scaupus
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i picked up a dropped coin at Walmart checkout, and it's Silver!
I was checking out through the 20 items or less counter at Walmart, though I had quite a few more than 20 items. I make up for that by being a very fast checkout. Just as I was leaving, I noticed a dime on the flat surface of the well where the bag carousel sits. It was a bit dark, and looked like a clad that had been exposed a little to the elements. Probably only because I metal detect, I picked it up, and the thought came unbidden into my head: should I offer it to the clerk? No, I quickly decided in my own favor, it as likely belonged to a departed customer as to Walmart. I put it in my pocket.
Late that night, when I undressed, I found the dime in my pants pocket and put it on my desk.
The next day, I was straightening up my desk, and being curious about the dark dime, I looked at it edge on. I couldn't say for sure if I saw a flabby dark copper line or not, I mean it looked dark, but I couldn't make out a line necessarily. So I put on my reading glasses and just checked the date:
1962.
It took a few moments because I was drawing a "Senior Moment-type" blank on the silver cutoff date. 1962 seemed very recent to me in my old man's mind. Then I remembered. 1964 was the last silver mintage.
Eureka!
As it appears to have been a dropped coin, I'm including it in my collection of metal detected dimes, which were all dropped. Now I will call it my dropped dime collection.
I was checking out through the 20 items or less counter at Walmart, though I had quite a few more than 20 items. I make up for that by being a very fast checkout. Just as I was leaving, I noticed a dime on the flat surface of the well where the bag carousel sits. It was a bit dark, and looked like a clad that had been exposed a little to the elements. Probably only because I metal detect, I picked it up, and the thought came unbidden into my head: should I offer it to the clerk? No, I quickly decided in my own favor, it as likely belonged to a departed customer as to Walmart. I put it in my pocket.
Late that night, when I undressed, I found the dime in my pants pocket and put it on my desk.
The next day, I was straightening up my desk, and being curious about the dark dime, I looked at it edge on. I couldn't say for sure if I saw a flabby dark copper line or not, I mean it looked dark, but I couldn't make out a line necessarily. So I put on my reading glasses and just checked the date:
1962.
It took a few moments because I was drawing a "Senior Moment-type" blank on the silver cutoff date. 1962 seemed very recent to me in my old man's mind. Then I remembered. 1964 was the last silver mintage.
Eureka!
As it appears to have been a dropped coin, I'm including it in my collection of metal detected dimes, which were all dropped. Now I will call it my dropped dime collection.
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At least that place is good for something !! 
I've always been extremely nearsighted and I shift between reading glasses & distance glasses. The day I accidentally wore my close-up reading glasses instead of the distance ones actually resulted in my best find ever! Probably would've missed it with better vision, lol. That day, while waiting for my son to arrive with the detector we shared, I wandered the old field doing an eyeball search, as I'd found a 1940 surface nickel there before. Noticing what appeared to be a dusty old poker chip near some other junk items on the ground, I had to lean way down close to get a better look due to reading glasses! Close look showed the beautiful rays of a Peace Silver Dollar! 1923, dusty beautiful surface find in great condition! Paid off to be 71 years young & wearing the wrong glasses that day. 
