Bottles To Barbers

[diggin4clad]

Back in August, I went to a coin show and bought eight Barber Dimes with the money I got for cashing in the cans and bottles I pick up along the road. I went to another coin show this past Sunday and had $39 to spend from all the bottles and cans I picked up since the previous show. With the $39 I bought nine Barber Dimes and a Barber Quarter.

 

[markinmichigan]

Sounds like a good return on investment of time, my last three hunts have netted a total of $18.43 in clad. $39.00 is 390 bottles and cans at a dime per. Thanks for cleaning up planet earth.

Mark in Michigan

 

[hoser]

Well done my friend. You got some good-looking Barbers.

 

[diggin4clad]

Sounds like a good return on investment of time, my last three hunts have netted a total of $18.43 in clad. $39.00 is 390 bottles and cans at a dime per. Thanks for cleaning up planet earth.

Mark in Michigan

Thanks Mark......my last three hunts have netted less than $10. Both my Coinstar finds and the money from empties are greater than my detecting finds this year......so far.

 

[diggin4clad]

Well done my friend. You got some good-looking Barbers.

Thanks Bill.....I'm hoping to get a few more at the next show which is in December. I'll only have a month to pick up empties but I should still be able to get enough of them to get a couple of more dimes at least.

 

[hoser]

I would love to go to some coin shows, but they are all way down state from us up here and not worth the trip. Every year there is a huge flea market/antique show in Midland Michigan that we go to from time to time and there's usually one building that has quite a few coin dealers. May have to go next summer and check it out once more.

 

[diggin4clad]

I would love to go to some coin shows, but they are all way down state from us up here and not worth the trip. Every year there is a huge flea market/antique show in Midland Michigan that we go to from time to time and there's usually one building that has quite a few coin dealers. May have to go next summer and check it out once more.

The coin show I go to is 42 miles from home and about a 45-50 minute ride so I don't mind the little bit of traveling. I stay there for one and a half to two hours browsing tables and disposing of whatever cash I have burning a hole in my pocket.
And my pockets have big holes in them. The promoters put on 7 shows per year. They're always fun to go to and I'm like a kid in a toy store the whole time. This past show I completed my set of Peace Dollars.

 

[Jodo_Kast501]

I like it! I wish KY participated in that. We can only get scrap aluminum prices for cans, about 50 cents per lb as I recall.

 

[diggin4clad]

I like it! I wish KY participated in that. We can only get scrap aluminum prices for cans, about 50 cents per lb as I recall.

I sell my scrap copper and brass that I dig up while detecting but don't bother with scrap aluminum because it takes anywhere from 25-45 cans to make a pound. Prices for scrap aluminum cans are somewhere between 40-70 cents per pound.

 

[GroundSweeper]

Super cool. Love that exchange! I just started saving copper I've been finding, because the lake bed had a lot of it. Chucking it into a bucket.

Love those coins, nice!

 

[too_pointer]

I would love to go to some coin shows, but they are all way down state from us up here and not worth the trip. Every year there is a huge flea market/antique show in Midland Michigan that we go to from time to time and there's usually one building that has quite a few coin dealers. May have to go next summer and check it out once more.

There are gun & knife shows, which always has "coins for sale " everywhere around us, Gaylord, Houghton Lake, Cadillac, and everywhere in between, I used to go to around 5-6, close by every year, there has been some here in Grayling.

 

[diggin4clad]

Super cool. Love that exchange! I just started saving copper I've been finding, because the lake bed had a lot of it. Chucking it into a bucket.

Love those coins, nice!

Thanks GroundSweeper......I save whatever copper or brass I dig up and take it to the local scrap dealer when I get enough to make it worthwhile.

 

[hoser]

There are gun & knife shows, which always has "coins for sale " everywhere around us, Gaylord, Houghton Lake, Cadillac, and everywhere in between, I used to go to around 5-6, close by every year, there has been some here in Grayling.

Good to know. I didn't know they had coins as well. Thanks

 

[an808state]

Great idea. I recently returned a metal detector and thought about just taking the cash and buying a bunch of old silver, to save me the time and effort. But alas I got another detector instead.

 

[diggin4clad]

Great idea. I recently returned a metal detector and thought about just taking the cash and buying a bunch of old silver, to save me the time and effort. But alas I got another detector instead.

Use the detector to find a little bit of silver and cash in the clad you dig to buy more silver.