Cool find buying cards

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 12:05AM

Last night my son and I went to Wally World to pick up a few boxes of 2007 Football, when we walked outside, I see this really bright thing on the ground being lit by the lights on the store , Pick it up and it's a diamond earring , on the back it says 22k and the diamond is square , I think it might be real and it's not too small , I'd say about 1/2 to 3/4 carat .

I saw the metal detecting forum on here and I posted there as well .
I think I would like to get one of those metal detectors , that seems like it could be pretty cool .
Here is a pic of the earring . . .

itzagoner · July 18, 2007 12:12AM

i suppose it could be valuable if it fell out of a famous athletes' ear

jlbsquared · July 18, 2007 12:18AM

It probably has sentimental value to the owner. Did you try turning it in to the store lost/found?

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 12:22AM

LOL, I'd have a heck of a time getting that authenticated

Ummmm, maybe PSA/DNA

Too funny .

I have a little box of jewlery that I have found over the years that I'm saving for my son, that consists of a few broken gold chains, some small diamonds and a really nice saphire/gold /diamond ring .

The way the prices of everything go up and up and up , the kids are going to need every little bit of help they can get these days .

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 12:31AM

<< It probably has sentimental value to the owner. Did you try turning it in to the store lost/found? >>

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You know, I did think about it , If I did find it inside the store I probably would have , but this was inside the parking lot where there are a group of like 5 stores , Hmmmm

Now ya got me feeling a little bit guilty

jlbsquared · July 18, 2007 12:35AM

I only ask because my wife lost her engagement ring while we were out shopping at home depot and such one day. Despite my offer of a 1k reward, we never heard a word. Man, replacing that one with no help from insurance (mysterious disappearance) hurt a bit...

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 1:01AM

Wow, how strange is that , my wife lost the diamond right out of the setting of her ring too once , we never found the diamond either .

You would think they would make these settings a little bit more durable given what they are holding inside of them .

I'm not the type of person that deals with guilt really easily and I have a hard time forgetting about things that make me feel that way , so tonight I guess I'll go back to Wally World and see if anyone came in looking for it , I just hope that the person I give it to don't pocket it .

Besides , I'm the kind of person that also believes in what goes around comes around , I just wish out of all the times I have done things like this, would finally make it's way around to working for me too.

It's not that big of a deal to me , but like you said, it could have sentimental value to someone out there .

Thanks for the input Mr. Jlbsquared , maybe you've really helped someone out today with just your words sir ?

And maybe the "Powers That Be " have taken notice as well .

sagard · July 18, 2007 1:12AM

Just post a sign stating the earing is found. Have them contact you and either provide the mate or give a really good description of it. I don't think that earing is valueable enough for you to carry any guilt around no matter what you choose to do.

BunchOBull · July 18, 2007 1:16AM

I turned in a 2 gig flash drive to a lost and found once, back when they were expensive, they told me, "Thanks, we just keep whatever is turned in for ourselves." I was kind of POed by that, but what can you do.

BunchOBull · July 18, 2007 1:19AM

As someone who metal detects, if I find an item, like a class ring, with a name or initials and a school, I'll do my best to return it to the owner. Most of the jewelry I find is completely unmarked, so I have a lot of jewelry bits and pieces, no guilt here.

cavalier · July 18, 2007 1:20AM

Don't actually return the item to the store.
Just leave your name and number and a vague description

Something like
If anyone lost anything of personal sentimental value please give me a call with a description as I may have it.
You might even describe it as a piece of jewelry.

From experience far too many lost and found items do go home with employees unless they have a log in system

Some stores will have a log where if the item is not claimed in 30 or 60 days they will give you a call and it is yours -- but again I would guess many of these items still find there way into the hands of the employees

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perkdog · July 18, 2007 1:26AM

<< Don't actually return the item to the store.
Just leave your name and number and a vague description

Something like
If anyone lost anything of personal sentimental value please give me a call with a description as I may have it.
You might even describe it as a piece of jewelry. >>

I think that is your best bet

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 1:35AM

Hmmmm, thanks for the advice guys.
Mr. Bunchof Bull, that would have made me mad too !

They could have said keep it if that is the case , why should they get to keep it , you're the one who found it .

I know memory chips for the PC's and Laptops are still kind of expensive and the gig chips for the cameras still aren't too cheap either , I paid around $150.00 for the 512 MB for my camera and the 1 gig was twice that !

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 1:41AM

Man mr Perkdog, every time I see your Sig, I think I go into La-La land for like 5 minutes !

The girl without the hat is just so pretty it ought to be illegal to be that pretty , not that the other girl isn't , but there is something about that other girl that really does it for me .

Thanks for sharing , that has to be the best picture on this forumand I hope they aren't bound by any copyrights or anything like that , like what happened to Mr.lawnmowerman the other day .

Too dog gone funny !

perkdog · July 18, 2007 2:35AM

I agree with you the girl without the hat is my favorite as well! Glad you like my girls!

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 3:16AM

^ 5 Mr. Perkdog !
How could ya not .

Just hope the old lady don't check this thread

I'll be . . . sleepin with the dog out there in the doghouse

PasadenaMudSlide · July 18, 2007 3:23AM

Don't listen to these guys . . . just keep the bling!

Is this a Ruth signature tattoo? If so, that's kind of cool.

PasadenaMudSlide · July 18, 2007 3:25AM

I vaguely see God.

itzagoner · July 18, 2007 3:30AM

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I vaguely see God. >>

that's funny, all i see is Cleaveland

nam812 · July 18, 2007 3:39AM

<< 

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I vaguely see God. >>

that's funny, all i see is Cleaveland >>

Reminds me of the alps.

originalisbest · July 18, 2007 4:44AM

S'funny, I like the one with the hat. To each their own!

BigDaddyBowman · July 18, 2007 6:30AM

The more the merrier....

Do you think PSA will grade these rack packs? (sorry...I couldn't resist)

CDsNuts · July 18, 2007 6:33AM

The one redeemable quality of FSU. Otherwise it could fall into the center of the earth for all I care.

originalisbest · July 18, 2007 6:42AM

I remember college fondly! Do these FSU fans stack up well against Gator fans?

nam812 · July 18, 2007 7:04AM

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 9:09AM

<< Don't listen to these guys . . . just keep the bling!

Is this a Ruth signature tattoo? If so, that's kind of cool. >>

LOL Mr.PasadenaMudSlide ! that is the first time I heard that, but no it's not , I just made my first icon a little bit smaller , what you're looking at is my 1932 NY Yankee team signed Baseball , which is just a little bit cooler IMHO .

Now that you mention that though, I wonder if a Tattoo artist could copy that sig ?
Here is the pic I took it from though, I just had to make it a little bit smaller 10KB.

pandrews · July 18, 2007 9:21AM

i have todd van poppells autograph tattoo'ed on my ass..

i did it back in the early 90s when he was popular..

nam812 · July 18, 2007 9:25AM

I have Todd Van Poppel mowing my lawn every other Thursday.

lawnmowerman · July 18, 2007 9:29AM

<< I have Todd Van Poppel mowing my lawn every other Thursday. >>

and what is wrong with that??

itzagoner · July 18, 2007 9:31AM

my son is about to start applying to colleges for '08

i will be requesting a Florida State application for him right away

nam812 · July 18, 2007 9:33AM

<< and what is wrong with that?? >>

Nothing at all. He keeps it nice and green, and Emmitt takes care of all the leaves.

nam812 · July 18, 2007 9:34AM

<< my son is about to start applying to colleges for '08

i will be requesting a Florida State application for him right away

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I have an 16 month old daughter, and I will not be requesting anything of the sort.

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 10:13AM

<< The one redeemable quality of FSU. Otherwise it could fall into the center of the earth for all I care. >>

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TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 10:17AM

<< my son is about to start applying to colleges for '08

i will be requesting a Florida State application for him right away

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<~~~ Searching for that proverbial " Time machine "
<~~~ Kickin and screamin , "I wanna go to Florida State"

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 10:20AM

<< I remember college fondly! Do these FSU fans stack up well against Gator fans? >>

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LMFFAO
I love the choice of words !
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say . . .
They're Pretty well stacked over there at FSU, How much better does it really get before it's illegal ?

TNTonPMS · July 18, 2007 10:26AM

<< The more the merrier....

Do you think PSA will grade these rack packs? (sorry...I couldn't resist) >>

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I'm sure someone over there would .
How would they submit and . . . . .
How long before they POP ?

And that "I" couldn't resist . . .

Was I just baited ??

ArchStanton · July 18, 2007 12:12PM

I am willing to bet that stone is not genuine. It does not look right to me.

However, I hope that it is real.

TNTonPMS · July 19, 2007 10:26AM

Well, this is how it went , I went back into Wally World asked if anyone had been in that lost a piece of jewlery , the lady asks me to hold on for what seemed like a day , comes back and says , the only things lost were a set of keys and a diamond earring , so the person I guess did lose it there and did go back to find it , I told the lady that I think I found the one , she pretty much described the stone ,so I just gave it to the lady at Wally World and I'm guessing she must have left a number or something to contact the person who lost it .

I'm guessing it must have been genuine or who reallt would have wasted that much time on a 20$ stone < Shrug >

I'm no gemologist , so there is no way of me knowing for sure though .

I guess we all did our good deed for the day and made someone feel good right ?

I just hope if it ever happens to any of us in the future we're as lucky . . .

Thanks for all the input everyone . . .

I'll say this though, I'm really stuck on the idea of getting one of those ,metal detectors though and the next time . . .

IT'S FINDERS KEEPERS !

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