Treasured coin finds
You'd be amazed what you can find on a walk - a boy and his dad prove it
Every day, Keith Severin and his 8-year-old son, Adrien, go on a treasure hunt.
They take a walk somewhere in their Antelope neighborhood, or wherever they happen to be that day, and keep their eyes open for treasures.
As a kid, almost everything is a treasure to Adrien. He never met a stick he didn't like.
"When we first started, he would pick up everything," Severin said.
They set out Jan. 1 with a plan to go out every day of 2008 for at least 15 minutes.
They stuck with it and over the course of the year have stumbled upon quite a bit of treasure.
On the refrigerator at home is a juice jug full of thousands of pennies they've found. There's also a big Bubba Gump beer glass full of other change, nickels to a Sacagawea dollar.
There's a small collection of older coins – including a penny from 1928 and some silver dimes – and a handful of foreign coins and Scandia tokens.
In a can, Keith Severin keeps a small collection of Ben Franklins – $100 bills that represent the proceeds from things found and sold.
That includes cans, bottles, a golf bag pull cart, a silver necklace and lots and lots of golf balls, collected at nearby Cherry Island Golf Course.
They passed the $1,000 mark early in December – all from walks as short as 15 minutes.
It hasn't always been fun. They head out in whatever weather presents itself. Good thing it's California.
They went out one recent December day when . . .
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Every day, Keith Severin and his 8-year-old son, Adrien, go on a treasure hunt.
They take a walk somewhere in their Antelope neighborhood, or wherever they happen to be that day, and keep their eyes open for treasures.
As a kid, almost everything is a treasure to Adrien. He never met a stick he didn't like.
"When we first started, he would pick up everything," Severin said.
They set out Jan. 1 with a plan to go out every day of 2008 for at least 15 minutes.
They stuck with it and over the course of the year have stumbled upon quite a bit of treasure.
On the refrigerator at home is a juice jug full of thousands of pennies they've found. There's also a big Bubba Gump beer glass full of other change, nickels to a Sacagawea dollar.
There's a small collection of older coins – including a penny from 1928 and some silver dimes – and a handful of foreign coins and Scandia tokens.
In a can, Keith Severin keeps a small collection of Ben Franklins – $100 bills that represent the proceeds from things found and sold.
That includes cans, bottles, a golf bag pull cart, a silver necklace and lots and lots of golf balls, collected at nearby Cherry Island Golf Course.
They passed the $1,000 mark early in December – all from walks as short as 15 minutes.
It hasn't always been fun. They head out in whatever weather presents itself. Good thing it's California.
They went out one recent December day when . . .
Full story at: Link
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