2022 Found Money... Late to the game. Oh well!

Well, I've been meaning to post about my found money for 2022 but obviously other stuff caught my attention. How's your new year going? Mine is good. Keeping busy, staying out of trouble. I went to the bead show in Tucson and met up with some friends I hadn't seen in years. Fun times. 

And I went to the Tucson Festival of Books. I heard a panel speak about the state of our world, basically. The panel was called Crisis of Trust, and it reminded me of how grateful I am that President Biden is in office. 

The authors who spoke were Alexander Vindman, Tom Nichols, and Dave Pell. Excellent, excellent, excellent. 

Other than that, same old, same old pretty much.

Anyway, I'm going to tell you about my found money now. Here goes.

This year so far I've found $5.71. Not too bad for finding the random penny, nickel, etc., here and there. 

The largest coin I've found is a quarter (well, 9 of them) but no bills yet this year. I am ever hopeful though!

I just walked to the grocery store and found 2 foreign coins just sitting there on the shelf of the coin machine. I guess the machine spit them out and the person didn't want them. Well, I do! And then while I walked through the parking lot and then a drive-through, I found 78 cents total ! 

Oh, see the picture? I also found that pink button and brown bead somewhere along the line. 

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  86 pennies, 8 nickels, 22 dimes, 9 quarters, and 3 foreign coins (2 Mexican coins and 1 British 20 pence piece)

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date:  $5.71

End of 2021 Found Money Report

So, I thought about posting my end of 2021 found money report on December 31 then I promptly forgot.

Then I thought about it yesterday, the first day of 2022. Then I also forgot. 

So, here I sit waiting for it to be 7 pm so I can watch two new PBS shows. Yeah, I live an exciting life! But to me it is exciting, and that's all that matters. Right?

Since I have a few minutes to kill (31 minutes to be precise) I have plenty of time to write this and tally up the coins I've found since the end of November. And bills, I should add! Not just coins. Yay!

Here goes:  The exciting part of this found money is that I didn't really find any bills, but I did find a scratch ticket on the floor of a store. You had to match up an animal and the already scratched ticket had two of the animals with $1 next to them, so I was pretty sure I was going to win two smackers. I took the ticket to the store and yep, it was a winner! A two-dollar winner. The clerk asked it I wanted tickets or money. I took the cash-ola and added the two one-dollar bills to my little found money pot. Why not? I found the ticket and it got me two dollars. 

And of course I found coins:  $4.24 worth! So with the $2 plus the coins, I found $6.24. 

That added to my found money total so far brings the year end found money to a grand total of $57.52. Not bad. Not my best  year for finding money but not bad.

I've been kicking around the idea of getting a new TV. My old one still works (mostly) but I have an old (very old) Roku box I use and it doesn't support some apps and the power button on my remote no longer works so, there's that. Hmmm. Should I do it? I might. I'm working up to it. 

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  34 pennies, 6 nickels, 21 dimes, 6 quarters, and 2 dollar bills

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2021 to Date:  $57.52

Rounding out the Fall with a Windfall

So. I just keep finding money. 

Just today I found a coin at the post office. I saw a little circle propped up against the wall in front of an empty counter while I was standing in line. 

The postal clerk at the counter next to the empty one called me forward and after I gave her my packages, I told her I saw a coin and I'd be right back. Then I went to get it.

A dime! 

With that dime my found money since last time I posted totals $10.34! Yay! Not bad for about 6 weeks of just spotting loose change around where I go. 

This brings my found money this year to $51.28. Yippee!

I had to order some things on Amazon the other day (you know, the exciting stuff like vacuum sweeper bags and dishwasher soap), and I just found out you can buy gift cards on Amazon. Who knew? Probably all of you guys. I'm usually late to the party, but that's okay. Nothing new there. 

With my pile of coins I found, there are five foreign coins! See them in the picture up there on the lower right side:  the large one is an Italian L100, Mexican $1 and 10 cent coins, a Russian 10 koneek coin, and a shiny Canadian penny. Love finding these cool coins. 

I also found a 1945 wheat penny. Woo hoo!

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  109 pennies, 17 nickels, 39 dimes, 18 quarters, and 5 foreign coins

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2021 to Date:  $51.28

End of Summer Found Money

Well, the end of summer is upon us. Living in the desert makes the summer a not-so-pleasant time. It's just too hot. And this year has been a banner year for rainfall here, which is a great, wonderful, sorely needed thing, BUT it also means everything is growing and there are bugs everywhere!

I am pasty white and mosquitos love me. I have no idea if being pasty white has anything to do with why skeeters love to bite me, but they are prolific this year and real biters. So, I'm looking forward to cooler weather and for the bugs to die.

I volunteer once a week and someone had one of these in the break room. It worked! Zap!

The heat and bugs haven't stopped me from being out some, though I'm not walking as much as I'd like. It's hard to do when it's 95+ out and the bugs attack. But here and there, I've found some coins.

In total, I've found $4.42 since I last posted. Yay!

How about you? Have you found any money lately? 

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  72 pennies, 8 nickels, 13 dimes, 8 quarters

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date:  $40.94

July and the Found Money Is Piling Up

Whoops! I just checked and I last posted in early April. So sorry! Here it is almost August and I finally decided last night I had to tidy up my coinage so I could claim the table again where I keep my tiny bowl where I put my found money.

So, here we go.

As you can see from the photo, I found two dollar bills plus a bunch of coins since April. In total I found $10.70! Woo hoo!!

That makes $36.52 found so far this year. Love it!

Have you been watching the Olympics? I'm so not a sports fan but for some reason I like to watch the individual events every four years. How about those skateboarders? I find all that stuff fascinating. Like how they make the board jump and then they land on it and keep rolling. Or how when they fall they don't break everything.

How about you? Have you found any money lately? 

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  145 pennies, 5 nickels, 35 dimes, 14 quarters, two $1 bills, one Canadian dime

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date:  $36.52

Has Any Bunny Found Any Money Lately?

I have!

Happy Easter (and forgive me for my stupid pun). 

I'm just hanging out today watching Mindhunter on Netflix again. I loved it so much that I decided to watch it again. One reason I wanted to check it out again is because I'm reading the book A Serial Killer's Daughter by Kerri Rawson, the daughter of BTK (Dennis Rader). 

I wanted to rewatch the show to see how they portrayed this serial killer and how it compares to Kerri Rawson's story.  

So, back to found money. Since I last posted, I've found more paper money, which is always a happy event! I found these two dollars on the floor at the grocery store. People were just walking right by them so I scooped them up.

I also found a ton of coins and in total I found $9.09. That brings this year's found money total to a whopping $25.82! Love it!!

In the coins I found a 1948 nickel and several foreign coins. Yay! Love finding the oddball stuff. 

How about you? Have you found any money lately? 

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  104 pennies, 13 nickels, 24 dimes, 12 quarters, two $1 bills, several foreign coins

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date:  $25.82

Hello 2021 and Paper Money!

Yes, I've been negligent about posting here on my found money blog, but I haven't been negligent about finding money. And I'm talking coins AND paper money (always a thrill for me to find)!  

Earlier in January I found a one dollar bill at the park, stuck in a bush, low to the ground. I was thrilled!

And I was finding coins here and there, as usual. Mostly in parking lots and drive-through lanes, on the floor of stores, in change trays of vending machines or coin machines. The usual places.

The last week I was walking in a wash (a dry sandy creek bed, unless it rains a lot and then it gets wet but rarely gets running water here in the desert), and I spotted this! Right over there...>

Yes! A ten dollar bill! 

To say I was thrilled is an understatement! It was dirty but fine. I brushed it off and called it good.

I kept finding money but when my cat knocked over the little stacks of coins (again!) this morning, I decided it was time to write a found money blog entry.I had to recount the coins and quickly took a photo. Ends up I've found $16.73 this year so far! Those paper bills really boost the total.

So, how about this crazy weather? I feel lucky to live in the desert about now. Warm all the time (mostly). 

We did get a little snow storm in January, but it lasted about 20 minutes.

Here's the money I've found so far. Oh, and I found a Canadian penny! 

I also got a new rug for my living room. It looks a little like this. My carpet is really stained and I didn't want to pay for it to be ripped up and replaced. I love my new rug!

How about you? Have you found any money yet this year? 

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  88 pennies, 14 nickels, 24 dimes, 7 quarters, one $1 bill, one $10 bill

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date:  $16.73