Sorting Pennies with the F70

[mudpuppy]

My Wife asked me when I got home from hunting this am if I'm looking at every penny. I said "No, but the copper ones are worth 3cents each" She asked if I was saving them, and I said "No"....so she got mad and started sifting through the pennies with a 10 power loupe to see the dates...I said, I have an idea that will make this fast and fun...

I took the 70 apart at the first knuckle, unplugged the headphones, folded it over so she could see the screen, set it up in DP tones, laid it there on the counter, and she had a blast sorting zincs from coppers by tone! She wants to save all the coppers, and of course is looking for key dates, misstrikes, wheats,wide or narrow AM's, etc..she got a kick out of the Canadian pennies being a much higher ping than even a dime!
Then, she gathered up all sorts of rings and other coins to hear the different tones the targets make..she had a good time, and learned alot about tones of targets, maybe someday she will want to go along and find her own pennies!...or better yet, her own gold, so she wont keep taking mine! (Shes of Polish heritage in case you are wondering) You know what they say about Pollacks and pennies, its true!
Mud .

 

[zeekeys]

Hay Mud that is kind of nice idea. My pennies make up 71% of my finds. It is so easy to tell the difference from zinc and copper with the F70. The only thing about her plan is where do you go to cash them in???? I have about $17 in Canadian coins that I don't know what to do with? I have some Mexican coins that I don't know what to do with??? My meditation yesterday got me 65 pennies and the meditation today got me 43 pennies. I have 716 pennies this year already. How do I cash in my copper pennies??? Thanks goes to you wife for the idea..... Z

 

[sprchng]

I have to admit I get tired of digging zincs pretty quick--I always start out with the intentions of digging them all and then break down after 30 minutes or so.
I take them to the Coinstar even though the fee is up to almost 10% now.
Made the trip today for the first time in a year or so $23.08 after the fee . Machine kicked out about 200 of the bad ones which my bride puts in her garden. Supposedly the zinc will repel the snails.

 

[tvr]

We have rolls and rolls of copper pennies, marked as copper on the wrappers. Waiting for pennies to become obsolete so we can sell the copper. F75 LTD in bp; 4 tones, makes a wonderful zinc / copper penny sorter. In bp, don't really have to come close to the coil to read it.

 

[WIHawker]

Wow thats awesome Mud. I wish my wife would take a interest. As far as selling copper pennies for more than face value. Ebay is the only place I know of right now where others buy them. (yes I save them too)

 

[mudpuppy]

Yeah, all the penny savers are waiting for them to become obsolete so we can sell them as scrap, which is illegal to do at the moment,...right now copper is what? 3 bucks per pound? Talk about crashing the copper futures! All those saved pennys dumped on the market all at once!
Mud

 

[JimmyCT]

great idea mud!

 

[Monte]

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[tabman]

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[dahut]

Good wife.

 

[osgood]

Mud, nice your woman has an interest.Must admit my wife just like with fishing, only got out mding with me, when we were dating, but she is tolerant to the quarter of the kitchen ive staked out with my messy finds, as well as part of several other rooms in the house. I have a separate container for wbs, but all the other pennies go into empty coffee cans and after some brief tumbling, to the coin star. When the washing machine misbehaves, as is the case now, my wife knows before leaving for the laundromat, to go the garage for the cleaned up quarters i keep there. As it is a good 3 coffee cans or so at this point, im hoping the shelf doesnt collapse. good hunts, CO.

 

[mudpuppy]

Hey Os!

Your wife doesnt HAVE to use your clean Q's! Its been my experience most all vending machines accept dirty Q's, D's and N's! Even those really tarnished ones the Coinstar spits out! Its a much better economically than running them through the coinstar! matter of fact, a guy can put in some dirty money, then just press the coin return button, and fresh clean money comes tumbling out! Evidently, these machines have some sort of instant coin cleaner built in!

Man, she could take a sack of your dirty clad to the laundromat, put them in all the machines, hit the coin return, come home with clean clothes and clean clad! Hey, its still money, so its not like a guy is dropping in slugs...is it our fault clad is built so cheaply that it discolors and rots so fast? Just another handy little clad cleaning tip!
Mud

 

[dahut]

To me, using my finds money for mundane things like laundry, or dining out is verboten.
That money should be duly hoarded. Every now and then, when the family is asleep, you should quietly steal over and peer at it.
Wringing your hands and cackling is utterly acceptable.

The detectorist over his hoard is joined at that moment with Midas himself.
He is Charon, looming over the souls beside the River Styx.
The Leprechaun King, and he, are kindred spirits.
Treating the hoard like some common piggy bank, well... It's tossing all the avarice of ten thousand years right out the proverbial window.
Egads, man!!

Should the money ever be spent - that money grubbed and hard scrabbled from the earth - it should be to obtain only two things:

1. More and/ or better detecting gear (preferably more).
2. More elusive and dear items, he might not otherwise obtain.

Gold coins, silver rounds and ingots, jewels, high quality knives, guns, watches, etc....All are perfect choices, made better when
gotten at anything bow retail.
Equipment, if that us the choice, should only enhance ones ability to find MORE treasure for the hoard. Pickup trucks are authorized, by the way.

Squandering the hard earned hoard on trivial, everyday expenses is sacrilege.
Better to eat beans, or wash your clothes on a stone, than to see the hoard treated so poorly.

 

[Wandering Yoda]

I'll second that wonderful sentiment dahut!! That is a great and wise post!!

 

[dahut]

Thanks man! Please excuse the typos - cell phones suck
for capturing ones innermost thoughts.