$2.03

For the second day in a row, the Humpherys found paper currency! My daughter found two dollars folded up neatly on her way home from school. I found three pennies myself and felt pretty darn accomplished because our searching ability isn't as extensive as before. This weekend hubby and I will be running an out of state ten mile race- hopefully we'll be able to find some change out there :) Have a great weekend!

Total today: $2.03
Total thus far: $5.53

$1.00

Finally!

Today we found our first dollar bill find for FY 11 - the crumpled up dollar bill waited for us right on a patch of grass (or what looked like grass at one point!) right on our block. Hubby made the find despite all four of us looking around in our normal fashion- YAY!


Total today $1.00
Total thus far: $3.50

$0.02

today we found two pennies during our after dinner walk. Seems like it's getting darker alot earlier nowadays- not good!!

Total today: $0.02
Total thus far: $2.50

$0.00

Today we found zero bucks but my daughter did find one interesting looking earring with a sterling silver stamp on it. We've saved it in the precious metals container where we collect all found jewelry and sell it at the local mall kiosk. More on that as we continue our ping hunt :)

Total today: $0.00
Total thus far: $2.48

$0.00

Today we found no coins- but we did get to hang out with my co-workers for employee appreciation day at work. Had a blast!!


Total found today : $ nothing
Total found thus far: $2.48

$0.05

Today we found $0.05 in the form of five pennies on the way home from a 5K race. The proceeds of this race went towards a woman's organization . There were a few run/walk events all over New York and the weather cooperated beautifully! Hope you all enjoyed your weekend :)


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Total today: $0.05
Total found thus far: $2.48

$0.68

Today we hung out around Brooklyn all day and found some decent coinage- 68 cents in the form of two quarters, a dime and eight pennies the hard way! Today we cashed in on the brooklynite discarding of pennies near parking meters- found six pennies and one quarter that way. The rest of the change was found in the park where Kitty played for a little bit while dad and I chatted about the future.

During our outing, we stopped off at our nearby neighborhood bank to inquire about the current savings rate. I can't believe how low our rates are nowadays! 0.10% seems inconceivable!!! When will this nightmare end???

Total today: $0.68
Total found thus far: $2.43

$0.12

Today we found a total of twelve cents in the form of a dime and two pennies- all found by hubby on his travails to and from work. Here's a pic of today's found dime in it's found location from hubby's super cool phone. Today's dinner walk was postponed due to the high winds out here (remnants from the nor'easter). Hopefully the wind won't be too disruptive tomorrow in order for the Humpherys to hit the town :). Enjoy your evening!

Total today: $0.12
Total found thus far: $1.75

Not bad for a week of finds! Let's see what next week brings!! :)

$0.39

Today we found a total of $0.39 in the form of three dimes, a nickel, and four pennies. The very first find was a nickel hidden nicely amongst some freshly cut grass in my neighborhood. I was excited because it has been a while since I got back into blogging my finds and I'd forgotten how much fun it was to see the amount of change found on the ground grow from one tiny jar to another until it reaching its final home - our giant five gallon water bottle.

The family and I are going for a nice walk after dinner tomorrow night. Score! Yet another reason why I love blogging our finds: more opportunity to spend time away from the TV and Internet. Love it!!

Total today: $0.39
Total found thus found: $1.63

$0.15

One advantage to waking up at 5am to go to the gym is the ability to examine parking spaces :). I found a scratched up dime and nickel after my hour gym sesh. My hubby found an old wallet that had nothing inside it (guess the bandits made out with what was once in it?), my daughters found zip, and thus another day passes on with fruitful bounty towards the change pot '2011.

Total today: $0.15
Total thus far: $1.24

$0.76

Today we found a collective total of $0.76- all hail last nights' rainstorm!! Hubby found $0.25 in the form of a dime, two nickels, five pennies and one seeriously eroded quarter. I found a quarter on my way to work and my daughter found $0.26 in the form of a quarter and a penny on the way to school. Earlier this year, I remember finding $0.26 on two interesting occasions- both of them on days that I participated in half marathons (13.1 miles). I keep thinking 26 cents is a sign from the running gods that I should go for the gold and be part of America's 1%- more on that as I continue my trainings though.

Total today: $0.76 (plus one ooglie looking quarter!)
Total thus far: $1.09

$0.00 :)

Today we stayed in and vegged out after a pleasant weekend :). Hubby baked some fresh apple pie, the kids rode their bikes a bit, and I caught up with some projects I brought home from work. Just another great October day. Hope you spent yours happy as well :)

Total today: $0.00
Total found thus far: $0.33

$0.33

As it once began ever so humble, the changepot is back again- a few days after it's birthday but better late than never I say :). Today seems like a peculiar calendar date indeed - 10/10/10. The fam and I went apple picking today at Alstede Farms in Chester, NJ. The place was packed but we managed to squirrel away a few apples and find some change on the ground. Kitty found a quarter in the rocky parking lot, mom found a scratched up nickel, and we found three pennies on the way back home. Life is sweet but finding change nowadays is even sweeter!

Despite us not logging our change finds in well over a year- we have found a lot of change but it wasn't documented. Instead of counting the coins from last year- we've decided to cash in the change and donate it outright to a charity run coming up next month. Details on that will soon follow! :) But for right now, we begin our tale again with a humble report- $0.33 on this warm, Indian Summer day!


Total today: $0.33
Total thus far: $0.33

Happy New Year, Change hunters!

Helloooo out there in cyberspace!

It has been a very long time since we've posted on here- lots of things going on here at the Changepot. I've been throwing all our found change in the 'mini-pot' including the counted and uncounted coins so in the interest of record-keeping i'm resetting the pot to zero and will tally up the totals today. This morning during my 5 mile run I found twenty five cents the hard way (two dimes, five pennies) in one parking space close to my jogging route. We're off to run our errands for the day- starting off our 2010 change count at $0.25 found and a TBD total from October 9, 2009!

Happy Hunting!

Total today: $0.25
Total found thus far: $?.??

Happy 4th Birthday Changepot!!

Happy Belated birthday to our little pot- who is as of today approximately 150 dollars richer (number to be determined tomorrow at TD Bank- tune in for details). Though we haven't had much luck this year, the journey is all the more sweeter knowing we've opened America's eyes to being a bit more frugal by enjoying long walks with family, finding coins and putting them away to donate to charity.

How much have you found?

Change of Pace

Hope everyone is well and in good spirits!

While we have been finding money on a daily basis, we haven't had much opportunity to report it . During the summer, Hubby and I started running in charity 5Ks and donating to charitable causes out of pocket. We are currently training ourselves to run beter, more efficient 5Ks and 10ks.

I've decided on running a total of 70 races in honor of my dad's age. He is Stage IV and instead of letting cancer get the best of me and my family, I've decided to turn this into something positive by raising what I can to help fight for a cure and bring awareness to those who think cancer is 'some other family's problem'. My pledge is to do what I can to help - and if just one person benefits from my determination then I've succeeded.

Join me in getting up off the couch and becoming proactive for a worthy cause. You'll be glad you did!


P.S. I will definitely post the progess in change finding later on today. Right now we're on our way to the anime convention at Jacob Javits. Ciao for now!

$0.49

This weekend we found a total of 49 cents during our family walk around the new neighborhood. I am SOO loving living in the inner city- more change than Staten Island that's for sure :)
Coins found: 2 dimes, 2 nickels, and 19 pennies.

Total this weekend: $0.49
Total found thus far: $148.85

The long overdue ketchup post!

Hello to all Changepot readers and change hunting enthusiasts alike! We've been on a fairly long hiatus from the internet for two big reasons:

1. We've moved out of Staten Island!

2. We've become a bit more physically proactive!

We've found a sizable amount of coins in the past month including some notable finds:

a 1963 Franklin Silver half dollar, alot of wheat pennies, two ten dollar bills, a dollar bill, and a lucky vegas chip!

Right now we are in the process of counting all the change tonight. Once that is done, i'll update the totals accordingly and upload some photos of the finds. Thanks for your patience and tomorrow i'll post accordingly if we find anything :)


The Humpherys


Total found: $32.30 (WOW)

Change
Pennies: (260) $2.60
Nickels: (20) $1.00
Dimes: (42) $4.20
Quarters: (12) $3.00
Half Dollars:(1) $0.50

Dollars:

Ten Dollar bill: (2) $20.00 (found in parking lot of store (TJ Maxx), found in grass during 5am jog)
One dollar : (1) $1.00 (found in front of Home Depot)

Total found since last update: $32.30
Total so far; $148.36

Update!!

What a hectic month! We've been pretty busy here but it hasn't stopped the coin findings! While we haven't found ANY dollar bills in the past month, we have encountered a few rarities (a silver Franklin half dollar in the street while on a morning run), and some other nice coins i've yet to account for. Hopefully later on today I'll get a chance to count all the coins and update the totals accordingly.
I've decided to update the finds on the changepot twitter- please feel free to follow us through there :)

Be safe and enjoy!

The Humphery family

$1.22

In the past week, we've found a total of $1.22 in the form of a quarter, three dimes, four nickels, and forty seven pennies. Pennies have been the choice find lately especially after the petit rain showers that have plagued our area in the past few days. This weekend we'll be combing the Jersey shore for some fun, fireworks, and loose coins :) Our changepot is starting to get a little heavy with all the penny finds lately!

Total in the past week: $1.22
Total thus far: $116.06