So we’ve all spotted weird items on the side of the road (shoes, wrenches, car parts, etc.)
But what is the most expensive or exotic item you’ve ever found?
Pictured is $221.20 AUD and a broken phone that I discovered on the side of the road in Tropical North Queensland. I randomly stopped on the highway to take a photo and spotted a 20 cent coin a meter in front of me… which led to a $1 coin… which led to a $100 bill, which led to me dropping everything and scouring the shoulder looking for more money, lol. I’m not too sure what happened… maybe somebody had gotten robbed and their money had flown out of their car? I eventually found a phone and some cut-in-half credit cards, but no purse or wallet.
I met someone in New Zealand who claimed to have found $700 NZD in an envelope on the side of the road (someone’s paycheck that blew out the window!?) and another guy who found roughly $350 NZD in loose bills riding a gnarly trail in Tasman, lol.
NxPat on
Daily commute I would pass this tin of car wax, “Turtle Wax” brand. For about 2 years, it was always there, rain, snow. Wife mentioned that I should detail our car for an upcoming family event. Ha!, I know where I can get some car wax!! Next day I stop to pick it up and there’s no wax inside, only about $200usd in quarters. Bought some new car wax with quarters that day.
Stock-Side-6767 on
That would be a herd of cows. I came across them on a path and there was a farm nearby and a field with broken fencing.
I did not take them though, just rung the bell at the farm and helped a bit to fix the farm and herd the cows back (I was in no hurry and was paid in food and coffee).
Edit: I just noticed your username OP. This would fit.
yufan71 on
Is this post for south hemisphere only?
brothbike on
I found a big garbage bag full of weed trimmings in Oregon in 2000
Inu-shonen on
I found a big square magnet, blown off the back of a truck, with the ☢️ symbol.
Yeah, I picked it up and strapped it to the back of the bike as a mascot/talisman, and it now lives on my fridge; it doesn’t have a lot of mass, so it shouldn’t have absorbed much even if the truck had an exposed load – and besides, if I’m gonna get cancer, it’s probably already happened one way or another …
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So we’ve all spotted weird items on the side of the road (shoes, wrenches, car parts, etc.)
But what is the most expensive or exotic item you’ve ever found?
Pictured is $221.20 AUD and a broken phone that I discovered on the side of the road in Tropical North Queensland. I randomly stopped on the highway to take a photo and spotted a 20 cent coin a meter in front of me… which led to a $1 coin… which led to a $100 bill, which led to me dropping everything and scouring the shoulder looking for more money, lol. I’m not too sure what happened… maybe somebody had gotten robbed and their money had flown out of their car? I eventually found a phone and some cut-in-half credit cards, but no purse or wallet.
I met someone in New Zealand who claimed to have found $700 NZD in an envelope on the side of the road (someone’s paycheck that blew out the window!?) and another guy who found roughly $350 NZD in loose bills riding a gnarly trail in Tasman, lol.
Daily commute I would pass this tin of car wax, “Turtle Wax” brand. For about 2 years, it was always there, rain, snow. Wife mentioned that I should detail our car for an upcoming family event. Ha!, I know where I can get some car wax!! Next day I stop to pick it up and there’s no wax inside, only about $200usd in quarters. Bought some new car wax with quarters that day.
That would be a herd of cows. I came across them on a path and there was a farm nearby and a field with broken fencing.
I did not take them though, just rung the bell at the farm and helped a bit to fix the farm and herd the cows back (I was in no hurry and was paid in food and coffee).
Edit: I just noticed your username OP. This would fit.
Is this post for south hemisphere only?
I found a big garbage bag full of weed trimmings in Oregon in 2000
I found a big square magnet, blown off the back of a truck, with the ☢️ symbol.
Yeah, I picked it up and strapped it to the back of the bike as a mascot/talisman, and it now lives on my fridge; it doesn’t have a lot of mass, so it shouldn’t have absorbed much even if the truck had an exposed load – and besides, if I’m gonna get cancer, it’s probably already happened one way or another …