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Best finds are a 1950-P and a 1942-S which is only my second one so far. You're off to a good start.   Errers and Varietys.
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Best finds are a 1950-P and a 1942-S which is only my second one so far. Fantastic! |
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Well, the hunt started off strong, but didn't end as hot as it began. I found one silver War Nickel, a 1942-S which I needed for the second book, and a 1935-P Buffalo nickel, which I also needed. No Key Date nickels to report, but I did find a pair of 1950-P and a 1955-P. The second 1950-P when I flipped it over had green crud over the mint mark, but it had been scrapped off with what appeared to be a fingernail to reveal no mint mark. I got a chuckle out of it knowing that another Coin Roll Hunter had held that same coin, only to be disappointed again in a similar fashion to the Cleveland Browns on Sundays. I also found 3 foreign coins, two Switzerland 20 Rappen a 1960 and 1966, and a 1974 Yugaslovia Dinar At the 175,508 nickels searched mark I finally found a Canadian nickel older than 1982 which was a 1976 in not the best condition. I have another 10,000 nickels on order which will bring the total searched to 190,000 I should hit the 250,000 nickels searched during the week of Christmas. Depending on how this next 70,000 goes will determine if I keep going, or at least keep going at the current pace.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great finds nickelguy88! Errers and Varietys.
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Outstanding! |
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Disappointed your chart does not have a running total of cubic feet of nickels searched  Seriously, I am enjoying this b/c it also serves as a good teaching tool to those who believe the online clickbait videos and (way too many) ebay auctions making people think it's easy to strike it in the coin hobby. |
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Really remarkable spreadsheet. The incredible part to me is only 112.5 hours to search 90 boxes, or 75 minutes per box. When I used to search nickels regularly it would take me days to go through a box! That is very fast- that's 90 seconds a roll if my calculations are correct. Blazing speed!!!
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Haha Earl42 you read my mind! Cubic feet will be added to the chart. I might add how many feet or miles of nickels I have searched as well!
mycrobb, the hours searched is only raw searching time, it does not include the time it takes to turn the nickels in. Yes you are correct, I average about 75 minutes per box. The reason that I can go that fast is I am only looking for the 1938-1959 nickels, buffalo, liberty, and foreign. The nickels that are minted after 2004 I just pass by without paying much attention.
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If I were to lay all of the nickels out that I have searched in a straight line it would be 12,525 feet like long or 2.37 miles long
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mycrobb below is a link to my YouTube channel where I am documenting the journey. Each video has a time lapse of me going through the nickels. There is a clock on the wall to see the time and each row of nickels is half a box or 1,000 nickels. https://youtube.com/@nickelguy88-rt1nx |
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Looking good! |
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The nickels that are minted after 2004 I just pass by without paying much attention.  j/k, I know that's how you roll.  To each, his own. |
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Looks like you're on some good boxes now.can't wait to see the totals! Silver upgrade and a buff so far?
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