Found 40 Cents This Week

Well, I didn't find a ton of money this week. Just 40 cents. But that's okay. Today my grandson and I took a walk and stopped to sit in a little pavilion. While sitting there, I looked down and saw a dime! Then we hopped up and he found a quarter and two pennies, and I found a penny. What fun!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  10 pennies, 3 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $96.99

Found $100+ in a Purse... But I Didn't Keep It

Tonight on my walk, I found a purse. Well, this was unusual, let me tell you! I have found a couple of wallets before but never an entire purse. It was near a bank in some rocks. Being nosy, I opened it to see if there was an ID inside. I didn't find one but I did see that the wallet had more than $100 in it! Boy, was that tempting!

I didn't keep it though. As I was walking home, I saw a sheriff's car in a shopping center parking lot. So I took the purse to the deputy. She took my information and said she'd try to locate the owner. We had the little "if it were my purse, I'd want someone to turn it in" conversation.

So, I'm back home and just got a call from the deputy who told me that the woman's purse was stolen earlier today and the thief had taken a few things from it but obviously not everything! Like the money! Very strange.

I'm glad I returned it because frankly it was eating at me just walking around with it for the 20 minutes or so I had it. 

I would make a terrible criminal.

But I did find a quarter in a change tray of a water machine on my walk. My reward! In the past week I've found a total of 75 cents. 

The moral of the story:  Just turn in the damned purse (or wallet) and sleep better at night.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  5 pennies, 1 nickel, 4 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $96.59

$1.63 in Found Money Plus Two Canadian Coins

This week I found $1.63, all in coins. I also found two Canadian coins:  a nickel and a penny.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  13 pennies, 8 nickels, 6 dimes, 2 quarters, and 2 Canadian coins
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $95.84

Found Money Totals $1.60

This past week I found $1.60 in coins. One day I found 71 pennies behind some businesses in a strip mall. It was so weird. It was almost like someone took a handful of coins (because 71 pennies is a handful!) and tossed them in the air. Oh well, my gain!


Other places I found money was along the side of the road, on the floor of stores, in parking lots.

In this found money I found a 1939 wheat penny. Yay! Love finding old coins.

How about you? Have you found any money lately? Please let us know.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  85 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $94.21

A Week's Worth of Found Money: $3.48

This past week I found $3.48. Yay! I found the coins (and one dollar bill!) in these places:

• a candy box at an auto parts store
• in parking lots
• in drive through lanes
• in change trays of cash registers
• floor of stores

Have you found any money lately? Please let us know.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  68 pennies, 2 nickels, 7 dimes, 4 quarter, 1 dollar bill
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $92.61

78 Cents in 5 Days

Over the past 5 days I've found 78 cents:  2 quarters, 2 dimes, 1 nickel and 3 pennies. Yay! I found this money in a coin machine tray, on the floor of a store, in a parking lot, and next to a newspaper vending machine.

I'm sneaking up on $90 of found money this year! I wonder if I'll crack $100 for my 2015 found money total? I hope so!
Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  3 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $89.17

Found Money Blog: Five Days, 49 Cents

In the past five days I found 49 cents:  3 dimes and 19 pennies. Yay!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  19 pennies, 3 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $88.38