Absolutely stunned...

Eleven Cents

Full Member
Nov 30, 2016
169
309
Tucson, AZ
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Tesoro Vaquero
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I just had a CS find that blows away everything else I've ever found combined.

Just swingin' by the CS... one that rarely produces anything. Oh, the reject tray is full. I pulled out a fistful of coins and MORE FELL DOWN. The reject chute was backed up! So I started heaping them on the machine...

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No way that will fit in my pockets, so I started feeding them back into the machine, checking for silver of course. But the machine was rejecting most of them for no good reason, and there were fine metal shavings mixed in with the coins coming out of the tray. I managed to get a $12 Amazon gift card out of it before I gave up. I just picked the silver and weird stuff out by hand and donated the rest, probably $20 or more, to the store's charity.

And what a haul of silver it was!

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41 silver dimes (!!!)
1 silver quarter
1 clad quarter that jumped out for looking proof (2004 D - Iowa)
7 wheaties including one steel
9 shiny old pennies (see below for why I kept them)
4 quarter sized foreign
and 1 good time token that I'm hella keeping for good luck!

All of the dimes and the 9 bright pennies are uncirculated 1961. Somebody must have busted open vintage rolls. I don't think I missed the other 9 dimes in the pile, so they may have fallen inside the machine when the chute overflowed.
 

beepbleep

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Oct 25, 2019
136
196
Jordan's Saline, Republic of Texas
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT PRO
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Cha ching!!!!! :lock_open:

Funny to see the sticker Please contact customer service for assistance.

I'm surprised you didn't draw a crowd like a winning slot machine and have "the supervisors" come over and lock it down for inspection.
 

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l2hunt

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WTH hahahaha makes you wonder what the story is behind that! honestly, i've never found one penny at cs oh well HH
 

Keith Jackson

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Aug 12, 2016
755
882
Maryland
Detector(s) used
Garrett Ace 250
Primary Interest:
Other
Cha ching!!!!! :lock_open:

Funny to see the sticker Please contact customer service for assistance.

I'm surprised you didn't draw a crowd like a winning slot machine and have "the supervisors" come over and lock it down for inspection.

I was worried that would happen the time that I found over $18 in change in the tray and it was located right across from the customer service desk. I wound up putting it all in my hoodie pouch which ended up hanging down to almost my knees. I was a sight to see waddling around the store looking for where the wife and kids had run off to.
 

CJ9

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Dec 15, 2018
500
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NYC area
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Wow unreal. You wonder who would leave all those coins behind in the reject bin. Nice that all the dimes are uncirculated, too.
 

Coinstar magnet

Silver Member
Apr 5, 2020
2,563
5,266
Beverly Massachusetts
Detector(s) used
Tesoro compadre
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Can we ask for a coinstar banner?
I'm gobsmacked...

I can imagine myself trying to be discrete but just as excited as could be....congratulations!:notworthy:
 

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GoDeep

Bronze Member
Nov 12, 2016
2,120
4,515
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Whites, Garrett, Minelab
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All Treasure Hunting
We know who's buying the beer!
 

Armstrong

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Apr 24, 2020
136
302
Jurassic Park, IL
Detector(s) used
Equinox 600
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I had a similar haul but no silver. This was before Christmas. The machine you could hear something busted inside, like a spinning lose part. Total was 20.88 in clad, mostly nickels. Always check everyone!
 

ArfieBoy

Silver Member
Aug 11, 2011
3,386
5,617
N.E. Oregon
Detector(s) used
Compass X-70, Compass X-80, Compass X-90, Compass Judge 2, Garrett AT Pro
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
OUTSTANDING! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing a great story!
 

IDXMonster

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Mar 16, 2014
770
1,278
New Glarus,WI
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Current….Deus2, ExplorerSEPro, Explorer2, IDXPro-M
Past….Deus1, CTX3030, Equinox800, eTrac, Compadre
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
It says right on the screen when you’re done....”Check the reject tray!”:laughing7: That is an epically epic find. And you are now WAY more than Eleven Cents! Crazy crazy crazy!
 

Racso

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Apr 26, 2017
621
3,399
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1
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All Treasure Hunting
What an amazing jackpot, congrats. I had something similar happen to me about two years ago.
 

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