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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 13:27:59
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I just started last weekend and have sorted $125 by hand so far with another $75 waiting at home. Should be able to finish those up this weekend.
But within a week or two at the outside I'll be buying a Ryedale, then trying to push through at least $500 a week, maybe up to $1,000 if I get really serious.
As soon as I start selling copper to recoup some costs I'll see about trying to do more if possible.
Hoarding a ton of copper works out to what...not quite $3,000 face value of the pennies?
At a 20% copper/zinc recovery rate that would be ~$15,000 total pennies to sort.
Whoa. This is gonna be fun!
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 03/06/2008 : 14:41:03
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Hoarding a ton of copper works out to what...not quite $3,000 face value of the pennies?
At a 20% copper/zinc recovery rate that would be ~$15,000 total pennies to sort.
Whoa. This is gonna be fun!
It is definitely a marathon and not a sprint. I figure that for most people getting $10,000 face of coppers (sort maybe $40,000 face) in a year is a challenge even with a Ryedale and near impossible without one. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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 Posted - 03/06/2008 : 17:15:17
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Instead of sorting those other 3 boxes by hand just spend the time acquiring more boxes of pennies. Then you can sort them all very quickly once you get your Ryedale. My only regret on getting my Ryedale was that I waited before ordering it. The sooner you get this fantastic machine the better!
Yes, 300,000 copper pennies is a ton if they are US coppers. You are right.. it is fun! |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Let me see if I understand this? If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor; the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the US border illegally, you get a driver’s license, a social security card, welfare, food stamps, free health care!
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Ryedale
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 21:49:00
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
Instead of sorting those other 3 boxes by hand just spend the time acquiring more boxes of pennies. Then you can sort them all very quickly once you get your Ryedale. My only regret on getting my Ryedale was that I waited before ordering it. The sooner you get this fantastic machine the better!
Yes, 3,000,000 copper pennies is a ton if they are US coppers. You are right.. it is fun!
HCBTT, no wonder your tons take so long to build up. Perhaps it should be Hoard Copper by the TEN Tons.
Just teasing of course, but I think that Ton is closer to 300,000 coins.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 21:54:04
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And here I thought all along I was just sorting too slow.
Those are LONG tons, Andy! .. not short tons.
Got distracted right in the middle of the post by work so I threw in a couple of extra zeros for good measure.
Maybe I was just thinking of how many tons I would like to have. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Let me see if I understand this? If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor; the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the US border illegally, you get a driver’s license, a social security card, welfare, food stamps, free health care!
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
354 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2009 : 10:52:36
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Originally posted by horgad
I use a half-mechanized system that I built myself for about $35. I would say that it gives me about a 40% improvement over regular hand sorting. Using it I can sort a box of pennies including unwrapping in under 30 minutes (average about 35 minutes).
Right now I have time to sort about 14 boxes a week ($350 a week). With a Ryedale I could easily sort more, but I would be limited to about 25 boxes a week because that is the most zincs that I can reasonably dump a week.
Assuming 25 boxes a week at 28% copper and 1 penny profit per copper, a Ryedale Apprentice would pay for itself after finding 37,900 pennies or in about 2 weeks. Any "hobby" investment that can pay for itself in 2 weeks is pretty darn cheap... IMHO
So what is the cut-off point to make a Ryedale worthwhile? 5, 10, 15 boxes a week? Its impossible to say for sure because it depends on how long you plan on sorting pennies and how long there will be pennies in ciculation to sort.
No matter what I bet it would be a blast to use one. 
Well, what's your $35 invention? Do tell! |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1300 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2009 : 22:33:00
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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
437 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 04:36:59
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dakota1955
Penny Hoarding Member
800 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 05:51:02
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| I use my ryedale and I am not a big time sorter. I like it for the time I save by sorting out the zinc. I then hand sort the copper for wheats and s mint mark. Great time saver. |
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Gr33nday43
Penny Hoarding Member
Uzbekistan
884 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 11:53:09
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| My Ryedale will be coming sometime next week, so I will be sorting with a Ryedale. |
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I hope you'll join with me, as we try to change it." -- His Excellency Barack Hussein 0bama, Head of Government,
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 14:50:08
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| Be careful with using a Ryedale. They are VERY addictive. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1300 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 18:46:41
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Gr33nday43
Penny Hoarding Member
Uzbekistan
884 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2009 : 02:21:41
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Originally posted by jonflyfish
Be careful with using a Ryedale. They are VERY addictive.
Jonflyfish, I've had one before. After selling it I had withdrawals for months...(I'm only half joking...of course.)  |
Rand Paul for 2010 KY Senate Race - http://www.randpaul2010.com
HR 1207 - 313 Cosponsors 72% of house
S 604 - 30 Cosponsors 30% of Senate
Audit the Fed amendment has passed committee!
"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world.
I hope you'll join with me, as we try to change it." -- His Excellency Barack Hussein 0bama, Head of Government,
Duce of Socialism, and Founder of the Empire.
Alcohol didn't cause the high crime rates of the '20s and '30s, Prohibition did. And drugs do not cause today's alarming crime rates, but drug prohibition does. – US District Judge James C. Paine, addressing the Federal Bar Association in Miami, November, 1991
http://coppermillions.blogspot.com/
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2009 : 19:43:39
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Originally posted by jonflyfish
Be careful with using a Ryedale. They are VERY addictive.
Jonflyfish, ...(I'm only half joking...of course.)
It's the other half that gives cause for concern! Cheers |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2009 : 16:31:50
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Originally posted by buyingsilvers
arent there only a few hundred ryedales in existence? I'm not surprised.
There might be about 300 or so?
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By hand or Ryedale?
