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Valued Member
United States
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Yes, as funny as it sounds, thats what I did on new year's eve, which I spent at Busch Gardens (Tampa Bay) for the second year. The inner numismatist had the better of me, and I found myself looking at the ground half the time, when we were walking around. We were lost half the time, due to the darkness, so I figured it wouldn't hurt. Well, I found 12 coins this time: 1 dime, 8 zinc pennies, and 3 coppers. I even found a 51 cent token someone dropped! I'm not sure if anyone else is as crazy as I for doing this, but thats how I am! I'm not sure why I bother though, because at the same time, my sister, without looking, found 1 dime, and then ONE quarter in a roller coaster seat! I'm pretty sure that with that luck I could be rich if I didn't try so hard! lol
Anyways, with that said, does anyone else find themselves excessively scanning the ground for any random change to pick up?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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 sadly, Yes!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
996 Posts |
My wife is always scanning the ground for coins. It is easier for her though, since she is a lot closer to the ground than I am. (I am 6'4", she is 5'2")
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Valued Member
United States
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I actually told myself to make a better effort this year to scan the ground while walking. :}
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Valued Member
United States
137 Posts |
I always look for free money on the ground! As far as collecting at amusement parks, my sister works at Disney World and she has a very nice collection started. She has gotten wheats, silver, Buffalo nickels, IHC's and she even got a Half Dime at work. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah.....why not? I've never been too proud to bend over and pick up a penny!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I used to watch for any coins on the ground. Now after to many operations I find that even if I saw a dollar on the ground, it would just have to stay there. Can't bend over without falling.
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Canada
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Why not? I've been given over $5 in change at one time by other kids in my class as they don't want to carry change below a quarter! The last time, a silver dime and a 1950 Cent was in the group  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Free money is free money! I always pick up a coin on the ground.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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(I am 6'4", she is 5'2") Nothin' wrong with that - I am 5'1" and one of the taller members of my family with regards to the generation above me. Apparently all my aunts and uncles got the memo to procreate with taller stock...my parents not so much.  |
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DEREK: Your story sounds normal to me.
If someone wants to walk throw away pennies, or even if its lost by accident, I would 100% pick it up~~
I always look down & would never be ashamed or pass up any FREE CHANGE sitting on the ground regardless who is around!!
I frequent the local pawnshops often & always hear flack from my buddies about the "low lifes" that go there, but I could care less as sometimes walk out of there with some nice coinage & or other collectable!
But come springtime here in Canada, it's a great time to scope/check out the bus stops, playgrounds, fields & even check out the "snow dump"(where ever the bulk of the snow was moved to from the roads & piled over winter)...
I also check where the kids played & skated & or the walking paths used over the winter months, but especially the MALL parking lots, school grounds & even the BANKS parking lots too!
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I was a kid and we went to Disney World I would chat up foreign tourists whenever we were sitting down for a break. There were some lovely older Englishwomen who were quite amused by me and gave me a few pence, and a Mexican woman who gave me a few pesos. I remember there was more, but those are the ones I specifically recall.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
I always search for change when I go walking.
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 United States
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wow, so it is still possible to find great stuff on the ground? Thanks for all the responses guys, and making me feel like I fit right in - it wouldn't be right if I was the only one looking at the ground lol. The biggest find I ever had on the ground was with my stepdad, when we found a $5 bill on the ground, while we were walking into a papa johns to order pizza. It is ironic because we felt so lucky, and we thought they sold us our pizza extra cheap, so we left them a tip, in addition to the $5 we found. Only after we got home did we realize we ordered one less pizza than we intended! Only at that point did he think the pizza wasn't so cheap. Ah, good times...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh, forgot to mention. While it didn't happen at an amusment park, I did find a 25 centavos from Venezuela on the ground at the airport before flying to Texas to visit my parents. Always pays to have an eye on the ground.
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