Stolen gun, happy ending.

A few days ago my buddy and NCKA member Dave Grigsby (gatorgrigs on here) who runs Kayak Connection in SC and Moss gave me the heads up that someone had brought in a distinctive looking gun being offered for sale in his SC shop...

I recognized the Herranen logo http://www.herranenspearguns.com/wp_sc_spearguns/?page_id=229 and Dave helped get the gun for me...right away I reached out to Phil Herranen to see if he recognized the gun and if he thought it was stolen...after a few days of thinking Phil remembered the gun, and that it had been stolen ~2 years ago, and put me in touch with the rightful owner Nick.

Extremely stoked to have been able to do my part to get Nick his gun back, and grateful to Dave and Phil for helping make this happen...

It’s always an awesome feeling when you are able to get something that was lost or stolen back in the hands of the rightful owner. I hope the gun brings Nick many more awesome fish and adventures and good times...

I also hope that anyone reading this will take the time to ask around or look online if they get offered the chance to buy some gear that may be stolen...I would much rather get a fellow diver their stuff back than have a great deal on a piece of stolen equipment.

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Ps...Nick is also the nephew of Hans Haveman of H&H fish, right next to Dave’s kayak shop...when I told Dave about who the gun belonged to he said he almost sent the seller there with the gun and that Hans would’ve killed the guy if he saw his nephews stolen gun for sale.   

https://www.hhfreshfish.com/about/hans

Awesome.

Dave such a rad and nice dude, what a good story. How did you arrange for the thief to part with the stolen item? Buy it or beat him up?

2 yrs is a helluva long time between theft and fence!  crazy story happy ending

Great detective work Jim 

That's where the happy ending comes in. The thief received a Big Jim signature happy ending as punishment. And you thought Big Jim signature handshakes were crushing...