Today I Found a Penny

Today I rode my bike and spotted a penny on the ground. Yay!

This Found Money FACTS:
Denomination:  1 penny
Year:  ?
U.S. Mint:  ?

Condition:   Tarnished and beat up
Total found money to date for 2012:  $1.64

Found Two Pennies

Today on my bike ride, I spotted 2 pennies. That's it. Two pennies. Ta da!

 
This Found Money FACTS:
Denomination:  2 pennies
Year:  2006, ?
U.S. Mint:  D, ?
Condition:   very tarnished, beat up with chunks missing
Total found money to date for 2012:  $1.44

Found a Quarter!

The weather is shaping up very nicely around here lately. Today the high will be 72. That's just about perfect! So I rode my bike around the neighborhood. Took some old tortillas to the park and fed the birds, cruised around some more then rode through some parking lots.

And what did I find? This quarter! It's a state quarter, Minnesota.

Yesterday I went with 2 grandkids to a couple of parks. We used my grandson's metal detector and he actually found 11 cents! Click here to see photos of the metal detecting in action. You'll need to cruise to the bottom  right of the page then click page 2 of the photo section.

Have you found any money lately?

This Found Money FACTS:
Denomination:  1 quarter, Minnesota
Year:  2007
U.S. Mint:  Denver
Condition:  Good
How much found money to date:  $.37 in 2011

I Found a Buck!

Okay, so this isn't a buck like a dollar, but it is a buck. A buck rabbit.  The neighbor girl had her two rabbits out for some fresh grass. I love how my bike made it in the shot!

Paydirt!

Yes, that's right. Today I hit paydirt! I was riding my bike along 32nd Street approaching Indian School when my cell phone rang. I keep it and my camera and keys in an old camera bag (from an old, larger digital camera), so I had to pull off the busy street to answer it. It was my son.

I hadn't seen my lucky charms (his children / my grandchildren) since last Saturday, thus no update to this blog. No lucky charms, no found money. But the two of them were chattering away in the background, and after a few minutes, I decided to keep riding my bike. I pulled into a parking lot at 32nd Street and Indian School to ride around there until we finished talking so I could hear.

I rode my bike through the drive through of a bank. Ta da! PAYDIRT! First one penny! That's it up yonder by my bike tire.


Then another!
This little guy to the left.

With this sudden good luck streak, my son said he'd keep talking (so I could find more). I did--another penny. Well, I was thrilled and told my son, "Three cents! That's what I've found total so far!"


THEN after I'd put my camera away and as I was shoving the pennies in my pocket getting ready to get back on my bike, I saw it winking at me. That's right, a dime!


What a day. $.13 in one fell swoop.



What I am so thrilled about is that FINALLY I found some coins while on my bike. I've been riding my bike nearly every day for at least three weeks now and this is the first time I've found anything. Yippie!

This Found Money FACTS:
Denominations: 3 pennies, 1 dime
Years:  Pennies:  1981, 1984, 1970; Dime:  1999
U.S. Mints:  Pennies:  Denver; Dime:  Philadelphia
Condition:  Mostly beat up
How many coins/bills found to date:  7
How much found money to date:  $.16