Ron 71
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Congrats on a great year of digging Ed and Sue! That gold coin is stunning!
Cashing In Our Clad
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diggin4clad
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Thanks Ron.....
bubbaron
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Congrats to both you and Sue on a good year of coin stabbing. Despite a very limited hunting year, I did manage $268.20 in clads. I like your gold coin, it's a beauty. Merry Christmas to you both.
Bubbaron
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diggin4clad
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Thanks Ron.....congrats on your clad finds and Merry Christmas to you.
treasurebum
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Another good thing to do (apparently) is to thoroughly clean your coins. A few years ago, I took my years worth of finds to my credit union. About two hundred dollars into the count, the machine stopped. The teller stated that it might be from the dirt on the coins. I found this rather peculiar since I wash and tumble everything...or so I thought
davedude
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Pretty awesome total D4C. I like your gold coin and silvers too, very nice. I want to do something similar with my 2019 clad. I think I'll be lucky to get a third of your total.
I'm wondering about rotten zincs, were you able to exchange them? I have quite a few. I separate out the really bad ones and throw the lightly damaged ones in with the rest of the ok zincs. Copper is separated from zinc too.
I looked at returning the rotten zincs to the US Mint but I think they were not accepting them at that time.
I'm wondering about rotten zincs, were you able to exchange them? I have quite a few. I separate out the really bad ones and throw the lightly damaged ones in with the rest of the ok zincs. Copper is separated from zinc too.
I looked at returning the rotten zincs to the US Mint but I think they were not accepting them at that time.
diggin4clad
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I clean my clad thoroughly for that very reason. Fortunately I've never had mine jam the machine. After tumbling the dirt off them I clean the "rust" and tumble them again.Another good thing to do (apparently) is to thoroughly clean your coins. A few years ago, I took my years worth of finds to my credit union. About two hundred dollars into the count, the machine stopped. The teller stated that it might be from the dirt on the coins. I found this rather peculiar since I wash and tumble everything...or so I thought
diggin4clad
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Thanks Dave.....we had a pretty good year with clad. As far as zincs are concerned I ignore zinc numbers when detecting so I have very few of them, most are from when there's a zinc in the same hole as other coins or when multiple zincs from a spill skew the numbers.. The really bad ones get thrown away and I put the remainder in the coin machine. If they get rejected they end up in the trash with the others.
Wolf-Dog
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Congrats on all the clad you found this year, and on those are nice coins you bought with it! 
diggin4clad
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Thank Garrett...….buying the precious metal made all the bending, stooping, and digging worthwhile.Congrats on all the clad you found this year, and on those are nice coins you bought with it!
That is great!
Our granddaughter was born just when I retired and took up this hobby and I opened a bank account in her and my name. It now has several thousand dollars for the college fund in just about 13 years.
Tom_in_CA
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Ha, this is the "Save the Grandaughter Foundation Fund " (S.G.F.F.)
Couldn't ask for a better charity cause, eh ?
My hunting partner had a newborn daughter a few years ago, and now saves all his bag silver, for her college fund. We joke that is for the "Save the Elizabeth Foundation Fund"
