For you guys who keep large coin talleys! A question...

[Porschephile]

What is your ratio of numbers of clad coins to silver coins? Please state if you are including nickles and pennys in the clad count or not.

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

At the end of each season I figure out my silver to wheat ratio, which the last couple of years has been around 5 wheats to 1 silver. I try to hunt areas that do not produce much clad but normally it is around $100 in clad for the season.

 

[C&RHunter]

The number of silvers to clad can vary significantly from person to person. It depends on the different places they prefer to hunt. In the club I'm in, there are a few people that hunt parks, tot lots, and some yards. These guys bring in several hundred clad (including nickels and pennies) coins per month, with normally less than 5-6 silvers. On the other hand, there are guys that don't care about clad, and hunt locations with much less modern day activity and they may bring in 50-70 clad per month, but may have 10-15 silver. Like Firefighter43, I usually try to get a rough average of silver to old pennies (wheaties & Indians). This can vary also, but I think the last I checked for me it was around 7-8 old pennies per silver.

 

[sube]

I have been averaging about 3 to 1 wheat's and Indians to silver not many wheat's where i hunt and hardly any clad left.don't find all that many coins but the ones i do are pretty good coins.

 

[Reeseb]

At the end of each season I figure out my silver to wheat ratio, which the last couple of years has been around 5 wheats to 1 silver. I try to hunt areas that do not produce much clad but normally it is around $100 in clad for the season.

That is an excellent wheat:silver ratio! I'm like 10:1.

 

[ptdigger]

I have not kept track of the ratio to clad, but at the site I am now hunting I have found one silver coin for every three hours of hunting. I have hunted 30 hours and found 10 silver coins.