Retired LTC USAR
US Veteran
Not wanting to hijack the previous thread, I started a new one.
Been magnet fishing a few years. Go to the local park a couple of times during the summer and have really found nothing of interest.
Went a couple of weeks ago. Was on a fishing dock talking to a fisherman, who also magnet fishes.
I was fishing as we were talking. The water was only around 4 feet deep. I could tell that I had picked up something. We both looked in amazement as I pulled a semi-auto out of the water.
I placed it on the dock and pored some water on it to rinse the mud off. I then put water and the weapon in the bucket and continued to clean the mud off the outside and inside of it. It was so jamed up, I couldn't rack the slide, or release the magazine.
Turned out it was a Taurus 9MM that had a crimson trace light on it with an extended magazine in it.
Called the police, who toke about 20-30 minutes to get there. Turned it over to them. One ran the serial number and it came back negative. Talked to them far a few more minutes and then they left with it.
I told the officer that if it had been a better quality handgun, I just might have kept it.
An interesting side note--according to Kentucky Revised Statutes, a found gun and/or ammo that is turned-in cannot be returned to the person that finds it. It will eventually be sold to an FFL.
Hope it's not my last find!!
Been magnet fishing a few years. Go to the local park a couple of times during the summer and have really found nothing of interest.
Went a couple of weeks ago. Was on a fishing dock talking to a fisherman, who also magnet fishes.
I was fishing as we were talking. The water was only around 4 feet deep. I could tell that I had picked up something. We both looked in amazement as I pulled a semi-auto out of the water.
I placed it on the dock and pored some water on it to rinse the mud off. I then put water and the weapon in the bucket and continued to clean the mud off the outside and inside of it. It was so jamed up, I couldn't rack the slide, or release the magazine.
Turned out it was a Taurus 9MM that had a crimson trace light on it with an extended magazine in it.
Called the police, who toke about 20-30 minutes to get there. Turned it over to them. One ran the serial number and it came back negative. Talked to them far a few more minutes and then they left with it.
I told the officer that if it had been a better quality handgun, I just might have kept it.
An interesting side note--according to Kentucky Revised Statutes, a found gun and/or ammo that is turned-in cannot be returned to the person that finds it. It will eventually be sold to an FFL.
Hope it's not my last find!!
