oldbritiron
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Hello everyone,
I have been checking in on the activity of this forum for the last few weeks now and felt compelled to "step out of the shadows" so to speak and post a thread on here.
First off, let me start by saying "WOW!" to all of you and some of your incredible finds, both MD'ing, thrift shop browsing and relic hunting. There are some very impressive finds and you should all be proud of yourselves for bringing these pieces of our history to the light of day again!
I have metal detected on and off for the last few years, but in all honesty most of my effort and attention goes into searching coin rolls for the coins I have. Believe it or not, there are also quite a few coins above ground that can cost you no less than face value, with equal or less work to digging for them!
Coin roll searching is the perfect substitute for the avid metal detecting enthusiast to ride out the cold winter months or those rainy, nasty days. The big thing, like metal detecting, is knowing where to search. Here are a few things I've picked up for better coin roll hunting success:
The biggest thing for less frustration and more productivity is knowing where your highest probability for finding coins of value and/or interest is. Personally, I have found that the coin rolls that produce the highest yield are the dimes, nickels and pennies...ESPECIALLY nickels and pennies.
Many people overlook nickels in their change mainly because the design of this coin remained unchanged for 60 years (except for the mint mark over the Monticello between 42 and 45) which makes them easy to just pass off and toss in that coin jar at home. There are some high dollar nickels that I have personally found while searching rolls, including a 1938 D, 1939 Double Die, 1939 D, 18 1942-45 silver wartime nickels, and 1950 D, not to mention countless 1940's and 50's and the occasional Buffalo.
Pennies can also be lucrative if the time is put in to thumbing through a few rolls. Wheaties are the most common, with 30's, 40's and 50's being the most common, but I have found a fair share of older wheats as well, including a 1910, 1915 D, 3 1918's, 4 1919's, 2 1920's, 3 1926's, 2 1928's and a 1929. Indian Head Pennies are few and far between, but I have found them before.
Both of these numbers for nickels and dimes, keep in mind, are the numbers from this year, averaging about $150 in coins searched a month.
Dimes, Quarters and Half Dollars can yield good coins, too, but the percentage for success is dramatically lower than that of the nickels and pennies.
Well, for those of you who read this, thank you and I hope you take something from it and good luck to all of you in roll searching and Md'ing this new year!!
I have been checking in on the activity of this forum for the last few weeks now and felt compelled to "step out of the shadows" so to speak and post a thread on here.
First off, let me start by saying "WOW!" to all of you and some of your incredible finds, both MD'ing, thrift shop browsing and relic hunting. There are some very impressive finds and you should all be proud of yourselves for bringing these pieces of our history to the light of day again!
I have metal detected on and off for the last few years, but in all honesty most of my effort and attention goes into searching coin rolls for the coins I have. Believe it or not, there are also quite a few coins above ground that can cost you no less than face value, with equal or less work to digging for them!
Coin roll searching is the perfect substitute for the avid metal detecting enthusiast to ride out the cold winter months or those rainy, nasty days. The big thing, like metal detecting, is knowing where to search. Here are a few things I've picked up for better coin roll hunting success:
The biggest thing for less frustration and more productivity is knowing where your highest probability for finding coins of value and/or interest is. Personally, I have found that the coin rolls that produce the highest yield are the dimes, nickels and pennies...ESPECIALLY nickels and pennies.
Many people overlook nickels in their change mainly because the design of this coin remained unchanged for 60 years (except for the mint mark over the Monticello between 42 and 45) which makes them easy to just pass off and toss in that coin jar at home. There are some high dollar nickels that I have personally found while searching rolls, including a 1938 D, 1939 Double Die, 1939 D, 18 1942-45 silver wartime nickels, and 1950 D, not to mention countless 1940's and 50's and the occasional Buffalo.
Pennies can also be lucrative if the time is put in to thumbing through a few rolls. Wheaties are the most common, with 30's, 40's and 50's being the most common, but I have found a fair share of older wheats as well, including a 1910, 1915 D, 3 1918's, 4 1919's, 2 1920's, 3 1926's, 2 1928's and a 1929. Indian Head Pennies are few and far between, but I have found them before.
Both of these numbers for nickels and dimes, keep in mind, are the numbers from this year, averaging about $150 in coins searched a month.
Dimes, Quarters and Half Dollars can yield good coins, too, but the percentage for success is dramatically lower than that of the nickels and pennies.
Well, for those of you who read this, thank you and I hope you take something from it and good luck to all of you in roll searching and Md'ing this new year!!