Ground Finds

[hokielegend]

last week: $3.15

YTD $3.37

 

[spartacus53]

Last night 1 dime and 4 cents

YTD $39.08

 

[lost]

Still in the hunt. Turned serious today. Bo Diddly and I walked 47 miles of barbed wire, wore a Cobra Snake for a neck tie and didn't find one single coin. Not even a washer or broken pencil. (I seem to find lots of pencils) Hit my fast food drive thru's, walked Costco hundred yards of fence line, same for the 7-11 bushes. Nothing. Just letting you know I'm out there making a fool out of myself looking for loose change and bills. I have No life.

 

[lost]

If my Ground Hunting couldn't get any weirder? Today while killing time waiting for a prescription to be filled, I walked the back of a good size strip mall looking for ground finds, and "of course" looking in Dumpsters for dumpster finds. Someone called the cops on me, or else I was seen on a security video camera. Suddenly I was a "suspicious person". Nice cops, showed ID, explained prescription wait, looking for dropped change, always curious what's inside dumpsters, just having a short walk in the sunshine. Suggested I leave the back area and stay in the parking lot for finds. Lots of "yes, sir" from me. Have nice day officers. All that and I didn't find a single coin. Oh yes, the dumpsters didn't have anything of interest. Most were locked. Tomorrow is another day.

 

[spartacus53]

Just letting you know I'm out there making a fool out of myself looking for loose change and bills. I have No life.

That's why I use a truck for a disguise I'm not having much luck on the bill side either, then again it's the route and sites I'm covering, they're much too open. Oh, talk about bum luck, Sunday night I covered one good route, with little finds. My buddy covered it Monday night and found a $10.00 in a parking spot. I was just a day short

Anyway, last night I found 1 dime and 2 nickles. You mention getting looks, well the first nickle was on the sidewalk I was blowing off next to a work force office and a few guys saw me pick it up. They asked what I found I told them a nickle left or the sweeper. The other was in the street a few yards down from them

Tonight's route isn't that fruitful, but there's always a possibility

YTD $39.28

 

[sagittarius98]

April 9

- 2003 cent

Total for the year: $18.96 (including $0.10 face in 90% silver), £0.20, €0.01, and 1 AED

 

[sagittarius98]

April 10

- 1976 cent (extremely corroded)

Total for the year: $18.97 (including $0.10 face in 90% silver), £0.20, €0.01, and 1 AED

 

[spartacus53]

Got lucky even in the rain Only finds were on one site, 1 quarter and 2 cents

YTD $39.55

 

[sagittarius98]

April 11

- 1986 cent

Total for the year: $18.98 (including $0.10 face in 90% silver), £0.20, €0.01, and 1 AED

 

[lost]

April 13th

In my recent travels around town---two nickles, two dimes, 3 cents and one Canadian cent. And, three aluminum coins found on top of a coins star type machine. Won't count them as I gave them to the first boy I encountered. Actually to his mother. I know better than give candy or coins to small children.

edited to add YTD $5.31.

 

[sagittarius98]

April 13th

In my recent travels around town---two nickles, two dimes, 3 cents and one Canadian cent. And, three aluminum coins found on top of a coins star type machine. Won't count them as I gave them to the first boy I encountered. Actually to his mother. I know better than give candy or coins to small children.

edited to add YTD $5.31.

What were the aluminum coins? Some have value.

 

[sagittarius98]

April 12

- 1995 cent

Total for the year: $18.99 (including $0.10 face in 90% silver), £0.20, €0.01, and 1 AED

 

[sagittarius98]

April 13

- 1980 cent
- 1997 cent
- 2005 cent

Total for the year: $19.02 (including $0.10 face in 90% silver), £0.20, €0.01, and 1 AED

 

[lost]

SAG98..to be truthful I didn't spent more than a second looking at the aluminum coins. Each one had the weight of a feather. I'm still spending a couple hours each week going through my wife's foreign collection, looking for silver and value. I asked you for website help a couple of times. 47 pounds. Gad! Found about two oz of silver and maybe a couple hundred bucks of value other than the 11 1968 Olympic Coins. My lcs has one in a 2X2 asking $28. My book says $18. I've learned more about foreign coins and metals than I wanted to know.

To the topic, found two more cents today at a crosswalk stop sign. Yes, I did get out of my truck to retrieve them. With my YTD count, wouldn't you? Now $5.33.

btw---understand only ground fines are counted. Machine reject's don't count. Right?

 

[spartacus53]

SAG98..
To the topic, found two more cents today at a crosswalk stop sign. Yes, I did get out of my truck to retrieve them. With my YTD count, wouldn't you? Now $5.33.

I've gotten out for gum, that I thought was a coin Off until Tuesday night, but went to a local CVS for ciggies and viola, 2 quarters, 1 dime, and 3 cents all in the spot next to me

YTD $40.18

 

[lost]

Today I found something new. An active Visa Credit Card on a sidewalk. Woman's name. I drove by the Police Station and gave it to the Desk Girl. Told her where I found it, she said thank you, I said bye. That's all there was to it. No coins.

 

[hmix]

So far this year I have found $250.21. I walk HS parking lots, car washers, drive-thrus and laundrymats. Car washes are a gold mined. Look in the return trays where people get there towels, wipes, etc. I will find a lot of quarters sitting in those trays and the obvious the vacuum stations and the car washes themselves. Today I found .55 cents during my lunch at 2 car washes. 1 quarter, 2 dimes, and 11 pennies which brought my total to $250.21.

Great thread! I finally found people who share the same interests I do.

 

[hmix]

I forgot to mention that I found 2 gold rings. One was a 10K men's ring (3.8 grams) and sold it for $36.00 and the other is a 14K women's ring which I still have. I included the $36.00 for the 10K gold ring into my found money.

 

[hmix]

After work yesterday, I stopped at a car wash on the way home and got 3 quarters and 13 cents. Total for yesterday was $1.43 and year-to-date total is $251.09. The 3 quarters were in the return tray of the car wipes/towels.

It is raining heavily today so I don't think I will find anything today!

 

[hmix]

The most coins I found in one day was 192 coins plus a Target gift card that had a balance of $3.62 on it and a one dollar bill. Total for the day was $11.92. This was Saturday, 30 March 2013. The first HS parking lot I walked had 68 coins in several of the stalls. They were pennies, nickles and dimes. Looks like the HS kids had a coin war. I like spills like that.

What hot spots have you found? What was the most coins you found in a day?