All that glitters is not silver ... check out the coin machine slot-return bling

[DustDevilMarc]

I routinely check the coin return slot of coin-counting machines and frequently find small change, many foreign and some silver coins. Today, I found earring number three. It is obviously cubic zirconia. However, over the past six months I have found one diamond earring and one emerald (?) earring. See for yourself:



The diamond is touching the dime, the green stone is an emerald (I'm guessing) and the last earring is the zirconia.

Has anyone else found a diamond earring in the return slot of a coin-counting machine?

Happy Hunting!

 

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[mark1982]

Nice finds. I did not find a diamond earring but I did find a Tiffanys ring that's had a very small diamond in it at a TD bank coin return. My wife looked the ring up on tiffanys web sight and it was $450. Needless to say I let my wife keep it.

 

[port ewen ace]

got a small 14K ring that was jammed between the platen and wheel. took staff 5 minutes to free it. sold for $8 scrap. a few earrings, lots of screws, paper clips, etc., and yup-----silver dimes plus a 1909 VDB that sold for $10. plus over $20 in clad in 2 years---always get a few coins under the machine, bring a probe to get those. I love dumb dumpers!!!

 

[Dozer D]

DustD: over the past 2 years I have also found two men's diamond rings: 14-k gold with five stones, and a 14-k white gold with eight stones. Both fit my finger perfectly, and both came from the same machine at the same dump bank. Gee, I wonder if it came from the same guy, that would really have sucked.

 

[mark1982]

got a small 14K ring that was jammed between the platen and wheel. took staff 5 minutes to free it. sold for $8 scrap. a few earrings, lots of screws, paper clips, etc., and yup-----silver dimes plus a 1909 VDB that sold for $10. plus over $20 in clad in 2 years---always get a few coins under the machine, bring a probe to get those. I love dumb dumpers!!!

A 14k ring sold for $8 scrap? A gram of gold is about $40 scrap. that must have been one extremely tiny ring.

 

[DustDevilMarc]

DustD: over the past 2 years I have also found two men's diamond rings: 14-k gold with five stones, and a 14-k white gold with eight stones. Both fit my finger perfectly, and both came from the same machine at the same dump bank. Gee, I wonder if it came from the same guy, that would really have sucked.

How sweet!

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I once found a 10k gold men's ring with super tiny diamond chips, but never an earring. Good eye!