The OFFICIAL COINSTAR FINDS THREAD

MaineJim

@georgiacop50 said:
Big haul ever for me in terms of sheer mass! Had to grab 2 handfuls to get them! Grocery Store

Alas, nothing good, but over $3 US.

Some kind of "dog . tag" , holed, reads Bark Avenue

A Jeff with a clip.

A fully PL Canadian dime.

Is that a clipped nickel in the bottom right corner?

Jim

1630Boston

@MaineJim
Good eye
That nickel is missing a piece.

blitzdude

$1.10 Canadian today. $1 loonie and 2 nickels. First finds in over a month. The locals must be on to it.

OnlyGoldIsMoney

Today - same machine checked morning and late afternoon:

Ecuador 5 Centavos
Bermuda 10 Cents
SEPTA Southeast Penna Transit Authority fare token

jonruns

1954 quarter...and $0.35

ricko

Wow... you guys are killing me..... Fan-freakin'-tastic......I need to hit the store twice a day....I know other's are checking the machine... as I stated earlier, I saw a manager scoop out some change....Cheers, RickO

TwoSides2aCoin

Seriously though..... someone start a poll and another thread asking if anyone has ever 'checked' a coin star machine. Because, to date, I still haven't looked in one, or used one, for that matter.

Smudge

Up until today all I had ever found was a Chuck-E-Cheese token. Today I found a 56 dime.

ricko

I 'check' the coinstar machines whenever I go to the market or Walmart...and I know many people do as well... I related here when I saw a market manager scoop up some change and pocket it... Cheers, RickO

ECHOES

Dry spell over, 13cents!

1040taxman

This is a great thread!
Over the years I have found your typical pre'65 Washies,Roosies and Mercs like many of you have.
Also found some cool pmd's and a 2017-P Roosie struck on a thin planchet.
Some of the super markets I visit have a Red Box kiosk several feet away.
So if I see somebody using the coinstar machine I'll walk over to the Red Box and pretend to be looking through the movie selection until they leave.So far this has worked pretty good.Older folks
don't seem to be bothered with the rejection slot but younger ones do.

ricko

Nice finds.... I am in another drought... Cheers, RickO

OnWithTheHunt

1951-S Roosie , 2 state quarters stuck together by decayed rubber band, 2 clad dimes , 1 zincoln and a 5 euro cent coin today. Biggest find in a while.

DBSTrader2

SaorAlba: Green with envy!

While I continue to come up empty at Coinstar machines, I am developing a new appreciation for Mah Jong.................. my wife had already been bringing home her change for me to look thru for ATB quarters (none from 2018 yet!) after her weekly games, but today I found a 1964 silver dime in her stash!! And not too long ago, both she and my Mother-In-Law each found a silver quarter for me in their Mah Jong winnings! (ALMOST makes up for their on-going losses..................)

SaorAlba

Todays finds:

30c Canadian
an Angel token, the likes of which was discussed on the forum recently.
a 1983 Chuck E Cheese token
a dime.

Later on when I photograph them, I will discuss the rejected by the coin machine and turned into the credit union teller finds from last week that were OMG finds.

stevek

How do you know when you're a Coinstar addict?

When you switch to a different store than you normally would go to...not for better food, not for better products, not for better selection...but mainly to check out a different Coinstar machine to see if you can get lucky with that one.

BuffaloIronTail

Got my first silver today!

1964-D Dime.

Plus a 1937-D Lincoln, 2 beat up Memorials, a 1995-D Quarter and a 2002-D Dime.

Pete

ricko

You guys are killing it... and I find nothing but an empty reject slot... Well, at least I get to read about some neat finds... and it shows there is still silver out there... Cheers, RickO

asheland

I found a little small change and a British 10p the other day.

stevek

Anybody know if there's a little electronic device that could be glued on and placed hidden unnoticed in the reject bin, whereby if there's any silver or gold in there, it sends out a signal to a device at home, whereby you can be alerted and then quickly rush over to the store and scoop out the treasure?

DoctorK

Two dimes and a penny today.

BillDugan1959

Instead of my home grocery store, I had to visit one of its sister stores (four miles away) last night. Needed to take advantage of a stock-up special on 2 Liter sodas. I Found six dimes, one nickel, and eight one cents in the Coinstar reject slot. All common late date U.S. Coins. At least it broke a Coinstar drought of sorts.

I truly despise spellchecker.

SaorAlba

$1.04 in USA change
$1.02 in Canadian including yet another loonie.

asheland

Found a single cent in one last night. It wasn't even old or beat up. lol

SaorAlba

A bent coin, and another large AA token that suggest someone got bent and got rid of the token and got back on the drunk wagon.

stevek

@asheland said:
Found a single cent in one last night. It wasn't even old or beat up. lol

A penny saved from Coinstar is a penny earned?

stevek

Well, i'm off to do some grocery shopping.

I think i hear a silver quarter in the Coinstar reject bin calling me. Then again, i must be going crazy believing that coins can somehow communicate with human beings. LOL

golden

I walked by the Coinstar as I was leaving the store and noticed a pile in the reject slot. There was no silver but I got an even $2.00 and a Canadian dime.

ricko

Some great hauls found recently ..... except by me.... really must be a lot of check out clerks keeping an eye on the coinstar here....Cheers, RickO

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stevek

@Thor11 said:

@stevek said:
Anybody know if there's a little electronic device that could be glued on and placed hidden unnoticed in the reject bin, whereby if there's any silver or gold in there, it sends out a signal to a device at home, whereby you can be alerted and then quickly rush over to the store and scoop out the treasure?

gold ??

I figure ya gotta think big.

stevek

@ricko said:
Some great hauls found recently ..... except by me.... really must be a lot of check out clerks keeping an eye on the coinstar here....Cheers, RickO

Me to...Except for a few Euro coins I found a few weeks ago, it's been dry as a bone for months.

This sure is a tough way to make a living.

SaorAlba

11 cents US
a bent quarter
36 cents Canadian
1 Bahamas cent 2015

steelielee

Better than a coinstar find:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/ccbcbe0d-6907-35da-a118-b3dbad3a8031/ss_airport-janitor-might-keep.html

Klif50

Found 4 dimes (no silver) in the reject slot at the coin machine (not coinstar - but it takes 9% of what you drop in for service charge) at my local Publix store. I just eased up, plucked them out and held them in my hand until I got to the car, knowing there was silver there, but, there wasn't.

SaorAlba

Today two different machines:

Machine 1:
2 Canada 25c coins and a 10c coin

Machine 2:
1 1943-S steelie, not corroded!
2 zincolns and a dime.

ricko

My current drought continues... this has been a long dry spell.... If I discount the one dime I found a week or so ago, it is going on a month since any significant retrievals. Oh well.. Today is a new day.... 'Deal' said the losers... Cheers, RickO

SaorAlba

Nothing exciting just 25c Canadian.

ricko

That is a lot more exciting than what I found....NOTHING!!! Oh well, finds are special, and not guaranteed, so no complaints. Just happy when there is something. Cheers, RickO

stevek

I've certainly developed "empty reject bin syndrome"...also known to treatment specialists as ERBS

They say a good cure for it is finding a nice silver coin in there.

asheland

What I usually get:

:'(

SaorAlba

Just a cruddy zincoln for me today.

SaorAlba

A couple of passes by the coin machine produced all of this including a 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1943 cent and a 1961-D dime that is bent.

ricko

@SaorAlba ....Wow... I need to find your machine.... you find a lot of coins - and often. I am still in a drought...maybe today?? Cheers, RickO

SaorAlba

Another machine in a credit union, $3.90 in dimes sitting in the reject slot. One of the little darlings is a 1963-D

ricko

That is amazing... great find. Never found anything like that haul. Then, to top it off.... the machine in the market today had a big sign - OUT OF ORDER - probably jammed up with a gold coin... Cheers, RickO

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stevek

@Thor11 said:
long dry spell for me - too many now in the game

Perhaps we should all try to spread a false rumor such as the possibility of getting electrocuted by sticking your hand in the Coinstar reject bin, in order to thwart our Coinstar search competitors.

SaorAlba

Today not quite as exciting but okay:
1 1942 wheat cent
2 zincolns
a nickel
and 20c Canadian.

Smudge

Coinstar has been empty for awhile. Getting discouraged.