Firearm Found During PacOut Green Team’s Weekly Trash Pickup
Kathleen Lynch holding the Marlin 30-30. [Photo from PacOut’s Facebook page.]
Today, during PacOut Green’s weekly trash pickup, one of the volunteers found a firearm. The weapon, later identified as a Marlin lever action 30-30, was covered in rust.
Aaron Ostrom, co-owner of Pacific Outfitters, said that Kathleen Lynch found it off of Scenic Drive near Luffenholtz in Trinidad. “Someone pitched it over the side,” he explained. He said the gun was rusty but the wood was in good shape.“My guess it has pitched over the side three or four months ago,” Ostrom explained.
The serial number was still on the weapon and Ostrom said he sent a message explaining the find to law enforcement.
Ostrom said he hopes to get the gun back to its owner. “I just finished cleaning it all up,” he explained. “That way whoever gets it back, gets it back in good condition.”
The PacOut team is almost five years old. “Haven’t missed a weekend yet since we started February 2014,” Ostrow said “But this is our first firearm we found.”Every Saturday, volunteers meet at different places throughout Humboldt County to speed clean an area. “Typically our weekly cleanups are 60 minutes long,” their website states. “We understand that people have busy lives and that time is limited for most people. That’s why Pacific Outfitters gives away prizes each week to our volunteers. Everyone is encouraged to join us!”
There is another PacOut team in Mendocino. “We’re doing well,” Ostrom said proudly. “We just completed a full year in Mendocino County.” He added that the team has just completed removing over 300,000 pounds–“most in Humboldt.”
Ostrom said the group welcomes volunteers. “We’ve created a culture–a very nice group of people, family-oriented, extremely kid-friendly. And you get to hang out in the outdoors.”
Ostrom said he could choose to sit home and drink coffee “or I could be in some cool badass place in Humboldt with my kid.”
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Hey that’s mine. Can I get that back bro?
Nice job Aaron! And…. nice firearm. Marlins are top of the line
Cool story. That rifle looks brand new again! Would love to see a follow up, Kym!
Stolen from PacOut?
Brand new 500$
Hey… way to go PacOut 🙄. You guys sell so many firearms to our community I decided to stop shopping at your stores years ago. But hey, “if people didn’t buy guns from you they would just buy them from someone else”, right???
I don’t shop anywhere that sells knives after the stabbing in Arcata. #BanKnives
So you’ve become a shut-in? Everywhere sells knives of some sort.
agreed. i think we need to have laws passed requiring waiting periods backgroundchecks mental health checks and mandoaory locks for anyone who owns buys works or is around knifes. we need knife free zones as well. i mean if it saves one life after all……..
Do you use your gun to slice tomatoes or open packages or a multitude of other everyday things around your house?
Not a gun grabber (we own several, for hunting), but the knife argument like the car argument is just silly. Do you ride your gun to work? Or shopping or any of the other millions upon millions of trips made in a vehicle.
Didn’t cleaning it before forensics examine it ruin any evidence it may have yielded?
Yeah, now if it turns out it was used in a crime, there’s no evidence to tie it to the criminal.
cleaning a weapon doesnt destory evidance other than possibly finger prints which would have been gone anyways. but the firing pin will still leave the same marks. barrel will still have the iding larger marks as well.
More likely what if any evidence was on it, if it was even used during the commission of a crime, would already be gone from laying out on the beach as well as being rained on!!!
That team didn’t happen to find my shovel did they? It is a small spade like one. Short T handle. Yellow and black. Lost it on scenic drive a few weeks ago.
Very cool, I didn’t know you guys did this. Thank you all and you have more of my business.
Nice find. Hope the gun was not used to harm someone. Pictures made me nerves, the hammer is cocked. If there was a round in the chamber, one of the works could have been shot. Nice job cleaning the rifle up, looks almost new.
is that how it was found or did they attempt a functions check prior to photo ?
Wow, if only the rifle was locked up when not in use, the irony Mr. Ostrom…
Had to clean it first to make sure it wasn’t stolen from pacout
Killer restoration. Beauty!
HIGH 5 to all of you!
I think that’s a creepy place to have a rifle with a scope—– overlooking public beaches and surf breaks.