Do you pick up coins you say laying on the ground?

I may not be planning trips out to search of pennies or coins. But if I ever come across them, I will pick them up. In fact, that is what got me started on a program called "Double your way to a Million". It is a fun thing to do. Not easy, but fun to do.

Hi JeninTN. My instinct always makes me pickup coins laying somewhere, as long as I know no one owns them. However I will not go on outings in search of loose coins.

If I see them, I do stop and pick them up. But I don't specifically go out looking for them. I figure if I find a penny every day, that's almost $4...

Well if I happen to see a coin laying on the ground yes sure ill pick it up I think most people do, but I dont go around looking for them I usually just find them by accident I never actually look for them in public or anything.

I have never gone out looking for coins laying on the ground but if I happen to come across one then I will pick it up. When I was a kid I loved to find coins laying on the ground and I was always finding them but now I don't think I pay enough attention since I don't really find any that often. I might start paying more attention though if it can add up to that amount of money!!!

Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'l have good luck...Give that penny to a friend then your luck will never end ! When I find a penny I do pick it up and give it to a friend whilst quoting the above. :)x

I only pick up those I happen to see but I don't go looking for them at all. I have found alot over the years but not that much. I have also found dollar bills and once found a 20 dollar bill while walking. It surely made my day if not week.

I will never go out with the intention of picking up coins.But if I find a coin lying on the road I will definitely pick it up since we consider money as Goddess Lakshmi here in our country.We can never allow anyone to disrespect it by stepping on it.I have uploaded the image of Goddess Lakshmi for you. Can you observe the golden coins pouring down Her hands.

Instinctively, I will pick up coins or currency notes, if they are lying on the road. Firstly, I'll look around, if any claimant to the same is there.........and if I find any claimant, I'll return the same to him and if despite my sincere efforts I'm unable to find a claimant to it, I'll pocket the same..............LOL! dpk P.S. -Congrats, this discussion of yours figures in today's 'Mylot digest', so you are likely to get many responses.

Hi Jenn really a nice Hobby well, i never went out to collect/pick coins on the road and infact as its not in my mind so i dont notices in regular life. but sure i heard about cashier u used not to pay pennies/changes to customers, mostly people were not bothered and if some one ask, she pays them, and just bt doing this she made a LOT morwe than US$1100 in three month.

I do pick up money if I see it but I don't go looking for it. Money is money after all...

i don't go on outings but i will pick up change if i see it.

Hi, I didn't get the entire story.where they go in search of lost pennies?well till today i am only succeeded thrice. and all the 3 times i have donated it to some charity box...:)

I never seem to find anything :( But if I do I usually pick it up. I pick up coppers if they're in a building on the floor but not on the road 'cause they are really dirty. I always pick up gold ones (btw I'm talking about euro) My dad picks them up and he buys coffee once a week with the money so it does work. And I remember at school a few years back we had a copper trail for charity and everyone in the school brought in their coppers and we made like 2000 euro! Just with coppers! Then again that was like 900 students... But still!

Well I do not go out searching for money but if I see money on the ground, then I will pick it up. If it is a large amount of money then I will take it to the police because it is possible thatthe person who lost the money will make a report to the police. However, if it is a smaller amount, then I put it into one of the charity "poor boxes". It is not my money at all and I know that the charities can always use any donations that they receive to help the poor and needy. Once I was one of those who were poor and although I did not ask for or receive help from the charities, the situation could have been very different. At the same time, my partner did have to seek help from them a couple of times after her marriage broke up and before we met. She had 4 children to care for, a mortgage to pay, no child support from her ex-husband and could earn limited amount of money due to the hours she could work with the children. Yes when she was not working she did receive the pension but it didn't cover the mortgage all the time. So I say to people who find money "if you are not desperately in need of it, think of others who need a helping hand".

If I see one lying on the ground then yes I will pick it up. I dont go out of my way looking for one though. I remember that story and was amazed at how much they accumulated in a matter of three years. I save lose change and use it toward a Christmas gift for our family but after seeing this story ir has made me really want to save for the long haul.

Yes i do any money is better than no money, it adds up after a while like you said about that family, it's rough now a day the prices of everything are increasing

I do pick up change and money on the ground while walking and such but I dont go out specifically looking for the money. I also take money out of my couch cushions! (i remember growing up mom would have us hunt the couch cushions so she'd have enough to buy a carton of milk at times)

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but I know of people who go to popular beaches in summer in late afternoons/very early mornings and sift through the sand with sieves, especially up against the retaining walls a lot of beaches have. I have also heard of them fossicking with metal detectors. Apparently they can make an income pretty much as good as the unemployment payment, and considering many of them are on that payment, it's not a bad living. Lash

If I find on, I will pick it up. But I do not intend to go outing just for that activity........it is time consuming and I have a better thing to do. That just my 2 cents.. BR.b