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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
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 Posted - 07/21/2010 : 22:49:47
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| Wolvesdad, do you by chance know if 5 gall buckets are pvc? Uhhh ohhhh spaghettio |
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TheSilverTiger
Penny Sorter Member
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2010 : 09:08:20
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Originally posted by Klark Cent
Hello,
So what all reasons are there to bury your nickels?
1) to avoid having them stolen
2) to avoid provoking a home invasion (like if a plumber sees them)
3) save space above ground
Anything else?
Just curious.
To protect them from melting due to a house fire? |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 07/22/2010 : 16:40:06
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A melt down due to accidental fire could be a lucky break.. Then you would have legal scrap without a violation of the melt ban.  |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2010 : 17:54:44
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Originally posted by TXBullion
Wolvesdad, do you by chance know if 5 gall buckets are pvc? Uhhh ohhhh spaghettio
Aren't 5 gal buckets HDPE, like milke jugs? |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2010 : 18:03:07
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Originally posted by thogey
quote:
Originally posted by TXBullion
Wolvesdad, do you by chance know if 5 gall buckets are pvc? Uhhh ohhhh spaghettio
Aren't 5 gal buckets HDPE, like milke jugs?
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TheSilverTiger
Penny Sorter Member
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2010 : 08:56:23
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Originally posted by Ardent Listener
A melt down due to accidental fire could be a lucky break.. Then you would have legal scrap without a violation of the melt ban.
I like the way you think!!! |
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novillero
Penny Sorter Member
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2010 : 15:32:20
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| Why, what is with polyethyline... I just started putting coppers in heavy duty OJ gallon containers. Is this not good? |
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rambo_k9
Penny Pincher Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2010 : 11:02:06
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Originally posted by Klark Cent
Hello,
So what all reasons are there to bury your nickels?
1) to avoid having them stolen
2) to avoid provoking a home invasion (like if a plumber sees them)
3) save space above ground
Anything else?
Just curious.
Good questions, I was kind of curious myself. Put em in an unmarked box in the basement and I doubt even if the worst case scenario happened, anyone would look twice. Keep collecting them though!! By the way... how HEAVY is $800 of nickels??? |
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Roadrunner
Penny Collector Member
USA
413 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2010 : 11:54:15
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"How HEAVY is $800 of nickels???"
Only about 170 pounds I think |
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Klark Cent
Penny Sorter Member
USA
68 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2010 : 21:54:23
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yeah. i think $800 of nickels = 80 kilograms (176.3 pounds).
and volume-wise, it would fit into ten 1/2-gallon juice containers. i know because i have three of them filled, and each has $80 worth (17.63 lbs). |
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beercritic
Penny Pincher Member
USA
112 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 15:21:32
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They fit nicely into 2 liter pop bottles. And 2 liter pop bottles fit nicely into holes created by a post hole digger.
Want markers? Build a fence.
Water shouldn't be much of a problem, as Cu-Ni stuff for maritime use has about the same ratio. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
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Blackrabbit
Penny Sorter Member
27 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 02:53:18
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| Cause when you finally get around to digging them up it will be extra fun!!! Arrrrrrrrhhhhhhh!! There be buried treasure!! |
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jasmatk
New Member
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 07:51:57
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| You should of used peanut butter jars and mayo jars they have plastic lids. I get 2 1/2 and 5 gal buckets from my local pool supply store and they have lids that screw on with a locking device on them (the clorine tablets come in them they always have a pile to throw away) i imagine you could grese the threads before closing the lid and bury them |
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commoncents
New Member
USA
9 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 22:40:23
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| Cupro-nickel alloy (25%nickel/75%copper) is used on salt-water immersion fitting on ships. Unless your ground water is saltwater, you are not going to experience significant corrosion in less than several centuries. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2010 : 00:40:31
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Actually the buckets are HDPE-Colored as opposed to HDPE-Natural for milk jugs.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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Quagmire
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 09/08/2010 : 04:22:47
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Originally posted by markshell
Interesting... don't think I need them to last 1500 years, heck, I'd be happy with 15.
Thanks for the replies -- good info.
Okay, now let's say my jar lids rust through after 3.3 years, and a small amount of moisture gets into a few of my jars of nickels...
Do nickels rust? Or corrode?? As much as steel or worse?? I know they're 75% copper and 25% nickel, right? Is it a copper sandwich, with nickel on the outside? Or is it an alloy mixture throughout? What will happen to my bright shiny beauties after Mr. Rain gets through to them?? 
They should not rust or corrode except under extreme circumstances, given that the alloy which comprises nickels is also used for maritime vessels. |
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