This was an idea I had back in 2013. I figured there was a way to maybe rig a camera up and just have an arm kick the coins out that weren't memorial pennies. I debated on making one again this year, but after a few trial boxes I figured it's a waste of time. Building such a machine would have been fun though!
The concept is cool, and I give the guy a lot of props for doing something real with a homemade AI rig, but I think the use model needs some real adjustment. For example, he wants to separate out valuable coins, but you can hear the cents striking each other as they fall into the bins. It would be a real pity to put a fresh edge strike on a vintage 1909 cent.
You could build that rig, but then we'd be deprived of videos of opening 10000 nickels. =)
Hopefully no one does that for nickels! I love the idea and that rig, but that is straight up harvesting. I did a bit of a deep dive for an hour into that rig. He found four 1909 S VDB in the first year it sounds like. That really puts it into perspective how few of those coins are out there.
As mentioned, I had initially went through a couple of boxes of pennies before I decided to go for the nickels. The penny boxes are sooooooo disappointing compared to when I left off a decade ago. It's obvious that copper has been hoarded, which also takes away the wheat pennies.
I have 4,000 left to search for the week, I went through a couple thousand last night. I found a 1943-P that I was hoping would be a D before I flipped it over. Also found a 1936-P buffalo ( No Nic A Date needed yay!) That I need for the buffalo album.
Well that was a low number hunt. Only pulled 105 Jefferson's out of this batch of 10,000 which brings the total number of nickels searched to 170,000. However, even with the low numbers (worst so far) I did pull a 1938-S Jefferson and a 1936-P Buffalo, the only buffalo of the hunt. Silver was low, only two which were a 1942-P and a 1943-P
This is the first hunt since I began this that I did not find a single semi-key date Jefferson nickel
Thank you! This time next week I'll be at 180,000 nickels. The 200,000 mark is so close. I feel that the 1939-D is going to be found soon, but the 1943-D is probably at least 200-300k nickels away.
I got the next batch of 10,000 laid out last night and there do not appear to be a lot, or any for that matter, older nickels as enders. This batch upon completion will bring the total searched to 180,000.
If the find rate average continues to plummet I am going to pump the brakes so to speak at 200,000 and give this a rest for a couple of weeks unless I decide to travel outside of the area that Brinks services. I am beginning to wonder if I have searched enough in my region that I have temporarily diluted the pool of coins that are currently available.
I'll be digging into this batch tonight and tomorrow.
Well, so far these boxes are great. 45 Jefferson's from 1938-1959 in the first 3,000 nickels which is an average of 30/box. Best finds are a 1950-P and a 1942-S which is only my second one so far.
Hopefully the numbers keep climbing through the remaining 7,000
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