Lunch Hour Blues -- CURED! (Updated with a few more finds)

mlw67 · Aug 22, 2006

After spending about 50 to 60 hours wandering around in the wilderness looking for that 1850s site and not finding a single old coin, I have really started getting the coinshooter blues.

Some of you may remember a couple of weeks ago when I went out into my usual urban stomping grounds for about a half hour and scored a 37 merc which cured me of those blues. Today I decided to try that again.

I again ventured deep into the urban jungle, found me a nice trashy looking public spot, and proceeded to begin to hunt.

I only got about a half hour of hunting in before I had to leave, but I didn't leave empty handed.

I managed to pull out a "west coast large cent" (LOL @ my new term), a 1907 indian. For this one I had to kick some crusty discarded shorts out of the way, maneuver around some tinfoil, and dig down about 3 inches, but it paid off in the end.

mxtswinger · Aug 23, 2006

I haven't made the face in some time now, but you got to make it twice. Once for the shorts and once for the penny

CONGRATS

mlw67 · Aug 23, 2006

Thanks you guys! You all rock.

wirelessworldinc said:
Do you boil your coins to get them clean?

No I don't. I spend them as-is. I either put them into a machine somewhere, such as the self-check-out at the market, or if they are too nasty for the machine I mix them in with good-looking change and disperse them slowly. For example a clerk might get 3 shiny new pennies and one corroded zinc penny from me as I pay. That way the clerks don't complain.

I have a large back-stock of corroded zincs if anyone wants some.

mxtswinger said:
I haven't made the face in some time now, but you got to make it twice. Once for the shorts and once for the penny

CONGRATS

Heheh Swinger! Actually the face I made for the shorts was just *slightly* different. ::)

I had to laugh though when I went back and saw the bikini top and imagined Dekalb wearing it.

funkman · Aug 23, 2006

hey mlw67. You send some Indian head vibes my way and I promise to send some large cent vibe your way....oh and some silver vibes would be nice also!

good luck

Funkman

BuckleBoy · Aug 23, 2006

Excellent! And if you hadn't had the patience to dig that one up, it coulda been there for a really long time. Nice perserverance. Trashy areas can be a pain.

mlw67 · Aug 23, 2006

funkman said:
hey mlw67. You send some Indian head vibes my way and I promise to send some large cent vibe your way....oh and some silver vibes would be nice also!

good luck

Funkman

Thanks Funkman! I've been trying to package up these vibes for a half hour now, but they keep escaping and bouncing around the room. I'll get some mailed off to you eventually.

BuckleBoy said:
Excellent! And if you hadn't had the patience to dig that one up, it coulda been there for a really long time. Nice perserverance. Trashy areas can be a pain.

Thanks BuckleBoy! Trashy, overlooked urban spots have been my forte for years. My Classic IDX is darn good at target seperation, but if I ever got a small coil I'd be dangerous. 8)