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AgMan
New Member
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 Posted - 10/04/2009 : 13:19:00
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Hand-Sorted $133.50 worth of pennies (all from my Credit union) over the last 3 weeks.
Results are kind of what I expected from reading through all the other posts, though I was a little disappointed with the wheat totals. Overall total Cu was 22.2%. Best find was a 1964-D Silver Dime and earliest was 1920-P wheat penny. I ordered another $100 in pennies from my credit union, will pick them up on Tuesday.
35 - Wheats -0.26% (earliest -1920-P)
2670 - 1959-1981 Cu - 20.0%
262 - 1982 Cu - 1.96%
86 - 1982 Zn - 0.64%
10269 - US Post 82 Zn - 76.93%
5 - US Dimes (1 1964 Silver!) - 0.04%
14 -Canadian Cu - 0.10% (earliest - 1951 George VI)
7 - Canadian Zn - 0.05%
1 - Euro 2 cent (dated 2005) - 0.01%
1 - Plastic Play Money Penny - 0.01%
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twocents
Penny Collector Member
398 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 13:24:45
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| Welcome to the forum. Your wheat percentages are not that far off from mine. I get 8-15 wheats per box. You are just below the low end, and I have gone through as many as 8 boxes with limited wheats only to later hit the mother-load. So you may do better in the future. |
Just my two cents! |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 13:25:57
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Welcome to our world!
Super Congrats on finding a silver dime with your pennies. I understand that is a very allusive club. There might even be a separate topic for you to post your find.
Continued success and hope you enjoy this hobby. |
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smartinson
Penny Collector Member
USA
287 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 13:38:09
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| Welcome aboard! Congrats on the silver find. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 16:38:54
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 and congrats on the Ag find. 
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 17:03:31
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| nice finds keep up the good work and you will be amazed at what you will find |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 20:57:42
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Originally posted by AgMan
Results are kind of what I expected from reading through all the other posts, though I was a little disappointed with the wheat totals. Overall total Cu was 22.2%. Best find was a 1964-D Silver Dime
Beep Beep Beep
Lets back up a second. You are disappointed with the wheats but found a silver dime. Who cares about the wheats, you found silver in your pennies. I have sorted 10's of thousands of dollars in pennies and have never found any silver.
Looking for wheats is like making homemade chocolate chip cookies. You know there are chocolate chips in the mix, you just don't know which cookie will have the most chips. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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smartinson
Penny Collector Member
USA
287 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 21:41:02
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| Yummy! Chocolate Chip Cookies. Think that sound better than looking for wheats tonight. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 21:51:53
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First sort and he pulls a silver dime. I have only found 3 in all the tons of pennies I sorted. Better get ready for a lot of diappointment. What, no Indians either?
If you are disappointed in your wheat yield.. just sort more. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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metalmoney.ca
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
223 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 22:11:05
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congrats on the plastic penny! i was fortunate enough to join that club, what a great day that was.
don't forget to post it in the plastic penny thread!
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metal is a claim on future human labour. let's all go get some while the getting is good, eh? |
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myfundsarelow
Penny Collector Member
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2009 : 00:09:50
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| welcome agman ,you dont have to dig mines for your silver , just read all the offers on buy now forum. i hit it rich a lot of times good luck PEACE!! |
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MichaelOnion
Penny Pincher Member
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2009 : 23:31:49
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| Welcome. I have found a few dimes in bank boxes but never a silver one. Congrats! |
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coinwolf
Penny Collector Member
USA
277 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 03:27:26
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Welcome aboard and sweet find on the silver dime |
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Dumpster Diver
Penny Collector Member
USA
474 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 06:29:46
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Welcome AgMan!
Here's to continued success. You have got a lot of variety in a short time. |
"You're not really gonna throw that out...are you"? |
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 09:41:07
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AgMan welcome to the wonderful world of treasure hunting! You will find copper, silver, wheats and yes eventually you will find Indians in the wild if you look long enough. One person even reported finding a gold coin! Truly amazing finds happen all the time here.... Enjoy!
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 11:06:06
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nice find and welcome aboard
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Inquiring minds want to know |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2009 : 11:37:48
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| Hi AgMan....welcome to the forum. Are you the same AgMan that is on Goldismoney? |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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