Whats the most valuable thing you found?

The_Captain · 19-02-2015 11:21AM #1

On holidays in Thailand, I found a bag with an iPod and a tablet in it just left sitting at a bar.

They were a few years old, but still though, happy days

jamesbere · 19-02-2015 11:23AM

A fifty euro note

byrneg28 · 19-02-2015 11:23AM

my first pube

iDave · 19-02-2015 11:29AM

Marching in the 1995 St Patricks Day parade with the U10 GAA team. The parade stops and there on the ground Daniel O'Connell is looking up at me. A nice IR£20.00 note.

syklops · 19-02-2015 11:30AM

My other halfs g-spot.

9bred4 · 19-02-2015 11:30AM

The_Captain wrote: »

On holidays in Thailand, I found a bag with an iPod and a tablet in it just left sitting at a bar.

They were a few years old, but still though, happy days

Wondering how long until the other OP takes to comment on this :pac:

StormWarrior · 19-02-2015 11:31AM

About 10 years ago I was walking along a deserted street in a London suburb in the night when I found four £20 notes on the pavement. Just the notes, no wallet or ID so my friend and I decided to keep them.

Birneybau · 19-02-2015 11:35AM

Love.

*bleugh

Saipanne · 19-02-2015 11:39AM

The_Captain wrote: »

On holidays in Thailand, I found a bag with an iPod and a tablet in it just left sitting at a bar.

They were a few years old, but still though, happy days

Enjoy!

I'm actually alright about losing them, after the initial realisation. I earn enough money to easily afford replacements.

:-)

The_Captain · 19-02-2015 11:42AM

Saipanne wrote: »

Enjoy!

I'm actually alright about losing them, after the initial realisation. I earn enough money to easily afford replacements.

:-)

I doubt it, it wasn't even an iPod Touch. Living like Angelas Ashes

Saipanne · 19-02-2015 11:44AM

The_Captain wrote: »

I doubt it, it wasn't even an iPod Touch. Living like Angelas Ashes

I'm simply not feckless with money, like some morons. Hence, I have plenty of savings to hand.

Yay!

Pherekydes · 19-02-2015 11:46AM

Remember Michael Douglas in Falling Down?

That was me. Found a bag full of uzis. At the bottom was $250k, so I chucked the weapons in the lake and spent the money instead.

kylith · 19-02-2015 11:46AM

A leather jacket. I love that jacket. Soooo soft

Saipanne · 19-02-2015 11:48AM

kylith wrote: »

A leather jacket. I love that jacket. Soooo soft

Losing that would annoy me far more than losing the gadgets.

Finding a jacket you like is tough.

Generic Dreadhead · 19-02-2015 11:49AM

A big, f**k off, bag of cop-on

dodderangler · 19-02-2015 11:49AM

syklops wrote: »

My other halfs g-spot.

You never found it let's be honest

shakencat · 19-02-2015 11:51AM

A pretty big bar of hash outside the garda station in phoenix park.

I don't even smoke.

But my friends knew how to sell it!

plenty of drinking in the park happened after that! (I was bout 16 at the time. alcopops galore)

Zippie84 · 19-02-2015 12:04PM

Myself.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 19-02-2015 12:08PM

A bag of white powder in the back of a taxi, and it wasn't flour.

unjedilike · 19-02-2015 12:11PM

Once found a big bone in the ground when digging but after licking it clean decided it was from a cow so I made soup

Meathlass · 19-02-2015 12:12PM

A Viking silver brooch with an animal shaped head

An early Christian/Late Iron Age brooch in a 'Celtic' style

A Bronze Age piece of pottery (4,500 years old) with a thumb and finger print in the base.

Working as an archaeologist was pretty cool

Egginacup · 19-02-2015 12:45PM

Found a phone on a bus in Europe. It was a fairly basic model but better than the brick I had at the time. Found money notes several times but nothing more than a 20.

byrneg28 · 19-02-2015 12:48PM

I found a wad of 100 pound notes that an old man had dropped - stupidly, I ran after him and gave them back. To which he gave me a look, shoved them in his pocket and ****ed off - no thank you or nothing -

I was about 6

lazygal · 19-02-2015 12:50PM

My husband at a party. Love is great.

Aongus Von Bismarck · 19-02-2015 12:54PM

The ability to stop and be mindful. It's incredibly liberating.

whiskeyman · 19-02-2015 12:54PM

Meathlass wrote: »

Working as an archaeologist was pretty cool

You're no longer doing it?

I bet you always knew your career was in ruins...

Hoop66 · 19-02-2015 01:19PM

Some 15th/16th century tools and glassware. The house I grew up in was built on what was the kitchen garden of Warwick Castle, and I did a lot of digging in that garden. Not "gardening" digging, but "annoy the fuck out of your dad" digging. When I found the stuff I was trying to dig a secret tunnel under the back wall.

They're now on display in the castle,with a little card saying thanks to me (aged 8).

Meathlass · 19-02-2015 01:19PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

You're no longer doing it?

I bet you always knew your career was in ruins...

Wow, never heard that one before :pac:

No, the recession stopped a lot of work and it was always a very poorly paid job with terrible employment conditions. Loved it though for the 10 years I did it.

whiskeyman · 19-02-2015 01:20PM

Meathlass wrote: »

No, the recession stopped a lot of work and it was always a very poorly paid job with terrible employment conditions. Loved it though for the 10 years I did it.

I remember hearing about that alright.
I'm sure it takes a lot of study and work / training, but I was surprised the pay and career prospects were so poor.

BeerWolf · 19-02-2015 02:55PM

Of immediate value, as a kid when I was going to the cinema with my school I found a line of £20 notes totalling £180 scattered along the side of the road... thankfully it was dark and I was the only one that noticed it.

Felt like a millionaire that day.

Bought a PlayStation that week...

Of historic findings, there's a 1780s painting in my attic... probably worth a number of grand, in decent condition.

osarusan · 19-02-2015 03:12PM

My wife's wedding ring in the sandpit at a local play area/park, about 5 or 6 months after she'd lost it.

Whats the most valuable thing you found?

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