You're walking down the road...

[Maz]

They would use a blow torch and heat up a 10p coin (when 10p was worth something) and then toss it out on to the pavement waiting to see who would burn their fingers on it.

I tried that stunt with a £5 note once. Never again.

 

[pzycoman]

Found a £2 coin in Heathrow T1 the other day, but being someone who believes in doing the right thing, I put it into the nearest charity collection tin!

 

[radger]

Anecdotes ahoy

I tend to pick up anything worth 5p or more; not that I often see them.

When I was working in a pub in a seaside resort during the off seaon, an elderly lady left her purse on the bench after she and her son had been in for lunch. It had £300 in it.
They rang to see if we'd got it, and we sent it back, recorded delivery.
I got told to keep £20 for finding it. Which was nice.

I found a £20 note outside the police station at the end of my road as a kid. I would have told them, but said police station was never open, so i took it home
i think my parents spent it on cigarettes

 

[radger]

who's Carole Singers?

 

[LLB]

who's Carole Singers?

A Brummie yodeler

 

[Noodley]

I pick up every coin that is pick-upable!

Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves!

Very true Dayvo, very true.

...and it's amazing how much chewing is still left in the bits of gum one finds trodden into the pavement.

 

[simoncc]

If I was walking down the road, which I rarely am, I'd pick up any coin. When I'm cycling I won't stop for a copper coin or a 5p, although if one is at a junction and I've had to stop I'll pick it up.

My hauls include every single coin and a £5 note. My best was when I stopped by the side of the main Leeds/Bradford dual carriageway to mend a puncture and lying in the grass verge were 8 pound coins.

 

[Maz]

My best was when I stopped by the side of the main Leeds/Bradford dual carriageway to mend a puncture and lying in the grass verge were 8 pound coins.

I don't believe that story...£8 coins don't exist.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

my paper round used to pass a pub with a large car park. needless to say, there were good pickings to be had.