What have you found on walks?

[GPSGuided]

This observant and lucky walker found a 2000 years old Roman coin on his hike, so what have you found to date?

http://www.smh.com.au/world/israeli-hik ... 315-gnk160

[Moondog55]

Old tent pegs

[GPSGuided]

Given the number of replies, our walk environment is either very clean and devoid of valuable human left overs or no one got lucky. MD55, I trust those old tent pegs are of value.

[Mark F]

Contentment

[GPSGuided]

Contentment

That's way too philosophical! On track though.

[ofuros]

Every now & then i come across various items left in the bush...a rough looking tripod, a walking pole & a discarded pot.

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[GPSGuided]

Someone left their tripod? Amazing!

[Moondog55]

I'll have that pot if you don't want it, I need a spare

[GBW]

I was walking along the Port Phillip Trail at Long Plain and there it was...

Lucky $5

[Tortoise]

I well remember a walk in Vic years ago, when between the 4 of us, we were missing a hat, sunnies and toothpaste.

By Derrick Hut, the horizontal sleet had abated, and further down the sun showed its face. There on a stump was a cap - clearly having been there for some time, but still usable.

A little later, somewhere near Dibbins, I think, were a pair of sunnies - might have been on a fence post?? Not on the ground, anyway, and clearly visible.

And then as we were collecting water at camp, what should come floating down the creek in a little cascade, but a small tube of toothpaste!!! (I wouldn't have even thought it could float.) I have 3 witnesses, 2 of whom had not met before that walk, but have been happily married to each other for many years now.

[eggs]

My current riding dark glasses [plastic] at Mt Stapylton and a headlamp on the Huon track.

[GPSGuided]

I well remember a walk in Vic years ago, when between the 4 of us, we were missing a hat, sunnies and toothpaste.
...
And then as we were collecting water at camp, what should come floating down the creek in a little cascade, but a small tube of toothpaste!!!

Ever considered someone is having fun with you? Just too extraordinary!

[Tortoise]

I well remember a walk in Vic years ago, when between the 4 of us, we were missing a hat, sunnies and toothpaste.
...
And then as we were collecting water at camp, what should come floating down the creek in a little cascade, but a small tube of toothpaste!!!

Ever considered someone is having fun with you? Just too extraordinary!

Extraordinary indeed! I still find it barely believable. Big stuff - yes, much easier to believe. But toothpaste (not to mention the sunnies and the cap)?? Maybe fun is the answer.

[MartyGwynne]

Always a tent peg, can't help to not find at least one. I do find lots of rubbish which usually gets carried back out.
Oh found a little BBQ set which packs up into its own tube, interesting but never used.
One kayaking trip I found an old inflatable raft/boat rather old and worn but not too many holes in it. No owners found though!

[north-north-west]

Mostly rubbish.

Lot of tent pegs. In fact, I have a collection of approximately 25 different tent pegs, found whilst out and about. Clothing is remarkably common - caps, beanies, socks (always single socks), thermals, shirts, jocks . . .
My current walking sunglasses are a pair I found at High Moor. This was highly convenient as I had lost a pair the day before on Pegasus Sth.

Most expensive item was a satellite phone on the Larapinta.

[MickyB]

Nothing of value but I have seen a lot of old car bodies - some 300m or 400m in from the nearest road

[GPSGuided]

Just came off a weekend walk and found a fat tiger snake that's close to 2m. Should I have picked it and packed home? Kicking myself for running away. LOL

[GPSGuided]

Nothing of value but I have seen a lot of old car bodies - some 300m or 400m in from the nearest road

Any skeleton in the driver's seat or in the boot?

[puredingo]

I once found one of those steel army canteen things, the type that sit in it's own pot with the fold around handles. It was the real mcCoy type bit of gear and no cheap imitation, the weight of the thing confirmed that.
Anyway, this was on the Cox river where Breakfast Ck joins. I heard a group puffing about half way up Iron pot so I hurried up to the top to catch them and return their left behind kit.
Now blowing my guts out I offered a "here ya go" self rightously proud of my good deed done...the response "Not ours, we seen it but the *&%$#! thing was too heavy to hump all the way up here"!!!!

[Moondog55]

I must add that I am always finding single gloves and beanies when up at Falls Creek in the winter, some of them very expensive units too. Mostly they get put in the "Lost & Found " pile if the day shelter I tend not to count the things found on the main tracks tho
PD If you still have that cup my Grandson would like one of his own I think; he is forever taking mine to drink from

[MickyB]

Nothing of value but I have seen a lot of old car bodies - some 300m or 400m in from the nearest road

Any skeleton in the driver's seat or in the boot?

I've seen plenty that have gone off the side of the road and been abandoned (usually with police tape in place so I don't bother checking them). The ones further in the bush are rust buckets and have been there a long time. I've got no idea how some of them have got there. Maybe the areas have been logged in the past - I don't know.

[puredingo]

Nothing of value but I have seen a lot of old car bodies - some 300m or 400m in from the nearest road

Any skeleton in the driver's seat or in the boot?

I've seen plenty that have gone off the side of the road and been abandoned (usually with police tape in place so I don't bother checking them). The ones further in the bush are rust buckets and have been there a long time. I've got no idea how some of them have got there. Maybe the areas have been logged in the past - I don't know.

There is a surprising amount of bush tracks that you wouldn't recognise as roads but once were....it doesn't take long for the scub to re- establish itself but the rubber mudflat, blinker light, beer bottle, electronic wiring etc lasts forever as a reminder.

[keithy]

It's no 2000 year old Roman coin, but on my walk in NZ in January, I found a dead Casio G-Shock G9000 Mudman watch with a busted strap, covered in dirt, sand and some green stuff that was caked on.

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Not sure what the green stuff was on it, but it was hard to get off the watch case and under the buttons. There was more of it coating the front facing button, but I took the pic after scraping the bulk of it off.

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Stripped it down and cleaned it up when I got home (nearly losing some of the miniscule springs in the module), installed a new battery, oiled the gasket, put on a new strap, and voila:

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From my reckoning, it had been sitting forlorn for a few seasons in varying temperatures, but after a good clean, it works a treat.
The outer case and strap can be replaced, but I think the dings on the case give it character, and I think it looks good on my Zulu leather strap.

More pics of the watch and blurb http://forums.watchuseek.com/f17/found- ... 72706.html

[north-north-west]

The green looks like oxidised copper, which doesn't really seem likely in a watch. Nice looking watch, but.

My favourite watch is the Citizen Eco-drive diver's watch I found some 60m down in the Black Hole at Mt Gambier. Just an inch or so of rubber strap sticking up through the silt; drifted down to pick up what looked like a bit of rubbish and . . . voila. Asked around a fair bit but the owner never did own up to it. Maybe he was embarrassed about having lost it.
15 years later and it's still going strong, despite the glass getting a bit scratched.

[GPSGuided]

Ok Keithy, you win for the best find so far in this thread! Extra points for resurrecting the watch.

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[Happy Pirate]

Lots and lots of toilet paper.
Pity it's not worth anything or I could buy Wilsons Prom by now....

[GPSGuided]

Pirate, I don't even want to see the toilet papers you've found. In a few million years though, they could become valuable for genomic studies of humans in the 21st century.

[Happy Pirate]

Pirate, I don't even want to see the toilet papers you've found. In a few million years though, they could become valuable for genomic studies of humans in the 21st century.

Oh Geez; I don't collect the stuff (ewww).
I just see it
and see it
and see it

... like little fluffy clouds waiting to stick to your feet and ruin your day ....

[GPSGuided]

It's not 'found' unless you touch it...

[Happy Pirate]

It's not 'found' unless you touch it...

*Sigh*
OK - you've found me out.
I've been collecting them for years and stashing them in my basement.....

I'm just waiting for value to rise against the $US
shouldn't be too long
I callz 'em "brownbacks"
Steve