Coin Drop
Nicholas Thompson on Roger Pasquier, an ornithologist who also happens to be an élite money hunter.
"It takes a lot of will power to focus when you're in a cheerful mood." — Roger Pasquier, elite money hunter and ornithologist, who has retrieved $1,920.87 from New York sidewalks since 1987. Since the iPhone came out, people stare at screens—so his yields have doubled.