# I just found $1400! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633 "2009-10-29T18:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/1 "2009-10-29T18:07:02Z")
Not on the street or anything. It was already my money, part of what I got from selling my boat some time ago. But I had lost it. Worse, I _thought_ that it had been stolen. Last I remembered it was sitting in an envelope in my desk drawer and then one day I noticed that it wasn’t. Last night my closet door stuck on something, and I pulled out an overnight bag with some clothes in it. I pulled the clothes out and threw them in the laundry hamper, then checked the other pockets. Bam! Envelope with money in it. I have no memory of packing this bag. Apparently I was planning a hell of a weekend somewhere. The money is really awesome, but the best thing is that I no longer worry that one of my friends is a thief. Also, I found one of my favorite shirts in the overnight bag. I’ve randomly lost $20 here and there, and it’s a nice surprise to find it later, but this is by far the most I’ve ever managed to misplace at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/2 "2009-10-29T18:20:22Z")
I’d report it to the police. If you don’t go claim it after 30 days, it’s yours. But if you then go back and claim it, it’s yours too! A win win if I’ve ever heard of one! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/3 "2009-10-29T18:59:30Z")
Found money is too much fun, when you know you get to keep it. I once found 5 bucks in an old pair of jeans and on a whim blew it on scratch-offs. Then won 25 from them. (I kept that.) Enjoy your find! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/4 "2009-10-29T19:07:15Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I’d report it to the police. If you don’t go claim it after 30 days, it’s yours. But if you then go back and claim it, it’s yours too! A win win if I’ve ever heard of one! Um… > [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > It was already my money, part of what I got from selling my boat some time ago. But I had lost it . ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/5 "2009-10-29T19:11:57Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Um… > . Check the wording on **Ender** ’s post. He was making a joke about being both the person who lost the money _and_ the person who found it. ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/6 "2009-10-29T19:19:02Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I’d report it to the police. If you don’t go claim it after 30 days, it’s yours. But if you then go back and claim it, it’s yours too! A win win if I’ve ever heard of one! You win the thread. [QUOTE=Hello Again] Um… [/QUOTE] Bonus whooosh! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/7 "2009-10-29T19:22:15Z")
I wonder if anyone’s ever done undercover testing of a police station like that: Deposit some valuable with them, state where and how you found it (in a sufficiently obscure way that someone would be very unlikely to claim it), and see if you end up getting it back… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/8 "2009-10-29T19:22:48Z")
HOW on EARTH could you LOSE _FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS?_ I mean _yikes_, man! Wake _up!_ ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/9 "2009-10-29T19:28:47Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > HOW on EARTH could you LOSE _FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS?_ I once lost $4100. It wasn’t cash, though, it was a bank check. And I did find it, about a year later. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/10 "2009-10-29T19:35:22Z")
You must go out and have that hell of a weekend you were planning. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/11 "2009-10-29T19:52:59Z")
I think you should invest the money wisely… go buy a whole bunch of sticky closet doors. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/12 "2009-10-29T19:55:27Z")
Congratulations on your find. Does it put you in mind of the friendly guy who lives in the same town as you who helped you place that Craigslist ad when you sold the boat? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/13 "2009-10-29T19:57:43Z")
About that $100 you owe me from the last Dopefest… ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/14 "2009-10-29T20:00:08Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Check the wording on **Ender** ’s post. He was making a joke about being both the person who lost the money _and_ the person who found it. Ohhhh… \ ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/15 "2009-10-29T20:17:01Z")
Not on the street or anything. It was already my money, part of what I got from selling my boat some time ago. But I had lost it. Worse, I _thought_ that it had been stolen. Last I remembered I put it in an overnight bag with some clothes in it in some guy’s closet. Any ideas where I could start looking? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/16 "2009-10-29T20:34:42Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Any ideas where I could start looking? Have you tried the local police station? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/17 "2009-10-29T21:35:33Z")
Yeah, but the closest thing they’d seen had already been claimed by the same guy who turned it in. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/18 "2009-10-29T21:38:16Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yeah, but the closest thing they’d seen had already been claimed by the same guy who turned it in. Go figure. Probably just one of those internet-organized police-honesty stings I’ve been hearing so much about lately. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/19 "2009-10-29T21:42:28Z")
First round is on you then right? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-1400/515633/20 "2009-10-29T21:47:01Z")
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