Gloves

[Iamrussell]

Ok I know I saw somewhere a mention of gloves someone uses when CRHing, did a search and couldn't find it so asking- if you use gloves while CRHing what do you use? I did about $100 in nickels yesterday and my hands where black

 

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[GlenDronach]

Latex gloves if you don't care. My advice if you have coins of numanistic value are the cotton ones coin shops sell.

Basically, if it's been handled and in circulation but a rare coin, you should be careful, but seriously, it's already been out there.

Now if we're talking about an MS 63 trade dollar, yea, cotton gloves that haven't been used before.

But circ coins, just to skip the "coin fingers"? I'd say medical exam/housekeeping type gloves you can get in bulk.

 

[WVBlueandGold]

I use latex gloves most of the time. I tried regular household plastic cleaning gloves but they were too flimsy. It's worth the extra expense for latex

 

[kfs]

Ok I know I saw somewhere a mention of gloves someone uses when CRHing, did a search and couldn't find it so asking- if you use gloves while CRHing what do you use? I did about $100 in nickels yesterday and my hands where black

Ya my hands get pretty dirty working with nickels what I have found that works every time.

As soon as I get up from working with them I wash my hands. They have always come clean, every single time.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

bare hands is all I do.

 

[usandthem]

I use latex when searching pennies.

 

[OtlFrutiger]

“You cling so tightly to your purity, my lad! How terrified you are of sullying
your hands. Well, go ahead then, stay pure! What good will it do, and why
even bother coming here among us? Purity is a concept of fakirs and friars.
But you, the intellectuals, the bourgeois anarchists, you invoke purity as
your rationalization for doing nothing. Do nothing, don’t move, wrap your
arms tight around your body, put on your gloves. As for myself, my hands
are dirty. I have plunged my arms up to the elbows in excrement and blood.
And what else should one do? Do you suppose that it is possible to govern
innocently?” ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Mains sales

 

[Joe777Cool]

Bareback is the only way to go, the feeling isnt the same.

 

[SilverForBrains]

I don't wear gloves just because I'm kind of a dirty guy, but that doesn't mean it's not a good idea.

However, I heard on NPR that all coins have some trace of the flu on them. BUT, not enough to give you the flu, just enough to give you an immunizing effect if you are continually exposed. I never use any antibacterial ever if I can avoid it, and am the opposite of a germaphobe. no flu shots for me either. no antiboitics if I get sick (unless it's a life threatening infection). Interesting, I rarely, rarely get sick. you've gotta give your immune system practice

 

[SilverForBrains]

The metal of course if a different issue, not sure how good it is to be exposed to thousands of tiny metal flakes every day!

 

[Joshr29]

Here's a fun fact. About 90% of dollar bills contain traces of cocaine on them.

 

[rckymtn]

Here's a fun fact. About 90% of dollar bills contain traces of cocaine on them.

So you're saying you save money by sniffing dollars...

 

[Joshr29]

I save up as many as I can and scrape em all off lol. But I make sure to wear gloves.

 

[rckymtn]

Sure is a big letdown every 10th dollar bill eh?

 

[Joshr29]

Sure is a big letdown every 10th dollar bill eh?

Lmao!

 

[FloridaFinder]

I wear the nitrile gloves that you can get at Harbor Freight, Sam's Club, etc. At Harbor Freight the last box I bought were the medium duty ones, which were slightly thicker than the basic ones that you would buy at Sam's Club.

When I started CRHing I got a slight skin fungus, then from that point on I started using gloves to avoid the nasties that are on coins. I search a high volume of halves so I touch a lot of coins each week, and feel that it is a good preventative measure. I'm also in a sub-tropical climate so the warmer environment might let more fungi grow than some of the climates up north.

You just have to decide what's best for you.

 

[Thorne]

I find that wearing gloves slowes me down. I can't thumb through them at the rate I can with out them. As others have mentioned the feud wears off and you get some free immunity.

 

[SilverForBrains]

I wear the nitrile gloves that you can get at Harbor Freight, Sam's Club, etc. At Harbor Freight the last box I bought were the medium duty ones, which were slightly thicker than the basic ones that you would buy at Sam's Club.

When I started CRHing I got a slight skin fungus, then from that point on I started using gloves to avoid the nasties that are on coins. I search a high volume of halves so I touch a lot of coins each week, and feel that it is a good preventative measure. I'm also in a sub-tropical climate so the warmer environment might let more fungi grow than some of the climates up north.

You just have to decide what's best for you.

yea if I still lived down south I might opt for the gloves, that humidity breeds everything bacterial

 

[baddbluff]

Here's a fun fact. About 90% of dollar bills contain traces of cocaine on them.

Ya, sure. Because 90% of Americans do cocaine. Better check your sources on that one.

 

[EnigmaKing]

I use my flight gloves from my aircrew days. Lightweight, retain good "feel" and can protect you from sharpies (they are leather on the palm side and material on the rest). Go to a surplus store and they should be cheap.