Yesterday I found and retrieved a piece of jewelry from the bottom of the pool. This is my ninth piece (mostly earrings) for the year, a new PR. They have all been cheap/fashion pieces except for one, which was a tiny antique silver pendant with a diamond chip in it. Why you'd wear jewelry into a pool is a mystery to me, but it takes all kinds.
Anyone else ever find anything interesting?
-LBJ
I was a lifeguard at a water park near Allentown, PA for a summer during college, and they would have 1 person just hunt for missing items for the last half of the day (as long as everyone showed up). It was amazing all the stuff people lost--wedding and engagement rings, cash (large sums), watches, and just anything you can think of. Most of it seemed to be on the lazy river, which was good...if I did it I'd just put on goggles and swim along, looking in all the corners to make sure. I did find some high-value objects (as well as sentimental), but we were not allowed to take a reward.
More recently, in my backyard pool, I've found lots of different critters. Have a floating thermometer which seems to attract snakes, and have found mice, rats, rabbits, etc. The yard is walled in, but I'm on a corner with drainage holes that they can enter through.
I was a lifeguard at a water park near Allentown, PA for a summer during college, and they would have 1 person just hunt for missing items for the last half of the day (as long as everyone showed up). It was amazing all the stuff people lost--wedding and engagement rings, cash (large sums), watches, and just anything you can think of. Most of it seemed to be on the lazy river, which was good...if I did it I'd just put on goggles and swim along, looking in all the corners to make sure. I did find some high-value objects (as well as sentimental), but we were not allowed to take a reward.
More recently, in my backyard pool, I've found lots of different critters. Have a floating thermometer which seems to attract snakes, and have found mice, rats, rabbits, etc. The yard is walled in, but I'm on a corner with drainage holes that they can enter through.
