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Sep 04, 2019, 09:36 AM
#1
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Sep 04, 2019, 12:27 PM
#2
Great idea for a thread...long overdue! Like the name, too. I used nik-a-date for the first time a few weeks back on a buff I had found back in 2013. Turned out to be a 1915, which was cool.
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Sep 04, 2019, 03:49 PM
#3
I always venture to the El Cortez when in Vegas (several times yearly) and search a few hundred in halves. Haven't seen the first silver, as expected.
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Sep 04, 2019, 05:07 PM
#4
 Originally Posted by ArkieBassMan
I always venture to the El Cortez when in Vegas (several times yearly) and search a few hundred in halves. Haven't seen the first silver, as expected.
I had planned on that yesterday but the 50-cent machines were full of people! And worse yet, I could hear silver.
So close...
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Sep 04, 2019, 11:31 PM
#5
 Originally Posted by Immy
I had planned on that yesterday but the 50-cent machines were full of people! And worse yet, I could hear silver.
So close...
Anyone out there that can smell silver?....that would be TORTURE!
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Sep 07, 2019, 07:20 AM
#6
Hey Immy, besides the crh how do you do in the casino? What are your go to machines and tables?
Maine_Jim
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Sep 07, 2019, 08:26 AM
#7
Haven't played table games in many, many years. A couple of local spots used to have dime routlette, which was a blast, but that has long since disappeared.
I'm a low roller (nickel poker machine guy) but even that I keep to a minimum since finding a buffalo or war nickel is quickly negated by a $20-$40 loss. Sometimes I'll go just to play for a bit and then walk around downtown. It's changed so much in the last ten years, for both good and bad. I'm hooked on Naked City Pizza in the El Cortez.
Planning to go this Tuesday.
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Sep 07, 2019, 04:12 PM
#8
Pizza Rock downtown is another great pizza joint.
Secret Pizza inside the Cosmopolitan is awesome too.
I’ve thrown a few hundys in the 50c slots there a few times but have yet to score a silver. Good luck to you.
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Sep 07, 2019, 09:21 PM
#9
 Originally Posted by baddbluff
Pizza Rock downtown is another great pizza joint.
I'll have to check it out, thx.
Secret Pizza inside the Cosmopolitan is awesome too.
A friend and I went the Cosmo recently to try to locate the hidden places in their food court. We had already eaten but found Secret Pizza after seeing the wall of vinyl leading down a hallway. And they have pinball in there too! Have to actually eat there someday.
I’ve thrown a few hundys in the 50c slots there a few times but have yet to score a silver. Good luck to you.
It's pretty hit or miss. Best part is the machines are right next to the cage so cashing in is just a few steps away. You have to be careful though. The slot people will get wise to what you're doing if you simply cash out over and over. Patrons will give you funny looks too, and I don't want to give people ideas and perhaps create competition. I'll try $100 when I come in and $100 when I leave, if machines are available. Doesn't look too suspicious that way.
Last edited by Immy; Sep 07, 2019 at 09:25 PM.
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Sep 10, 2019, 08:26 PM
#10
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Sep 10, 2019, 08:39 PM
#11
Love the thread and the title!
One of the many jobs I worked in college 1973-77 was making change in the campus center's pinball arcade. Hard to believe but I sadly never found a single silver quarter. So dumb that people would beat on and tilt the machines.
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Sep 10, 2019, 09:57 PM
#12
Very nice day indeed, Immy! Two sub-10M minted coins and a buff all on the same day...a good day indeed.
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Sep 24, 2019, 07:51 PM
#13
Decided to brave the construction horrors around the El Cortez today (it was much worse than before) and I'm glad I did! Check out the casino spoils below.
  
It was a double buffalo day, and yep, that's a D mintmark on one of 'em. Couldn't wait to give them both a Nic-A-Date cleansing! It revealed a 1917 and a 1915-D, the latter being a new date discovery I believe. Some of my coin records were misplaced during a move two years ago so I can't confirm 100%, but I'm pretty sure. The last 1917-P buffalo I found was on 9/30/06.

Silver made a showing too with this 1944-D, the first appearance for that date/mm since 11/15/08. Couldn't resist pocketing this punctured North Carolina quarter (2001-P) left in the coin counter reject slot.

And speaking of abandoned coins, this trio of Philippine 10 sentimos was another coin counter score (2014, 2015, 2017). All were new to the the collection.
Great day, but lordy was a mess of road closures Downtown is at the moment.
Fun Stats: My last double buffalo day was 12/6/08 when my casino cup gave up a 1937-P & a 1913-S Type 1. 
This Week in Casino Searching History: In 2001, I topped off a roll of 1949-P nickels, the 16th of an eventual 47 completed rolls.
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Sep 24, 2019, 10:17 PM
#14
Any day you find a Buff with a mint mark is a great day...Good on you for getting out there. Congrats on the herd! I'd be interested to see a list of Buffs you've found in the wild, but don't go tearing your house apart or anything. Just curious...
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Sep 24, 2019, 10:52 PM
#15
 Originally Posted by Sleepy Holow
I'd be interested to see a list of Buffs you've found in the wild, but don't go tearing your house apart or anything. Just curious...
It's maddening. I knew these notes were important, since they showed not only buffalos but Franklins found in the casino wilds. I went to a file where I knew I put them and...not there. And we're talking paper lists here, not something I might have accidentally deleted. Might be able to partially reconstruct them from backup stats, but that only started in 1997.
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