Has The "unsearched" Trend Gone Too Far?!

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jerseyben Pillar of the Community United States 1211 Posts	Posted 07/31/2016 08:42 am You folks realize that this is completely different from unsearched coin rolls, right? The entire hobby of panning involves "searching" dirt for gold. Thus making this not as "crazy" as people are making it out to sound. Report this Post to the Staff
KenKat Pillar of the Community United States 4085 Posts	Posted 07/31/2016 10:03 am Quote: You folks realize that this is completely different from unsearched coin rolls, right? The entire hobby of panning involves "searching" dirt for gold. Thus making this not as "crazy" as people are making it out to sound. My worry is that people create these "unsearched" dirt bags by taking a scoop of dirt, throw in a preset amount of scrap gold nuggets and sell it as if it was unsearched. That way everyone finds a little gold in their dirt and everyone is happy. Seller has a guaranteed money maker since they control the exact amount of gold in each bag and are sure it is less than the sale price. My 7070 US Type Set My 7100 Lincoln Cent Set (now with updates!) Report this Post to the Staff
UltraRant Pillar of the Community Norway 1358 Posts	Posted 08/01/2016 04:35 am "unsearched dirt"? This is the main coin forum, not the main coon forum... Report this Post to the Staff
jerseyben Pillar of the Community United States 1211 Posts	Posted 08/03/2016 07:21 am KenKat: I am fairly certain that is indeed what is happening. However, regardless, so what? I fail to see the problem if the buyer and seller are pleased with the transaction. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/03/2016 8:02 pm Quote: My worry is that people create these "unsearched" dirt bags by taking a scoop of dirt, throw in a preset amount of scrap gold nuggets and sell it as if it was unsearched. That way everyone finds a little gold in their dirt and everyone is happy. Seller has a guaranteed money maker since they control the exact amount of gold in each bag and are sure it is less than the sale price. Quite possibly, and some of the better "unsearched" roll people salt their rolls as well in order to get feedback from people that find something which encourages more people to try. No real difference. Frankly you probably have more buyers happy with their unsearched dirt than with their unsearched rolls. And say you actually had a claim on a placer deposit that was producing some gold. You could go through the back breaking work of panning it yourself and recovering the gold, Or you can just shovel it into bags and sell the dirt for more then the amount of gold you have been recovering. You don't get to keep the gold, but you get more money for less work. Let the buyers do the work. Seems like a good deal to me. Report this Post to the Staff
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