Best Places To Coin Search Or Hunt

I was curious where some good places to hunt for coins would be other than roll searching, antique malls, or dealers. I thought maybe those places that say " we pay cash for gold and silver". Just needing some ideas from you pros.! Thanks again for the help.!

 

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Friends and relatives change jars.....my best luck yet.

 

I like to metal detect and the ground is full coins, old and new waiting to be dug up. Lot of fun.

 

You can also check garage sales, estate sales, auctions, and flea markets.

-LTB

 

When I visit friends, I like to check behind the couch cushions when they are out of the room.

 

diggit, that sounds like something you dont want to get caught doing

 

Wow, I thought that i was the only person who did that

 

More places to search, but ASK PERMISSION FIRST:

'Take-a-penny-leave-a-penny' and Tip Jars on counters at cafes, convenience stores, gas stations, etc.

 

The ground.

 

That's not a half bad idea. I almost said the same thing earlier too because I will always pick up a coin I find in my path. Only problem is you don't find many wheats and most laying on the concrete are pretty damaged, but if you collect pre-82 cents you can add them to your copper cents bucket.

 

I was in Mickey D's a couple of months ago. Under one of the single seater wall booths, I saw what I thought were a couple of coins. I hated the idea of embarrassing myself but curiosity got the best of me and I got down on my knees and tried to swipe them out. But they were coated with floor wax. So, I took another coin and popped them free. A quarter and a penny. the penny was from 1960 and it turned out I needed it for my folder.

I wish I could find more like that.

 

Nice man....ima have to give that one a shot.

 

The last couple of times I went to antique stores with my wife I checked behind cushions of old furniture. No luck but I'll keep trying. Hopefully I won't find an old open pocketknife.

 

Old sofa's and chairs that are on the roadside waiting for removal. Slice the material on the sides and back then search like hell. It could turn out to be a nice day...

 

Yes garage sales can work out well.

 

I can see the "take-a-penny-leave-a-penny" option because it can be done quickly and simply involves swapping out the coins. I have never thought of asking to go through someone's tip jar though. That is creative. I can only imagine the reaction one would get at Starbucks when asking to do so. You probably would need to leave a bigger tip regardless of outcome. TC

 

Leaving a tip for searching the tip jar is a really nice gesture I hadn't thought about! :thumb:

In the past, and to avoid strange looks, I have asked for permission by way of saying "Can I get some singles from this tip jar for this $5 or $10?" and it works!

Unfortunately, Starbucks like many others as well, have those acrylic tip boxes with mini padlocks placed on them. You'll have to avoid asking to search those kind of tip jars.

 

Thanks for all the tips. Some of these I sure would not have thought of.

 

I have found a 1964 half dollar and a 1937 nickel at the place i work in my cash register. And a lady I work with has found a couple quarters, '42 and '64, which i bought for a few dollars.

 

pawn shops, are good too, they always want the melt value for their silver dollars, and plus they never know the price. i bought a 1895 s morgan and a 1928 peace, he wanted 15 $$ for the morgan and 12$$ for the peace.i kept the peace dollar, and sold the morgan for 325$$. another place that is good is the coinstars, if old people are there they have the older money, in my situation, it was broken down and i had some money on me, she had 20$$ and like 57 cents so i gave her 21 $$ for her money, i found tons of silver. halves, quarters,dimes and a few nickels from the 50's and like 2 wheat cents, always have a friend that works in retail or resturants, and they can save the change or currency for u to look at it, and 9 times out of 10 they have some unique finds, my friend found me a german coin from 1938, i think it was a reich. but cool inteesting find.