Last few days of finds. Max finds first Lincoln wheat back penny 1919S!

Finds for the last few days.
Max before finding the first Lincoln Wheat Back.

It was a fun few days of hunting for coins above and below ground. Max was excited to get out and hunt with the metal detector. On his first signal-Max pinpointed it and started to dig. The ground was too hard, so I took over with the digging. We have the unearthing of our first wheat back penny-thanks to Max. Check out our youtube videos at (LincolnPennyProject). We were so pumped for our first wheat back find...Way to go Max! We also ended up finding a titanium ring.

The last few days have brought in $.28 above ground and $3.16 below ground (8 quarters, 8 dimes, 1 nickel and 31 pennies).

Here is a photo of Max with a fishing pole that he made from things he found during metal detecting.

Last few days of finds: $3.44
Above ground: $.28
Below ground: 3.16
Total finds for the year: $17.48 20 days of finds averages out to $.87 per day.

Grand total of finds for the Lincoln Penny Project: $57.05
Above ground: $38.84
Below ground: $18.21

Bothell metal detecting the last 2 days

Max and I went out Friday after school and Saturday morning for a few hours combined to metal detect. Friday we dug up $.93 and a tiny silver ring. Max ended up finding 3 quarters and the ring. This morning we hit the same spot and tried to complete part of the park that we weren't able to hunt. We dug up $2.14 in clad, so the two days ended up being successful. Here are a couple of photos and video clip of one of the digs.

Friday's total: $.93

Saturday's total: $2.14

2 days combined: $3.07

Total finds to date: $10.25 Day 9

Grand total for The Lincoln Penny Project: $49.73

Above ground finds:$38.39

Below ground finds: $11.34

Long time, no search...no post!

It's been quite a while since our last post. Over the last couple of weeks the weather has been terrible, so hunting has been limited....or maybe it's been a lazy spell?

I ended up stopping by the car wash to vaccum out my truck. Someone ended up leaving me 2 Canadian quarters in the coin return plus a few pennies

Finds over the last couple of weeks: $1.33

Grand total to date: $31.87

131 finding days averages out to $.24 per day.

Max's football team makes it to the playoffs!

Max had a birthday party to go to prior to his big football game that could put him in the playoffs. At his party we found a Lincoln Penny face up. We knew that it would be a perfect day! The party went well. The football playoff was a 5 game shootout. All of the teams in the division were 5-2 for the season. Max plays tight end and shares some defensive positions. We won the coin toss and opted to receive the ball first. On the first play we fumbled the ball on the snap, but recovered. We ended up getting a first down and scored on the next play. The team picked up the extra point. Now we were on defense. We needed to hold the team to move on to the playoffs. They held the opponent as long as they could, but they ended up scoring. Now it was the extra point. Max was called in to help stop the play. They came to his side. The ball was snapped and the running back took the handoff trying to bust through the line. Everything was in slow motion. The back is breaking through the line. Two guys grab on to the runner and one of them is number 21-Max-grabbing the runner-stopping him at the one yard line. The opponent is denied of the extra point-losing the shootout 7-6. Max's team advances to the finals. Awesome!!

Daily find $.28

Grand total to date: $20.46

98 finding days averages out to $.21 per day. Check out Max's number.....equals our average daily find!

Rain or shine? The hunt is on!

The last couple of days....one word, FLOP. Today's finds already beat the last two days by 7x. Even if it was a couple of pennies-7 times the previous is a better day! This time it was a Chevron station where the find occurred. I pulled my rig up to a parking spot and stopped for a bit, but decided to go to the outside curb. When I opened my door, two Lincolns were yelling, "pick me up!" The one Chevron stop pulled in $.13 for The Lincoln Penny Project. Max ended up finding one penny at the gas station. He's pumped about his find!

Total daily find: $.14

Grand total to date $20.18

96 finding days averages out to $.21 per day

This could equate to $76.65 in one year

Breakdown of the finds. Up 14% from one week ago!

Another week has passed by, so here is the breakdown that follows:
Last week's total equaled $17.23 This week we jumped up by 14%-which added $2.79 to our bottom line. This averages out to approximately $.40 per day for the seven day period.
$5.00 total 1 = $5.00

$1.00 total 2 = $2.00

$.25 total 24 + 1 Canadian = $6.25

$.10 total 37 + 1 Canadian = $3.80

$.05 total 14 = $.70

$.01 total 223 + 1 Canadian = $2.24

Grand total to date: $20.02

93 finding days averages out to $.21 per day

Has anyone played the 52 penny pick up game? We have!

Today was the biggest one day penny find at one location for us yet. This blog is called the Lincoln Penny Project, and the penny proves to be the easiest money find of any coin or bill since we started the project back on July 12, 2009. It's still puzzling to find so many copper coins strewn about. These pennies were found next to the vacuum station at a car wash. Obviously the person that dropped these coins out of their car sees the penny of having no value. Why? When added up, they spend the same. Check out the picture. When I drove up, two dimes and one penny was on the opposite side of the garbage bin on the ground and one penny sat on the concrete step. As I walked around to pick up the coin on the border of the garbage can, all of the copper coins were staring up at me. I could hardly believe my eyes. I picked up the coins one by one thinking that I uncovered a treasure. Fifty-two pennies and two dimes were found at this one location. Unbelievable!

Total daily find: $.72
Earlier find by Drea: .01
Grand total to date: $19.97
92 finding days averages out to $.21 per day.

A weak day for a Saturday!

We were on the hunt. It was Claire's mission to beat me on the finds for the day. As we entered QFC, she immediately spots the nickel on the floor...right at the entrance! A man watches her pick it up-and says, "great eye!" I'm determined to match it. I spot the first coin-a penny. Her Jefferson has my lonely Lincoln beat. Eventually I came up with an additional 3 cents, but she ended up winning 5-4. We are however up $.09!

Total find for the day: $.09
Grand total: $18.44
90 finding days averages out to $.20 per day.

I can't come up with good titles....

I was at volleyball practice last Friday night when I came across my first find of the day, well week actually. It was a shiny new dime-sitting right on the floor of the gym! Sadly it was the middle of a drill when I saw it so I had to wait......I had my eye on that dime the whole practice and as soon as practice was over I ran over and scooped it up!

IT WAS MIIIINEEE! hahaha

The adventure doesn't stop there! We went to our high school's away football game yet again, vs. LW.
As soon as I stepped out of my friend's car, I heard a "clink!" in the gravel (yes the gravel yet again!) and I looked down, but didn't see anything-so I closed my door and decided maybe there was something down there.....and guess what there was! A SHINY QUARTER!!
I was pumped the whole way to the game!

Then it was game time, this game was well.....not as exciting as it could have been...we smashed them 60-0, it was 40-0 in the first half of the game, so we all got bored.

At half time most of the students in our section left-so my best friend, myself and couple of other seniors moved up to the front of the section and got to lead all the cheers. It was pretty exciting... for a very lame game of course, but we had a blast. When we moved down, I felt something hit my leg. I thought to my self,

"who the heck would be throwing things at me!"

so I looked down and there it was...
a peanut... that's what hit my leg. Then I felt something else hit my leg again not 2 min later and there it was....this time-a shiny face of President Lincoln staring right up at me!! I picked it up as fast as I possibly could!

[sorry no pictures! My camera was stolen out of my car, so I dont have any! New camera on the way though!]

Total daily find: $.36
Grand total to date: $13.22
78 Finding Days averages out to $.17 per day.