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Oquario79

Oquario79

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It has taken me sometime to think and just get it out of my system. Friday morning I realized I was robbed. Someone stole over 1K in rolled coin from my car and 6 solid rolls of 90%. I did file a police report.... Nothing yet. It was a stupid mistake and I will learn from it. I think this occurred on Thursday at my local Wal Mart and I thought I locked my car. Clearly I didn't. I meant to dump the rolled coins earlier on Thursday but "life" happened and I decided it to postpone it till Friday. Right now I hope they needed more than me.. By no means I'm saying I don't need the 1K, but for that person to do that... Just hope they had a great reason to. I will give it a few more days and call for an update on my report.. Just wanted to get this out of my system.... PS. I am more upset over the loss of those rolls than the 1K rolled coins..
 

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I wish you good luck in getting them returned! Hopefully the local banks can keep their eyes peeled for anyone trying to deposit this exact amount.
 

This could be kinda hard. There are so many branches locally that I don't visit plus within my area at least 15 Coin Star machines... But I will give and talk to the ones I do visit...
 

Stay AWARE of your surroundings.That also means making sure the doors are locked if you are in the habit of keeping valuables in your car.If you present an opportunity on a silver platter,sooner or later somebody will take you up on it.You learned a lesson,be glad it wasn't in a worse manner.
 

Did you check with Walmart security? Maybe they saw something on camera. Sorry for your loss.
 

I almost had a similar experience. My truck was in my driveway and I forgot to lock it. Someone went thru my wallet and stole $60 in cash but didn't see the $1000 in halves in the back seat. People suck!!
 

Sorry to hear about that theft. My dad was a huge collector and when he passed we felt his home was not secure enough so we transferred everything to my sister's new house that had state of the art alarm system. A few days later a tornado came through and blew up her house. The next morning we went back to check what was left, turns out that sometime during the night a low life or two went in and stole a bunch of stuff. A lot of it was old coin collections. Cops said it was probably kids. We asked them to let the banks in the area know in case the "kids" came in to turn 1000's of loose coin into bills. Never was found. Sad some people resort to steal. Even sadder we can not leave our vehicles or homes unlocked anymore . Sorry for rambling Oquario79 , stealing others property hits a nerve. Hope they catch those responsible for yours.
 

Dannycoco said:
Did you check with Walmart security? Maybe they saw something on camera. Sorry for your loss.
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The officer involved mentioned he was going to go to the Wal-Mart shortly to review the footage. This was on Friday.
 

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Simon1 said:
Sorry to hear about that theft. My dad was a huge collector and when he passed we felt his home was not secure enough so we transferred everything to my sister's new house that had state of the art alarm system. A few days later a tornado came through and blew up her house. The next morning we went back to check what was left, turns out that sometime during the night a low life or two went in and stole a bunch of stuff. A lot of it was old coin collections. Cops said it was probably kids. We asked them to let the banks in the area know in case the "kids" came in to turn 1000's of loose coin into bills. Never was found. Sad some people resort to steal. Even sadder we can not leave our vehicles or homes unlocked anymore . Sorry for rambling Oquario79 , stealing others property hits a nerve. Hope they catch those responsible for yours.
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Thanks for the story. Obviously we dont expect for it to happen until it does.
 

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Dannycoco said:
I almost had a similar experience. My truck was in my driveway and I forgot to lock it. Someone went thru my wallet and stole $60 in cash but didn't see the $1000 in halves in the back seat. People suck!!
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Yes people suck. You always have good apples as well as bad apples. It is a lesson learned.. Talk about a hit in the gut...
 

Thanks guys for all your words of encouragement. I will keep you guys posted. In the meantime. Picked up a box of halves on Friday that gave me 7 40%'s and one really cool looking 42 Walking Liberty. I also found my first foreign silver.. A 1962 Canadian Dime in my Dime box on Thursday. As well tell each other here. Congrats and keep stacking..
 

We're all probably guilty of having coins in our vehicles while we run all over town on errands. After a smash and grab in Houston a couple of years ago during lunch hour at a restaurant, thieves stole my backpack with some personal effects, my company laptop, and my very expensive to replace smart key for my Toyota. It was a rent car and it was locked but I should have put the backpack in the trunk or at least hidden it under a coat. After that, my wife chides me to cover up my coins with a towel when I have to park it somewhere with coins in it. Thieves are opportunists and will strike if there is an easy target. Sorry for your loss Oquario!
 

Sorry Oquario, that sucks. Hopefully they find something.

I don't understand the people that CRH in their vehicles. I've seen pictures of boxes, rolls, and wrappers just sitting there.

I don't know your situation, Oquario, but I hope this is a wake up call for other roll hunters who get a bit lazy with their security!

I don't valet my car with even empty bank bags in the trunk.
 

GlenDronach said:
Sorry Oquario, that sucks. Hopefully they find something.

I don't understand the people that CRH in their vehicles. I've seen pictures of boxes, rolls, and wrappers just sitting there.

I don't know your situation, Oquario, but I hope this is a wake up call for other roll hunters who get a bit lazy with their security!

I don't valet my car with even empty bank bags in the trunk.
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Well it definitely is a wake up call for me. I'm calling the officer for an update tomorrow.
 

Ouch! If it makes u feel any better my van got stolen with all my detecting gear and $350 in unsearched halves plus tools work credentials my drums etc. I got home from detecting ate dinner n nodded off for a bit in the couch before I could unpack. When I jumped up at four am the van and everything was gone. I still haven't recovered but more or less moved on n replaced $1500 worth of stuff n the vehicle $500 deductible out of pocket. Sorry to hear at least u still have wheels.
 

Best of luck getting it back.
 

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