[Ammi]

A street cleaner struck gold when he found a Rolex watch down a drain.

The 28-year-old was cleaning a drain near Chalkwell railway station in Essex last Friday when he found the watch among the dirt.

When he took a closer look, he found it was an 18-carat gold Rolex worth £21,000.

The worker, who does not wish to be named, handed the watch in at his nearest police station.

But it had not been registered lost or stolen and, if it is not claimed within 30 days, he will be allowed to keep it.

Pc Calley Mackay, of Essex Police, said: "This was a highly unusual find and it's hard to imagine how something so valuable has not been reported lost or stolen by its owner.

....might be worth taking your metal detectors to Essex..

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Ammi

A street cleaner struck gold when he found a Rolex watch down a drain.

The 28-year-old was cleaning a drain near Chalkwell railway station in Essex last Friday when he found the watch among the dirt.

When he took a closer look, he found it was an 18-carat gold Rolex worth £21,000.

The worker, who does not wish to be named, handed the watch in at his nearest police station.

But it had not been registered lost or stolen and, if it is not claimed within 30 days, he will be allowed to keep it.

Pc Calley Mackay, of Essex Police, said: "This was a highly unusual find and it's hard to imagine how something so valuable has not been reported lost or stolen by its owner.

....might be worth taking your metal detectors to Essex..

Aw amazing. He handed it in. I hope it's some over paid footballer who doesn't get two s**ts about losing a watch and doesn't claim it.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Marc

Aw amazing. He handed it in. I hope it's some over paid footballer who doesn't get two s**ts about losing a watch and doesn't claim it.

Yeah..I think I would have too, it's just too much money not to....it's going to be a LONG 30 days for him

[Shaun]

That's good of him to hand it in. I guess the ones who pocket them don't report it to the papers

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Yeah..I think I would have too, it's just too much money not to....it's going to be a LONG 30 days for him

Oh yeah I would have handed it in too. I just think it's awesome that he did. Yep very very long 30 days!

[Marc]

I bet if he continued to look further up the drain he'd have found the dead body that it belonged too.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Marc

I bet if he continued to look further up the drain he'd have found the dead body that it belonged too.

...I'm not sure why I should be laughing at that...but I am
...he's probably waiting for the 30 days to be up to look...it would be the worst kind of sods law to 'inherit' a corpse too

[mizzy25]

i hope he gets to keep it 4 his honesty.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by mizzy25

i hope he gets to keep it 4 his honesty.

Yes me too, mind you, I wonder how much he would get for it on Ebay......£3-4000?

[SharkAttack]

Originally Posted by Marc

I bet if he continued to look further up the drain he'd have found the dead body that it belonged too.

sorry, had to laugh

[Locke.]

What the ****, why would you hand it in

[Shaun]

How would the owner of it even prove it's theirs?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Shaun

How would the owner of it even prove it's theirs?

..I don't know...I'm looking into how I can prove it's mine now
...any ideas would be welcome

[joeysteele]

I hope even if it is claimed that he gets some substantial reward for his honesty by the proven owner.
How someone could lose such a valuable item and then not even say they have is incredible. The street cleaner really deseves to get to keep this one.

[Visage]

I hope he gets to keep it. I wonder who broke the story to make it news, surely that could lead to many false claims.

I would have handed it in, but would hope it stayed secret enough until the 30 days were up.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Visage

I hope he gets to keep it. I wonder who broke the story to make it news, surely that could lead to many false claims.

I would have handed it in, but would hope it stayed secret enough until the 30 days were up.

...I think it was his ex wife

[thesheriff443]

if he kept it it would be stealing!,just beacuse you find something it dont make it yours,also it could have been stolen and if he later tryed to sell it and the police found out,he would be charged with handling stolen goods,at least this way he has a chance of owning it or a reward or just the good feeling inside that he did the right thing.

[Ammi]

None of the rest of my family said they would hand it in...*that sad moment when you realise you are living with a bunch of criminals*

[Kizzy]

Had to be essex didn't it haha looking at the towie lot im not surprised the owner has not realised its missing yet

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Had to be essex didn't it haha looking at the towie lot im not surprised the owner has not realised its missing yet

the owner is also missing his arm,

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Had to be essex didn't it haha looking at the towie lot im not surprised the owner has not realised its missing yet

Yep...he only managed to find it because the hair extensions had blocked the drain....

[Niamh.]

I would have just kept it, anyone who can afford to waste £21k on a watch deserves to lose it I could do so much more with £21k

[thesheriff443]

i would say its been stolen,as rolex dont make them with cheap straps,

[Livia]

Good for him for handing it in... shame on the paper for printing the story before the 30 days is up. If no one's reported it lost or stolen, then they really haven't missed it and don't deserve to get it back. Hope he gets to keep it.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Livia

Good for him for handing it in... shame on the paper for printing the story before the 30 days is up. If no one's reported it lost or stolen, then they really haven't missed it and don't deserve to get it back. Hope he gets to keep it.

Yes good for in...I may not have been that honest if I didn't have kids...but in all honesty I could never stand there and take a moral stance with them over anything if I had been dishonest over something like that