[Misc] Have you ever found anything and kept it?

[Cpt. Spavil]

Has anyone ever found anything in a skip or on the pavement and kept it

I once found a really nice waterman pen on the way to school once I kept it for a while.

I also this year found a really nice painting in a skip in my village.

What is your find?

 

[The Clamp]

Some bar stools from a skip.
A catering pack of soy sauce.
Several girlfriends.

 

[Swansman]

Money, drugs, women... Ive lost more than Ive found though.

 

[thedeadone]

Found a 4th Gen iPod nano about 10 years ago in a muddy puddle in a field.it cleaned up ok and worked fine after setting it up in iTunes.
Still working now but rarely used.

 

[zefarelly]

Several girlfriends on bar stools in a skip .

All at once ?

 

[zefarelly]

What is it with skips ? We have one on our driveway ( loft conversion) and I can't help having a quick look every day to see if theres anything in it.

When we bought our haouse we had a skip, for the kitchen extension, people were removing stuff as fast as we could put it in!

 

[The Clamp]

All at once ?

I never have one without the others.

 

[Cpt. Spavil]

What is it with skips ? We have one on our driveway ( loft conversion) and I can't help having a quick look every day to see if theres anything in it.

When we bought our haouse we had a skip, for the kitchen extension, people were removing stuff as fast as we could put it in!

I think it's the anticipation of finding something that could be worth loads like a lot of people seem to do on Antiques Roadshow.

 

[Is it PotG?]

A right decent stash of hard porn mags in the bushes on Hollingbury Golf Course.

 

[Grombleton]

The Cup Final money

 

[Lady Whistledown]

About fifty grand in cash, located in a bag just outside Wembley Stadium, sometime around late May 1983.





Gaaaaaah: too late!

 

[lawros left foot]

Recently found a genuine Kew Garden 2009 50p.

Rarer than rocking horse poo these days.

 

[Weststander]

We have the opposite issue of RSJ’s and even a child’s buggy at the front of our house, being very much of interest to passing Irish driveways contractors.

 

[Insel affe]

£50 note by my car on a saturday morning - kept it
£20 note stuck to my front bumper after driving from Lancing to Merton - kept it
A wallet full of euros probably about 300 in Hamburg on the reeperbahn, went to the police station and handed it in.
A bag full of weed found near dome, kept it and gave it to a friend (not my idea of fun)
A bag full of e's in a club in Kentish town, kept it
A few wraps of Speed in the toilets Camden, kept it
A 6ft x3ft glass mirror stood up next to a skip in Tottenham that had a chip out of the side, kept it and took it to a glass cutter and got him to cut me a full length coffin shape, I still have it.
A 1960's small retro bar original, kept it and sold it to a trader in Brick Lane for £40
A wallet with about 10 lottery tickets in it, no money or id on the street, kept the tickets and checked them £10 winner
A bag in pub left, pair of Levis waist 32 vintage look and two t-shirts - kept part after discussing with landlord he had the t-shirts and I had the jeans.

think that's it.

 

[Weststander]

Last year, found a handbag with a purse and a mobile hanging out of the top, left in an empty aisle at Waitrose, Hove.

Took it home.

Not really. Took it to customer services IN TACT, where a very old and upset lady was reporting her loss of the bag. Virtue signalling, it was nice to make her happy.

 

[Mackenzie]

Found a fiver in Woolworths in St James’ Street, bought a Madness single and a poster of Adam Ant with it

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Found a virtually brand new Samsung mobile on a bench at the seaside in Somerset a couple of years back. Was trying to find a local police station to hand it in when the said phone rang. Arranged to meet up and hand it over to a very relieved young lady, her partner insisted we took a small reward as a thank you. We refused, he refused to accept our reply and so we spent it on goodies at a local foodie festival.

 

[Insel affe]

Oh I forgot this one, I was sat in a pub in camden with a few mates and fight broke out between two old navies drunk as skunks and one of them hit the other with a chair and knocked him over, blood everywhere and the old guy got helped to his feet and proceeded to mumble about his false teeth, blood pouring from his mouth, he was a particularly nasty old grump, racist and sexist chap, you know the kind, probably got what was coming to him....
Anyway we left the pub shortly after, and went to the Dublin Castle prior to a gig there, my mate got the drinks in and we sat down, I produced the old fellas false teeth that slid my way after getting knocked out.... kept em, still got em somewhere in my memory box

 

[Goldstone1976]

My ex took me on a yoga retreat. I found myself. Kept it for about 4 hours before losing it again.

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

I was working in a hotel and found $550 in a envelope underneath a mattress. I handed the money to the housekeeping manager. I was informed that if no one claimed the money within 100 days it was mine to keep.

I checked after 90 days and I was told it was still unclaimed. I checked after 100 days and I was told it was claimed yesterday. I believe that the housekeeping manager took the money. I was honest and it did not pay off