Seeking junk silver and 2 gold coin purchases / coin donations for non-profit metal detecting club
sumrtym
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This will be the third year we've posted on collectors universe regarding donations / sales of junk silver for our annual September hunts, and our continued thanks to those who have participated in the past.
Club background / information
Mid-Western Artifact Society (MWAS) was founded in 1976 in the area of Kansas City, KS. We are one of three local area clubs in the area covering different parts of Kansas City. Ours operates headquartered out of Overland Park. The club currently has 46 members with interests ranging from coin collecting to civil war relic hunting, and cover all age ranges. The club has been growing with many new members recently, and has been mentioned in national publications (Western and Eastern Treasures). Most recently, W&E Treasures in June ran a story on the club founder, another story featuring 2 of our members, and another article covering one of our winter meetings. MWAS operates entirely non-profit. Fees for membership in the club also cover membership in the Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs, Inc. The club holds indoor meetings during the winter (Nov-March), and outdoor meetings once a month April - October. Indoor meetings consist of various topics / guest speakers, and outdoor meetings are generally a 2 hour hunt and pot-luck lunch with MWAS supplying hot dogs. Monthly contests with coin prizes are awarded to individuals based on their monthly finds in 6 categories, with a limit of winning each category, or 5 total categories, only once during the year to allow all a fair chance. There is also now 2 coin "door" prizes drawn from attendees of the monthly meeting, as well as a monthly newsletter e-mailed or postal mailed to all members. The costs of the prizes, newsletter, food, etc., come almost entirely from donations and voluntary participation raffles that are held at each meeting.
The club also volunteers to help the police when called for looking for metallic objects at crime scenes. I personally have volunteered for 2 such calls, one involving a shooting, and the other to locate handcuffs used during a rape crime. In addition, the club has volunteered and cooperated with local archaeologists at several important sites, such as a large camping area used where two wagon trails crossed to recover artifacts before a park was built on top of the land, losing many of those artifacts forever. A plaque now stands in that park with our club listed as one of those thanked for their contributions to it's construction. Additionally, we have volunteered to help at several civil war sites undergoing archaeological excavation. Club members have also been featured in the news, both print and video (see the returning of a found class ring in KC Star). In addition, we also are planning on having a metal detecting tutorial class sponsored by the city of Olathe later this year to get others into the hobby, or just share useful information about proper detecting etiquette and our club.
In order to give back to our members, in September our club holds their Annual Hunt, open only to members of the club. The cost of participation in the hunt plus all remaining in the treasury go to coins / prizes for that hunt. Thus, the club starts anew with whatever money is raised at the Annual Hunt through 2 voluntary participation raffles. We have a paid night hunt the night before with a campfire cookout, and then the next day the main hunt consists of 2 hunt fields done at different times, and a very large potluck with MWAS supplying the fried chicken. In addition, there is a FREE kids hunt open to ANY and ALL children who wish to participate, not just those in the club. This hunt is entirely supported via donations (toy prizes, coin collecting supplies, coins), and has been a marvoulous success. Members loan the children detectors to use for this hunt, and assist the very young.
Coin donations / kid hunt donations / buying junk silver and 2 gold coins
If anyone would like to donate coins to either the main MWAS hunt for buried targets or prizes, that would be greatly appreciated. Kids hunt donations are also appreciated as that is 100% donation supported, and I feel a great way to introduce children to coin collecting / metal detecting hobbies. Our set price for 90% U.S. silver coins this year is 8x face. I relaize you could obviously get more for coins elsewhere, but again, ours is a non-profit club and to try and keep the quality of hunts up this is where we are set this year. Hopefully those wishing to sell at this price look upon it as a donation as well to a good cause. We are most in need of silver dimes again this year. Towards end of August, we will be seeking 2 $10 gold pieces. Please keep that in mind if you have lower quality ungraded specimans in the $250-$350 range (going off of memory of what we had to work with last year). I'll be able to update that price as we get closer to purchase time.
For more information on the club, please visit our web site at MWAS. Feel free to look through our gallery of posted finds, club information, contests, code of ethics, forum, or join us Wednesdays at 7pm central time for live chats.
Thank you for your time, and if you'd like to donate / sell, just post in this thread with what you have / wish to sell / donate to kids or main hunt so I can pass info on payment / donations / mailing address via pm system.
Club background / information
Mid-Western Artifact Society (MWAS) was founded in 1976 in the area of Kansas City, KS. We are one of three local area clubs in the area covering different parts of Kansas City. Ours operates headquartered out of Overland Park. The club currently has 46 members with interests ranging from coin collecting to civil war relic hunting, and cover all age ranges. The club has been growing with many new members recently, and has been mentioned in national publications (Western and Eastern Treasures). Most recently, W&E Treasures in June ran a story on the club founder, another story featuring 2 of our members, and another article covering one of our winter meetings. MWAS operates entirely non-profit. Fees for membership in the club also cover membership in the Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs, Inc. The club holds indoor meetings during the winter (Nov-March), and outdoor meetings once a month April - October. Indoor meetings consist of various topics / guest speakers, and outdoor meetings are generally a 2 hour hunt and pot-luck lunch with MWAS supplying hot dogs. Monthly contests with coin prizes are awarded to individuals based on their monthly finds in 6 categories, with a limit of winning each category, or 5 total categories, only once during the year to allow all a fair chance. There is also now 2 coin "door" prizes drawn from attendees of the monthly meeting, as well as a monthly newsletter e-mailed or postal mailed to all members. The costs of the prizes, newsletter, food, etc., come almost entirely from donations and voluntary participation raffles that are held at each meeting.
The club also volunteers to help the police when called for looking for metallic objects at crime scenes. I personally have volunteered for 2 such calls, one involving a shooting, and the other to locate handcuffs used during a rape crime. In addition, the club has volunteered and cooperated with local archaeologists at several important sites, such as a large camping area used where two wagon trails crossed to recover artifacts before a park was built on top of the land, losing many of those artifacts forever. A plaque now stands in that park with our club listed as one of those thanked for their contributions to it's construction. Additionally, we have volunteered to help at several civil war sites undergoing archaeological excavation. Club members have also been featured in the news, both print and video (see the returning of a found class ring in KC Star). In addition, we also are planning on having a metal detecting tutorial class sponsored by the city of Olathe later this year to get others into the hobby, or just share useful information about proper detecting etiquette and our club.
In order to give back to our members, in September our club holds their Annual Hunt, open only to members of the club. The cost of participation in the hunt plus all remaining in the treasury go to coins / prizes for that hunt. Thus, the club starts anew with whatever money is raised at the Annual Hunt through 2 voluntary participation raffles. We have a paid night hunt the night before with a campfire cookout, and then the next day the main hunt consists of 2 hunt fields done at different times, and a very large potluck with MWAS supplying the fried chicken. In addition, there is a FREE kids hunt open to ANY and ALL children who wish to participate, not just those in the club. This hunt is entirely supported via donations (toy prizes, coin collecting supplies, coins), and has been a marvoulous success. Members loan the children detectors to use for this hunt, and assist the very young.
Coin donations / kid hunt donations / buying junk silver and 2 gold coins
If anyone would like to donate coins to either the main MWAS hunt for buried targets or prizes, that would be greatly appreciated. Kids hunt donations are also appreciated as that is 100% donation supported, and I feel a great way to introduce children to coin collecting / metal detecting hobbies. Our set price for 90% U.S. silver coins this year is 8x face. I relaize you could obviously get more for coins elsewhere, but again, ours is a non-profit club and to try and keep the quality of hunts up this is where we are set this year. Hopefully those wishing to sell at this price look upon it as a donation as well to a good cause. We are most in need of silver dimes again this year. Towards end of August, we will be seeking 2 $10 gold pieces. Please keep that in mind if you have lower quality ungraded specimans in the $250-$350 range (going off of memory of what we had to work with last year). I'll be able to update that price as we get closer to purchase time.
For more information on the club, please visit our web site at MWAS. Feel free to look through our gallery of posted finds, club information, contests, code of ethics, forum, or join us Wednesdays at 7pm central time for live chats.
Thank you for your time, and if you'd like to donate / sell, just post in this thread with what you have / wish to sell / donate to kids or main hunt so I can pass info on payment / donations / mailing address via pm system.
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PCGS THE ONLY WAY TO GO
Ed
I will donate my excess coins. No charge for shipping and handling.
What are you looking for?, or any coins accepted?
I have quite a few for all!
P.M. me at my e-mail(s).
strikedragon@avenuecable.com
coyote.little@hotmail.com
I'm mot a professional, but I think I have coins looking at.
If you are intersested in certain coins, let me know!
John.
The main club hunts use 90% junk silver coins, indian head cents, wheat cents, v nickels, buffalo nickels, and war nickels as buried targets. Additionally, prize tokens are buried (around 70). Coins used for prizes include silver dollars, older date coins (seated dimes, barber quarters, gold 2 peso coins, silver commemoratives, mint sets, one ounce silver rounds / bars, et cetera).
The kids hunt uses ANY coin (common clad, silver coins / wheat cents, or foreign coins). Prize tokens for it are buried as well, with toys, coins, and other things as prizes (coin album folders, the blue cardboard type make good prizes and encourage kids to get started). This is all donation based on the kids hunt, so whatever people choose to give is a good prize / target! Last year, one of our members donated an older model metal detector perfect for getting a child started in detecting.
As far as the $10 gold coins we'll be looking to purchase at end of August timeframe, one is used as a grand prize for the prize tokens. The other is used in a raffle for which members may purchase tickets at the meetings through the year (4 per meeting attended). Thus, for both, I don't know what the budget will be till we get closer to Sept.
That should clarify for anything you're considering donating, and as said before, for purchasing right now we're probably looking for silver dimes more than anything else. Price is set at 8x, and if anyone wanted to part with any mercuries for that, it would be DEEPLY appreciated. Everyone loves the older designs that are harder to come by reasonably as the silver prices have skyrocketed the last few years.
We even have a member from Kansas.
Unfortunately, my detecting has been very limited lately due to heat, and helping the parents move (that's a chore).