"....see younger people tossing coins, from change, into the trash or on the ground..." I have heard this from other sources.... never actually witnessed it. Seems so strange, especially to those of us who grew up when a cent could actually buy something.... Cheers, RickO
I was up early this morning so I went for a walk while the coffee was brewing. Found a penny near a storm drain, I grabbed it. Also stumbled upon an underground yellow jacket nest. I ran like a little sissy boy.
Entering another coin drought... accented by my last find (Wednesday I think) at a coinstar.. three zincolns and seven plastic tiddly winks.... Cheers, RickO
Yesterday I Had a 40 minute walk and found 18 1/2 cents and 16 cans. Today only 16 cans. Stopped by the bank to deposit some roll searched halves. 3 quarters 3 dimes a nickel and 3 pennies in the reject tray before I started. I knew that I ha $450 to start with but was short $4.50 when I finished. I asked if they would check the reject tray on the inside of the machine. Sure enough there were 9 halves there
Nice find... I rarely find dimes on the ground... I guess their reflective surfaces make them obvious to people...and the effort to bend over and pick them up is worth more than for a cent. Cheers, RickO
The place we get our dog food has a big bottle redemption area. We usually stack our cans and bottles in the shed for a few months before redeeming them and use the funds towards the dog food. Went today and there was a receipt on the floor for 60 cents by one of the machines.
Now, I have found coins, currency, even redeemable lottery tickets and jewelry... but never a redeemable receipt.... new area to check.... Cheers, RickO
Haha. Yea when you're done putting all of your cans and bottles in the machine, it spits out a receipt that you bring to the cashier to exchange for cash. I've had good luck there in the past. Once someone left a whole bag full of plastic bottles because they didn't want to wait for the clerk to empty the machine after it was full.
Well now... there are about four of those machines at my local market... I always go in the door before them and leave the same way... need to change my route.... Cheers, RickO
That is better than I have done PPC..... been real barren in parking lots, coinstars, checkout lines....I am beginning to feel like that cartoon character years ago (in Lil' Abner) - that always walked around with a cloud over his head ... Joe Btslplk I think... Cheers, RickO
Sorry Ricko. It's probably from my house. My wife keeps filling the damn bird feeders and leaves nuts out for the wood peckers. She won't be happy until I get mauled by a bear one morning leaving for work.
@Downtown1974 ....better carry bear spray and an airhorn... Or, like my nephew... just run at them, screaming and waving your arms.... Darn bears take off running when he does that....Probably a good thing, I think he would strangle them if they did not... Cheers, RickO
Found this while picking up walnuts yesterday. Also found a little blue marble on a hillside where there wasn't much grass. I'll pos a pic when I get it cleaned up
Now if only it were the DDO..... I just got a '55 at Stewart's two days ago.... not a DDO... but it sure gives the heart an extra beat when first seen.... Cheers, RickO
@Treashunt.... Holey moley Frank.... how much mall and parking lot walking do you do?? That is a lot of coins.... I normally walk from my car and back, through the mall to the store(s) I intend to patronize. I do look at all times...To find what you find, you must spend hours .... at least it is good exercise.... Cheers, RickO
@ricko said: @Treashunt.... Holey moley Frank.... how much mall and parking lot walking do you do?? That is a lot of coins.... I normally walk from my car and back, through the mall to the store(s) I intend to patronize. I do look at all times...To find what you find, you must spend hours .... at least it is good exercise.... Cheers, RickO
Not exactly a parking lot find but I did get a dateless buffalo nickel in change somewhere a few days ago.
Emptied my pockets at night and there it was.
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"....see younger people tossing coins, from change, into the trash or on the ground..." I have heard this from other sources.... never actually witnessed it. Seems so strange, especially to those of us who grew up when a cent could actually buy something.... Cheers, RickO
3 pennies going into the grocery store and one on the floor by the check out. 4 tennis balls by the tennis courts and 9 cans.
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Now you have tennis balls? Next you will be walking by the golf course for golf balls...
Nice finds... Cheers, RickO
I was up early this morning so I went for a walk while the coffee was brewing. Found a penny near a storm drain, I grabbed it. Also stumbled upon an underground yellow jacket nest. I ran like a little sissy boy.
Yikes... those ground dwelling yellow jackets are mean..... I would have run as well.... Cheers, RickO
2 dimes and 4 pennies in the high school parking lot. School is back in session:)
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Great PPC.... Now that school is back in session you will have a much improved revenue stream.... Do you declare this income??
Cheers, RickO
Two dimes at Quick Trip
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twenty cents is good
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Entering another coin drought... accented by my last find (Wednesday I think) at a coinstar.. three zincolns and seven plastic tiddly winks....
Cheers, RickO
Yesterday I Had a 40 minute walk and found 18 1/2 cents and 16 cans. Today only 16 cans. Stopped by the bank to deposit some roll searched halves. 3 quarters 3 dimes a nickel and 3 pennies in the reject tray before I started. I knew that I ha $450 to start with but was short $4.50 when I finished. I asked if they would check the reject tray on the inside of the machine. Sure enough there were 9 halves there
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Glad you recovered your halves.... Was the 1/2 cent a corroded zincoln? Cheers, RickO
Found a dime while walking around outside the building where I work.
Nice find... I rarely find dimes on the ground... I guess their reflective surfaces make them obvious to people...and the effort to bend over and pick them up is worth more than for a cent.
Cheers, RickO
This dime was a bit camouflaged in that it was beat up with little luster. Of course, expert eyes like all of us have can spot that in no time flat
The place we get our dog food has a big bottle redemption area. We usually stack our cans and bottles in the shed for a few months before redeeming them and use the funds towards the dog food. Went today and there was a receipt on the floor for 60 cents by one of the machines.
Now, I have found coins, currency, even redeemable lottery tickets and jewelry... but never a redeemable receipt.... new area to check....
Cheers, RickO
Haha. Yea when you're done putting all of your cans and bottles in the machine, it spits out a receipt that you bring to the cashier to exchange for cash. I've had good luck there in the past. Once someone left a whole bag full of plastic bottles because they didn't want to wait for the clerk to empty the machine after it was full.
Well now... there are about four of those machines at my local market... I always go in the door before them and leave the same way... need to change my route....
Cheers, RickO
Quarter, penny and 35 cans yesterday. When we visited Washington DC in 1994 you could find all kinds of Metro tickets that were still good
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CoinStar bins have been empty lately. I even went by a couple at stores I don't frequent very much.
I agree... empty coinstar's all around... for almost two weeks now...Cheers, RickO
Found a penny at the gas station. It's been awhile. Pulled a hamstring after a workout two weeks ago. No detecting either. Need to get healed
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That is better than I have done PPC..... been real barren in parking lots, coinstars, checkout lines....I am beginning to feel like that cartoon character years ago (in Lil' Abner) - that always walked around with a cloud over his head ... Joe Btslplk I think...
Cheers, RickO
a nickel and a penny in the street picking up walnuts and 2 pennies in a parking lot
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I see the squirrels here running around with walnuts in their mouth... still do not know where they get them .....Cheers, RickO
Sorry Ricko. It's probably from my house. My wife keeps filling the damn bird feeders and leaves nuts out for the wood peckers. She won't be happy until I get mauled by a bear one morning leaving for work.
@Downtown1974 ....better carry bear spray and an airhorn...
Or, like my nephew... just run at them, screaming and waving your arms.... Darn bears take off running when he does that....Probably a good thing, I think he would strangle them if they did not... 
Cheers, RickO
One dime and one quarter on the counter in the lobby of the post office today................I'll take it
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Quarter and a nickel in a driveway covered with walnuts yesterday. Maybe the squirrels are trying to brib me to leave the nuts. Didn't work:)
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PPC... be sure to post you totals of walnuts... I find that interesting every year.... Cheers, RickO
Found $20 in the parking lot coming out of the Mexican restaurant. Almost forgot it was a Jamacia $20 coin
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Well... still a great find..... must have been rejected for payment inside... Cheers, RickO
1 penny and 116 5 gallon buckets of walnuts today. Found a screwdriver on Saturday.
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Congrats on the walnuts....................and the cent..............................use the screw driver to open the walnuts
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How is the walnut crop this year?? I always enjoy your tally of walnut gathering. I see the squirrels here running with them now..... Cheers, RickO
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Found this while picking up walnuts yesterday. Also found a little blue marble on a hillside where there wasn't much grass. I'll pos a pic when I get it cleaned up
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Nice... dollar bill while walnut picking... was the marble glass or clay? There are a lot of blue Bennington's - clay marbles.... Cheers, RickO
Just got this in change at Dunkin Donuts
Now if only it were the DDO..... I just got a '55 at Stewart's two days ago.... not a DDO... but it sure gives the heart an extra beat when first seen....
Cheers, RickO
About a month's finds,:
$1 Presidential dollar
17 dimes
8 nickels
100 cents
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Mall walking finds.
Last Saturday:
2 quarters
12 dimes
4 nickels [unusual]
9 cents
and
a Romania 10 bani
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@Treashunt.... Holey moley Frank.... how much mall and parking lot walking do you do?? That is a lot of coins.... I normally walk from my car and back, through the mall to the store(s) I intend to patronize. I do look at all times...To find what you find, you must spend hours .... at least it is good exercise.... Cheers, RickO
I just walk around, early, pre-opening.
That was just two lots, of about 5.
It took about 2 hours
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@Treashunt... That is great for two hours.... I have never tried extensive lot walks.... looks as if it could be fruitful....Cheers, RickO
During Christmas time I often find dollar bills.
Other times, I have found a man's gold [14Kt] bracelet, and a silver ring
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Wow...nice bounty, Treashunt!
Not exactly a parking lot find but I did get a dateless buffalo nickel in change somewhere a few days ago.
Emptied my pockets at night and there it was.
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A gold bracelet?? Nice.... and being for a male, it had some heft I would imagine...Cheers, RickO