You're walking down the road...

[Abitrary]

If I see something that resembles a gold sovereign, than I shall give it a little tap with my walking stick just to make sure it is not a chocolate children's one.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I pick up any coin, however small.

 

[summerdays]

I spent 20 minutes trawling the shops trying to match up the photo on the driving license with a customer.

The smiley was for the pleasure in handing it back to him when I eventually found him.

Well done for going the extra mile. One of my kids found a credit card at a shopping centre last week ... I wasn't sure what to do with it so handed it to the nearest shop assistant in John Lewis.

 

[Joe]

I'd think twice as they are probably glued down!

 

[Alan Frame]

I was brought up on the old adage "see a penny, pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck " so I pick up all denominations [of coins].

 

[Paulus]

I pick them all up, but I do normally kick them first to see if they are glued down.

 

[LLB]

I spent 20 minutes trawling the shops trying to match up the photo on the driving license with a customer.

The smiley was for the pleasure in handing it back to him when I eventually found him.

I found a mobile phone a few years ago at an indoor Horse show in Hartpury Agricultural college. Before I handed it to the show organisers, I rang a few numbers on it to try and establish who it belonged to so they knew it was being claimed by its rightful owner. After a few fruitless calls to answering machines, Someone picked it up and identified the owner after a little hesitation as a Mr Richard Hammond (It was James May who I rang).

The phone book was like a who's who (including Jezza and VBH )

He came back an hour later and thanked me for it. He didn't even mind when I said that I'd had a sniff though the address book to try and identify him. His Niece lives locally and was competing there against my daughter (who won the class )

 

[numbnuts]

I would pick up any coin, last April fools day I scanned a £20 note and wrote in small writing April fool on it and left it on the stairs in my flat, not too sure who pick it up but I would have loved to seen there face if they tried to spend it

 

[yenrod]

I found a mobile phone a few years ago at an indoor Horse show in Hartpury Agricultural college. Before I handed it to the show organisers, I rang a few numbers on it to try and establish who it belonged to so they knew it was being claimed by its rightful owner. After a few fruitless calls to answering machines, Someone picked it up and identified the owner after a little hesitation as a Mr Richard Hammond (It was James May who I rang).

The phone book was like a who's who (including Jezza and VBH )

He came back an hour later and thanked me for it. He didn't even mind when I said that I'd had a sniff though the address book to try and identify him. His Niece lives locally and was competing there against my daughter (who won the class )

WOW - what a story..people would kill for that JC's no.

I once bent down to pick up a quid right in front of a taxi office only to find it glued down and I looked up to some grinning telephonists

 

[LLB]

WOW - what a story..people would kill for that JC's no.

I once bent down to pick up a quid right in front of a taxi office only to find it glued down and I looked up to some grinning telephonists

Tempting once I realised who it belonged to, but to be realistic, it would be a gross invasion of privacy on both parties if I'd have done it. I'd not have been able to live with the guilt.

 

[TheDoctor]

Good for you LLB!

 

[Arch]

I'm in the "pick up coin" camp too, so I can't vote...

I think a quid is the best I've ever got, but I must have picked up a couple of quid in odds and ends over the years.

 

[ColinJ]

I think a quid is the best I've ever got...

It wasn't a coin, but my best find was when I was out on my MTB one sunny day a few years back. As I grovelled up a steep bridleway, the sun reflected off something in the dirt ahead so I made a mental note to check for glass when I got up there. It turned out to be a ten pound note and the light was bouncing off the hologram foil !

 

[Night Train]

I remember when I was first working on building sites the 'lads' telling me about their 'bit of fun'. 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 still check, if I am near construction sites, by giving the coin a kick up the pavement to check it isn't glued down or hot enough to melt the toe of my boot.

 

[Dayvo]

I pick up every coin that is pick-upable!

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