I don't really have a limit in mind, but I also don't want to spend excessively if the benefit isn't there if that makes sense. I will use it mostly in dirt than in sand.
I currently have a Garrett Ace 250 and it's served me well to this point. My wife bought it for me a few years ago and I'm fairly successful with it (I've never found a silver coin but I did find a few silver rings and a gold bracelet once). I'm trying to figure out if it's worth upgrading to...
I know they come in proof sets. I've found about a dozen proof dimes, 5 proof nickels, 9 proof quarters, etc., but I rarely find proof pennies. It just seems odd to me with the volume of pennies that I've searched I'd find so few in relation to other denominations.
After searching just over $2000 in cents, I finally found a nice proof, a 1978-S in a $50 bag. Not sure why proof pennies are so rare. I've found several nickel, dime, quarter, and half proofs, but this is my first nice cent proof (I found one other that was barely recognizable as a proof so it...
I don't think these are inspector numbers, I think they are lot numbers. I've been keeping track of these numbers for about a year now and they continually rise. Also, boxes with similar numbers have had similar results, good and bad, leading me to believe that they are wrapped and boxed around...
This might be the best box of nickels I've had in a long time. I found a 1943-P war nickel, a beautiful 1914 buffalo, and two V Nickels dated 1884 and 1906. Unfortunately, the 1884 V Nickel has seen better days and the buffalo nickel is in major need of some cleaning. Does anyone know of a way...
I've found several AU proofs while CRH (about 15), but how much are they worth? Obviously since they've been circulated they have some minor scrapes and scratches, but still have a great look about them.
I'm a chem teacher. There is no acid that reacts with copper but not with zinc. Also, you can plate zinc onto copper in a chem lab, but it happen uniformly not starting in the center and working outwards.
So I was searching a bag of dimes tonight and came across not one but two pennies that I think are errors. It appears to me that they are only partially plated zinc pennies. Both are 1999-D and have pretty decent detail. It doesn't look like they copper was worn off or that it's PMD. What are...
Funniest thing I remember, before I was a CRH but still collected coins, was when I over heard a group of people talking about war time nickels. One of the guys in the group said that the silver nickels were worth $10,000 a piece and very rare.
They are definitely plated. I've found a few quarters like this and the reeding has no visible copper. I believe they are mercury plated. It gives a very shiny look to coins.
So I've been CRH for about a year now and it has been so much fun. I've found so many keepers and filled so many spots in my books. I owe a lot of credit to those on this forum who have helped me and given advice. I never lived anywhere near a credit union (nearest is 30 miles away, a little far...
Diver Down, I don't think it's a mint error. It could be but I think it most likely from a science experiment. What you do in place a penny in a heated solution of zinc powder and sodium hydroxide. This will plate the penny with zinc. You then place the penny in the flame of a Bunsen burner for...
I would buy the bags. That's what I do and it works out great. The averages are much higher than boxes in my experience. Where I get my bags from I offer to roll the coins for them if they want it done or make sure that the bags contain the correct amount of change (anything to keep the bags...