aginthelaw
Flashlight Enthusiast
I guess it's because i notice things with my former training and experience, but i recently found 2 flashlights laying on the highway, 2 different times in the past week on my ride home. The first one was a keychain light using button cells but it was bright enough to get my attention while weaving in and out of traffic. I made a u-turn and parked and walked gingerly towards the highway. i picked it up and found it was halfway decent quality, with a metal case. no scratches, still intact, and even had a fairly sturdy tail clicky.
the other one i found was a dome light. why that was in the roadway is beyond me. it was about 2 inches in diameter,4 red led's, with a red diffusing cover. it might have been rigged as a bike light, as it was flashing when i found it.
couple months ago, i found a maglite minimag. it was in bad shape: no tail cap, no lens, reflector was fogged up, the bulb was intact. i doubt it will ever be in working condition again, unless i send it off to someone to chop it in half and make a single 14500 light out of it. at my old job, i went thru cars that were on their way to the trash heap. i found a brand new incan 3d maglite with 3 batteries in it. the batteries were corroded, but for some reason they were sealed in plastic. i don't know if the former owner stored it that way or what.
in some of the police cars i went thru, also going on the trash heap, i found sl-20 flashlights, mag chargers, strions and stingers, incan and led models! as well as a few other things that had to be tagged as evidence (who taught these guys to search a prisoner?)
the other one i found was a dome light. why that was in the roadway is beyond me. it was about 2 inches in diameter,4 red led's, with a red diffusing cover. it might have been rigged as a bike light, as it was flashing when i found it.
couple months ago, i found a maglite minimag. it was in bad shape: no tail cap, no lens, reflector was fogged up, the bulb was intact. i doubt it will ever be in working condition again, unless i send it off to someone to chop it in half and make a single 14500 light out of it. at my old job, i went thru cars that were on their way to the trash heap. i found a brand new incan 3d maglite with 3 batteries in it. the batteries were corroded, but for some reason they were sealed in plastic. i don't know if the former owner stored it that way or what.
in some of the police cars i went thru, also going on the trash heap, i found sl-20 flashlights, mag chargers, strions and stingers, incan and led models! as well as a few other things that had to be tagged as evidence (who taught these guys to search a prisoner?)