NEVER HAVE I HATED A RODENT MORE!!! Stupid Coin Looting Mice!!!!

[coinman123]

I had a lot of coppers soaking in mineral oil mixed with olive oil in my basement, in empty exposed pudding cups (super bad idea not having a lid). Last year I noticed that my cups got knocked over and there were mouse droppings everywhere. I picked up some coins from the table and put the coins in a sealed jar. I set snap traps and killed probably 15 mice, now the traps haven't been triggered for a year. Little did I know those mice stole some coins. Today I finally took the coins out of the olive oil and noticed I was missing a portion of coins. I checked in my coin album just in case I put them there, nope. I looked in the basement and to my surprise saw one copper 10 feet away from the where the table was, I ended up finding a total of 3 coppers. A Connecticut copper, a 1794 liberty cap, and an 1803 copper (not one of my EF-AU ones which were in my coin album, but a lower grade one). We are moving this year and I am guessing there are some more coppers under and behind stuff. I wasn't very through in searching for them, only spending five minutes. I am going to write down which ones I am missing, then spend huge amounts of time looking for them once the basement is empty. I just hope that those disgusting disease ridden things didn't drag any into the wall. I was really mad when I realized that my first copper was missing! My 1723 Hibernia! My favorite find ever, what really got my in to colonial relic hunting. My only guess is that the coins tasted like olive oil and they tried to drag them off. Mice and rodents are so gross, probably carrying many diseases! I washed each coin thoroughly now, and removed all trace of olive oil and mouse. At least my basement has been mouse free for at least a year now.

 

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[releventchair]

You insulted my trained mice...

 

[SultansOfSwing]

wow thats a first. Ive never heard of anything like it! grab your pinpointer and find that Hibernia!

 

[smokeythecat]

I have three cats. One is a 28 pound Maine Coon that's 40 inches long. Best mouser God ever made. Mice even put a flyer out to stay away from here as there be monsters around! He might consider ridding you of the mice.

 

[coinman123]

You insulted my trained mice...

Lol! Actually, I have had pet mice and even the sweetest hairless rat ever. Domestic rodents can be really nice pets, wild ones can be bad pests though.

 

[releventchair]

See if the Roy D Mercer navy recruiter prank comes up..

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[SteveOrygun]

Lol! Actually, I have had pet mice and even the sweetest hairless rat ever. Domestic rodents can be really nice pets, wild ones can be bad pests though.

Um,NO.

 

[coinman123]

Um,NO.

I don't have any at the moment, don't worry lol.

 

[FFFPatriot]

Someday, maybe many, many years from now when your place gets remodeled or mowed down, some other lucky guy might find those coins again. Pass the thrill on!

 

[ironhorse]

I feel that's just one more good reason not to marinate coppers in oil

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I have a few really clever mice here that steal dog food. I have watched the dogs just stare at them while they run off, and they are too smart for the traps. I'm kinda thinking about buying a habitrail cage and just making pets out of them since they are eating off my dime anyway

 

[Truth]

Ken that's funny but agonizing at the same time! Lol Where you moving too?


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[boogeyman]

Jeeze........ Just when you thought you've heard it all about other detectorists invading your favorite parks! Now you've got mice sniping your finds in your home!?!?! Next thing you know we'll be seeing roaches running around with pinpointers! Man we can never catch a break..........

 

[coinman123]

Ken that's funny but agonizing at the same time! Lol Where you moving too?


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I am moving elsewhere in NH to a 1770's farm house with a lot of land. I hope that the mice there are more polite.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I'll take mice over cats any day. I've rescued dozens of mice from my cats over the years and never been bitten by one. I just scoop them up and take them outside. They seem to know I'm not going to hurt them and never give me any grief.

On the other hand, I've been bitten by cats at least 5 times over the years! One even required 7 stitches to close. That was a really ugly incident. Bit my leg and then tore open my finger when I reached down to pry him off my leg. Bad idea to try and break up a tomcat fight!

Moral of the story? Don't fear creatures that really aren't out to harm you and don't trust creatures that appear to be your friend! LOL!

 

[boogeyman]

You violated the first rule! Don't stick anything you value into a cat fight. We had two in the neighborhood that'd go at it once or twice a week. Neighbor tried to break it up by stepping between them to scoot one away. Everyone was glad the one didn't get any higher than his knees! They were so focused on each other spritzing them with vinegar didn't break their concentration! The whole fight they'd be spinning in a ball like a whirling dervish in the cartoons with little tufts of hair floating up (words can't describe it). All of a sudden they'd stop and do the stare off thing again. A new neighbor moved into the neighborhood and promptly violated the first rule. Off to the ER for stiches. Somehow he got a scratch about 1/16 inch from his eye. These two fighters went at this for about two years. A firecracker thrown close from a safe distance out of their path of retreat works good & is pretty safe.

 

[SusanMN]

Hate those little buggers.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Hate those little buggers.

And the mice too.

 

[Honest Samuel]

Get a big cat and you no longer will have a rodent problem. Good luck.

 

[ivan salis]

the good news is copper is toxic so if they gnaw em....