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Originally posted by adobero1
As long as you're sending free dimes to AZ with wild abandon, I'll take a couple up here in Prescott, AZ...we need to do this thing right...this is still high desert up here! I think I heard our humidity up here is about 1%, yeah, yeah, that's it, 1%, but the only way to find out for sure is to test the effects on toned dimes...
Adobero1, I'm also very near Prescott at the moment, staying at the White Spar NF campground just outside the city waiting for it to cool off at my desert winter feeding grounds. My humidity gauge says 40% to 50% most of the time although lag time must be taken into account since the humidity changes so rapidly during the day. But, it's still not as dry as in the desert, so I'm afraid I'm gonna have to take those dimes into custody for safe keeping from the environment.  Sorry.  But, I gotta admit, it is really, really nice in these hills (5800') and cools off very comfortably at night. And Prescott is a nice little city (80K popn), clean, tidy, and easily navigable. If I had to live in a city, Prescott would be right up there on the list. Alas, I must move down to the desert in a couple days and endure the heat (and very low humidity) for a couple weeks until fall sets in. Fred |
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Gee Metalman. It looks like no one wants your dimes  catman |
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Research has shown that coins sent and stored in Indiana are by far better off than any other location in the world. Seeing how our weather changes every 15 minutes a coin doesn't have time for permanent surface changes (toning, corroding or ect...) as the temperature and humidity aren't stable enough to create the atmosphere for such. Shoot, our motto here is "If you don't like the weather, hang around for 15 minutes and it will change"! Feel free to ship any time as my research was very extensive and demanding the whole 15 minutes I looked at the coins in the study which took place both indoors and outdoors! None of them made any effort to tone so your coins are safe here! I will stake my Degree in Coinology from the Backyard, Barnyard School of Technology and Science on these claims! Indiana WANTS your coins and the rarer the better!!!
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I think the question of who gets the dimes should be decided by who has the fewest dimes at the moment....Since dimes were first coined in Philadelphia, it follows that folks living out west have been enduring a dime shortage since the late 1700's. Not that many have filtered out here yet, in fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen one, but places like Indiana with an abundance of dimes in all shapes and sizes certainly should not be in the running IMHO. But, let the majority decide...
Morgan Fred: it certainly is astounding that you are camped near town. From what I saw your way today, they must be trying to smoke you out...I presume that was a control burn, and not one of their control burns that sometimes get out of control! The fact that you refer to Prescott as a "city" reminds me of how things have change here since I came in 1958. This was the sleepiest western town imaginable in those days, now it retains very little of its western flavor. Welcome! I'm out of town for the next 3 or 4 days or you might want to "risk" a meeting with this wanna be hermit! LOL Maybe next time! Dan
P.S. I really think you need to look into getting your humidity gauge fixed though...40 to 50% here? Please! (just my luck, of all the towns in all the world a guy with a humidity gauge has to show up and spoil my 1% humidity scam...the story of my life!)
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quote:
Originally posted by adobero1
I think the question of who gets the dimes should be decided by who has the fewest dimes at the moment....Since dimes were first coined in Philadelphia, it follows that folks living out west have been enduring a dime shortage since the late 1700's. Not that many have filtered out here yet, in fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen one, but places like Indiana with an abundance of dimes in all shapes and sizes certainly should not be in the running IMHO. But, let the majority decide...
Morgan Fred: it certainly is astounding that you are camped near town. From what I saw your way today, they must be trying to smoke you out...I presume that was a control burn, and not one of their control burns that sometimes get out of control! The fact that you refer to Prescott as a "city" reminds me of how things have change here since I came in 1958. This was the sleepiest western town imaginable in those days, now it retains very little of its western flavor. Welcome! I'm out of town for the next 3 or 4 days or you might want to "risk" a meeting with this wanna be hermit! LOL Maybe next time! Dan
P.S. I really think you need to look into getting your humidity gauge fixed though...40 to 50% here? Please! (just my luck, of all the towns in all the world a guy with a humidity gauge has to show up and spoil my 1% humidity scam...the story of my life!)
Love your sense of humor, Dan! I'd stop by, but I departed the campground this morning (anxious to get to the desert) and am now at my permanent winter feeding grounds in the desert. A little warmer here -108F this afternoon, but it's tolerable (well, sort of) since it's so dry. My humidity gauge (more correctly, hygrometer) is already down to 40% inside my trailer (note: it seldom drops down to the ambient outside humidity due to indoor air moisture sources such as breathing), but I expect it to drop down much further because it's so DRY here.  And I haven't a dime to my name, haven't had one since the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 (in an earlier incarnation), so I would certainly be high on the list as a dime recipient. And you're right about Indiana having a lot of dimes: my parents lived there in the 60s and 70s and there were so many dimes around that Dad was paid in dimes and there were roadkill dimes on every street corner. I had a tour of duty at Ft. Ben Harrison in Indy and the main Post flagpole was constructed out of dimes.  There was a lot on the Prescott radio station about how in 1957, the popn was only 10K and is now 80K. Of course, Prop 400 is feeding on this (for those not in the loop, Prop 400 is a "no growth" referendum, driven by the area's growth). Fred-Kissed-The-Blarney-Stone |
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a dime is an animal that buurows in the ground and hunts at night with large claws
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And you guys collect these? Darn I thought this was a coin forum?
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Has anyone noticed that the original poster of the purported dimes seems to have dissappeared into the woodwork?! I'm beginning to get a sickening feeling that none of us is going to get any dimes!
Morgan Fred: I think I finally figured out the problem with your humidity gauge while up here in extremely dry Prescott: no fair plugging it into your Desert Water Bag!
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Originally posted by catman
Can't lose with a deal like that..! Need a place to store them out of the humidity you can send them to me here in Las vegas. I will give them a good home.
catman
The dimes look great. To fight the humidity in Florida, I run the air conditioner 12 months of the year. and keep the coins in a air tight safe or safety deposit box. In each one I keep a HYGROMETER very small digital ones can be purchased at cigar stores for less than $10.00 each I have been maintaining aprox 39% humidity at both sites. I also keep silica pack stores with the coins. Thus you can send those dimes here for storage as well. I am interested in what humidity range the rest of you keep your coins to prevent damage? rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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10/02/2005 08:04 am
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Originally posted by rggoodie
The dimes look great.
To fight the humidity in Florida, I run the air conditioner 12 months of the year. and keep the coins in a air tight safe or safety deposit box.
Would it be practical to use a dehumidifier instead of an air conditioner? They work on the same principle, but these sit in the middle of a room and have more surface area for water condensation. quote:
In each one I keep a HYGROMETER very small digital ones can be purchased at cigar stores for less than $10.00 each
I have been maintaining aprox 39% humidity at both sites.
I also keep silica pack stores with the coins.
Thus you can send those dimes here for storage as well.
I've been casually looking for a little better humidity gauge (gives me more credibility in these inane threads  , but I would never have thought to look in a cigar store. It certainly makes a lot of sense. quote:
I am interested in what humidity range the rest of you keep your coins to prevent damage?
As low as possible. I start to feel concern if my room (travel trailer) humidity rises above 50% or 60%. I threw in a bunch of those little dehumidifier capsules that are found in medications into my coin container (Sentry fire/water resistant case) this past summer while in the very humid northeast, but I don't know if they actually kept the humidity down. adobero1, I think Metalman left town for a few days. Trust me, he is not one to abandon a meandering thread like this. Fred |
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"I threw in a bunch of those little dehumidifier capsules that are found in medications into my coin container (Sentry fire/water resistant case) this past summer while in the very humid northeast, but I don't know if they actually kept the humidity down."
I am using the 450 grams silica gel pack that can be recharged in an oven, they seem to work well.
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Originally posted by rggoodie
I am using the 450 grams silica gel pack that can be recharged in an oven, they seem to work well.
I never thought of them although I've been dimly aware of their existence. Guess they never jumped out at me at Walmart although I'm sure they're in there somewhere. I really should get some, not only for my coins but also for drying my pipe tobacco (the company decreases the amount of tobacco in a tin, but keeps the weight the same by adding water); I don't like smoking steam.  I've been using a 60w bulb on my tobacco, but this wouldn't be too practical for my coin case. When I owned a sailboat (30' Buccaneer in WA San Juan Islands), I used the boaters' trick of turning on and hanging a 100w bult in the boat to keep the humidity down. [/ramble] Fred |
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Adobero
Do not kid yourself Iam here and well aware of the battle being waged !!
I have little to add to it , as Iam already in possession of the Dimes!!!
I have already made offer to Fred, but have not gotten an address?
Adebero, If you would like one of these Beauties, send me an address!!
Terry, you are welcome to one also !!! Please resend your address !
Rick
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10/03/2005 12:29 am
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Now I know why I was so attracted to this thread, it was inane! (Morgan Fred quote) It's getting far too scientific for me now, all this talk of hygrometers, grams of silica, pipe tobacco...my head is spinning...
Seriously though Metalman, I think we would quickly diminish your collection of dimes if we all were to take you up on your generous offer! Of course, if you have a few extra gold nuggets layin around...
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