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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 02/19/2010 : 22:16:08
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Everyone likes to brag about their great finds. They never mention how long they look to find them. What's your longest dry spell... defined as how many dollars worth have you searched at a time without finding a single pre-1940 wheatie? I just went through $91 worth and zilch. Nada. Zero. Phooey! 
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Edited by - beauanderos on 02/19/2010 22:23:37 |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 22:23:16
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Pooey?
Even if you you went through $92.00 I think that type of language is beneath you.
Actually i think I'm running about 2 pre 1940's per 150.00 in BWR's
I might have to eat some mushrooms out of my backyard to make these cents look better.
I'm 25.00 into my weekly 100.00 buy: 7 wheats no pre 1940. I got 75.00 to go.
But I'm too drun.....I mean tired to hand sort. There's always a tomorrow. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 22:27:04
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| That would be as bad as buying a brewery. I'm still in denial. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 22:33:55
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All kidding aside. I really notice runs in certain boxes.. dimes, wheats, canadians etc.
It must be a function of how the coins are blended. |
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2010 : 00:16:57
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| My dry spell is that I haven't found an indian in about a year. |
Edited by - knibloe on 02/20/2010 00:17:31 |
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george454
Penny Pincher Member
242 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2010 : 00:54:48
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I went on a three box dry spell, I am talking nadda not even a 50's wheat. Then my forth box nadda, no wheat's but did find a 1920, 1937 and 45 different 1940's Canadians. So I guess I would call these significant finds but yeah it took a $75 dry spell to get them. I was to the point of quitting but was hooked once again. I guess that's how it goes. I have started another dry streak again though two straight weeks and have sorted nothing. I really have to get back in the game, I am having serious withdraws.
Indians are mystical creatures that do not exist in the wild. $2000 + sorted and haven't even seen a feather. |
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garnede
Penny Collector Member
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2010 : 02:17:57
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| $200 and counting. The $200 produced 19 wheats and only one in the 40's no Pre 40's. But I did find 4 rolls that were 80+% copper, with the newest date in those rolls being 1985. |
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bman
Penny Collector Member
USA
425 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2010 : 06:13:41
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| I don't keep stats on how many I search vs what I've found so I can't give an accurate number, but I'm pretty sure it would be in the $50 range. I can get kind of depressing hand sorting coins and not finding anything worthwhile, then you find an error or Injun and forget all about those skunk rolls. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 02/20/2010 : 07:17:54
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| I'm at 50 dollars now but I should be getting 6 bags for next week and will see how long the dry spell wiil last. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 02/20/2010 : 07:22:25
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I know I've had a $200 run at least without a pre '40 wheat. I think I've only ever come across about 10 pre '40s mintmarked.
Lousy area for that. Had some great runs on post '40 wheat though. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2010 : 10:44:21
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I just, minutes ago, busted a BWR with a George V 1932, 2 wheats 1919 and 1956d.
I bet I get more, they come in runs. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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rakattack
Penny Pincher Member
105 Posts |
Posted - 02/21/2010 : 00:16:56
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| Hey garnede, you don't happen to live in San Jose do you? I got inappropriate languageed off with the amount of my coppers a while ago since I already had 3 tubs of 10 lbs each I took the rest of my 4th tub and made rolls of them and turned em into my bank |
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rakattack
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 02/21/2010 : 02:04:31
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| Oops, sorry, didn't realize that was innapropriate language. You guys are even tighter than FMDF! Won't happen again ;) |
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PennySaved
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1720 Posts |
Posted - 02/21/2010 : 02:21:06
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| Ive been noticing a lot less pre 1940 wheats. I went through $200 and found about 50 wheats; only one was in the 1930s |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 02/21/2010 : 02:37:48
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Originally posted by rakattack
Hey garnede, you don't happen to live in San Jose do you? I got inappropriate languageed off with the amount of my coppers a while ago since I already had 3 tubs of 10 lbs each I took the rest of my 4th tub and made rolls of them and turned em into my bank
Let me know the next time you get bothered by having too much copper.. I will be happy to haul it off for you.. you don't even have to roll it. Will be in San Jose later today.. there is a coin show there.  |
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rodebaugh
Penny Collector Member
USA
377 Posts |
Posted - 02/21/2010 : 14:36:52
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Have to take the good with the bad….$50.00 this past week with only 10 wheats and none older than 1944. Cu percentage was still average. |
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PointOmega
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 02/21/2010 : 16:06:30
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| Thogey....your line about not buying a Ryedale because it would be like buying a brewery...and that you're still in denial. That was the funniest thing I've read on here. Thanks for making my day. I can relate. |
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garnede
Penny Collector Member
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - 02/21/2010 : 16:13:46
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| rakattack, nope I am in Alaska. Extend my count to $240 without a pre 40 wheat. these produced decent copper and several dimes, just not many wheats. 23 in $240. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Longest Dry Spell
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I'll be grinding another few hundred tomorrow, so I'll see how far the $91 extends 
Just found three p40's in a $125 sort. 
