[pct-l] "FLOATSAM" Money lost on the trail

[Ron Dye]

So the $20 dollar gold pieces I found aren't yours?

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Reinhold Metzger
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:48 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net; Hiker97; Georgi Heitman; patti kulesz; MONTE
DODGE; Deems
Subject: [pct-l] "FLOATSAM" Money lost on the trail

Hi guys,
I lost a lot of money on the trail some time ago.
A tear in my pack caused a lot of money to be scattered all over the trail.
I consider it to be  "FLOATSAM"  not  "JETSAM",  since I lost it and did 
not throw it away deliberately.
Therefore I am the rightful owner of all the money found on the trail 
and would greatly appreciate if it is returned to me.
I will pay a reward for any money returned to me.
You can tell if it's my money by the pictures on its face.
I only carry money with the following pictures on it:

$1     Washington
$5     Lincoln
$10   Hamilton
$20   Jackson
$50   Grant
$100 Franklin

So, if you find any money with the above pictures on it, it belongs to 
me and should be returned to it's rightful owner.
Like I said, I will pay a reward for any money found on the trail and 
returned to me.
BTW....you can keep the $1 bills as an advance on your reward.

Thank you for your cooperation and honesty.

JMT Reinhold
Anxiously awaiting the return of my  "FLOATSOM"  money
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TrailHacker wrote:
Marine law has a number of ways of helping people deal with wrecks, 
flotsam, jetsam, etc. that can be found in the sea. Jetsam refers to 
materials that are purposefully thrown over board (jettisoned) . Flotsam 
refers to materials that float off a ship without having been thrown in 
deliberately. A shipwreck usually results in Flotsam and not jetsam. 
Generally speaking, jetsam is the property of the finder, while flotsam 
remains the property of its original owner. I can only assume that these 
laws arose after centuries or millennium of the principals of "finder's 
keeps" failing to reduce the chaos in society. I would think that it 
would be fairly easy to discern those items found on the trail that are 
flotsam (packs, poles, cameras, etc.) and those that are jetsam (corn 
spaghetti, clif bars, giardia encrusted undergarments, etc.). Can we all 
agree that the trail flotsam still belongs to the original owner until 
proven otherwise? It would lift the trail community at least up to the 
level of the first maritime laws of the 1400's. TrailHacker
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