Video - Sorting zinc/copper cents with a metal detector

[mts]

Someone asked me in another thread how I use my metal detector to sort cents. I went ahead and made a video showing my technique. It is obviously not as fast as a Ryedale. But it sure beats sorting by date or by weight.



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[Zephr]

Very cool! My only problem is that I don't have a detector yet

Have you found all of those Indian Heads through CRHing?

 

[Goldmanford]

Neat video - I have a Whites MXT but I think I still prefer the old fashioned way of eyeballing the dates and then weighing the 1982s. I guess if my volume increased in pennies, this could work well for me but I enjoy sitting in front of the tv after work hunting goodies!

 

[mts]

Very cool! My only problem is that I don't have a detector yet

Have you found all of those Indian Heads through CRHing?

No. I wish. Those have all been purchased. I have yet to find an Indian Head through CRH'ing. I do fairly low volume. My son and I do about one box a week on average.

 

[ImpurestStewart]

I throughly enjoyed that.I guess if you are doing serious volume that would speed it up alot!!

 

[mts]

I throughly enjoyed that.I guess if you are doing serious volume that would speed it up alot!!

Thanks! For truly serious volume the best bet is the Ryedale. But for guys like me with bad eyes and the desire to do at least a box a week, it is a great option. Especially since I already had the metal detector and didn't have to purchase anything. I can literally close my eyes and sort my coins. It is very low stress compared to weighing or trying to date search.

 

[TheRockDoc]

wow, Im impressed mts... at first I was like, "yeah right, use my MD to sort copper/zinc cents.... that would take twice as much time as what I do now (Im still old fashioned, I havent committed to culling copper cents yet, so when I do, its all by date searching...)-until now. Seeing how fast you can do that, it is definately faster than date checking. I think im gonna have to bust out the etrac tomorrow and give that a try...

Good luck, and keep culling/stacking.

 

[mts]

Thanks Rock Doc. But I doubt the e-Trac will work. From what I hear, those can only detect silver.

The e-Trac will be my next detector purchase for sure.