I drove to her place after work and she was so amazed and thankful that someone had taken the trouble to return it to her. It had been a gift from a grandchild. It felt so good to do this for someone. I probably would have done the same thing if the wallet had been empty.

Shame on the person who kept that cell phone. You could have at least tried and then kept it if the owner could not be found.

[Aj23]

I found an iphone and an SE w580i in the last year. The iphone, honestly was never returned because I think it was a new phone so it had nothing on it. The w580i, I returned a few minutes after finding once the owner called and we met up.

[AcidBomber]

umm.. he said he lost a phone???


Read the thread again, you'll get it. I was talking to the OP by the way. :razz:

[Sazafraz]

When I was in grade 4 I lost my gameboy colour with pokemon pinball on it the day after I got it for my birthday. It was a sad sad day.

[N1Hawk]

Found $50.00 when I worked for 7-11 awhile back, Kept it in the back room for 3 days and no one came to claim it so it became mine!

[anycee]

I've found:
a few phones (usually gave them to cops)
some credit cards (threw them out)
20-50 in cash, multiple times (kept it)
keys (found owner)

I've lost:
couple cell phones (given back)
20-50 in cash, multiple times

[UrbanPoet]

the most interesting thing i found was like $20 bill, but hey, that was 15 years ago, so it was a lot of candies/chips/arcades for that week

Wow 15 years ago... Back then games were $0.25 & big ones like cruisin USA were $0.50


the most i found was a 20... I used to work in a movie theater as an usher. Whenever we cleaned the theater after shows we would always cash in on all the change people dropped. Once and a while there would be bills.
It was a nice 'tip' considering we were all paid minimum wage

[Digital_Domain]

I lost a monthly metropass within 5 hours of buying it. I was so mad the whole day when I couldn't find it.

[Dash]

found an MP3 player in my lounge and returned it to my Concierge. I would never keep anything I found that has significant value. if I saw money on the ground or something that can't be easily identified (like a metropass), then I'd probably keep that.

I've lost a couple of cell phones when I was younger. I've also lost cash here and there.

[Stunt_101]

found an envelope of money ($200) on the ground few years back

[HBP]

I lost my UofT student card once...

Well, not exactly lost. I used it to gain access to the gym facility (Hart House), and upon exit (when they return it to you) it was nowhere to be found!!! So somehow the staff misplaced it. I came back to their front desk periodically to check if it had re-appeared or was ever found. After about 3 weeks, I gave up hope and simply went to get a new one and paid the replacement fee.

Of course, two days later (ugh... WTF?! I should have waited!!!) an old friend of mine contacts me and says he has my card! He was at the gym that day too, and apparently upon exit he was given my card and took it without checking. He didn't realize it for a few weeks. It was a funny coincidence it was given to somebody I knew. The gym staff usually asks for your surname upon exit, and they return your card by matching facial photo - my friend had the same last name, but looked nothing like me!!! (We're Chinese, so maybe we all looked the same to others... :lol: )

Sounds like HH to take no blame and make you pay the replacement fee.

[FazerRider]

found an MP3 player in my lounge and returned it to my Concierge.

haha the Concierge most likely kept it.

[woodrat]

You kept a phone?? You realize most phones you find, people store their HOME number.. You could have called it and returned it to it's owner. I wouldn't be to proud of your "find" to me it sounds more like theft.

I have found many cellphones which are usually dead when found. I'll buy the cheapest charger for that phone, charge it up, then call the home number or a contact number or last number dialed. Once owner is found, I give them my address as to where they can pick it up. When they arrive I explain that I had to buy a charger to get the phone working and track them down. I ask if they would like to buy the charger from me for what I've paid for it.(showing them the bill).

Have I ever been reimbursed for money I've had to put out to make all this happen???? NOT EVEN ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!

So I kept the last phone I've found and now it just sits in a box.


Every year I find wallets, cellphones, 407 transponders, cheques, keys, and so on. Last cheque returned a few weeks ago got me a six-pack of corona. Saweeeeeeeeeeeet! A wallet I just gave to york police.

[molala]

I have found many cellphones which are usually dead when found. I'll buy the cheapest charger for that phone, charge it up, then call the home number or a contact number or last number dialed. Once owner is found, I give them my address as to where they can pick it up. When they arrive I explain that I had to buy a charger to get the phone working and track them down. I ask if they would like to buy the charger from me for what I've paid for it.(showing them the bill).

Have I ever been reimbursed for money I've had to put out to make all this happen???? NOT EVEN ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!

So I kept the last phone I've found and now it just sits in a box.


Every year I find wallets, cellphones, 407 transponders, cheques, keys, and so on. Last cheque returned a few weeks ago got me a six-pack of corona. Saweeeeeeeeeeeet! A wallet I just gave to york police.


Can't you just take the sim card out and put it in your phone instead of buying a charger? It's hard to believe most of the cell phone you found are dead in battery. Sounds like an excuse for greed :rolleyes:

[HBP]

Can't you just take the sim card out and put it in your phone instead of buying a charger? It's hard to believe most of the cell phone you found are dead in battery. Sounds like an excuse for greed :rolleyes:

Sometimes people don't store contacts SIM (dunno why..), but overall I agree.

[woodrat]

Can't you just take the sim card out and put it in your phone instead of buying a charger? It's hard to believe most of the cell phone you found are dead in battery. Sounds like an excuse for greed :rolleyes:

My phone from telus doesn't take a sim card.

And where does the greed come from??? All I ask for is to be reimbursed for the charger that I bought. The charger is then given to the owner. I do NOT make any money buy returning the phones to their owners.

Almost all phones I have found have been by the side of the road. I've had to turn around, and go farther back, turn around, then pull over to pick it up. Sometimes not easy to do on the 401 and 407. I've passed on doing this sometimes because it wasn't safe to do so.

[mrG]

Found an iPod on the ground. Tried to find it's owner, even left a poster on the poll outside where I found it. After 2 weeks and no response I just gave it away to the first person who wanted it.

[molala]

My phone from telus doesn't take a sim card.

And where does the greed come from??? All I ask for is to be reimbursed for the charger that I bought. The charger is then given to the owner. I do NOT make any money buy returning the phones to their owners.

Almost all phones I have found have been by the side of the road. I've had to turn around, and go farther back, turn around, then pull over to pick it up. Sometimes not easy to do on the 401 and 407. I've passed on doing this sometimes because it wasn't safe to do so.

C'mon...can't you think of a better story to cover up your greed? How in the world would someone be able to see a cell phone on the highway when driving 120kms/hr? And to go out of the way, turn around to pick it up? It makes perfect sense that you do all that so you could keep the phone. Besides, why would THAT many people drop their phone on the highway? :rolleyes:

[woodrat]

C'mon...can't you think of a better story to cover up your greed? How in the world would someone be able to see a cell phone on the highway when driving 120kms/hr? And to go out of the way, turn around to pick it up? It makes perfect sense that you do all that so you could keep the phone. Besides, why would THAT many people drop their phone on the highway? :rolleyes:

:confused: Still don't understand what greed you are talking about. I'm always around $22 in the hole having to buy the chargers and not being reimbursed.

As for the how do you see that on the side of the road going 120 kms/hrs. Too be honest, I once saw a $20 bill in the grass approimately 30 feet away from the shoulder of the dvp at the 401. Co-workers were stunned when I pulled over and ran out into the grass, picked it up and walked back to the van with a huge grin on my face. Yeah, traffic was going about 5 kms/hr at the time.

Point is, pay attention to your surroundings. It can be a benifit to you in the long run.

[trixstar]

i lost my K850i and in turn i found a 1st gen ipod shuffle with some hip hop beatz.. not a fair trade

[molala]

:confused: Still don't understand what greed you are talking about. I'm always around $22 in the hole having to buy the chargers and not being reimbursed.

As for the how do you see that on the side of the road going 120 kms/hrs. Too be honest, I once saw a $20 bill in the grass approimately 30 feet away from the shoulder of the dvp at the 401. Co-workers were stunned when I pulled over and ran out into the grass, picked it up and walked back to the van with a huge grin on my face. Yeah, traffic was going about 5 kms/hr at the time.

Point is, pay attention to your surroundings. It can be a benifit to you in the long run.


If I am a greedy person and constantly look for things to find on the ground to keep, then I will definitely take your expertise advice and pay close attention to the surrounding.

AND if you really found THAT many dead cell phone, you have to buy a charger to get it work anyway, then why not return it to the owner?

It still doesn't make sense why would there be so much things to find on the highway. What? people throw their cell phone out at the window by accident when driving 120km/hr?

[Varos]

I lost a monthly metropass within 5 hours of buying it. I was so mad the whole day when I couldn't find it.

Same here. I was really teed off. Had to buy tickets for the whole month

I lost a basketball jersey I bought with my first paycheque. lol

Found a kid's wallet. He had 20 bucks in it and some cards and a fake ID. I called him. He brought me a box of chocolates for returning the wallet. he he

When I worked at Starbucks, found a girl's school bag and wallet in a garbage can. Called her. She said someone had stolen it from her in the library.

Lost a lottery ticket twice. I guess we'll never know.

[amph1bius]

I lost a samsung sgh-e316 back in 2005 and i had just bought it brand new a few days ago.

[Eyies]

Found jackets, phones, ipods and wallets before. All of which I just return to whomever is in charge at the place - be it a manager, concierge, or security.

If I find cash, or anything of that sort I just pocket it.

[laptop-tech]

Going to work about a year and a half ago, I found a SE phone smashed on the road in front of my FS store. I grabbed the phone and could not power it up (a few cars prolly ran over it) but I was able to take the sim card out and put on my phone. Found the contacts list and dialed "MOM" or "HOME". Talked to the owner's brother, who told me they were drunk the night before, and they were not locals, so he told me to "not bother about it" !? Then my phone with his sim card started getting txt messages and calls from his friends, so I called him again and the guy told me he did not care about the phone (nor the fact that anyone could make calls and he'd get billed for them) and after about 3-4 days his mother called me and asked me to mail the sim card out to her along with the sd card.

Lots of trouble to return a sim card to the legitimate owner. I still dont get why the kid did not even try to recover the phone at all. I had it for days and could have called LD and browsed the net, giving him a huge bill at the end of the month. and instead fo coming to get the card they asked me to mail it out !?

[woodrat]

If I am a greedy person and constantly look for things to find on the ground to keep, then I will definitely take your expertise advice and pay close attention to the surrounding.

I do not look for these things to keep. I don't look for them to return them to their owners. I do metal detect so I think that is why I'm always scanning the ground.

AND if you really found THAT many dead cell phone, you have to buy a charger to get it work anyway, then why not return it to the owner?

I buy the charger to charge the phone to find the owner. That's the only reason for buying charger. I don't need another cell phone. Got 1 and no, it's not 1 that I've found. If I were to be greedy, then I'd buy the charger and sell it with the phone on kijiji or cgaigslist.:cheesygri

I've returned pets too buy checking lost ads. I have never returned a pet and threw in $20 to its owner. That is what I'm doing when I return cell phones.

It still doesn't make sense why would there be so much things to find on the highway. What? people throw their cell phone out at the window by accident when driving 120km/hr?

Be it a highway, freeway or any road. People pull over for many reasons and do drop stuff as they get in or out of their vehicule. Some leave items on top of their cars as they drive off. Some items may have been stolen and discarded from a moving car for whatever reasons. A phone clipped onto the overhead visor or in the door handle or sitting on the dash can easily fall out of a open window.

[sexpuppet6000]

I lost my virginity to a girl with +30lbs on me

[Nikita]

Lost a 2-ct diamond tennis bracelet once...ya had to remind me of that didn't ya OP...lol!:evil:

I've never found anything really valuable.

[boomstar]

found a $100 bill at fallsview right on the floor

[JAGpilot]

I found one of those tiny Pantec phones in the snow. The battery was dead and the phone was well used. I put the SIM into my phone and looked through it for numbers. This guy obviously met a lot of random chicks at bars because half of the 50 or so numbers were (chicks name + bar name). :p I spent like an hour looking for people with the same last name in the city (this was Barrie). Finally I spoke to the guy's uncle who was like "oh ya, we haven't heard from him in a while" :rolleyes:. Finally the dude arranges to come and get the phone and reunite it with its owner. The cheap uncle rolls up in a relatively new van and doesn't dare offer me a reward. :evil: :evil: I should have been like "make sure your nephew gets an STD test" :D :D

[molala]

I do not look for these things to keep. I don't look for them to return them to their owners. I do metal detect so I think that is why I'm always scanning the ground.



I buy the charger to charge the phone to find the owner. That's the only reason for buying charger. I don't need another cell phone. Got 1 and no, it's not 1 that I've found. If I were to be greedy, then I'd buy the charger and sell it with the phone on kijiji or cgaigslist.:cheesygri

I've returned pets too buy checking lost ads. I have never returned a pet and threw in $20 to its owner. That is what I'm doing when I return cell phones.



Be it a highway, freeway or any road. People pull over for many reasons and do drop stuff as they get in or out of their vehicule. Some leave items on top of their cars as they drive off. Some items may have been stolen and discarded from a moving car for whatever reasons. A phone clipped onto the overhead visor or in the door handle or sitting on the dash can easily fall out of a open window.

You know you won't return it to the owner and still insist on picking up the phone and keep, that's simply greed! Doesn't matter you need another cell phone or not. AND besides buying a new charger, you could always find out the provider of the service on the actual phone and return it to them so they could return it to the owner.

[Exas]

I lost a monthly metropass within 5 hours of buying it. I was so mad the whole day when I couldn't find it.

HOLY ****, did you leave it in Bahen building at UofT? My friend found one last year, and I was like DAMNN lucky bastard.

[HBP]

HOLY ****, did you leave it in Bahen building at UofT? My friend found one last year, and I was like DAMNN lucky bastard.

...

I thought UT had the smartest students.

[5tranger]

found a lv purse laying right in the open on some sofa bench in eatons, right in front of sears. but saw a security guard near by and just notified him that theres a purse there. (hope the guy didnt keep it for himself :lol: )

[aplayaz2000]

You kept a phone?? You realize most phones you find, people store their HOME number.. You could have called it and returned it to it's owner. I wouldn't be to proud of your "find" to me it sounds more like theft.+1


I found a religious audio disc in a Subway, thought it was a sign from God but non of the audio clips made sense so I ignored it.

[notatoad]

i lost 5 teeth once. i was a little kid, and i had some teeth pulled. the dentist packaged them up in a little case and gave them to me as a souvenier. i thought this was the coolest thing ever, and used to keep them in my pocket. and, being a little kid, i lost them. i was really dissappointed at the time, now i just feel sorry for whoever found them.

[Siefer999]

i lost my motorola v60 shortly after i bought it for $600.:cry:

back in the day, that phone was pure sex