Parking lot finds

ricko · August 10, 2017 6:52AM

"....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

pocketpiececommems · August 11, 2017 9:39PM

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.

ricko · August 12, 2017 8:39AM

Now you have tennis balls? Next you will be walking by the golf course for golf balls... Nice finds... Cheers, RickO

Downtown1974 · August 12, 2017 7:11PM

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.

ricko · August 13, 2017 10:12AM

Yikes... those ground dwelling yellow jackets are mean..... I would have run as well.... Cheers, RickO

pocketpiececommems · August 15, 2017 9:10AM

2 dimes and 4 pennies in the high school parking lot. School is back in session:)

ricko · August 16, 2017 7:34AM

Great PPC.... Now that school is back in session you will have a much improved revenue stream.... Do you declare this income?? Cheers, RickO

pocketpiececommems · August 19, 2017 6:25AM

Two dimes at Quick Trip

1630Boston · August 19, 2017 6:50AM

twenty cents is good

ricko · August 19, 2017 7:33AM

Entering another coin drought... accented by my last find (Wednesday I think) at a coinstar.. three zincolns and seven plastic tiddly winks.... Cheers, RickO

pocketpiececommems · August 23, 2017 12:37PM

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

ricko · August 24, 2017 7:28AM

Glad you recovered your halves.... Was the 1/2 cent a corroded zincoln? Cheers, RickO

WhiteTornado · August 24, 2017 10:56AM

Found a dime while walking around outside the building where I work.

ricko · August 25, 2017 5:32AM

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

WhiteTornado · August 25, 2017 7:23AM

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

Downtown1974 · August 27, 2017 2:48PM

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.

ricko · August 29, 2017 8:33AM

Now, I have found coins, currency, even redeemable lottery tickets and jewelry... but never a redeemable receipt.... new area to check.... Cheers, RickO

Downtown1974 · August 29, 2017 9:20AM

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.

ricko · August 30, 2017 7:05AM

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

pocketpiececommems · August 31, 2017 8:37AM

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

WhiteTornado · August 31, 2017 12:15PM

CoinStar bins have been empty lately. I even went by a couple at stores I don't frequent very much.

ricko · September 1, 2017 6:30AM

I agree... empty coinstar's all around... for almost two weeks now...Cheers, RickO

pocketpiececommems · September 15, 2017 12:09PM

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

ricko · September 16, 2017 6:29AM

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

pocketpiececommems · September 23, 2017 6:19PM

a nickel and a penny in the street picking up walnuts and 2 pennies in a parking lot

ricko · September 24, 2017 8:24AM

I see the squirrels here running around with walnuts in their mouth... still do not know where they get them .....Cheers, RickO

Downtown1974 · September 24, 2017 8:52AM

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.

ricko · September 25, 2017 8:46AM

@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

1630Boston · October 5, 2017 6:17AM

One dime and one quarter on the counter in the lobby of the post office today................I'll take it

pocketpiececommems · October 5, 2017 6:36AM

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:)

ricko · October 5, 2017 8:15AM

PPC... be sure to post you totals of walnuts... I find that interesting every year.... Cheers, RickO

pocketpiececommems · October 15, 2017 6:42PM

Found $20 in the parking lot coming out of the Mexican restaurant. Almost forgot it was a Jamacia $20 coin

ricko · October 16, 2017 8:13AM

Well... still a great find..... must have been rejected for payment inside... Cheers, RickO

pocketpiececommems · October 23, 2017 5:11PM

1 penny and 116 5 gallon buckets of walnuts today. Found a screwdriver on Saturday.

1630Boston · October 23, 2017 8:50PM

Congrats on the walnuts....................and the cent..............................use the screw driver to open the walnuts

ricko · October 24, 2017 8:57AM

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

pocketpiececommems · November 5, 2017 5:46PM

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pocketpiececommems · November 5, 2017 5:48PM

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

ricko · November 6, 2017 6:44AM

Nice... dollar bill while walnut picking... was the marble glass or clay? There are a lot of blue Bennington's - clay marbles.... Cheers, RickO

pcgs69 · November 6, 2017 11:42AM

Just got this in change at Dunkin Donuts

ricko · November 7, 2017 9:41AM

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 · November 10, 2017 4:17AM

About a month's finds,:
$1 Presidential dollar
17 dimes
8 nickels
100 cents

Treashunt · November 10, 2017 4:18AM

Mall walking finds.

Last Saturday:
2 quarters
12 dimes
4 nickels [unusual]
9 cents
and
a Romania 10 bani

ricko · November 10, 2017 8:57AM

@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

Treashunt · November 10, 2017 10:16AM

@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

I just walk around, early, pre-opening.

That was just two lots, of about 5.

It took about 2 hours

ricko · November 10, 2017 10:29AM

@Treashunt... That is great for two hours.... I have never tried extensive lot walks.... looks as if it could be fruitful....Cheers, RickO

Treashunt · November 10, 2017 10:36AM

During Christmas time I often find dollar bills.

Other times, I have found a man's gold [14Kt] bracelet, and a silver ring

Downtown1974 · November 10, 2017 1:39PM

Wow...nice bounty, Treashunt!

BobSav · November 10, 2017 2:56PM

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.

ricko · November 11, 2017 8:49AM

A gold bracelet?? Nice.... and being for a male, it had some heft I would imagine...Cheers, RickO

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