Have you found anything interesting on the road?
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Have you found anything interesting on the road?
I was wondering, what things did you people run into while riding?
One time, my two friends and me, were walking 20 miles road going to Three Sisters Mountains, In oregon. We found almost a dozen of knifes! I often see coin laying on the road.
Anybody found anything interesting?
One time, my two friends and me, were walking 20 miles road going to Three Sisters Mountains, In oregon. We found almost a dozen of knifes! I often see coin laying on the road.
Anybody found anything interesting?

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A wedding band. I wondered if the the former owner found out about a cheating spouse & decided to toss it.
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I talked to a guy, who drove 18 wheelers in the past. He found a dimond ring, stuck in one of his tires, while checking them on the truck stop. 
It's just very interesting, when you are riding, you see LOTS of road area very close, so supposely those who ride LONG distances, must have good chances to find something unusual.

It's just very interesting, when you are riding, you see LOTS of road area very close, so supposely those who ride LONG distances, must have good chances to find something unusual.

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I have found myself on the road a couple of times.
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I have several tools found while riding including a $30 hammer, a huge Cresent wrench, a torque wrench, the biggest screw driveer I have ever seen, and a fiberglass handled contractors shovel. I had to go back in the truck for that one. It was hard to ride and carry it.
I also see a lot of clothes. My favorite are the undergarments on the side of the road. It makes you wonder what people are up to as they ride down the road.
I also see a lot of clothes. My favorite are the undergarments on the side of the road. It makes you wonder what people are up to as they ride down the road.
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Well, today I didn't find anything interesting, or useful. Although I have seen about a dozen of dead birds, probably killed by bikes (ran over) and huge rat. Now the rat was the size of a small cat so that might have been a job of a downhiller
or maybe a park vehicle! Sad thing to watch


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$20 once. Mind you, a friend of mine went surfing last week and found $50 in the surf. It's amazing what this plastic money does.

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Originally posted by Koffee Brown
Believe it or not- marijuana. When I told my siblings, two of them actually started bidding on the stuff... it's still here, hidden away. A few small dime bags, that's all.
Yikes!
Believe it or not- marijuana. When I told my siblings, two of them actually started bidding on the stuff... it's still here, hidden away. A few small dime bags, that's all.
Yikes!
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Originally posted by Chris L
$20 once. Mind you, a friend of mine went surfing last week and found $50 in the surf. It's amazing what this plastic money does.
$20 once. Mind you, a friend of mine went surfing last week and found $50 in the surf. It's amazing what this plastic money does.


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Plastic money with lots of pretty colors in Australia.
Funny enough, the money always looks like new. I sometimes would take my money and give it an extra spitshine before I'd buy something. You can make an old bill look brand new with just a little of Mother Nature's natural lotion.
Funny enough, the money always looks like new. I sometimes would take my money and give it an extra spitshine before I'd buy something. You can make an old bill look brand new with just a little of Mother Nature's natural lotion.

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Mostly tools...and an amazing number of bungee cords.
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Originally posted by Koffee Brown
Plastic money with lots of pretty colors in Australia.
Funny enough, the money always looks like new. I sometimes would take my money and give it an extra spitshine before I'd buy something. You can make an old bill look brand new with just a little of Mother Nature's natural lotion.
Plastic money with lots of pretty colors in Australia.
Funny enough, the money always looks like new. I sometimes would take my money and give it an extra spitshine before I'd buy something. You can make an old bill look brand new with just a little of Mother Nature's natural lotion.


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Originally posted by Chuvak
I say it's a good way to conserve the forests by using plastic money instead of paper. I promise it's my last off topic comment!
I say it's a good way to conserve the forests by using plastic money instead of paper. I promise it's my last off topic comment!

Me, I only find shoes and almost find dead bodies...and the shoes don't even come in pairs.
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I have noticed on a couple ocassions- condoms. Can't figure that out? ON the shoulders or curbs of highways. Why? What is really puzzling; They were taken out of their wrapper, yet unrolled??? Why would anyone do that.?
Recall couple times on the curbs of highways and maybe once atop a designated bike path.
TO notice such below, guess I must not be moving fast enough.
Recall couple times on the curbs of highways and maybe once atop a designated bike path.
TO notice such below, guess I must not be moving fast enough.
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Originally posted by Chuvak
Wait a sec. Did you say PLASTIC money? You have plastic money in Australia?
Wait a sec. Did you say PLASTIC money? You have plastic money in Australia?

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The great thing about our money is that a $5 note is a handy spare to carry with you. If you get a hole in your tyre you can whack it inside your tyre as a sleeve to get you home.
The great thing about our money is that a $5 note is a handy spare to carry with you. If you get a hole in your tyre you can whack it inside your tyre as a sleeve to get you home.
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I can't believe no one mentioned pornographic magazines. Seems like once every ride, often while stopped at a light, I will look down to see the most vivid photographs.
My theory is that married men, hurrying home to their wives throw them out the window so they won't get caught with them.
On a different note, yesterday while driving to the trail I found a cyclist! I noticed a biker walking a bike and when I stopped to see what he needed I found out he didn't speak a word of english. Sign language and pointing led me to offer him a ride down the road. A wordless five miles led us to the interesection where we went our separate ways.
My theory is that married men, hurrying home to their wives throw them out the window so they won't get caught with them.
On a different note, yesterday while driving to the trail I found a cyclist! I noticed a biker walking a bike and when I stopped to see what he needed I found out he didn't speak a word of english. Sign language and pointing led me to offer him a ride down the road. A wordless five miles led us to the interesection where we went our separate ways.
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Condoms, the leg of a Pronghorn (when I use to live in Wyoming), and an ammo can with ammunition in it (turned it into the armory that was right down the road).
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While riding :: tons of tools and bungee cords, a bag of weed valued at $40 (I turned it over to the police), a check book full of checks (I tried to contact the owner but ended up turning it in to the bank)
Whilre running :: a spent bullet (the projectile, not the casing), $10 (largest cash find), a vibrator! :O
Whilre running :: a spent bullet (the projectile, not the casing), $10 (largest cash find), a vibrator! :O
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Originally posted by Eureka
I can't believe no one mentioned pornographic magazines. Seems like once every ride, often while stopped at a light, I will look down to see the most vivid photographs.
My theory is that married men, hurrying home to their wives throw them out the window so they won't get caught with them.
I can't believe no one mentioned pornographic magazines. Seems like once every ride, often while stopped at a light, I will look down to see the most vivid photographs.
My theory is that married men, hurrying home to their wives throw them out the window so they won't get caught with them.
I agree with your theory. As the ones I see are almost always beside roads in the middle of nowhere, I think it might be truckies who buy them, 'read' them and then chuck them out the window.
On an even less pleasant level, I also see old coke or other soft drink bottles full of yellowish green fluid. I guess those truckies haven't got time to stop.
