Got a Wheatie in change...

On the way to do laundry I stopped at MacDonald's for a Large Diet Coke, in my change I got this 1944 wheat penny. It pays to check your change...

A quick run to the grocery store...

I ran to the store to pick up a few things, especially apples (the MacIntosh is very good this year). When I went inside, I checked the return slot of the coin-star machine saw some coins, 1 canadian dime a nickel, 2 canadian pennies and a regular penny.

Journal Entry: "2010"
change: .18
cans/bottles: none
August total: .19
Running total for each month: $5.53
cans/bottles running total: $30.00

Hot and Very Humid Morning...

Went Coin shooting at the beach/park this morning as I was getting my things out of the car I spotted a penny on the ground next to the car. Than I searched the TotLot first found some clad coins and this token next to a swing, at first I thought I had another dollar coin but no. After the play area I started searching the grassy area, it was very humid had a very hard time seeing glasses kept fogging up, went to the end near the water was a bit cooler and was able to see. Did check a little in the sand found a quarter (didn't stay long on the sand as mentioned earlier for me it's hard to walk on).

On the way back home I start seeing that the trees are getting a tint of fall color, one tree is already a orange.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $2.27; 3 quarters (1972, 1979, 1995D), 11 dimes (1970, 1973, 1976, 1980P, 1987D, 1993P, (2)1997P's, 1999P, 2000P, 2008P), 2 nickels (1962D, 1987P), 32 pennies (1960, 1964D, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, (2)1977's, 1977 Canadian, 1979, 1979 Canadian, (2)1980's, 1982, 1984, 1985, (2)1986, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1997D, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008).

coin shooting running total: $170.34

Sunday Morning Elementary Schools...

This morning I went to two schools and did very good. The first one I went to looked like someone had been there before me, saw some large areas that had been dug and filled in not to good. The woodchips I found nothing, except in the second smaller play are a couple of dimes. I searched the grassy area around the school and found coins. The first school I found $1.68. The second school wasn't to far away, there is construction work going on here so had to walk past the skids of supplies to get to the play area. I managed to find a quarter in the woodchips at the end of the slid and under the climbing equipment I spotted a ring on top of the woodchips, this childs ring has no mark. Again, I went into the grassy area and started to find coins also around the jungle gym (had to crawl into it. Man, I'm not as young as I used to be. There I found a quarter). At this school I found $1.54, than I called it a day the sky started to look like rain...

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $3.22; 9 quarters (1968, 1974, 1989P, New Hampshire 2000P, Kentucky 2001P, Florida 2004P, Neveda 2006P, (2)Idaho 2007P's), 8 dimes (1965, 1968D, 1972D, 1988P, (2)1994P's, 2000P, 2008D), 17 pennies (1961D, 1969, 1969D, 1970, 1973D, (2)1981's, 1982, 1987 Canadian, 1988, 1995, (2)1998's, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009).
coin shooting running total: $168.07

While waiting for the meeting to start...

I always get to the center early and have to wait awhile, which wasn't bad today since the weather was nice and comfortable. I walked a short distance to the next door parking lot, there is a car wash place with the vaccums. I decided to walk around the machines and see if I could find anything, did find a penny. I than saw some of the members arriving, so I walked back up to the center...

Journal Entry: "2010"
change: .01
cans/bottles: none
August total: .01
Running total for each month: $5.35
cans/bottles running total: $30.00

Coin Shooting Saturday Morning

This morning I got an early start so I could search at one of the elementary schools before the club meeting, that starts at 10 AM. I did find clad, more in the dimes (found $1.08). After the meeting all new members and members that never hunted in a seeded hunt got a short lesson on how and what to do. I joined in since I never have never done one of those. The club president seeded dimes, he showed us the technique that is used to plant the coins in the soil (very interesting). Also, the members that have done this helped the newbies learn the technique on searching and recovering the coins, what to look for and hopefully pick up speed (that will come with time and practice). While waiting I recovered a lone penny. I did get 18 dimes.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $2.89; 1 quarter (1998D), 26 dimes (1966, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1984D, (2)1984P's, 1985P, 1994P, (2)1996P's, (2)1997D's, 1998D, (3)1998P's, 1999D, 2000D, (2)2000P's, 2002D, (2)2005P's, 2010P), 4 pennies (1961, 1982, 1993, 2005).
coin shooting running total: $164.85

A morning at the Beach/Park...

I see that I need this date for my nickel coin album, has no mint mark on the reverse side.

The tokens where found near the Band Gazebo between 2 picnic tables. Found the three and also the 3 blank ones on top of the grass, some had been found without the detector...

The earring was found in the TotLot next to the play equipment. I see no metal mark so don't think it's a good one. I did find a lot of coins in the play area guess the break gave it a change to refill with coins. I was Lucky no one went there while I was away. Today, I did very good at this park. Searched for 2 1/2 hours and the temp. was beautiful. Tomorrow is first Saturday of the month and our Club meeting for GVTS, I always get in some coin shooting at a school before the meeting.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $3.83; 9 quarters (1968, 1974, (2)1982P's, 1983D, 1990D, 1997P, North Carolina 2001D, Illinois 2003P), 9 dimes (1966, 1984P, 1993P, 1994P, (2)1998P's, 1999P, 2003P, 2010P), 6 nickels (1954, 1964D, 1984P, 2000D, 2000P, 2002P), 38 pennies (1969, 1974D, (2)1976's, 1978D, 1980, (2)1981's, (2)1982's, (2)1983's, 1983D, 1987, 1989, 1989D, (2)1991's, (2)1992's, 1993, (2)1995's, 1996, 2000, 2000D, 2001, (3)2002's, (2)2003's, 2006, (4)2007's, 2008).

coin shooting running total: $161.96