Friend said I lost something of his, asked me to replace it. What should I do now? [more inside]
posted by fiasco on Nov 4, 2009 - 34 answers

Last week I lost my iPhone. Yesterday my new iPhone was delivered. Today we discovered my original iPhone lying face-down in my front yard. Now what? [more inside]
posted by harperpitt on Oct 23, 2009 - 13 answers

Say that Citizen Kane really wanted to find Rosebud - who would he call? Is there a kind of specific person who tracks down these personal lost things? [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Oct 14, 2009 - 3 answers

I went out for a cigarette and came back with a cat. Now what? [more inside]
posted by jnaps on Jan 15, 2009 - 24 answers

Found: 100% acrylic (super cute, made in USA) winter hat on the (mostly abandoned) street in 20ºF weather (on New Year's Day). I washed it. Can I wear it? [more inside]
posted by cachondeo45 on Jan 3, 2009 - 24 answers

Other than Craigslist and Kiiji, are there any other places to try to find lost and found items in Toronto. [more inside]
posted by OlivesAndTurkishCoffee on Jan 1, 2009 - 8 answers

Help, I left some important paperwork in the back of a NYC cab last night! [more inside]
posted by ceribus peribus on Oct 17, 2008 - 6 answers

Need help identifying some places (and maybe even people?) in a bunch of old slides I found at a thrift shop. [more inside]
posted by Venadium on Sep 27, 2008 - 4 answers

What would you do if you found a memory card? Have you found our memory card in Rome, Italy? [more inside]
posted by lioness on Aug 14, 2008 - 16 answers

Diamond found on ground... now what? Q1: How long should I wait for someone to claim? Q2: What steps should one go through when selling a gemstone? Any advice? [more inside]
posted by djpyk on Mar 2, 2008 - 8 answers

OK so my grandfather bought the proverbial 'swamp land in Florida'... [more inside]
posted by Gungho on Feb 26, 2008 - 5 answers

I found a Blackberry 8830 (I think) the other day -- it was sitting on the back of my car which was parked out in the carport. Now what? [more inside]
posted by rossination on Feb 2, 2008 - 10 answers

I recently found an iPod on the ground. What should I do? [more inside]
posted by soonertbone on Nov 11, 2007 - 35 answers

I need to stop losing stuff. But how? [more inside]
posted by gregb1007 on Oct 18, 2007 - 20 answers

Lost Camera! How can I search the 'net's for it? [more inside]
posted by sirliberal on Sep 16, 2007 - 4 answers

If you found a diamond on the street, would you have to pay taxes on it?
posted by paulinsanjuan on Aug 22, 2007 - 17 answers

There's a little kitty that's been showing up near my apartment. He's cute as a devil, very affectionate, and appears to be in good health (if undernourished). I'm wondering what, if anything, I should do with him? Picture and more info inside. [more inside]
posted by dhammond on Jul 21, 2007 - 25 answers

How can I get surround sound from my Macbook to this nice five speaker system I found in the trash? [more inside]
posted by raygan on Jun 4, 2007 - 16 answers

"server not found" problems in Firefox 2 and IE 7 ... I have recently developed a consistent problem with server not found errors in FF and IE, request will load on a second refresh of the request [more inside]
posted by specialk420 on Apr 22, 2007 - 11 answers

Most interesting poetry which makes use found or appropriated language? [more inside]
posted by sleevener on Jan 5, 2007 - 15 answers

I left my iPod in the seat pocket on a flight from SFO to IAD (I changed planes and went on to ROC) yesterday. I've made some attempts to locate it, but with the holiday travel and the huge backup due to Denver being closed, I'm having little success. I'm jumping through the hoops with the airport and airline, but having a tough time due to the heavy traveler volume. Has anyone else lost an item by leaving it in the seat pocket and got it returned? Any tips?
posted by mhm on Dec 23, 2006 - 12 answers

I found $20 at work. I have no intention of keeping it, but I don't know how to return it. [more inside]
posted by ninjew on Oct 5, 2006 - 27 answers

What the heck is this mystery object? [more inside]
posted by kcds on Sep 25, 2006 - 23 answers

Help me translate this Indian text, please? [more inside]
posted by jammer on Aug 21, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm looking for websites that informally catalogue found objects of some sort: sites (particularly blogs) that operate around the thesis of "look at this stuff I found".
posted by cortex on Aug 17, 2006 - 16 answers

Can you identify the material this breakup letter is written on? [more inside]
posted by symphonik on Apr 27, 2006 - 39 answers

I have a large box of found vacation slides from the 1950s-1970s. Apparently the Becketts lived in Los Angeles (slides were found in Texas) and traveled all over the world... Vienna, Bali, Lisbon, Singapore, Barcelona, Hong Kong, etc. There are perhaps 800-1500- all processed at Kodak Labs and packaged pristinely in little yellow boxes. I'm leaving the country (US) for a while and would like to either get rid of them or keep them for something interesting in the future. Any ideas?
posted by maya on Jun 22, 2005 - 24 answers

A construction person outside my apartment handed me a found wallet, asking if it was mine. It wasn't, but I decided to take it upon myself to find the owner. A white pages search turns up no phone # for the owner. Is there any option other than dropping it off at his home address, which is somewhat inconvenient?
posted by O9scar on Aug 19, 2004 - 11 answers

And Someone Left the iMac Out in the Rain [water inside] [more inside]
posted by emelenjr on Jul 27, 2004 - 13 answers

Trying to decide whether or not to keep some old sheet music. Based on the composer, is it at all valuable? [more] [more inside]
posted by emelenjr on Jun 6, 2004 - 3 answers