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sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/04/2015 07:14 am As a kid, I always went everywhere in bare feet, even to elementry school. You learn to look out instinctively for the safety of your feet, by always scanning the ground in front of yourself. I still do that. I always seem to be luckier in finding money lying around than almost anyone else; I think I have figured out why Almost anyone can gues where money lying around is most likely to be found: Ticket offices bus stops taxi stands, bank teller windows, etc. I always give the money back to the person who dropped it. If I have no idea who the owner may be, I figure that I can keep it if is is only a small amount. Report this Post to the Staff
CSOTUS Pillar of the Community 1153 Posts	Posted 04/04/2015 08:52 am I get so happy when I go to vending machine at work and find someone forgot their nickel, dime or quarter. I usually don't pick up pennies Report this Post to the Staff
uncle bob Valued Member United States 80 Posts	Posted 04/04/2015 09:25 am Ed - We must be about the same era. A penny on the ground was a big deal and 2 cents for empty soda bottles found along the roadside was huge. My opinion of littering was a little different back then. I guess that was my early version of CRH. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 04/04/2015 09:51 am US money: ignoring all the unusual stuff that will never come up on the ground, penny (happened on two occasions so far). Russian money: if it's not too muddy, even 1 kopek (0.02 cents US) is enough to be picked up; if it's muddy, I frown at 10 and 50 kopek coins (0.15 and 0.8 cents US respectively) but might still get them depending on the amount of mud, and definitely pick up anything higher (when I can see and reach it, obviously). In most of the foreign countries I've visited, the lowest circulating denomination is more than 1 cent US, so of course I pick up any money. Report this Post to the Staff
DaSlayer Valued Member United States 204 Posts	Posted 04/04/2015 10:29 am I'll pick all coins off the ground. It's free money! Report this Post to the Staff
mrkramer Valued Member United States 72 Posts	Posted 04/04/2015 10:34 am I'll pick anything up. Usually I don't find anything more than pennies. I did find a silver dime laying on the ground in the middle of a trail in Glacier national park last fall. Not sure if it had been there since the 60s and erosion had only recently brought it back to the surface or if someone lost it a little bit before I came along. Report this Post to the Staff
Chute72 Pillar of the Community United States 1314 Posts	Posted 04/04/2015 5:09 pm Any thing that says "IN GOD WE TRUST" will not remain lying on the ground. The prospect of something interesting is alluring. Financial gains generally aren't my motivation. Report this Post to the Staff
rcfarmer Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 4:20 pm I picked up a penny today in the parking lot of my local bank! Report this Post to the Staff
Afab67 Valued Member United States 156 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 4:29 pm All the time, every time, without regard to denomination. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 5:49 pm It is good that they make Zincolns mainly out of zinc. If they are left where they are on the surface of the ground, they will rot back into it faster. "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes." Report this Post to the Staff
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