Coinstar find nets $1.22....Thanks Coinstar!

I went to a Kirkland, WA QFC grocery store to get the Seattle Times and found a Coinstar machine near the checkout. I looked in the coin return and found a bunch of change waiting for me. Why do so many people leave their change behind? This find brought in $1.21 in change (2 quarters, 6 dimes and 12 pennies. Not a bad find-and it was above ground! When you stop in your next grocery store, look for the Coinstar machine to see what you might be able to find.

Daily total: $1.22
Above ground: $1.22
Below ground: 0
Total to date: $31.80 (39 days of hunting averages out to $.82 per day)

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total: $73.62
Above ground finds: $40.59
Below ground finds: $32.67

Reconcile the finds?

It's been a while since we brought all of the coins/bills out to get a firm count. We have missed a few here and there, so here is the tally to date:

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total since the quest began on July 12, 2009:
Grand total: $72.40
Above ground finds: $39.73
Below ground finds: $32.67

Breakdown of finds above ground:
Pennies: 544 + 5 wheaties + 4 Canadian ($5.53)
Nickels: 39 + 2 Canadian ($2.05)
Dimes: 72 + 2 Canadian ($7.40)
Quarters: 59 + 4 Canadian ($15.75)
Presidential Dollars 1 ($1.00)
$1.00 bill 3 ($3.00)
$5.00 bill 1 ($5.00)


Breakdown of finds below ground:
Pennies: 322 ($3.22)
Nickels: 18 ($.90)
Dimes: 108 (10.80)
Quarters: 67 ($16.75)
Presidential Dollar 1 ($1.00)


211 finding days averages out to $.34 per day. This equates to $124.10 in one year.

Weekend results! Hit the $70.00 mark!!

We had a great weekend with the family! Friday, Saturday and Sunday brought in some clad. Here are the results:

Friday after work and school with Max:
$1.44
2 quarters, 8 dimes and 14 pennies.

Saturday at Whidbey Island with Brittany and Max:
$1.14
4 quarters, 1 nickel and 9 pennies (1 wheatie 1936, and 1st Canadian penny)

Sunday dig with Max:
$.87
3 quarters, 1 dime and 2 pennies

Total finds: $3.45
Below ground: $3.45
Total to date: $30.58 (37 days of hunting averages out to $.83 per day)

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total: $70.19
Above ground finds: $39.37
Below ground finds: $30.82

Lunchtime hunt nets over $2.00!

It's pretty cool to be able to hit a city park on a lunch break and find some clad. I was able to unearth $2.09 (6 quarters, 4 dimes, 1 nickel and 14 pennies). Some of these finds were pocket spills-which allowed for fewer digs. I also found two dog tags-which one had a name and phone number. I ended up leaving a message for the person-and they phoned me back and said that it wasn't a match. At least I gave it a try. It's always nice to be able to have something back that was sentimental.

Daily finds: $2.04
Above ground: 0
Below ground: $2.04
Total finds to date: $27.13 (34 days of hunting averages out to $.80 per day).

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total: $66.74
Above ground finds: $39.37
Below ground finds: $27.37

Quick lunchtime hunt.

I only had about 45 minutes to get out with the metal detector today and came up with $.81 (3 quarters and 6 pennies), with 4 pennies and 1 nickel above ground. One of the below ground finds was a wheat penny-which is difficult to recognize-no date, etc.

Another quick post to add to the totals.

Total finds for the day: $.90
Above ground finds: $.09
Below ground finds: $.81
Total finds to date: $25.04 (33 days of hunting averages out to $.76 per day)

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total: $64.65
Above ground finds: $39.37
Below ground finds: $25.28

The weekend brought in some above and below ground finds....

Just a quick post to put something on the board. Claire found most of our above ground finds; $.26. We also did some metal detecting. Our total finds came out to $1.87 (2 quarters, 11 dimes, 2 nickels and 17 pennies.

Last few days of finds: $2.13

Above ground finds: $.26

Below ground finds: $1.87

Total finds to date: $24.14 (32 days of hunting averages out to $.75 per day

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total: $63.75

Above ground finds: $39.28

Below ground finds: $24.47