What is the best loot you have found while cycling?
The other day I found a nice 30' tape measure on the side of the road. It was a big, professional quality one the size of two fists; and it got me thinking of what other stuff I have found and carried home over the years.
The most expensive was a gold ring with a design sort of like swiss cheese. A short section was broken. I sold it to a gold and coin dealer for a couple hundred bucks.
Perhaps the best was a kitten. I stopped in a shaded, dirt area just off the road to get out of the heat. It was out in BFE at the base of a canyon. I heard a weak meowing and looked down to find a kitten about six inches from my foot. So I reached down, picked it up, and then spotted a full grown cat of the same color nearby on its side, dead. I ended up riding twenty miles home with one hand while carrying the kitten in the other.
The other day I found a nice 30' tape measure on the side of the road. It was a big, professional quality one the size of two fists; and it got me thinking of what other stuff I have found and carried home over the years.
The most expensive was a gold ring with a design sort of like swiss cheese. A short section was broken. I sold it to a gold and coin dealer for a couple hundred bucks.
Perhaps the best was a kitten. I stopped in a shaded, dirt area just off the road to get out of the heat. It was out in BFE at the base of a canyon. I heard a weak meowing and looked down to find a kitten about six inches from my foot. So I reached down, picked it up, and then spotted a full grown cat of the same color nearby on its side, dead. I ended up riding twenty miles home with one hand while carrying the kitten in the other.