 [ Symptoms ] 3 yr old son said he ate quarter 5 days ago i have been checking his poop and still nothing now what  my son came to me and said  he ate the money i could not find the quarter anywhere we did not see him eat it and he was not chocking i did some research and we decided to wait to see if it passed on its own it has now been 5 days and still nothing i hate to expose my son to unnecessary x rays he is acting completely normal pooping eating playing do i need t to bring him in or should we just roll with it its hard because we do not know if he actually ate it [ Disease ] a quarter is quite big but i have seem them harmlessly pass assuming that he did indeed swallow a quarter short of an x ray a safe and inexpensive way to find out if your three year old has a metallic coin is with a metal detector you can rent one or find out if you have a friend who may own one if a metal detector can not get a signal he probably did not swallow it if he suddenly becomes constipated or vomits you may have to expose him to a very low level abdominal x ray    one view only and it would not be harmful