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.

Breakdown of finds

Is anyone curious of how many pennies vs. dimes, nickels, etc. that we have recovered from the lost? Here it is anyways! Take a gander...........

Dollar Bills-1=$1.00

Quarters-5=$1.25

Dimes-17=$1.70+1 Canadian Dime=$1.80

Nickels-9=$.45

Pennies-75=$.75

Year to date finds (since July 12th)........big drum roll please! $5.25

This equates to $.075 per day. That's a venti mocha (for those of you that appreciate coffee) plus a New York Times paper. I'll take the paper and leave the mocha. That daily sum would feed the piggy bank $27.38 per year. Not bad....Check back later for another breakdown. Does anyone think we can average more than $.075 per day? We do!

Woodinville Costco find

While we were shopping, our eyes were peeled for some metallic objects. The shopping trip was almost complete-and here we thought we came up empty. Claire spots the find-a quarter sitting under the Costco ice cream cart. Steve jumps quickly to the rescue and gets in a push-up position to scoop up the find. A penny was also spotted nearby. Don't you hate when you have the video button on when snapping a photo??

Leavenworth and Wenatchee bound

Claire and I decided to take a quick day trip east of the mountains. Our first stop was Leavenworth-Wilkommen! The day was toasty and the bratwursts tasted great. We thought for sure that we would spot some shiny finds on the ground, but only came up with one penny. Wie schade-too bad. We were pumped that we found something. On a whim-we cruised even farther-to hit the town of Wenatchee.

Thirty plus years ago, my mom and I would drive over the pass to stay with my dad at a trailer park in Wenatchee. As Claire and I drove through the town of Wenatchee-my recollection of where we were came back to me. We went over a bridge across the Wenatchee River and spotted where we bowled. When I stayed with my dad for parts of the summer while he worked on the east side of the mountains, I would work at a place called Eddie Mays Inn. I would do laundry work-cleaning the linens in all of the rooms. We drove around to find the Inn. The location of where I thought it was stood a Fred Meyer. We went inside the store and asked a few people if they knew what was here before the store. Sure enough it was Eddie Mays Inn. I was so pumped to be standing in the same place 30+ years later-thinking about my dad and being with him during those times. We walked the parking lot to take a couple of photos and found a shiny nickel. Thanks Dad!

How much have we found?

The craziness started on July 12, 2009 at Baker Lake Resort. Some friends helped haul my mom's trailer up to the camprgound. This couple hunts for change whenever they are out and about. Sure enough-they spot a quarter in our campground. The craze began-and the hunt was on. I ended up finding $.38 that day. Since then, the family keeps a look out. We have recovered $4.89 to date-which averages out to $.07 a day. It's the thrill of the find. It's the story of the place and time of when we find that shiny or dull coin that's special.