Found a Dime on the ground today...

joeykoins · August 8, 2016 2:43AM

Hi guy's, Just thinking? When I picked up a Dime(Clad)from the ground. It made me think. In all the many, many, many times I did pick up a coin/coins from either the ground outside, on the floors on the inside of places or even in a CoinStar/bank machine. How much money I must of found in my lifetime? It has to be at least $1000 or more! So whosoever thinks it's silly picking up a penny from the ground, I would think again. All that bending and looking or hunting can be very profitable? and I'm not even throwing in the value of the coin/coins in a Numismatic value. Just the face value alone will be worth it. Just my 2 Cents(that I found on the ground)

asheland · August 8, 2016 2:44AM

I find dimes from time to time.

ambro51 · August 8, 2016 3:06AM

There's no way you've picked up $1000 off the ground. Sorry, not buying that. Maybe a good April Fools post.

silverpop · August 8, 2016 3:13AM

I do the same thing pick up whatever change is on the ground

joeykoins · August 8, 2016 3:14AM

Originally posted by: ambro51
There's no way you've picked up $1000 off the ground. Sorry, not buying that. Maybe a good April Fools post.

I don't know for sure but in saying that, I myself found paper money as well($1's, $5's, $10's...)even a $20 I once found! I myself, found at least $10-$25 in change numerous times in either bank machines or CoinStar. Oh well, call me luckier than most but think of all the times you found some sort of money. Starting as a little kid too. It may not be a $1000 but it has to be close.

oih82w8 · August 8, 2016 3:23AM

I found a 2012-D dime on the ground yesterday at the OnQue...heads up too!

TommyType · August 8, 2016 3:35AM

- Let’s assume an equal distribution of cents, nickels, dimes, and quarters. (Leaving out halves...because you just don’t see those! And this distribution is still HIGHLY advantageous, since in reality you find many more cents than quarters.)

- It would take 2439 coins of each denomination (9756 total coins), to equal $999.99, ($609.75 in quarters, $243.90 in dimes, $121.95 in nickels, and $24.39 in cents).

- If you picked up just ONE coin every day, it would take you 9756 coins / 365 days/year = 26.73 years to get your $1000.

- Even tossing in a $20 now and then, or a trove of a dozen coins, probably wouldn't help much considering the days you probably DON'T find a coin.

- On the other hand, if we assume ONLY cents are picked up....it would take 100,000 days, or 273.9 years to get $1000.

I make no claims since I don't know how much time everyday Joeykoins is crawling around on the floor looking for money. But you probably have some bounds on the question now.

joeykoins · August 8, 2016 3:36AM

For an example on the Numismatic value,here's one story I told a few times. I once found a 1999 Lincoln Cent, on the ground, and it turned out to be the rare 1999 Wide A.M. Variety! I sent it in across the street, and it came back a 64RB. I end up selling it for $200. It turned out to be probably my best find! On the ground. So, there alone is $200 by finding money on the street. So, to find $800 more in my lifetime really wouldn't be so far fetched after all.

joeykoins · August 8, 2016 3:38AM

Originally posted by: TommyType
- Let’s assume an equal distribution of cents, nickels, dimes, and quarters. (Leaving out halves...because you just don’t see those! And this distribution is still HIGHLY advantageous, since in reality you find many more cents than quarters.)
- It would take 2439 coins of each denomination (9756 total coins), to equal $999.99, ($609.75 in quarters, $243.90 in dimes, $121.95 in nickels, and $24.39 in cents).
- If you picked up just ONE coin every day, it would take you 9756 coins / 365 days/year = 26.73 years to get your $1000.

- Even tossing in a $20 now and then, or a trove of a dozen coins, probably wouldn't help much considering the days you probably DON'T find a coin.

- On the other hand, if we assume ONLY cents are picked up....it would take 100,000 days, or 273.9 years to get $1000.

I make no claims since I don't know how much time everyday Joeykoins is crawling around on the floor looking for money. But you probably have some bounds on the question now.

Very good calculations!

cladking · August 8, 2016 3:45AM

Usually when I find cash its owner is identifiable and I have to give it back.

I did snag a $5 bill once blowing across a parking lot.

I doubt I've found even $30 total.

Back when a dollar was a dollar a vending machine spit out about $12 in silkver and nickels. I'd have kept it since the machine was always malfunctioning and most of the money didn't belong to the operator but my older brother twisted my arm to "give it back".

I've found a lot of great coins though and the story some told were worth a fortune.

grip · August 8, 2016 4:53AM

Originally posted by: ambro51
There's no way you've picked up $1000 off the ground. Sorry, not buying that. Maybe a good April Fools post.

+1 Not in a life time.

mustangmanbob · August 8, 2016 5:07AM

I'll take the bet on the $1000.

I play with old cars (1965 - 1968 Mustangs), and have bought well north of 500 cars through time. There is almost always change in them. That era Mustang had bucket seats RIGHT by the transmission tunnel that ate coins, a center console screwed the center tunnel that had openings in the glove box that allowed coins to easily drop, rear seats that were tough to remove, and a cardboard glove box liner that would side forward and allow small things to catch on a metal ledge, not visible, seemingly lost.

Biggest single scores: 2 $100 bills TIGHTLY rolled, caught where the glove box liner had separated, still white with coke, and not the bottled kind. Ironically, I paid $200 for the car.

Over $150 in cash, with a money clip with a dead dog ugly Peace dollar, hidden in the heater box plenum.

Over $60 in a car, money laying everywhere, bought the car for $600, and the guy was too lazy to clean it out, including paper money laying in plain sight.

$38+ in change in the center console "glove box" of a car.

On a different site, I documents all the money that came out of a 1965 Mustang, IIRC, that had been "laid up" in 1973, IIRC, and never driven since. I documented, the distribution of silver versus clad, wheats versus memorials, etc. out of that car.

While not $$, they became $$ quickly, 4 different cars, 2 9mm pistols, a 12 gauge and a 20 gauge shotgun.

I always check the cars I buy pretty quickly, carpets out, door panels off, etc. About 15% will have drugs somewhere stashed in them.

Elcontador · August 8, 2016 5:38AM

Occasionally, I do stumble across money on the ground. The biggest score was a $100 bill in the parking lot of the gym where I go. I was the last one to leave the building and saw it on the way to my car. I found 2 $20 bills near a dive bar in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. Some drunk probably dropped it. I found a 10 reais note (worth about $4) near the Palacio da Alvorada (residence of the President of Brasil) in Brasilia.

Once I found about $4 in various Brasilian coins in my hotel room in Curitiba. I see coins on the ground from time to time when I'm running. I don't bother picking up the pennies.

pocketpiececommems · August 8, 2016 5:46AM

I don't doubt that it's possible to find $1000 plus in change over time. In 2008 I cashed in all of my found change since at least 1972 and had over $700. I purchased 3 of the Gold Bald Eagle Commems and one silver commem and still had a little change left over. If it's on the ground pick it up.

keets · August 8, 2016 5:58AM

are we talking about only change we've found on the ground or change we have found anywhere??

if it's the latter, I have to wonder how much I have found cleaning out the many, many cars I have bought(all used 'cause along with no cell phone I have NEVER owned a new car) or change found in chairs or couches.

grip · August 8, 2016 6:35AM

I thought this post was total amount(face value) not what it was worth.

Coinosaurus · August 8, 2016 6:37AM

I have found maybe $50 total. A $5 once, a few $1s, one time a Mexican note while diving in Cozumel that was worth about $20.

I don't doubt there is a lot of money in old cars. Barring that, $1000 seems like extraordinarily good luck.

LanceNewmanOCC · August 8, 2016 7:22AM

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amazing how many people didnt read the whole post of the op.

out of 1000 people, i wonder how many read whole posts or threads?

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USMarine6 · August 8, 2016 7:35AM

The best I've found was an ike just sitting there in the middle of a restaurant parking lot. I opened the door to get out and there it was at my feet. Thought it was odd.
I've found a few $20 bills over the years. I always walk the fence line if I go to any type of store or restaurant.

OnlyGoldIsMoney · August 8, 2016 10:04AM

I have been keeping track of coins found on the ground, in parking lots and in coinstar machine reject bins since mid 2013. Without looking up the scribbled notes I toss into in a large bottle with the coins, the present total is around $140.

In terms of currency found on the ground I am up to $182 since 2009. I can go long stretches without finding anything. During this last July I found $130 ($10, $20 & $100 bills).

lablover · August 8, 2016 11:02AM

I found a penny, I picked it up and all the day I had good luck.

I always pick-up coins on the ground. I think it has something to do with the coin having
"In God We Trust" stamped on it's face..

joeykoins · August 8, 2016 11:15AM

Originally posted by: OnlyGoldIsMoney
I have been keeping track of coins found on the ground, in parking lots and in coinstar machine reject bins since mid 2013. Without looking up the scribbled notes I toss into in a large bottle with the coins, the present total is around $140.

In terms of currency found on the ground I am up to $182 since 2009. I can go long stretches without finding anything. During this last July I found $130 ($10, $20 & $100 bills).

Thanks! With your post, shows it is very possible to collect a grand or even more in one's lifetime.

Kccoin · August 8, 2016 11:24AM

A dime in the ground isn't bad. And cheers to your wide AM pickup (pun intended). I find pennies very often, and get excited when its a quarter

Why not pick up change? Its free money. And think of the unnecessary cost to replace it

ms70 · August 8, 2016 11:31AM

a number of years back I actually kept track of all the coins I found on the ground for one year. I kept a container in my car

and everything I picked up went in it. At the end of the year I had a little over $28.

ProofArtworkonCircs · August 8, 2016 11:41AM

I picked up a silver 1953 D dime yesterday in the coin star rejects,

My biggest find was a $20 blowing by in the wind.

A bank gave me $10 too much once. It was the same bank that had shortchanged the girl next door $10. So I gave it to her. We all should be even after that.

lkeigwin · August 8, 2016 12:26PM

I've lost more to the ground than I've found.

Lance.

ricko · August 8, 2016 11:08PM

I always pick up change on the ground, floor, reject slots etc.. I also cache hunt with a metal detector... while not frequent, finds like that can be quite valuable. I have found many bills on the ground...from dollar through twenties... I will not try to estimate how much I have found, however, I am sure it is substantial. Cheers, RickO

joeykoins · August 8, 2016 11:54PM

Originally posted by: ms70
a number of years back I actually kept track of all the coins I found on the ground for one year. I kept a container in my car
and everything I picked up went in it. At the end of the year I had a little over $28.

Some aren't as lucky as most. What you found all year, I found more at one time, at my local bank machine. If anyone remembers the story, I gave all that change back to the bank and they hunted down the right owner.

pennyholic · August 9, 2016 12:25AM

I work at a school and find tax free money on the ground all the time. All bills over 10 I bring to the office and let it sit for a week in hopes someone might claim it. I usually get the money back then buy doughnuts for the crew. After sporting events cleaning the bleachers is a treasure hunt along with the theater after a performance. So yes I know I have found over a thousand but not sure if I kept it all.

Bayard1908 · August 9, 2016 12:32AM

Finding $1000 in clad with a metal detector would take at least a couple years, probably closer to five.

My best eyeball finds over the years have been a $50 bill and a $50 and $20 folded together. I've found probably another dozen bills $10 and smaller. My sister once found two or three $100s folded together.

I found a $20 in a grocery store back in 1970 or 1971, back when $20 was a good piece of money. My mom made me turn it in to the lost and found department.

Once at the courthouse, I needed to make a photocopy. I saw that the copy machine had an $18 credit on it. I pushed the return button, and 18 dollar coins came out of the coin return chute like a slot machine.

Even including my three years of metal detecting, I think my lifetime total is well under $1000.

steveben · August 9, 2016 2:58AM

i have found lots of silver and various other coins here and there.

i have found $5, $10, and $20's before. once i watched at least 10 people in a crowd step on a $20 before i could get to it.

i think it's very plausible that someone could find up to $1000 on the ground in there lifetimes...if you include numismatic and intrinsic values along with paper money.

mannie gray · August 9, 2016 3:04AM

I find money on the ground on virtually a daily basis.

I recently found a beat-up 1969-D 1c that turned out to be the missing initials FS variety.

I have found a few $20s but only one bill larger than that and it was a long time ago when I was a kid.

We were playing football in a vacant lot and I got tackled and before I got up I noticed something partially sticking out of the ground. It was a $100 bill.

This was 1974, so $100 would equate to, roughly, $1.6 million today.

Man, I thought I was wealthy.

Of course the kid who brought me down wanted his share, claiming if he wouldn't have tackled me I wouldn't have seen the bill.

He became a lawyer.

joeykoins · August 9, 2016 3:53AM

Originally posted by: mannie gray
I find money on the ground on virtually a daily basis.
I recently found a beat-up 1969-D 1c that turned out to be the missing initials FS variety.
I have found a few $20s but only one bill larger than that and it was a long time ago when I was a kid.
We were playing football in a vacant lot and I got tackled and before I got up I noticed something partially sticking out of the ground. It was a $100 bill.
This was 1974, so $100 would equate to, roughly, $1.6 million today.
Man, I thought I was wealthy.
Of course the kid who brought me down wanted his share, claiming if he wouldn't have tackled me I wouldn't have seen the bill.
He became a lawyer.

$1.6 Million huh? You know what, your right!

thebeav · August 9, 2016 10:24PM

Have you seen what zinc Lincolns look like after a short time on the ground ? Oh my, I don't think that I would have the audacity to try and pass one off. Boy, they get crusty quick. Here in the Northeast, of course, we treat the roads with salt in the Winter. I'm sure that speeds up the cents demise.

joeykoins · August 10, 2016 3:04AM

Originally posted by: thebeav
Have you seen what zinc Lincolns look like after a short time on the ground ? Oh my, I don't think that I would have the audacity to try and pass one off. Boy, they get crusty quick. Here in the Northeast, of course, we treat the roads with salt in the Winter. I'm sure that speeds up the cents demise.

What if that old crusty zinc cent happen to be the 1992 Close A.M.? I think you would have been glad to pick up that disgusting coin, right?$$$

Found a Dime on the ground today...

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