Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

[cwgii]

quarter in a box of beer bottles,
one in a dumpter
2 pennies at a fast food place
penny in a parking lot

[Recyclersteve]

I was at the grocery store and had my groceries rung up by an actual person instead of the usual self-checkout. I saw that someone before me didn't reach into the change return- I was able to get 76 cents- no good dates, but I'll take it.

Then tonight I looked at the change return of a vending machine and found a British 10 pence coin dated 2105.

[TXSTARFIRE]

You've discovered a time portal!

[Recyclersteve]

I was at the grocery store and had my groceries rung up by an actual person instead of the usual self-checkout. I saw that someone before me didn't reach into the change return- I was able to get 76 cents- no good dates, but I'll take it.

Then tonight I looked at the change return of a vending machine and found a British 10 pence coin dated 2105.

Oops- I was tired- I meant 2015.

[coindood]

I was at the grocery store and had my groceries rung up by an actual person instead of the usual self-checkout. I saw that someone before me didn't reach into the change return- I was able to get 76 cents- no good dates, but I'll take it.

Worked in a grocery store for about five months in 2015 and this is actually pretty common, even in these days of heavy debit card usage. But be vigilant! Some checkers will scoop up abandoned change and keep it near their register or toss it in those small, clear plastic donation recepticles that sometimes populate the checkout area (how dare they! ).

[fasteddy]

I found 1 dime last night after removing the interior out of my sons car...just one dime....this electronic age really sucks.

[Recyclersteve]

Found a late date common dime on the floor inside a parking garage.

[hirbonzig]

Working on the interstate highway this morning and found a quarter on the shoulder rumble strips. Have no idea how it got out here, unless people are throwing change out their windows!

[cwgii]

penny outside the dumpster.

[hobo finds]

2 cents at the scrap yard on the ground one was a 1910 wheat!!!

[cwgii]

SUNDAY we had to set up a party, dime on the dance floor,.
penny in the parkinglot

[cwgii]

parking lot penny

[Dr. Cadmium]

$0.36 in a reproduction gumball machine. I bought it at a yard sale to resell and I heard something sliding around inside. My suspicions were confirmed.

[Recyclersteve]

A late date Jefferson nickel on the floor of a restaurant- and not next to the cashier, which is a tad unusual.

[cwgii]

2 pennies and a nickel in the dumpster today

[cwgii]

yesterday , penny on a bar room floor and one in the trash
today one dumpster penny

[cwgii]

lol does it count that yesterday while turning in halves... the coin counter gave me 2 pennies and 5 dimes that i KNOW were not in my halves.

[cwgii]

a parking lot quarter

[Recyclersteve]

At the car wash in the area with the self-serve vacuum cleaners- found 35 cents. All late date coins- started with a nickel, then five pennies and a quarter. All scattered over a roughly 100 sqft. area.

At the same car wash in the drying area (where they give me a towel to dry my car- cause I'm too cheap to pay for an expensive car wash)- another 3 cents laying in the cracks in the concrete. These three were all very dirty and need to be soaked in soapy water.

So 38 cents total.

[cwgii]

penny , dime and a $5 bill in one dumpster yesterday

[Recyclersteve]

Can you give us any tips on how you scour a dumpster for coins? How much time do you spend per dumpster? Do you physically get inside the dumpster? How do you keep from getting cut by sharp items?

[cwgii]

i dumpster dive /recycle for a full time job.

the ones i enter are mainly to pull out the bottles. some of them are in bags, i empty the bag into a 27 gallon bin, putting the bottles in 32 gal trash cans. then i run a magnet over the 'trash' to get out the bottle caps. and thasti when i will find coins and bills .

i do wear gloves , once in a while a broken piece of glass will still get me .

as to the time,,, lol gee it depends on how full it is. generally 1-3 hours.

[cwgii]

not sure if this one counts... found a quarter in my own driveway. where the gf parks.

[Recyclersteve]

i dumpster dive /recycle for a full time job.

the ones i enter are mainly to pull out the bottles. some of them are in bags, i empty the bag into a 27 gallon bin, putting the bottles in 32 gal trash cans. then i run a magnet over the 'trash' to get out the bottle caps. and thasti when i will find coins and bills .

i do wear gloves , once in a while a broken piece of glass will still get me .

as to the time,,, lol gee it depends on how full it is. generally 1-3 hours.

It is hard to imagine making enough money scrapping to pay the bills unless I'm missing something or unless you have incredibly low living expenses.

[Recyclersteve]

i dumpster dive /recycle for a full time job.

the ones i enter are mainly to pull out the bottles. some of them are in bags, i empty the bag into a 27 gallon bin, putting the bottles in 32 gal trash cans. then i run a magnet over the 'trash' to get out the bottle caps. and thasti when i will find coins and bills .

i do wear gloves , once in a while a broken piece of glass will still get me .

as to the time,,, lol gee it depends on how full it is. generally 1-3 hours.

Cwgii:

It is hard to imagine making enough money scrapping to pay the bills unless I'm missing something or unless you have incredibly low living expenses.