Scrap gold from the depths
I live in a small town in the south of Poland. There are three huge lakes in our area. People often go swimming there in the summer. It is also possible to hire a paddle boat or a canoe. People have been spending their free time by the lakes for years and they have lost lots of things in the water. A friend of mine is a scuba diver and he has found several objects at the bottom of the lake. Last summer, he found some watches, some money, glasses, and also some scrap gold. He actually says jewellery is the most common thing that people can lose in water. Now he has a big collection of broken or damaged jewellery at home. He has shown me some of his trophies recently. There are chains, bracelets, gold and silver rings, earrings and even a valuable necklace. I sometimes wonder why people forget to take such things off when they go swimming. Aren"t they aware that once a gold chain or an earring disappears beneath the surface and falls onto the sandy bottom, it is practically impossible to find it without proper equipment? It is even worse if they get lost in seaweed. I have asked my friend recently what he is going to do with all this scrap gold. He says he wants to keep some of it for himself and sell the rest. It seems that sweeping the bottom of the lake from time to time can be a quite profitable hobby.