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Pillar of the Community
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What are some differnet techniques that you use to quickly search through bags boxes and rolls? I saw in a thread that had a picture of a machine that you could put coins in and look at both sides undermaginfacation, then send it to one of two piles while it loaded the next one. I think it was called the CoinMatic Unlimited, but I cant find it or anything similar. I Look at lots of coins. All denoms. Looking for everything. BUs silver copper errors varieties. Anything not normal or worth more then FV. I'm just trying to find a way to speed my searching without handling all the coins individually with squinty eyes through a loupe. Anybody have any ideas or wisdom to share? Thanks in advance! Edited by GoldenChest
05/13/2013 12:59 pm
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New Member
United States
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Get a group of 5 to 10 people. Order some pizza and tell your friends what to look for. I would be happy to help look at coins for some pizza.
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Lol Blue thats not a bad idea. Sadly I'm the only coin nut umongst my friends. When I show them something they usually are like "oh cool" and then continue playing video games. Thats why I joined this forum. Hard to find like-minded people in my area.
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The only machine that I know of is the Ryedale for sorting copper from zinc cents, from what I understand it can be used to sort other denoms like dimes (clad from silver).
Otherwise, I use good 'ol magnifying glasses, and I sort on average $30k a year.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Valued Member
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When I look at dimes and quarters for silver. Instead of looking at each one, I just open the roll and look at the sides for the lack of oreo copper nickel mix. Then I know if they are silver or not without looking at each coin. Course you'll miss out on BU's but you'll know your silver quickly if you're just looking for silver this is a fast as heck way to look. I do it all the time.
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The best wisdom I can impart upon you is not to rush. :-)
Sorting swiftly may give you a bigger sense of gain in the short term, but if it's not something you can enjoy at normal speed you're going to burn yourself out and it will no longer be a fun hobby.
One never knows what they'll find, and machines that can sort any coins of value or curiosity are still in their infancy, so the only real way to "speed things up" is to do it with friends or family.
Edited by SteveCaruso
05/13/2013 5:03 pm
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If you only "edge-search" for silver as joecoin described above, you can speed it all the way up to medium-slow. If you're going to actually look at surfaces for
possible proofs, AU's, varieties or whatever, then you're back to what Steve said--namely, you just can't rush it without negative consequences. If you try to rush
it, I think you won't enjoy what you're doing, you'll probably miss a lot and you'll probably burn out.
As for doing it with other people... If the other people have serious focus, dedication and persistence that's the equal of your own, and if they're willing to voluntarily
spend all that time and put out all that effort for your benefit, it might just work. My only question is -- what is the likelihood of those conditions being the case?
For me, coin roll hunting is a solitary, pretty slow activity which has a very limited pay-out level.
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machines that can sort any coins of value or curiosity are still in their infancy Not so. The Ryedale coin sorter has been around for years, and is affordable. It can sort pounds of copper/zinc in a short amount of time, I know several roll hunters that use them. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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I look at every coin I get out of a roll.
After cracking a roll I do a quick rim search and if something stands out I pull it out and see for sure.
I then look at the rest of the coins in the roll and verify the date.
I have missed plenty of silver (40% or 90% due to edge discoloration) and have found them upon individual inspection.
I usually go through $35K in halves and $300 in cents and $]$1K in nickels a month.
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Not so. The Ryedale coin sorter has been around for years, and is affordable. It can sort pounds of copper/zinc in a short amount of time, I know several roll hunters that use them. Yeah, but a Rydale can't sort varieties that are potentially worth more or are interesting, just composition. There's so much more to roll hunting than copper and silver hoarding. Other techs like Collector's Eye are crap, slow and buggy, and the better ones like Identicoin (which can sort by date and other visual features) aren't currently available to the public. So yes, overall these techs are in their infancy. :-) |
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I CRH quite a bit and depending on the denomination, I just edge hunt for silvers or take a quick peek at years for early coins or ones with a high chance of varieties. Then I take a closer look at those ones.
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Hmm I hadnt thought about getting burned out by to much of a good thing. Thanks for the advice you guys. I do edge check before I search the faces. I do look at every coin. I'm getting pretty good a t spotting coppers by the edge. Usually I'm right about 85% of the time. Silvers are easy, but I have missed a few from discoloration. I had not heard of the Identicoin, that sounds interesting, Ill have to look it up.
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