Anyone search vending machines??

[Jimmy@romega]

Sometimes at work on break or when I have a chance to kill a few minutes I put some quarters in vending machines and hit the return button just to see what other coins comes out. I figure it's easier than buying rolls of coins and running bank to bank. No silver yet on quarters or dimes and probably slim chances that I will see one. Done nickels on the vending machines and came up with 2-1940 and 1-1947 in about 5 minutes. I think I had a 50 something nickel that came out but I put it back in thinking it was worthless. I kept some AU 1999 quarters around 15 of them so far.

Any others tried this method? Any luck?

 

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[EpsilonMinus]

I've never heard of this strategy, but it seems like a pretty cool break-time treasure hunting activity. It might also be cool to try after metal detecting, when you have a pocketful of dirty face-value coins to get rid of. Hah, let the vender worry about them! At the very least you get to think about something besides for a while, and maybe even get a coke when you're done. Cool idea, though, man.

 

[thurmownator]

Yeah, it 's been brought up on this forum before; VMHing. (vending machine hunting)

It has provided some nice keepers for folks; myself included.

 

[obediah]

No I gave it up when learned about MSG.

 

[kbinski]

I think that would be embarassing to explain to your coworkers that you are trying to find some neat coins.

 

[ugotit22]

my dad got a few gum ball machines that he set up in a few areas around town.
so far in little over a yr he found 2 silver quarters while emptying them out

 

[gtlfindings]

I've tried it...no luck yet!

 

[Cerulean]

I've found a few 1940s nickels this way, and a 2005 Canadian quarter. As with CRH, nickels have the best yield.

 

[XX]

I've done this before and while I've found one Florida Proof Quarter, I've also gotten three nickels back in place of quarters (not at the same time).

 

[wharghoul]

I'm now known as the weird guy at work that hangs out by the coke machine. Don't suppose anyone knows a way to look for silver and look cool at the same time? Oh well, who cares, i'll just keep stack'in.

 

[Silvergold]

Hey Jimmy I have done this before too. When at my old workplace, i did that with the nickels and out popped a 1943-P 40% silver.
This is a good stretegy but sometimes, depending on the machine it will spit out whatever you put in.
Silvergold

 

[maine_Jim]

I've never tried this method - maybe next time I'm needing a fix and don't have a box handy...

Maine_Jim

 

[DEMERSON]

I've never heard of this strategy, but it seems like a pretty cool break-time treasure hunting activity. It might also be cool to try after metal detecting, when you have a pocketful of dirty face-value coins to get rid of.

so that's how i clean my dirty dug up clad.

 

[EpsilonMinus]

I've never heard of this strategy, but it seems like a pretty cool break-time treasure hunting activity. It might also be cool to try after metal detecting, when you have a pocketful of dirty face-value coins to get rid of.

so that's how i clean my dirty dug up clad.

It's just unfortunate that most of the nasty clad finds are rotted pennies and no machines will accept them as payment for anything...

 

[cyberdan]

It's just unfortunate that most of the nasty clad finds are rotted pennies and no machines will accept them as payment for anything...

I had a baggy full once and decided to go to coin star with mine. Started slowly pouring them in and it was rejecting over 50% but then I started re-feeding them untill suddenly everything shut down and the screen said see manager.

I quietly retrieved all that did not go in and went home. I did not visit that store for a few months.

 

[joad]

I own several soda machines and a snack machine at my neighborhood pool. Last summer I found a silver proof state quarter straight out of a set. Some child got in big trouble for that one I'm sure! Gotta have that candy fix though.

 

[EpsilonMinus]

It's just unfortunate that most of the nasty clad finds are rotted pennies and no machines will accept them as payment for anything...

I had a baggy full once and decided to go to coin star with mine. Started slowly pouring them in and it was rejecting over 50% but then I started re-feeding them untill suddenly everything shut down and the screen said see manager.

I quietly retrieved all that did not go in and went home. I did not visit that store for a few months.

Man, If I was in that situation, after the thing seized up, I would have just poured the rest in there out of spite for those machines being such a rip off to begin with. Coin-machines should be free, since, I assume, a majority of people going to trade in their coins are doing it so they don't have to buy groceries with a bag of random loose coins. But I digress, since our economy is based on making money from other peoples money anyway. Funny story though, man!

 

[Silvergold]

Yes you are right Coincrazed. My mistake i was thinking of the halves 1965-1970.