Category: Finds
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“I found 48 silver half dollars in rolls!”
Got an email I thought y’all would enjoy :) Sorry for being M.I.A. lately! *********** Hey Jay, I want to start out by saying how much I love your enthusiasm, as well as your passion for coins, and your willingness to share your knowledge with others. I started collecting about 6 years ago, as a…
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9 Questions with… 9 y/o Ethan!
What up, what up coin lovers! I’m beyond thrilled to share with y’all today’s 9 Questions, featuring someone not only super passionate and AWESOME at collecting coins, but who’s also shockingly young at that. Meet Ethan. My new favorite 9 year old! :) (That’s him holding a stash of coins he found while metal detecting…
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9 Questions with Eric Rosenberg
Hey guys! It’s been a while since we did our last “9 Questions” so we’re picking it back up today with my friend, and fellow finance blogger, Eric Rosenberg of Narrow Bridge Finance. It’s always interesting to see how people got started in the hobby and what they collect, so hopefully you enjoy this series…
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Old Coins in a Tilt Arcade Game?
Good afternoon fellow coin lovers! Whatchy’all been up to lately? Get any kick-ass coins while I’ve been away? Tell us all about them in the comments below. Or better yet, be our next “9 questions” interviewee :) It’s been a bit quite here on Coin Thrill which I must apologize for (sorry!), but I have…
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The “Trade Up” Game
You might have noticed I’ve been missing in action for a bit on this blog. But as fellow reader Matt pointed out in the comments a mere 7 hours ago, I have an excuse: No post for a month? I know you just had baby money numero dos, but where are your priorities? ;-) It’s…
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Susan B. Awesome
Picked up a few interesting pieces this weekend while out yard saling! One of which threw me for a loop – that beautiful Susan. B. Anthony dollar pictured above. As I do at all yard sales, especially ‘estate sales’, one of the first places I check out are the jewelry boxes. Mainly because the most…
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Breaking News: Couple Finds $10 Million in Gold Coins In Their Yard
UPDATE: These Saddle Ridge gold coins are now up for sale @ Amazon! Imagine this: You’re walking your dog around your OWN yard, and it doggy digs a hole right into a pot of gold! Full of double eagles over 150 years old!! WOWW!!! Okay, well I don’t exactly how much the dog was involved…
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Lot of Twenty $5.00 Bill Star Notes!
So an interesting thing happened to me the other week: I got my hands on 20 – CONSECUTIVE – five dollar bill star notes :) All crisp as can be, and all for only $100 in trade! A friend of mine works at a restaurant, and apparently he came across these bills while breaking open…
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Karma Rewards me w/ an Older $20 Bill
So only a few hours after finding (and turning over) that newer looking $20 bill, my trip to the bank pays off with this 1995 old school twenty! After asking the teller those few, yet calculated, words we always pray works out: “Have anything cool or old looking?” Usually you get back a “we’ve got…
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Found a $20 Bill on the ground!
That was the good news…. The bad news? I also found a kid only a handful of steps away from it :( Though you never can tell when you ask someone “Is this your money?” The answer will almost certainly be a YES ;) I did check it out before passing it back though, just…
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