Can you hear the differnece?

[palidin20603]

I have only been CRHn for two years or less. I still can't hear the difference between 40% and 90%. Can any of you? I do get alot of anxiety when the teller counts out loosies and I can hear them clink from 50 feet away.

HH

 

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[BuffaloBoy]

90% has a lower pitch "denser" sounding ping when dropped as opposed to a 40% having a high pitched frequency when dropped.

 

[maverick]

90% has a lower pitch "denser" sounding ping when dropped as opposed to a 40% having a high pitched frequency when dropped.

+1 Yup, exactly, 40% are very tingy sounding, 90 will ring the same but a little denser sound. Not enough dif that you'd ever miss one using the sound test. HH, Maverick.

 

[ArkieBassMan]

When "testing" a 40% against a 90% one right after the other, I can hear the difference. But, in a blind test where only 1 coin is dropped, I could tell you whether or not it was silver, but not if it was 40% or 90%.

 

[The_EE]

I have only been CRHn for two years or less. I still can't hear the difference between 40% and 90%. Can any of you? I do get alot of anxiety when the teller counts out loosies and I can hear them clink from 50 feet away.

HH

Yes I can.

40% sounds different than 90% and even sterling coins have a different tone. I do have a bit of experience with foreign silver though.

 

[palidin20603]

Well, I see there is a 1 gram difference in weight and 2.44 times the silver in a 90%er. I should be able to hear the difference. I can notice the weight though

 

[BuffaloBoy]

blindfolded, i can tell between a 90% and 40%. it's hard to explain and is something that one aquires over time.

 

[palidin20603]

blindfolded, i can tell between a 90% and 40%. it's hard to explain and is something that one aquires over time.

When you can hear the differnce, it it time for you to leave. - Master Kan

 

[maverick]

I would also say that it depends on the surface you are dropping it on too. I have a glass top kitchen table I CRH on, it makes a pretty distinctive sound. HH, Maverick.

 

[Bad Wolf]

When "testing" a 40% against a 90% one right after the other, I can hear the difference. But, in a blind test where only 1 coin is dropped, I could tell you whether or not it was silver, but not if it was 40% or 90%.

Ditto.

 

[CW3(ret) US Army]

I have only been CRHn for two years or less. I still can't hear the difference between 40% and 90%. Can any of you? I do get alot of anxiety when the teller counts out loosies and I can hear them clink from 50 feet away.

HH

To me, the 90% has a deeper sound than the 40%. Even though I would like my finds to be 90% in the long run I'm not disappointed if the find is a 40%. After all silver is silver & a 40% silver is better than clad. I wouldn't be that upset if I couldn't tell the difference between a 40% & 90%. The important thing is to be able to tell between a silver coin or a clad coin.

HH
Gary

 

[Bigheed]

ya its clear as day.

 

[AdDicted2Ag]

I have no problem hearing the difference.. 90%s have a much deeper tone...

 

[Guns Blazing]

This thread has me playing with a handful of 40%ers and a handful of 90%ers haha!
Im passing the tests haha

 

[AdDicted2Ag]

The real question is sound checking with halves... My woman always busts my balls over it.. She insists that I am missing some 40%s, regardless of how many times she has seen me pull them out just by sound checking.. It isn't often, but I truly feel that I have the "clink" down packed.. I have caught tons of 40%s that I would have missed just by rim checking..

 

[ArkieBassMan]

The real question is sound checking with halves... My woman always busts my balls over it.. She insists that I am missing some 40%s, regardless of how many times she has seen me pull them out just by sound checking.. It isn't often, but I truly feel that I have the "clink" down packed.. I have caught tons of 40%s that I would have missed just by rim checking..

I would bet anyone that I could check 100 boxes in pitch blackness and never miss a silver. The sound never lies.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

the sound never lies, and with so many people hunting halves, there probrably won't be a silver half dollar mixed in the 100 boxes
I bet I could do the same.

I would bet anyone that I could check 100 boxes in pitch blackness and never miss a silver. The sound never lies.

 

[CoinFetcher]

I only rim check, but I process with a coin counter that rejects silver. I haven't missed one yet....

 

[sagittarius98]

a 40% silver is better than clad.

It IS clad.

 

[Joe777Cool]

It IS clad.

We all know what he means, lets not start this again.