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<blockquote data-quote="Darryle" data-source="post: 2573821" data-attributes="member: 109917"><p>Not a hunting related story but a lost then found story.</p><p></p><p>I was raised by my grandparents after my mother passed away. They were farmers and ranchers. We raised peanuts, coastal hay and wheat. I decided one year that I was going to raise watermelons and cantelopes because with the farming and 500+ mother cows, I didn't have enough to do. </p><p></p><p>In the early part of the season of 1983, I leased 125 acres of good sand soil that had been idle for at least a decade. We sowed and sold coastal sprigs, I took my draw as a one payment, about $3600. I had an old 4020 diesel that didn't have a cab, well in the process of onewaying the melon patch my wallet rode up and out of my back pocket along with the draw and whatever else I had in cash. Searching the outer portion of the 125 acres was not going to be easy or rewarding. I about died, my grandfather graciously loaned me the money for seed, fertilizer and fuel and I wrote off the $3600+.</p><p></p><p>After what one would call almost perfect conditions, I raised and sold over $100k of watermelons and cantelopes. </p><p></p><p>So that fall, I committed to a long term lease of the property and after everything was gone, I left the property to lay until spring.</p><p></p><p>The following March I was back to running the one way, now with my wallet in my front left pocket. I intently watched each pass, over my shoulder and each area to the right of the front right tire. 4hrs into the day I spotted what looked like a piece of wood. I stopped and sure enough it was my wallet. The top edges of the cash was a little deteriorated but it looked no worse for the time spent in the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryle, post: 2573821, member: 109917"] Not a hunting related story but a lost then found story. I was raised by my grandparents after my mother passed away. They were farmers and ranchers. We raised peanuts, coastal hay and wheat. I decided one year that I was going to raise watermelons and cantelopes because with the farming and 500+ mother cows, I didn't have enough to do. In the early part of the season of 1983, I leased 125 acres of good sand soil that had been idle for at least a decade. We sowed and sold coastal sprigs, I took my draw as a one payment, about $3600. I had an old 4020 diesel that didn't have a cab, well in the process of onewaying the melon patch my wallet rode up and out of my back pocket along with the draw and whatever else I had in cash. Searching the outer portion of the 125 acres was not going to be easy or rewarding. I about died, my grandfather graciously loaned me the money for seed, fertilizer and fuel and I wrote off the $3600+. After what one would call almost perfect conditions, I raised and sold over $100k of watermelons and cantelopes. So that fall, I committed to a long term lease of the property and after everything was gone, I left the property to lay until spring. The following March I was back to running the one way, now with my wallet in my front left pocket. I intently watched each pass, over my shoulder and each area to the right of the front right tire. 4hrs into the day I spotted what looked like a piece of wood. I stopped and sure enough it was my wallet. The top edges of the cash was a little deteriorated but it looked no worse for the time spent in the ground. [/QUOTE]
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