Road Booty

It really is amazing how much stuff gets deposited on roadsides across America.   Just out of curiosity I wanted to see what we could collect on the southern tier trip.  We were quite selective in what we picked up, still it was quite the haul.  Here's a picture of the tools we found:

Included are:

63 sockets

3 screwdrivers

1 crowbar

1 cam-lock strap

3 pliers

6 box wrenches & 1 adjustable wrench

1 socket driver

3 3/8" socket extensions

1 pocket knife

1 allen wrench set

3 hooks

4 bunge straps- we only picked up 4, but we probably saw well over 100

1 ratchet driver

1 chisel

1 pry-bar

 

The other amazing thing was how much money we found, all coins.  And it wasn't all pennies!  $12.75 of the haul was quarters.

Here's the pile:

In all, there was $24.50 in US coins, plus 13 Mexican pesos, worth about 64¢.

We also found a fully functional LG smart phone, a worker's neon vest, several towels, a working USB charging cable, an iron skillet (minus handle), and a baseball cap.

I don't know if people leave stuff on their vehicles and it flies off, or if people chuck stuff out the windows.  In any event, it makes you wonder what future archeologists will think when they excavate our highways in another million years!