A funny thing happened at McDonalds today....

[EZ_E]

...I got a Mercury dime in change today so I asked if they had anymore. Sure, the kid said, these are the new dimes out.

 

So, I ended up buying 31 Mercs and one 1959 Roosie at face value. Cool, eh?

 

p.s. They were all 1939-1944 and mostly '41 and '42. All were XFish 'ceptin' an AG 1939. No overdate, though.

 

A patient's grandmother told me a story today of how her grandmother used to save change from circulation 60 years ago. You know, I hear that there was still good stuff back then... Anyway, after the grandmother died, her accumulation was never found. Well, not until later anyway. The buyer of her house confessed up years later that he found her entire stash when he went to change the carpet. Makes you wonder what goodies there might have been.

 

Oh, did I mention that I got 32 silver dimes in change today?

[HaydenTubbs]

Way to go!

[truthteller]

"Sure, the kid said, these are the new dimes out"

 

 

Maybe he knows that the treasury is back on the silver standard. BTW, nice find.

 

 

 

TRUTH

[michael]

i want some of those new dimes

 

a fantastic story with an even better payoff

 

 

 

 

michael

[melmcbee]

Great story! Man, I wish I had that kind of luck. But I am glad you do.

[Hoot]

 

Best thing that ever came out of McDonalds!

 

Hoot

[EZ_E]

My gain is, unfortunately, another person's loss. I betcha that some kid robbed his dad's (or mom's ?) coin collection.

 

Still, it was kind of cool!

 

I gave a half dozen of them away to coworkers who seemed to really appreciate them.

[Oldtrader3]

Victor: Maybe Tonapah is still on the silver standard?

[Hoot]

Victor: Maybe Tonapah is still on the silver standard?

 

[EZ_E]

Victor: Maybe Tonopah is still on the silver standard?

 

Well, whatever standard it's on, it's slipping.

 

I really do like it here but it certainly is a unique place (ya know, kinda like Hoot's sense of humor ). But it is a bit more sophisticated than Goldfield, however.

 

[EZ_E]

OK, follow up story.

 

A kid spent three rolls of Mercs ($15 worth) at McDonalds. The employees snatched most of them up.

 

Just was talking to a nurse: her uncle found a large hoard of $20 gold pieces buried in a coffee can while digging a fence post hole. He gave her five of the pieces.

 

She also relayed to me the story of when she was arrowhead hunting in Goldfield when she was six years old. She looked down and picked up a $5 gold piece.

 

Now, to me, this is cool stuff!

[Hoot]

Victor: Maybe Tonopah is still on the silver standard?

 

Well, whatever standard it's on, it's slipping.

 

I really do like it here but it certainly is a unique place (ya know, kinda like Hoot's sense of humor ). But it is a bit more sophisticated than Goldfield, however.

 

 

slipping

 

unique

 

Just was talking to a nurse: her uncle found a large hoard of $20 gold pieces buried in a coffee can while digging a fence post hole. He gave her five of the pieces.

 

She also relayed to me the story of when she was arrowhead hunting in Goldfield when she was six years old. She looked down and picked up a $5 gold piece.

 

Funny, I heard just recently in the local coin shop about a fellow who dug up a mason jar full of $20 gold pieces in north-central Montana some years back. Damn! It made me want to go out and buy a metal detector - pronto!

 

Hooooooooot

[EZ_E]

Victor: Maybe Tonopah is still on the silver standard?

 

Well, whatever standard it's on, it's slipping.

 

I really do like it here but it certainly is a unique place (ya know, kinda like Hoot's sense of humor ). But it is a bit more sophisticated than Goldfield, however.

 

 

slipping

 

unique

 

Just was talking to a nurse: her uncle found a large hoard of $20 gold pieces buried in a coffee can while digging a fence post hole. He gave her five of the pieces.

 

She also relayed to me the story of when she was arrowhead hunting in Goldfield when she was six years old. She looked down and picked up a $5 gold piece.

 

Funny, I heard just recently in the local coin shop about a fellow who dug up a mason jar full of $20 gold pieces in north-central Montana some years back. Damn! It made me want to go out and buy a metal detector - pronto!

 

Hooooooooot

 

 

I've been interested in metal detecting all of my life but I've never been.

 

With all of these old mining towns in this area then one never knows what one may find.

 

p.s. I have checked out the PCGS metal detecting forum and those posters definitely have my respect! They are all cool, non-bickering and have great stories to tell.

 

And, imagine the odds that a hoard would be in the hole that was dug for a fence post. Pretty long odds, I'd say.

[Hoot]

And, imagine the odds that a hoard would be in the hole that was dug for a fence post. Pretty long odds, I'd say.

 

I've heard that fence lines are some of the best places to look. Some fellows around here have looked in nearly every legal place they can find. One claims that he's found over 100,000 coins in his lifetime! That includes two 1916-D Mercs but not a single gold coin. Apparently, when Main Street was dug up here a couple of years ago, someone found a $5 Indian. I think that would be great fun. Some day!

 

Hoot

[reid1836]

Congrats, EZ_E.

You may want to pay them another visit in a month or two. After the new nickels with the buffalo reverse enter circulation. Perhaps they might have some of the new Indian head nickels dated 1913-1938 they would be willing to let you have for face. You never know what you`ll be given back as change these days.

[Oldtrader3]

It makes sense (sort of), that if you are going to walk through most of the country in Nevada, following a fence line is probably easiest. Also, where people travel most is where most things are lost.

 

Also, if your going to hide something, it is a lot easier to pull a fence post and put something under it than trying to dig a fresh hole in the Nevada hard-pan. Plus, the freshly dug earth in the Nevada bad lands will look freshly dug until the next couple rains, or for about (50) years, whichever comes first.

[cpm9ball]

 

 

Just was talking to a nurse: her uncle found a large hoard of $20 gold pieces buried in a coffee can while digging a fence post hole. He gave her five of the pieces.

 

She also relayed to me the story of when she was arrowhead hunting in Goldfield when she was six years old. She looked down and picked up a $5 gold piece.

 

Funny, I heard just recently in the local coin shop about a fellow who dug up a mason jar full of $20 gold pieces in north-central Montana some years back. Damn! It made me want to go out and buy a metal detector - pronto!

 

Hooooooooot

 

Great stories!

 

In the 50's in Rockville, MD there used to be an old plantation that dated back before the Civil War. It had been empty for 30 years when it was finally sold. The new owner was going through one of the barns that was about a mile from the main house. There was a lot of debris and rotted hay in large piles. When he began removing everything, he uncovered a large wooden cask that he could barely move. When he finally got the lid off, he found layer upon layer of quart jars filled with coins. Hay had been used to cover each layer between the jars. In all, he discovered seven casks filled the same way. There were more than 200,000 coins that pre-dated 1930. Can you imagine what the numismatic value of those coins would be today! Heck, I could get MS Morgans for $1.50 in the late 50's.

Chris

[Hoot]

My brother has a freind who just delivered to him a hoard of coins that was accumulated by his father. The friend was cleaning out a garage at his dad's place (after the dad had died) and was about to throw out some galvanized pipes and PVC pipes stored in the rafters, all of which were capped. He asked a neighbor if he wanted them and the neighbor said that he "needed to tell him about those pipes." Turns out, the pipes were full of coins. Also turns out that the coins were not wrecked and are in conditions from highly circulated to uncirculated. Nearly all of the stuff is pre-1940. Apparently, it had been only the last place that the dad had stashed them - hadn't told his son about them, but had informed his neighbor!

 

My brother is doing the initial work-up of the coins. I'm envious.

 

Hoot

[spy88]

Outstanding stories by everyone and reminds me of the "good-ole-days" when I was in to MDing back in the mid-70s. Lived on an island up in Puget Sound. Went to THE only grade school there that had a huge playground of grass. I was the first to hit it with a MD and found many interesting items and coins. The one I remember the most is getting a signal, digging up a wad of aluminum foil, opening up the wad (it was too heavy for just the foil), found a bottle cap inside, and inside the cap were three merc dimes! Goes to show a discriminator might have told me this was junk!

 

I also have a friend in Hawaii. Just talked to him yesterday. He was moving into a apt. a elderly single lady was renting him. Through a conversation about coin collecting, she proceeded to bring out a bunch of coins she had been keeping. He told me one of the items was a chain cent and a flying eagle cent (doesn't remember date)! Also numerous coins slabbed by PCGS way way back in the first green holders. He couldn't remember most of the stuff as there was just too much and was only part of what she had raw and slabbed!

 

Just imagine all the elderly that are out there with small to large collections accumulated early in the 1900's and forgotten about and/or left in storage somewhere or an attic or a backyard hole in the ground! Makes me drool!

 

Where's the drool graemlin when you need one!

[jom]

Best thing that ever came out of McDonalds!

 

I know that the worst thing ever to come out of me was after I ate at McDonalds...but I digress.

 

Nice find on the Mercs. The only time any silver coin ever came thru the retail I used to work was when some kids would break into their parents collections so they could play video games. Mostly Franklins as I recall....

 

jom

[EZ_E]

I know that the worst thing ever to come out of me was after I ate at McDonalds...but I digress.

 

Well, if it's rainbow-colored and you can get it slabbed then I'll betcha there's a market for it.

[scroll]

i want some of those new dimes

 

a fantastic story with an even better payoff

 

 

 

 

michael

 

I'm surprised he didn't think they were Canadian and sell 'em at a 20% discount off face. Then again, I doubt he'd know what an exchange rate was.

[shadroch]

I've come across Buffalo nickels and Silver dimes in casino slot machines on several occasins. can't even begin to tell how many 40% Silver JFK halves I've pulled. Now that most machines are ticket in-ticket out,I guess those finds are gone.

I still recall the woman that was selling Susan B. Anthony "half dollars" for seventy five cents each at a flea market!!!!!