Finds dump: Got me a fidget, and some other junk...

The grounds keepers at a few of the city parks just grab everything that gets left behind and set it beside the trashcans for pickup (they've stopped trying to keep up with the lost and found for most items... just too much junk).

As a result, when I'm out detecting, sometimes I'll see a big pile of water bottles (plastic disposables) with a few decent bottles in the mix. I've gotten some great camelbaks, a few Thermos-types, and some cool mugs (even a gorgeous burbon glass). My favorite, though, are when they have chairs stacked on the trashcans. I usually get one or two a year. Camp chairs... the good ones... like the $45-$60 kind. The odd part is.. the grounds crew comes 2 days after the events for clippings (they clip Mondays, and events are Saturdays around here). which means those things have been there for days. The grounds crew guys don't care if you take things from the trash pile... it's not quite dumpster diving, but it sure can save a day from just boring clad.

Earlier this summer, I managed a folding TABLE. (the white fold-in-half kinds with a handle.)

Go figure! So nah... Don't worry about it. It likely was just going to get tossed or chewed by the mower...

Skippy

NICE! I usually just find kids clothes, jackets mostly. A shoe now and then, but mostly just hunt elementary school playgrounds and city parks, no big events other than get together soccer games. I drape all the clothes over the benches in hopes the kids come back.