It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
Congratulations - you and your Momma are very lucky!
It surprizes me that such a new gold coin already ended up in the reject bin of a CoinStar machine.
I mean it's not even 10 years old, so not that long ago somebody bought this coin for full gold price (plus possibly even a premium). And now the previous owner has already forgotten about it? Wow!
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
Thats the Stuff Dreams are made of, Congrats Brother !
@JBK said:
And don't forget to check the small trash can that many places leave next to the machines, especially at banks. Some people toss their rejects.
I found $10 in oily change once in the trash. It may be a bit embarrassing to rummage through the trash, but it's worth it
I'm an obsessive aluminum can recycler and enjoy dumpster diving for cans or riding my 'bent and grabbing cans along the highway shoulder. I turn them in for cash and then head to the LCS to purchase junk silver dollars, SAEs, and other silver coins.
Last week, along with about 2000 cans, I found 85 cents in a dumpster. Occasionally, a dollar or $5 bill will turn up. I also have grabbed well over 100 sealed alcoholic beverages such as beer and vodka-and-seltzer drinks from dumpsters this past year. I have several cases worth of Michelob Ultra alone in the garage. Sometimes I find 11 sealed Michelob Ultras in a 12-pack and laugh because I don't like Michelob Ultra and assume the purchaser didn't care for them either. Unfortunately, I don't drink beer much anymore.
2000 cans in one week?
That would be some serious money here in Germany. For every returned can (except damaged and foreign ones) you get back the deposit of 0.25€ - that's 29.5 US Cents.
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
@JBK said:
And don't forget to check the small trash can that many places leave next to the machines, especially at banks. Some people toss their rejects.
I found $10 in oily change once in the trash. It may be a bit embarrassing to rummage through the trash, but it's worth it
I'm an obsessive aluminum can recycler and enjoy dumpster diving for cans or riding my 'bent and grabbing cans along the highway shoulder. I turn them in for cash and then head to the LCS to purchase junk silver dollars, SAEs, and other silver coins.
Last week, along with about 2000 cans, I found 85 cents in a dumpster. Occasionally, a dollar or $5 bill will turn up. I also have grabbed well over 100 sealed alcoholic beverages such as beer and vodka-and-seltzer drinks from dumpsters this past year. I have several cases worth of Michelob Ultra alone in the garage. Sometimes I find 11 sealed Michelob Ultras in a 12-pack and laugh because I don't like Michelob Ultra and assume the purchaser didn't care for them either. Unfortunately, I don't drink beer much anymore.
2000 cans in one week?
That would be some serious money here in Germany. For every returned can (except damaged and foreign ones) you get back the deposit of 0.25€ - that's 29.5 US Cents.
I grab roughly 2000 cans EVERY week, or 100K cans per year. That's 25,000 KWh of energy sunk into making those cans. Summer is better than winter for can collecting. I get about 2.0-2.3 cents per can. Florida has no deposit on beverage containers, so they are everywhere. Littering in Florida is pretty disgusting.
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I could live well off 29.5 cents per can. I collect on two nights for 4-5 hours per night, so by expanding my efforts to 5 nights a week, I could easily generate $1000-2000 per week. One could make $1000 at a college football game.
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This week, I scored:
-1800 cans,
-8 unopened beers,
-A half dozen large, unsoiled garbage bags
-7 boxes of single doses of common over-the-counter drugs like Advil, Advil PM, Anacin Extra Strength, Vicks DayQuil Severe Cold and Flu, Benadryl Allergy, Tylenol Extra Strength, and Imodium. There are enough drugs here to supply a neighborhood for a year, which is about when these drugs will reach their expiration date.
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The Imodium will come in handy. I doubt I'll use the others because I rarely get sick.
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The 8 beers add to perhaps 200 cans of beer and soft drinks in my garage. Most popular beer here is Michelob Ultra, Natural Light, Busch Lite, Bud Light, and Coors Light. I don't care for Light beer and in general, don't drink much anymore, so they accumulate.
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I also get hundreds of vodka seltzer drinks that I pour out in the dumpster or on the ground and retain the can.
100000 CANS at .023 each = $2300 per year. 8 hrs per week x 52 weeks = 416 hrs. $2300 / 416 = $5.52 per hour tax free I assume. Big benefit - keeping all that stuff off the roads.
It's been a fantasy ever since the first time I put my grubby little paws into that reject slot that someday I would pull gold. Momma stopped by Wally-world today on the way home from work and made sure to hit the coinstar on the way out. $.45 cents clad and a 2018 1/10 Gold Maple. Unbelievable the luck this woman has. She is as obsessed with the coinstar as I am. I have trained her well. RGDS!
2 clad halves. There were also 2 clad quarters in the reject bin that were stuck together with some kind of disgusting black goo. I opted to leave those for the next treasure hunter. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
2 clad halves. There were also 2 clad quarters in the reject bin that were stuck together with some kind of disgusting black goo. I opted to leave those for the next treasure hunter. RGDS!
The only Coinstar that I am aware of near me is in a WalMart and I hate going there because I feel as if I am in a third world country.
With many US flags (made in China) hanging from the rafters.
A Very Big (!) Surprise. I picked up a pristine 1972 mint state Quarter.
Also a 2025-D I B Wells - any 2025 issue is rare in these parts,
and a 2008 Hawaii with "QUARTERNOTES" punched into it -
wonder what that is ???
Sorry, not from the coinstar but got a war nickel in change from my morning coffee. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
Momma's haul again, I was personally 0-2 on the day. She yielded 2 SBAs, a SAC, 2 clad nickels, a 1963 French 20 Centimes and 6 Wheaties: 1926-P, 1938-S, 1944-P, 1946-P, 1953-D, 1955-D
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
@sfs2002usa said:
A Very Big (!) Surprise. I picked up a pristine 1972 mint state Quarter.
Also a 2025-D I B Wells - any 2025 issue is rare in these parts,
and a 2008 Hawaii with "QUARTERNOTES" punched into it -
wonder what that is ???
@MtW124 said:
A very long dry spell has finally been broken!
So you found this one in the Coinstar reject bin?
Einstein’s view of God was non-traditional and pantheistic, focusing on the harmony, order, and intelligibility of the cosmos rather than a personal deity. His quotes reveal a profound respect for the universe’s mysteries, a belief in rational laws, and a moral philosophy grounded in compassion and understanding, bridging science and spirituality.
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
Finding undamaged and "merchant passable" clad and US pennies in Coinstar reject slot is problematic. Last month I found $2 in clad quarters in the Coinstar bin at the Walmart. No silver, clad quarters, eight of them. Could there be a Coin Star Santa Claus at work at the Walmart?
Einstein’s view of God was non-traditional and pantheistic, focusing on the harmony, order, and intelligibility of the cosmos rather than a personal deity. His quotes reveal a profound respect for the universe’s mysteries, a belief in rational laws, and a moral philosophy grounded in compassion and understanding, bridging science and spirituality.
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
@mr1931S I was glad to find something just anything. I was thinking that people must be really starting to look now. I would much rather find a silver or a foreign coin but I guess I will take what I can get.p at this point.
@mr1931S said:
Finding undamaged and "merchant passable" clad and US pennies in Coinstar reject slot is problematic. Last month I found $2 in clad quarters in the Coinstar bin at the Walmart. No silver, clad quarters, eight of them. Could there be a Coin Star Santa Claus at work at the Walmart?
Santa for the foragers, Scrooge for the unwary kiosk clients
Momma hit's again. A 1948 and 1956 Gutter metal quarter, 1964 gutter dime, $0.60 Canadian, $0.20 clad and an Israeli 1 Shekel. Crazy part is these were all sitting on the top shelf by where you dump the coins in, not down in the reject slot. At current melt just the gutter alone is $31.68. Who would just leave that laying there? I guess some peeps are just oblivious. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
For the first time in weeks there have been coins in the reject tray.
Just spendable 2.67€ (3.14 Dollars), but still a nice find.
Best regards from Germany
Almost missed this one at the Wal-Mart coin star. At first, I didn't see anything. Then I saw a lone dark coin in the back of the reject slot. I thought that it was a cent. I pulled it out, and saw that it was a dime that appeared to be silver. I wasn't sure though, because I couldn't make out the date. When I got home, I checked it out with my magnifier, and verified that it was a 1964 silver dime.
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
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Oh my, that's a good wife!!!
Congratulations - you and your Momma are very lucky!
It surprizes me that such a new gold coin already ended up in the reject bin of a CoinStar machine.
I mean it's not even 10 years old, so not that long ago somebody bought this coin for full gold price (plus possibly even a premium). And now the previous owner has already forgotten about it? Wow!
Thats the Stuff Dreams are made of, Congrats Brother !
It's all about what the people want...
2000 cans in one week?
That would be some serious money here in Germany. For every returned can (except damaged and foreign ones) you get back the deposit of 0.25€ - that's 29.5 US Cents.
Nice!
I grab roughly 2000 cans EVERY week, or 100K cans per year. That's 25,000 KWh of energy sunk into making those cans. Summer is better than winter for can collecting. I get about 2.0-2.3 cents per can. Florida has no deposit on beverage containers, so they are everywhere. Littering in Florida is pretty disgusting.
.
I could live well off 29.5 cents per can. I collect on two nights for 4-5 hours per night, so by expanding my efforts to 5 nights a week, I could easily generate $1000-2000 per week. One could make $1000 at a college football game.
.
This week, I scored:
-1800 cans,
-8 unopened beers,
-A half dozen large, unsoiled garbage bags
-7 boxes of single doses of common over-the-counter drugs like Advil, Advil PM, Anacin Extra Strength, Vicks DayQuil Severe Cold and Flu, Benadryl Allergy, Tylenol Extra Strength, and Imodium. There are enough drugs here to supply a neighborhood for a year, which is about when these drugs will reach their expiration date.
.
The Imodium will come in handy. I doubt I'll use the others because I rarely get sick.
.
The 8 beers add to perhaps 200 cans of beer and soft drinks in my garage. Most popular beer here is Michelob Ultra, Natural Light, Busch Lite, Bud Light, and Coors Light. I don't care for Light beer and in general, don't drink much anymore, so they accumulate.
.
I also get hundreds of vodka seltzer drinks that I pour out in the dumpster or on the ground and retain the can.
100000 CANS at .023 each = $2300 per year. 8 hrs per week x 52 weeks = 416 hrs. $2300 / 416 = $5.52 per hour tax free I assume. Big benefit - keeping all that stuff off the roads.
NICE HIT !!
Not quite a Coinstar machine but this was sitting on top of a coin changing machine. I'll take it.
Snagged a 1946D Roosie at a Coinstar machine today
Kroger Coin Star find today:
Picture please
ALL in a single day of sorting -
My first 2026 issue - dime, a silver 1963 dime, and a nicely toned Sacagawea Dollar
Love the 56d dime
See photo of the 1946D dime.
2 clad halves. There were also 2 clad quarters in the reject bin that were stuck together with some kind of disgusting black goo. I opted to leave those for the next treasure hunter. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
The buck stopped there. Congrats.
Got this here cream puff
I checked two Coinstars this week. Each had a single Memorial penny. I'm still planning to stay retired.
Wow, looks like someone found a rare error in the Walmart parking lot and deposited it in a Coinstar machine!
The only Coinstar that I am aware of near me is in a WalMart and I hate going there because I feel as if I am in a third world country.
With many US flags (made in China) hanging from the rafters.
Parking lot
A Very Big (!) Surprise. I picked up a pristine 1972 mint state Quarter.
Also a 2025-D I B Wells - any 2025 issue is rare in these parts,
and a 2008 Hawaii with "QUARTERNOTES" punched into it -
wonder what that is ???
Sorry, not from the coinstar but got a war nickel in change from my morning coffee. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
Neat. I'd take $4 in free silver from anywhere. Even a Walmart parking lot.
Momma's haul again, I was personally 0-2 on the day. She yielded 2 SBAs, a SAC, 2 clad nickels, a 1963 French 20 Centimes and 6 Wheaties: 1926-P, 1938-S, 1944-P, 1946-P, 1953-D, 1955-D
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
2 Memorial pennies at Publix today.
Love the 72 D quarter
Found a 1942 S wheat cent and a 2005 Canadian cent today in the Coinstar machine at Safeway.
A very long dry spell has finally been broken!
So you found this one in the Coinstar reject bin?
Einstein’s view of God was non-traditional and pantheistic, focusing on the harmony, order, and intelligibility of the cosmos rather than a personal deity. His quotes reveal a profound respect for the universe’s mysteries, a belief in rational laws, and a moral philosophy grounded in compassion and understanding, bridging science and spirituality.
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879--18 April 1955)
I found 2 clad dimes a couple of days ago.
Finding undamaged and "merchant passable" clad and US pennies in Coinstar reject slot is problematic. Last month I found $2 in clad quarters in the Coinstar bin at the Walmart. No silver, clad quarters, eight of them. Could there be a Coin Star Santa Claus at work at the Walmart?
Einstein’s view of God was non-traditional and pantheistic, focusing on the harmony, order, and intelligibility of the cosmos rather than a personal deity. His quotes reveal a profound respect for the universe’s mysteries, a belief in rational laws, and a moral philosophy grounded in compassion and understanding, bridging science and spirituality.
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879--18 April 1955)
@mr1931S I was glad to find something just anything. I was thinking that people must be really starting to look now. I would much rather find a silver or a foreign coin but I guess I will take what I can get.p at this point.
All base metal $0.87
Santa for the foragers, Scrooge for the unwary kiosk clients
Momma hit's again. A 1948 and 1956 Gutter metal quarter, 1964 gutter dime, $0.60 Canadian, $0.20 clad and an Israeli 1 Shekel. Crazy part is these were all sitting on the top shelf by where you dump the coins in, not down in the reject slot. At current melt just the gutter alone is $31.68. Who would just leave that laying there? I guess some peeps are just oblivious. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
Probably got tired of scooping them out of the reject slot and figured they were garbage! Nice score
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
April 4th, Nob Hill in Gilroy, 1960-D, all alone in return
Today, Nob Hill in Morgan Hill, always special when it's a Mercury, 1942-D, plus change...
No silver, but how cool is it to find a 106 year old coin at the grocery store?
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
For the first time in weeks there have been coins in the reject tray.
Just spendable 2.67€ (3.14 Dollars), but still a nice find.
Best regards from Germany
That school money 💰 token is cool looking
Almost missed this one at the Wal-Mart coin star. At first, I didn't see anything. Then I saw a lone dark coin in the back of the reject slot. I thought that it was a cent. I pulled it out, and saw that it was a dime that appeared to be silver. I wasn't sure though, because I couldn't make out the date. When I got home, I checked it out with my magnifier, and verified that it was a 1964 silver dime.
$0.16 clad, a Canadian and Bahamas quarter. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?