Come on pcgs69 !!

C0INB0Y

We need more threads! At 43.75 coins per dig based on your 112 digs, by my calculations, you are not meeting anywhere near the number of posts & threads here that we are expecting of you in order to be accurately documenting your great finds!

BTW, I have a call in to the executive producer over at "Duck Dynasty" (she's a second cousin) with a show pitch called "Detecting and Discovering Rare But Buried Numismatics" .

The concept is akin' to "Alaskan Gold" meets "Ice Road Truckers" meets "Top Shot" except in our show nothing breaks down and you find a rare, long-lost piece of American and European Numismatic History within 2-3 inches below sod without any heavy equipment such as a 500 hp Rock Shaker that never works on " Alaskan Gold " even though you live in New Hampshire, 'The Granite State' named that as it refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries found there.

Wadda u think?

pcgs69

Haha, You guys have actually been overloaded with PCGS69's finds threads this year. Figured you all had enough! I'm sure I can track down some older ones this year and break out some favorites from previous years if you'd like.

Most of those 43.75 coins per outing were just zincolns, nickels, dimes, and some quarters. Some were wheat cents, and a few silver coins mixed in.

You're onto something with the show idea! People finding real things without breaking out the excavator, or none of the "oh, man, it's a rusted nail... wait... the rust of coming off... it's a ROLEX!" One thing is there's a lot of down time with regular people detecting. It took me 4 hours to pick out the WLH, Barber dime and WTN - a combined value of about $20. Certainly different from the $5,000 those fake detecting BOOM BABY people find. Some of the relic hunters out there pull some nice colonial relics which would be cool to watch.

pocketpiececommems

If the "Boom Babys" were hunting where you are they wouldn't let a little frozen ground stop them. They would just fill some barrels with wood, light'm, melt the ground and dig up those silver dollars.

C0INB0Y

He is absolutely incorrigible.

pcgs69

Ok get me a flamethrower and PPC as my sidekick and let's do this. Coinboy you can join too. What part would you want?

Dockwalliper

I've hunted 104 this year and recovered 2947 coins. Thats 28.33 per day but no where near a nice selection as pcgs69.

pocketpiececommems

If ole 69 took out his haul of clad what would the wheat cents and silver count be per trip??? or do we really want to know??

ricko

Great idea Coinboy..... and PCGS69, you have had an awesome year. Mine, not so good... pulled out of retirement and missed the whole summer - did no cache hunting at all, and had picked out some interesting sites. Oh well, spring is coming and I should be retired again shortly. Cheers, RickO

pcgs69

<< <i>If ole 69 took out his haul of clad what would the wheat cents and silver count be per trip??? or do we really want to know?? >>



Haha, if you break it out, it doesn't seem that exciting.

1.46 Silver coins per trip
4.78 Wheat Cents per trip
1.21 Other Old coins per trip such as buffalo nickels, IHCs, LCs, etc
.08 gold per trip!

ROCKETMAN

Here in Oregon, any of those coins would be a thrill!! Wheaties - can find. Silver - ???? 10in or better?? Buffalos - same. IHC's, LC's etc.- ???? not here!!!

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Haha, if you break it out, it doesn't seem that exciting.

1.46 Silver coins per trip
4.78 Wheat Cents per trip
1.21 Other Old coins per trip such as buffalo nickels, IHCs, LCs, etc
.08 gold per trip! >>

I disagree- those sound like pretty respectable stats to me!

millennium

Sounds pretty decent to me too...I have GOT to get out some this year...

ricko

Those are great stats considering a 'per trip average'...Cheers, RickO