Ground Finds

sagittarius98

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spartacus53

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Good, I look going head to head with you this year. :headbang:

Although I didn't fully count it up, I'm very close to the $300 mark

My motto "The mall lots are my playground" :laughing7:
 

spartacus53

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Well Sagi, worked the last 2 nights and found a total of $0.43 cents :tongue3:

Hoping to score big tonight :headbang:
 

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sagittarius98

sagittarius98

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You'll win Spart, if you get that much daily.


I got my first 2 finds of the year yesterday.

January 4

2x 2011 cent

Total for year: $0.02
 

lost

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Got you both beat for the year. This morning I found a pocket spill in my local 7-11 parking lot. .47 cents. As the Black Kid at the movie end of The Cincinnati Kid told Steve McQueen, "you just ain't ready for me yet." lol
 

spartacus53

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lost, you have to stay in the game, one day does not count. Got another $0.02 cents last night. Off tonight, but working tomorrow. My schedule tomorrow is not a good money route, but Monday night should be a different story, good chance of some greenbacks :tongue3: Total $0.45 cents :headbang:
 

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sagittarius98

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January 7

1980-P dime (covered in verdigris and worn like a junk silver dime)

Total for the year: $0.12
 

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sagittarius98

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January 8

-1978 cent
-1981 cent
-1997 cent

Total for the year: $0.15
 

lost

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Got 2 more cents at Target today. One in the parking lot and one at the cashiers floor. .49 cents so far. Should get a nice increase next time I'm at McDonalds or Burger Kings drive through windows. Once I scored around 3 bucks at my Micky D's. Clad looked like bird droppings under the window. Lazy people????
 

spartacus53

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Another $0.02 cents last night Total $0.47 cents for 2013 Still looking for that first piece of paper :tongue3:

Last years totals
$16.50 Q
$12.10 D
$4.10 N
$4.57 P

coin total $37.27

Bills
1 - $100
4 x $20
1 x $5
4 x $10
21 x $1

total - $246.00

Grand Total $ 283.27
 

spartacus53

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Once I scored around 3 bucks at my Micky D's. Clad looked like bird droppings under the window. Lazy people????

You do make a good point there. Some nights I'll get to sweep BK, and Taco Bell, but no luck under the windows. :icon_scratch: I think the people of NJ are holding on tight to whatever they have :laughing7:

Off tonight, but on the next 3 nights, 1 day off and back on. I need the OT, plus I don't want to miss any parking lot freebies :tongue3:
 

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sagittarius98

sagittarius98

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January 9

- 2012 cent
- 2000 quarter (Virginia)

Total for the year: $0.41

The cent was hidden under a clump of grass and half pressed into the ground. The side that was in the ground has some holes and white corrosion. The quarter is as worn as a junk silver quarter and has some red patina from being in the ground in the past.
 

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spartacus53

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Total of $0.02 last night and I had 9 stops. This is ridiculous, I found so much more on my old route and averaged a dollar a week in change alone. At this rate it'll take me a month to break $1.00 :tongue3:
 

lost

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I checked my McDonalds drive thu yesterday morning. Nothing. Even the sausage, cheese, egg biscuit was tasteless. Favorite 7-11 lot. Nothing. Thought about walking the HS Parking lot across the way. In the past that's been good for change up to bills. But, in this day and time I would probably have had the local SWAT team surrounding me in minutes.
Ground eyeballing can become hazardous to us good ole boys.
 

spartacus53

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Well, my $0.02 makes me the winner for the evening :tongue3: I really hope tonight is better :headbang:
 

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sagittarius98

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I saw a cent today, but right at the second someone picked it up. Also, I saw another cent, but I saw it was glued to the floor for a prank. Ended up with an elongated cent from Sea World today on the bus, but I won't include that since it is not real money.
 

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sagittarius98

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January 11

- 1982 cent (copper, covered in verdigris)
- 1997 cent

Total for the year: $0.43

I will now include Coinstar totals here as they are free money. Detecting will still not be included.
 

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lost

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Still in the game with my .49 cents. Made my usual Saturday morning routine today, ground and bush searching as I went from shop to shop. Thought to myself, do I look as crazy as I feel, walking along looking for wind blown bills in the bushes along the sidewalks and store fronts? There is where the big money is. $1's and $5's. Sure, big time. Again, came up with nothing. Not even a single penny. But, hey, I'm trying.
 

spartacus53

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Last night was my night to shine, a total of $0.24 cents. 2 dimes in one location, on the sidewalk and in the lot.

I was lucky to cover some of my old routes last night and that's where the money is :laughing7: Look at it this way, 1 month on the new route $0.49 cents, 1 night on the old route $0.24 cents.. Big difference :tongue3:

Back on Sun & Mon night :headbang:

Total ytd $0.73 cents and climbing
 

smokeythecat

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One wheat cent, 1 memorial and one of the "new" design pennies. And while detecting, a gold coin on top of the ground I spotted before the machine did. That was today. For the first 5 minutes I thought it was a fake.
 

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