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

Last few days of money finding

Money and other finds.
Edmonds Beach with the Washington State Ferry in the background.

The last couple of days turned out to be on and off rain around the Pacific Northwest. In between projects and during my lunch time-I was able to get in a couple of quick hunts. This was my first visit to Edmonds Beach for metal detecting. I really wasn't expecting much, but did manage to dig up a total of $1.24 in change. The coin count consisted of 1 quarter, 7 dimes, 1 nickel and 24 pennies. A marble was found with the quarter and the two keys were found at different parts of the beach. I was also able to find one nickel above ground at an AM/PM station.

Last couple of days totals: $1.29
Above ground: $.05
Below ground: $1.24
Total to date: $12.49 Day 15 averages out to $.83 per day.

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total: $51.95
Above ground finds: $38.45
Below ground finds: $13.50

Whidbey Island hunt

Ferry boat ride over to Whidbey Island

Finds of the day!

I had to hop on the Washington State Ferry early this morning, but first needed to fuel the truck up. Of course I was near my favorite car wash and had to check out the above ground finds for coins. To my amazement a few shiny coins were waiting for me; one quarter was in the coin return of a vacuum station, a dime and penny sat near a coin return at the car wash station and the other two coins (dime and penny) were on the pavement.

I caught the 7:30am ferry to Whidbey Island to go to a job site for roof and gutter cleaning. Do you think that I brought my metal detector? Indeed! When I was finished with work it was close to 3:00pm, so I had to get in some quick detecting before it got dark. My first stop was Ebbey Landing, an historic lookout point/trail in Coupeville, WA. This stop brought in $.63 of clad (2 quarters, 1 dime and 3 pennies). My next stop was the City Beach in Oak Harbor. I ended up finding $.47 (1 quarter, 2 dimes and 2 pennies). I did however find a couple of other non-coin items. The first find was a Lions pin and the second was a copper bracelet. I'm still waiting patiently for my first silver coin.

Daily totals: $1.57

Above ground finds: $.47

Below ground finds: $1.10

Total finds to date: $7.18 Day 7

The Lincoln Penny Project grand total finds: $46.66

Above ground finds: $38.39

Below ground finds: $8.27

We are building up dollars with fractions

We have been finding an average of a little more than $.20 each day since our initial quest of The Lincoln Penny Project. Some days allow us to be out hunting more than others, but it's still awesome to be able to pick up a coin of any kind that will add to the pot. So far the project has brought in over $33.00, which isn't bad for picking lost money up off the ground over the last few months. It's not that we are going out of our way to locate this lost change either....Well we might park farther away in a parking lot from the grocery store, but this allows us to get in some more exercise while our eyes peek at the pavement.

Look at the portion of a $1.00 bill that we found. This is obviously a fraction of a dollar, but unfortunately can not be used. All of the pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters that we find on the ground soon adds up to the mighty dollar.

What could $33.00 do for a charity? What if 100 other people or families did the same things as we are doing and donated it to a charity. We challenge you to not go out of your way and look on the ground-you will be amazed at the amount of change that you will end up finding. Just think if 10 people found $.05 per day-this would equal $182.50 in one year. What if 1,000 people found a nickel a day? This would calculate out to $18,250.00. One million people that found $.05 each day would bring in $18,250,000.00 in one year. It sure makes our $33.00 look small, but this shows the power of community involvement with small amounts of money from everyone. What if everyone in the United States put $.05 each day into a pot for one year. You work out the math on this one....Incredible! That's what fractions of one dollar do for you. They eventually add up to a big number.

Daily total find: $.27

Grand total to date: $33.66

Breakdown of finds for the week! 100th day totals

The 100th day of finding brings in $.53. The sum brought in 2 quarters and 3 pennies for the day-jumping up our total find to date to $21.28. We didn't have an opportunity to post about a few small finds during the week, so we are off a bit on earlier posts. Check out the first find of the day that couldn't be lifted out of the concrete.

Breakdown of finds for the week. Last week's total was $20.02.

$5.00 (1) = $5.00
$1.00 (2) = $2.00
$.25 (28)+ 1 Canadian = $7.25
$.10 (38) + 1 Canadian = $3.90
$.05 (14) = $.70
$.01 (241)+ 2 Canadian = $2.43

Grand total to date: $21.28, up $1.26 for the week.
Total percentage increase in one week = 6%
100th finding day averages out to $.21 per day