Commentary for Bava Metzia 42:15
אלא סיפא לרבא קשיא דקתני בזיתים ובחרובים אסור אמר רבי אבהו שאני זית הואיל וחזותו מוכיח עליו ואע"ג דנתרין זיתי מידע ידיע דוכתא דאיניש איניש הוא
because [cut figs], being valuable, are under constant observation;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the owner discovers his loss as soon as it occurs and abandons it. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> [whole] figs also are known to drop.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [And the owners in the absence of an identification mark give up the hope of recovering them (Tosaf.).] ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
Rashi on Bava Metzia
As it teaches, olives or carobs are prohibited - And you would think it is because they are not prone to fall and it cannot be said that [the finder] knew that [the owner] abandoned [them]. So even though once he will know, he will abandon [them], it is not [considered] abandonment from now.
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Rashi on Bava Metzia
Its appearance proves about it - It is known whose it is from its appearance. Hence once its owner knows that it fell, he will not abandon [it]. For he will surely say, "Everyone knows that they are mine and they are not ownerless, so they will not take them."
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