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Docc thanks again for the contest it was fun .PM sent
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Congratulations to the winners, and thanks for the contest DOCC.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Thanks, DOCC, for the contest & congrats to the winners ... |
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Thanks for the cool contest DOCC. Congrats to the winners! |
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Thanks for the opportunity to play your game DOCC & congrats to the winners! .... Update, I just went back & looked, I didn't realize I was one of the winners, lol! Thank you so much DOCC! Quote:
Coin Rejector for the dollar amount win, only 7 bucks off total. And, I do believe he won the gold nuggets from my 500th post contest . I'll be scanning my systems for malware tonight - if found, runner up will be announced. .... The old poker adage.... "I'd rather be lucky than good." I'll be PM'ing you shortly. Edited by coin rejector
11/25/2024 12:41 pm
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Excellent contest DOCC - and congrats to the winner |
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Congrats to the winners!
Great contest. Thank you DOCC
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Very interesting contest (and information learned). Thank you DOCC. And thank you for the hints. They did help with calculations, but Human Error (HE) won out in my case. (Is this an indication that "Human Error" (HE) is caused by the "Y" chromosome?  ) A question for you DOCC. Were all coins in the jar recovered by you and your detector? That is a lot of digging. Where I detect in Fl, the ground is pretty wet, so the Zincoln's are usually toasted and the clad have quite a bit of copper that has migrated to the surface of the coins. It was interesting to see, with your numbers, that nickels had the closest % recovered by quantity or value. (6.34 % vs. 5.77% respectively) Cents had the greatest disparity @ 65.27% (for quantity) vs. 11.88% for value. Again, thanks for the challenging and fun contest. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Petespockets55 - You definitely had the count to value ratio pegged. Did you base that off your 'jug'?
Yep, just me over the past 3 years (sort of a semi-hobbyJob). But in all fairness, not necessarily same number of holes. Handful on the surface and 10-15% of holes had multiple coins. Given your fondness for analytics and detecting, you may have interest in some of these assumptions:
On distribution:
- Cents (coloration): Brown (mostly), blend in to most surfaces
- Dimes (size): Smallest so tend to slither to floor easily. And, out here we are primarily conifer needles, fluffy year 1 but decompose quickly.
- Quarters (weight): Given size, it is surprising to find so many. Assumption is weight drops them to floor quickly.
- Nickels: Just an outlier. The signal is the same as 22 bullet casings; in my neck of the woods we have a lot of bullet casings. Unless a signal is rock solid it tends to be ignored (even with that it is a 50/50 outcome)
I'm anal, GPS of each good find goes into Google Earth. Jewelry and other collectible relics aside - out of that 2-Gallon jug and rejects (roughly 6K coins), the following were processed.
Cents - IHC (17), LWC (Don't track but guess 125-175 range is fair)
3-Cent - Nickel (1)
Nickels - Shield (1), V (21), Buffalo (16), War Nicks (8), Pre-60's Jeffs (Guestimate 10-15, don't track)
Dimes - Seated (2), Barber (26), Merc (31), Roosie Ag (33)
Quarters - Barber (4), SLQ (1), Wash Ag (13)
Halfs - Seated (1), Barber (2), Walking (4), Franklin (1), Kennedy Ag (3)
Dollars - Morgan (4), Peace (1)
Obviously #'s are heavily skewed towards location researched/targeted. For example, currently working area that is 30's - 50's collectible coinage only.
Out of the roughly 300 isolated I'd estimate 50% conserved well enough to add to collection or sell. Only 5-10% of coppers ever get beyond cull. So somewhere around a 2-2.5% collectible recovery rate.
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DOCC what was the prize for this? Also, what else have you found metal detecting thats really cool besides coins? How much jewelry?
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Thanks for the extra stats DOCC. That was a lot of Barber dimes and V nickels. Did the retailer really get 12.7% as their fee? (My calculation.) It seems high since I thought they were at about 11%. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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12/01/2024 08:27 am
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Quote:That was a lot of Barber dimes and V nickels. Areas targeted. Loads of turn of the century 'settlements' out here. Quote:
Did the retailer really get 12.7% as their fee? I'm pretty sure it was 12.9% (displayed on screen) plus some nominal one-time charge of a couple of bucks. Still worth it for the dirt coins as I don't want my bank to deal with the rejects. I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorationsDirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccawDirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting |
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I received my coins today it took a while for them to show up. I think they got red flagged for some reason. The post office had stamp them not machineable. Which between the holidays and the phrase on the envelope. Caused a long delay. Any how 2 BU cents 1944D and a 1959D. Thanks again to DOCC.
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Holy Moly - that is like 6++ weeks to travel across 5 states. I figured you got them a long time ago.
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