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CdA Rev finds treasures for owners

Pastor Mark Arbic of Coeur d'Alene's First Baptist Church enjoys reuniting owners with the lost treasures that he finds with his metal detector on Coeur d'Alene beaches. (Adam Mayer, KHQ, screen grab)
Pastor Mark Arbic of Coeur d'Alene's First Baptist Church enjoys reuniting owners with the lost treasures that he finds with his metal detector on Coeur d'Alene beaches. (Adam Mayer, KHQ, screen grab)

At the beach, you never know who or what you may find.

“You'll see a butt mark and some feet mark like where somebody was sitting because that's where the coins and the rings are,” Mark Arbic said.

When he’s not at the First Baptist Church in Coeur d’Alene, you’ll usually find Reverend Arbic at the beach.

“Something like this you know you'll find match box cars all the time,” he said.

It’s not just matchbox cars he finds.

“It started with Craigslist ads to get in front of people who lose rings and things at the beach or anywhere around the area,” Arbic said.

His Craigslist ads morphed into a Facebook and Youtube page about the trinkets he finds.

Including a video where he finds a woman’s ring on Sanders Beach in Coeur d’Alene/Adam Mayer, KHQ. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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