The records in my database are
{\"_id\":\"1\",\"fn\":\"sagar\",\"ln\":\"Varpe\"} {\"_id\":\"1\",\"fn\":\"sag\",\"score\":\"10\"} {\"_id\":\"1\",\"ln\":\"ln
I had the same problem and
db.coll.find({"mykey":{'$exists': 1}})
worked for me