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Second hand shops is a great idea, that's how my guitar was recovered when some piece of **** stole it.
Can't emphasise enough how important it is to make a note of serial numbers and use a UV marker. Having worked for the Police I know how frustrating it is for them to bust some scumbag, find all this stolen gear, but because the owner's didn't know or make a note of the exact make, model serial numbers and/or mark their goods with the house no and postcode (what we did in the UK) they cannot prove that it was stolen. The police were merely waiting for the phones to ring with people reporting stolen items.
For those of you who wince at the thought of using a UV marker on an eyepiece, you could always mark it on the inside of the lens caps.
Photos are also useful for both insurance and Police. So often all the owner could tell us was "It was a Sanyo TV" they had no idea of the model or serial number, and sometimes couldn't even remember the colour!
Keep your eyes open in the free ads. There's a very good chance that your scope and mount will be recovered as they are hard for a 'fence' to dispose of, as they are large, bulky, distinct and not what fences are used to dealing with like jewellery, cameras, laptops, DVD Players, HiFi, car stereos etc.
If/when they catch the scum, if Adelaide Judicial System has a make the *******s meet the victims scheme, I advise you to go along and let them see that it is a person they have committed the crime against. The crimos don't like this because they can't then de-personalise the crime. So often they believe you can "claim it back on your insurance so where's the damage". When they see that you build these scopes, these are the tools of your trade and you have now lost your means of income because of this, you'd be surprised that this has more of an impact on them than locking them up.
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