How much change do you find each week?

Lizloz

I'm loving reading all these stories, it reminds me of all the money I've found in the past.

When my best friend and I used to walk round the streets (sounds well but we were 16/17 at the time and had nothing better to do), we were walking up to a McDonald's..she found a £20 and I was gutted, but then found a £10 not too far away. Needless to say we went straight to Maccies and had a lovely free meal and split the rest.

I found a £10 in the long grass while walking the dog once, and one time we were going to a wedding and stopped off at Chiquitos...for some reason my husband decided to put his hands down the back of the chair and came up with £30!! It paid the bill!

I'm always finding pennies etc... and any that I find lying around the house go straight in to our change jar.

Fry00

Around 3 or 4 times a week I have to cross the severn bridge. Every time I do I feel a cold rage building in me. That was until I started using the coin bins. Several times I have come through them with a profit! There was once so much change in the reject tray that I couldn't get it all with one scoop. I counted it up and found that not only had I earned the £6.20 "refund" I had also got my next trip over sorted too!

So my tip is use the coin bins! Especially on a Friday afternoon. People are in such a hurry to get home or so scared of getting hooted at for taking too long they just throw money at the things!

hummingbird

"Seek and you shall find" applies here I think!:j

hummingbird

Fry00 your story reminds me of when I was going through the Dartford tunnel many years ago, and I threw my 50p (what it cost then) at the bin and MISSED - I DID get out and hunt for it - and found it - but I was SO embarrassed at the time. The things are big enough, don't know how I missed!:rotfl:

HOK3Y

hummingbird wrote: »

Fry00 your story reminds me of when I was going through the Dartford tunnel many years ago, and I threw my 50p (what it cost then) at the bin and MISSED - I DID get out and hunt for it - and found it - but I was SO embarrassed at the time. The things are big enough, don't know how I missed!:rotfl:

Lord, I did that a couple of months ago and was horrified (to be fair, my car is LHD) but was then elated when I picked up my coin and discovered a 50p right next to it!

Chrisblue1962

Only found 7p and a 1 euro cent coin , which at current exchange rates is worth 0.85p :rotfl:, today.

gettingthehangofthis

Found a whole pound! Biggest find yet. Had to properly dive for this as it was under a seat! Don't get to walk around much day to day so have been making more of an effort to.

HOK3Y

Surprising what is out there when you really look, isn't it!

maddeningly

I once found £10 on the floor in Aldi, not long before closing no one else around so I pocketed it. Then I got a fit of guilt, drove to Asda and put it in the local hospice charity collection box. I'll never get rich by this method!

savvykaz

Yesterday I had just left court after attending a redetermination hearing with Nationwide, felt quite low and sorry for myself (even though the hearing went well), and found a £5 note folded into four!!:j
Several years ago (on my birthday) and only days after our kitten went missing I was rushing home in the pouring rain and found a £50 note, this was really uncanny as we had put posters up for the return of our kitten with a £50 reward if found!! Unfortunately he never turned up, I'd rather have had him than the £50