basque-man
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You all will laugh......So last night I had all the gear ready to head out today for some swing time and get the doggies out and about. I wake up to snow, wind and just cold. So, that was that and I go back to bed till the wife gets off work. She gets home, and leaves me the "to do list" since I am off today and wasn't leaving to swing. (you guys all know, its best to get out before "they" get home 
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So off I go with the list. Dog's left behind and not happy of course. I had a small bag of clad collected over the past few months and since I was going to the store I was going to run it through the coin-star. We have had very little luck lately and the silver has been scarce around our towns two only machines. I enter the store and there I see that "older" coupon looking lady using it. I wait patiently behind her listening to all the rejects hitting the tray. As she takes her time, and more time and more
.....I'm thinking i'll just use it and check it later when I'm done shopping. But I see she has left a lot in the tray and let her know she had coins still in the reject. She doesn't say anything to me and looks. Takes a couple handfuls and back into the machine they go.
Now i'm interested since I hear one continue to drop out. Clunk; she puts it back in. Clunk, she puts it back in. Now I'm starting to snicker thinking its garbage or a car wash token. She pulls it out a third time, looks at it and tosses it back into the reject tray. She gets her ticket and leaves the store. So as I empty my bag into the machine, I reach down and pull out the "Clunker". It felt smooth and light so I pocket it....
While waiting for my stuff to go through, I pull this thing out and just start laughing as I see it wasn't a token at all. Turns out to be an 1898 Barber Quarter
!!! Obviously she was polished at one time, I didn't care. I never would have imagined an older silver in the coin-star!!!!! So i guess not getting out to the desert today actually paid off!!! A quick photo and sent it to my son. I can't repeat what he texted back but I had to rub it in!!!!! Check those COIN-STARS fellas (and gals) 
)So off I go with the list. Dog's left behind and not happy of course. I had a small bag of clad collected over the past few months and since I was going to the store I was going to run it through the coin-star. We have had very little luck lately and the silver has been scarce around our towns two only machines. I enter the store and there I see that "older" coupon looking lady using it. I wait patiently behind her listening to all the rejects hitting the tray. As she takes her time, and more time and more
.....I'm thinking i'll just use it and check it later when I'm done shopping. But I see she has left a lot in the tray and let her know she had coins still in the reject. She doesn't say anything to me and looks. Takes a couple handfuls and back into the machine they go. Now i'm interested since I hear one continue to drop out. Clunk; she puts it back in. Clunk, she puts it back in. Now I'm starting to snicker thinking its garbage or a car wash token. She pulls it out a third time, looks at it and tosses it back into the reject tray. She gets her ticket and leaves the store. So as I empty my bag into the machine, I reach down and pull out the "Clunker". It felt smooth and light so I pocket it....
While waiting for my stuff to go through, I pull this thing out and just start laughing as I see it wasn't a token at all. Turns out to be an 1898 Barber Quarter
!!! Obviously she was polished at one time, I didn't care. I never would have imagined an older silver in the coin-star!!!!! So i guess not getting out to the desert today actually paid off!!! A quick photo and sent it to my son. I can't repeat what he texted back but I had to rub it in!!!!! Check those COIN-STARS fellas (and gals) 
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