Dog ID Tag Return.

[Metaldetective1975]

Last weekend while detecting in an old park, I found a metal dog ID tag. It was bone-shaped and had the dog's name (LUNA) on the front and a phone number on the back.
Since it was buried about 2 inches down and appeared to be old, I figured the dog may have passed away by now, and the owner might like to have it back for sentimental reasons.
So I called the phone number (in a neighboring state) and explained who I was and what I had found, and asked if they would like me to return it to them.
They said that Luna was still alive and that they had replaced the tag quite awhile ago. The owner said that it would not be necessary to return it, but thanked me just the same.
She seemed quite amazed to get such an "out of the blue" phonecall like that, and was genuinely thankful.

I think that we should take opportunities to return lost items as often as we can.
It gives the general public a much better understanding of what we do and why we do it, and that we are not just a bunch of "greedy treasure hunters".
It also gives us a good feeling in knowing that we have done a good deed.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Great effort on your part. reminds me of the time i found one at the beach while on vacation .. i think it only had an adress on it...so we drove by the house, knocked on the door and asked if they lost a dog id tag...they had and the dog had just had a litter of puppies a few weeks prior, so my wife a i got to play with puppies while making the return which was really cool...