scottbeard Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 appears my washing machine is proving a good source at the minute, found £4.15 in it yesterday so that will get paid off the mortgage next week. It's jolly good to find money on the floor - I always feel oddly delighted when someone has e.g. forgotton/not bothered to take their change from the chocolate bar machine and I can profit! However, to all those (including me) who pick up money - can you be sure that you've found more than you've dropped over the course of the year? After all, if interestrateripoff found £4.15 of his own money in his washing machine, how much else has been lost for good one way or another...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Got a free pound with my trolley yesterday. Yip, I've spotted the odd trolley abandoned in the corner of a car park that will pay £1 to anyone who returns it to the flock. Will try slipping in a few rusty 1ps in the bag I've got ready, although some of them are so crusty, it might up the weight . The bank staff *did* check the contents of the last bag of coins I handed them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 It's jolly good to find money on the floor - I always feel oddly delighted when someone has e.g. forgotton/not bothered to take their change from the chocolate bar machine and I can profit! However, to all those (including me) who pick up money - can you be sure that you've found more than you've dropped over the course of the year? After all, if interestrateripoff found £4.15 of his own money in his washing machine, how much else has been lost for good one way or another...? I hardly have cash on me, and I always empty my pockets It's the wife's money or my eldest. If I find it in the machine clearly they don't want it. Bad day yesterday when I opened the drain on it only 2p in pennies. I hardly ever carry money, so I don't lose much. The only money I have on me now is the 2p I found on the floor this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It's jolly good to find money on the floor - I always feel oddly delighted when someone has e.g. forgotton/not bothered to take their change from the chocolate bar machine and I can profit! However, to all those (including me) who pick up money - can you be sure that you've found more than you've dropped over the course of the year? After all, if interestrateripoff found £4.15 of his own money in his washing machine, how much else has been lost for good one way or another...? I'm a pharisee here and account for every penny I spend. I have not lost any money during the last five years - fact. Most of my purchases are by credit card so I can get the points and pay off the card later the next month whilst earning interest in the meantime. Latest inspired places for finding money... £1 found down the back of the sofa in the pub Coin machines in supermarkets that turn loose change into a coupon - usually stuff round the sides underneath. Last time I could do this when no-one was around I netted a £2 coin and lots of Euro shrapnel! Return coin slots of car park ticket machines. Walked past one the other day; quick check resulted in 55p. Local swimming pool has changed their lockers and you don't get your money back now! The new lockers cost £1 - bad news if you get to the shower area and found you forgot to bring your shampoo! Valuable source of income now gone . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Just short of £5 so far this year. Blinder of a month in Jan followed by an absolute shocker in Feb. March going well so far though... Have a £'s worth of 1ps bagged up now and ready to take to the bank. PS - does anybody know if banks will take really grimy / rusty coins? I have more than a few that are only slightly recognisable!!! As Don McLean memorably sang "February made me shiver..."*. If he had a bad month, we've all got to take it on the chin! But Spring's coming, and there's money out there to be found. How do you ensure none of your own money ever goes astray? *Coin hunting reference in American Pie Edited March 5, 2012 by juvenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 The new lockers cost £1 - bad news if you get to the shower area and found you forgot to bring your shampoo! Valuable source of income now gone . I lost my little piggy bank when they shifted the grit bin next to the parking machine, I was getting £3 or £4 a time from that when I shifted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 How do you ensure none of your own money ever goes astray? I never carry more than a few quid in coins. As much money as possible is in the bank earning interest (lets not have another discussion about inflation rates here). All coins go in a secure section of my wallet and never in a pocket. I get a receipt for every purchase, so can account for any cash that's gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Great start to the day up £1.01. Lucky with the £1 as it was on the main road, needed a large gap to safely retrieve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepista Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Great start to the day up £1.01. Lucky with the £1 as it was on the main road, needed a large gap to safely retrieve it. So, since July 2009, how much have you found in total....? Do you have a breakdown of the finds: denominations, and locations....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 So, since July 2009, how much have you found in total....? Do you have a breakdown of the finds: denominations, and locations....? Nope, I got fed up of recording what I found, plus I ended up putting any loose change in the pot that I had. Although I think barring finding notes I probably find as much as rantnrave about £50-£60 a year. Getting notes if your lucky really boosts that total and can really skew the figures. In 2 days I once found £50 that doesn't happen too often, notes wise I've managed to find over £100 since I started this thread. So mortgage wise I've paid off at least £200 doing this, which I don't think is too bad a return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 So, since July 2009, how much have you found in total....? Do you have a breakdown of the finds: denominations, and locations....? I usually find pennies more than anything else, then 5ps. Next up are 20ps and 2ps Then, 10ps and £ coins Finally, £2 coins and 50ps are very rare. I guess this corresponds more with the size of the coins rather than their direct value. I find a note once a year on average. In 2011 it was a tenner on the floor in a supermarket. In 2010 it was a fiver in the street. You remember those moments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I usually find pennies more than anything else, then 5ps. Next up are 20ps and 2ps Then, 10ps and £ coins Finally, £2 coins and 50ps are very rare. I guess this corresponds more with the size of the coins rather than their direct value. I find a note once a year on average. In 2011 it was a tenner on the floor in a supermarket. In 2010 it was a fiver in the street. You remember those moments failing to take reasonable steps to trace the owner is a crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 http://your-story.org/couch-pockets-cash-in-57-2m-in-lost-change-each-year-194740/ £57 million lost each year in the UK. I find that very reassuring news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 http://your-story.or...ch-year-194740/ £57 million lost each year in the UK. I find that very reassuring news... That's my target this year then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 http://your-story.or...ch-year-194740/ £57 million lost each year in the UK. I find that very reassuring news... Government must compensate losers in this case...thats 1% of GDP FFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay67 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I'm very impressed with some of the above amounts found! I started totting up found money after reading a thread on MSE; my totals are: 2006: 33p 2007: £11-38p 2008: £2-15p 2009: £12-28p 2010: 44p 2011: 73p 2012: so far 12p The two 'high' years were because I found a tenner in each..one in the street,and the other in Forbuoys newsagents. Almost all the found coins were coppers and 5p's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I'm very impressed with some of the above amounts found! I started totting up found money after reading a thread on MSE; my totals are: 2006: 33p 2007: £11-38p 2008: £2-15p 2009: £12-28p 2010: 44p 2011: 73p 2012: so far 12p The two 'high' years were because I found a tenner in each..one in the street,and the other in Forbuoys newsagents. Almost all the found coins were coppers and 5p's. Good marks for persistence, but cash returns should be stronger. Can rantnrave or interestrateripoff give a few tips to this poster, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Good marks for persistence, but cash returns should be stronger. Can rantnrave or interestrateripoff give a few tips to this poster, please? You have to be pro-active - I walk up the steps to my local Co-op but down the ramp on the way out - cover all angles! Know where to look - supermarket self-service tills are very good places to start. Bus stops are another possibility. Keep your eyes looking on the ground whenever you go out - if necessary, relocate to an area where the women are really ugly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 You have to be pro-active - I walk up the steps to my local Co-op but down the ramp on the way out - cover all angles! Know where to look - supermarket self-service tills are very good places to start. Bus stops are another possibility. Keep your eyes looking on the ground whenever you go out - if necessary, relocate to an area where the women are really ugly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay67 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 You have to be pro-active - I walk up the steps to my local Co-op but down the ramp on the way out - cover all angles! Know where to look - supermarket self-service tills are very good places to start. Bus stops are another possibility. Keep your eyes looking on the ground whenever you go out - if necessary, relocate to an area where the women are really ugly... Thanks for that..hadn't thought of self-service tills.(Don't need to relocate though; I already live in Stockport! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 I'm very impressed with some of the above amounts found! I started totting up found money after reading a thread on MSE; my totals are: 2006: 33p 2007: £11-38p 2008: £2-15p 2009: £12-28p 2010: 44p 2011: 73p 2012: so far 12p The two 'high' years were because I found a tenner in each..one in the street,and the other in Forbuoys newsagents. Almost all the found coins were coppers and 5p's. Clearly not trying hard enough. Do you walk a lot? Walking too and from the shops can generate the cash. You need to train your vision better so you can spot that 1p or 2p at a couple of metres in the grass , plus you have to be prepared to look at something which might not be money and be disappointed ie it's a bottle top, a party popper top etc... The more you look the more you will find. Check the kerbside and roads, I find lots of money dropped here. Generally I find the lighter days more profitable. It's harder to spot money in the dark, that takes even better eyesight. I don't think you are ready for that advance stage yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Keep your eyes looking on the ground whenever you go out - if necessary, relocate to an area where the women are really ugly... Fecking amateur For the well trained eye there's always the time to check out anyone attractive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy666 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 failing to take reasonable steps to trace the owner is a crime. Oh, that's easy.. lying down a a few feet away with a big bump on the back of his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Nope, I got fed up of recording what I found, plus I ended up putting any loose change in the pot that I had. Although I think barring finding notes I probably find as much as rantnrave about £50-£60 a year. Getting notes if your lucky really boosts that total and can really skew the figures. In 2 days I once found £50 that doesn't happen too often, notes wise I've managed to find over £100 since I started this thread. So mortgage wise I've paid off at least £200 doing this, which I don't think is too bad a return. You ned an app for that so you can record all the places you found stuff and how much it was. Then your subscribers will pay to see where people have luck in finding change. You can pop my royalties for that idea in the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Found a £1 coin yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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