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  • rubytuesday
    rubytuesday Posts: 22,383 Forumite
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    Oh never seen then down here.Reminds me of when I was a kid used to go through the bins to get money back on lemonade bottles.
    Here dead we lie because we did not choose
    To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
    Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
    But young men think it is,
    And we were young.
    A E Housman
  • scuzz
    scuzz Posts: 1,995 Forumite
    thought this would be an interesting one to bring back

    Wasn't on the ground exactly but I found a pound coin in a trolley the other day and some coupons for Tesco
    Comping, Clicking & Saving for Change
  • Caixta
    Caixta Posts: 226 Forumite
    I was just thinking about this thread earlier on today as I found 6p on the ground.

    That brings August's total to £2.78 :j
    "By not unsettling men, you will reassure them. By unsettling men either through timidity or malice, you are always compelled to keep a knife in hand." - Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527
  • Quasar
    Quasar Posts: 121,720 Forumite
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    I often find coins and occasionally a fiver or a tenner... I started putting them in a jar about 10 years ago and make anote whenever I take money out.Ttotal so far: £86.78!

    - a wonderfully warm fleecy black scarf
    - a pair of woolly black gloves
    - 2 parker pens over the years - one in stainless steel, the other black and chrome
    - a brand new, unused notebook
    - a bottle of unnamed white pills :o turned them in to my local chemist as I don't like to dispose of chemicals in cased I do it wrong and contaminate water or soil.
    - several boxes of matches
    - three lighters
    - a pair of fairly good sunglasses
    - a box full of books that had been put out with the rubbish :mad: No books for me but I took the box to the charity shop 50 yards along the road :rolleyes:
    - a credit card wallet (probably stolen and dumped)
    Be careful who you open up to. Today it's ears, tomorrow it's mouth.
  • tra_2
    tra_2 Posts: 215 Forumite
    Years back, my friends and I found a camera lying in a road. One friend decided to have the film developed and when he did there were pictures of some people in one of our pubs and we were all in the background. Very bizarre.
    Member 105 of 1% at a time - 23/100 :j
  • laughing_cow
    laughing_cow Posts: 597 Forumite
    I found a pair of lovely Calvin Klein sunglasses in the mud at Glastonbury last year. Gave them a good clean and they were in perfect condition - I wear them all the time!
  • Queen.Bess
    Queen.Bess Posts: 1,062 Forumite
    Well alas my finds pale into insignificance with some of the wonderful things you have all found!

    I have to say I'm doing quite well at the moment with the red rubber bands left by the postman, but that's about it! I found 3 x 1ps last week and said the little rhyme, but my lottery numbers didn't come up! 1 penny I had to be particularly subtle about, but I had time whilst in the queue to work out my plan, and I was pleased with myself when I walked out of the shop!

    Will keep my eye to the ground more often now in the hope of getting something big!!

    GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
    Official DFW Nerd Club #20 :cool: Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts :D DFW Long Hauler #109 :o

    Slowly, Slowly = Oct '09: £30693, Aug '15: £14820. Could Be Debt Free April 2020, but hoping for sooner!
  • illmonkey
    illmonkey Posts: 677 Forumite
    Found a Nintendo DS and a Nokia mobile phone FULLY boxed and brand new!!
  • Caixta
    Caixta Posts: 226 Forumite
    £8.76 in September so far. (including a lot of copper coins, but also a £2 coin!)
    "By not unsettling men, you will reassure them. By unsettling men either through timidity or malice, you are always compelled to keep a knife in hand." - Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527
  • thriftmonster
    thriftmonster Posts: 1,728 Forumite
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    We found a great umbrella fold buggy when ds2 was a baby. It was soaking wet and it hadn't rained for a couple of days so it had beeen there a while. I phoned the police to let them know and gave them my number in case anyone was looking - but noone ever came forward.

    Ds1 is great at finding money in notes - about £50 so far
    “the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings.”
    Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
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