10-22 mm Miracle.There's Hope

I just had to share this with some people who would understand. Yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike with my son and some of his high school friends. Among thefour lenses I took along my brand new, Canon 10 to 22 lens that I had used only one time before, and only owned for 10 days. It was a stunning hike here on the Sonoma Coast. Views of the ocean and the Russian River. When we returned and I unpacked my backpack, the lens was missing. $750 gone. Well this morning I went to the ranger station at Sonoma Coast State Beach, and someone had found and turned in my new lens. I guess Christmas does come more than once a year. I have the man's name, and I am going to buy him one heck of a dinner.

Steve

Great story! A $50 gift certificate would be a nice gesture, considering the value of the lens.

Wow, great luck you go. GO BUY A LOTTERY TICKET NOW!!!

psst, where exactly do you hike and could you call me in advance when you do? LOL

Wow, thats great that someone actually turned it in, let alone found it!

I think I am going to start hanging out with professional wildlife photographers, or at least some of the places they shoot at in hopes of stumbling across a 600mm f/4L IS that was left behind.

Take him to Dante's diner.
Whomever turned it in thinks they're getting a great reward when in reality you'll be taking advantage of the screaming POTN discount Dante offers all visiting members.

Very nice to know there are stand-up, honest people still around.

Cheers

Great story! It warms my heart that honest people do exist. I agree that this guy deserves a big thank you and a nice reward!

There is hope for the human race yet.

How lucky was that! There are still some honest people out there in the world!

Wow, good does exist! You need to be doing the lucky dance!

KAC

That is such a great story. There are some good people still around then.

I am really glad to hear that. I was gonna say, if you didn't get it back, there are some used @b&h for under $500.