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But how could the lady behind the desk know that you were not part of a sting operation designed to ferret out police corruption?
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What Would You Do If You Found 1000 Dollars on the Ground?
- Thread starter The Sum of Awe
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Alceste
Vagabond
Good point! Still, I trust myself more than I trust the police. Plus, if nobody ever comes looking for it, I could put it to good use.
It did occur to me that one more thing I could do is have it mentioned in the paper. Money found, if you can tell me where and when you lost it and how much it was, you can have it back. Something like that. Everybody reads that rag.
It's not like the guy my hubby knew who found a duffel bag full of cash, drugs and porn mags that literally dropped out of a plane. A thousand bucks isn't all that much money.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
I doubt I'll bother, it's too degrading and too much of a hassle. The only thing I can think of if I really wanted the money is calling a few of my friends to help me collect all those coins and I seriously doubt they will bother.
Around here taking the money to the police station would not be the most responsible thing to do. Not because all or most cops are dishonest, rather because there are no effective safe guards i'm aware of to protect from that. Cops are above the law here, and corruption is pretty considerable.
If it was a wallet rather than just money (which i didn't take the OP to be meaning), i'd still hand around for a while, but then if nothing happens i'd take it in as i would guess even if the money doesn't make it the person who owns it probably cares more about it than the money, so it's worth the risk.
If it was a wallet rather than just money (which i didn't take the OP to be meaning), i'd still hand around for a while, but then if nothing happens i'd take it in as i would guess even if the money doesn't make it the person who owns it probably cares more about it than the money, so it's worth the risk.
Alceste
Vagabond
Shoveling 550 pounds of anything doesn't take long. Take it from a landscaper.
Alceste
Vagabond
I think the police are corrupt everywhere.
They are not corrupt on Law and Order.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Oh yea. Finders keepers. Cept in cases where an owner or keeper is identified whereas i would return the money to it's rightful owner. Im with that crowd.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
We are talking about a million pennies.
No we're not
I used to collect pennies. Made great stacks. The banks give you a second look when you haul them in. Fortunately Canada is phasing them out.
But to find 1000 bucks worth? I guess it would be worth it to pick them up. At 1 per second, it would take slightly less than 28 hours of very tedious work. So factor in going to a bank, not rolling these days, and you're making about 25 bucks an hour. So yeah, I'd do it over 4 days or so, if that was even possible.
But to find 1000 bucks worth? I guess it would be worth it to pick them up. At 1 per second, it would take slightly less than 28 hours of very tedious work. So factor in going to a bank, not rolling these days, and you're making about 25 bucks an hour. So yeah, I'd do it over 4 days or so, if that was even possible.
Alceste
Vagabond
Alceste
Vagabond
Lol, what are you gonna do, bend over and pick them up one at a time?
Get a flat shovel. You'll make ten bucks a scoop and be finished in under an hour.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
Not a million, but too much.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
I would turn it in to the local Police Station. I can show that easily.
1. In England/Wales it is a crime to steal 'by finding'. Disregarding my own sense of self-value, even if I was a thief my reputation is worth more than a lousy £600!
2. Despite some police being naughty, most are good, and if this is not claimed then I can make claim to it after a few months.
3. If the owner claims it, then I might, just might, get a reward.
4. I don't need it. We have got more money than we need already. This is because we live in such a tiny home, with very low overhead costs, and enjoy a very simple life. So why nick money that we don't need?
5. If a person doesn't hand it in, they will know...... They will always know...... that they were wrong.
This only counts for me, in my circumstances, where I live.
Forty years ago my answer would have been different.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
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I used to be a very successful metal-detector!
I found some fabulous things, like bronze axes, short-cross and long-cross silver pennies, celtic potins.......... oh, masses of stuff.
And it was worth more to take finds to landowners than not to. I would always get 50% of the find's value, often was allowed to just keep them, and my reputation whizzed round the farmers and orchard owners, so I got more land to search.
One bloke (Jerry) did find a coin worth several grand. (A field adjacent to Pegwell Bay, Kent. 1980) I was ten feet away when when he started moaning! He was holding two clods of earth in his hands, staring. I went over and saw one clod had the perfect imprint of a coin, the other clod showed a perfect Roman gold aureus. It was as if it had been pushed into the earth only that morning as a joke or something. I will never forget that. He took it to the farmer, who only accepted £200 from Jerry because he had been so honest. Jerry could get permission to search mostly anywhere after that.
I would turn it in to the local Police Station. I can show that easily.
1. In England/Wales it is a crime to steal 'by finding'. Disregarding my own sense of self-value, even if I was a thief my reputation is worth more than a lousy £600!
2. Despite some police being naughty, most are good, and if this is not claimed then I can make claim to it after a few months.
3. If the owner claims it, then I might, just might, get a reward.
4. I don't need it. We have got more money than we need already. This is because we live in such a tiny home, with very low overhead costs, and enjoy a very simple life. So why nick money that we don't need?
5. If a person doesn't hand it in, they will know...... They will always know...... that they were wrong.
This only counts for me, in my circumstances, where I live.
Forty years ago my answer would have been different.
This is good sharing. But I frubaled you for your next story. Very good! it is a good idea to refuse to be a villain for some pennies.