Wheaties

[Jeffro]

As most of you know, I have a bunch of old wheaties that are just sitting around taking up room. I've been wondering about what to do with them for quite awhile now, and I think I finally came up with something.

I'll be selling them at a loss, which is ok..... but before I do, I'm gonna make my own little cache and stick it out there somewhere for someone in the future to find.

I'm thinking a mason jar full will be plenty, and I'll probably wax coat the lid/ring so it doesn't deteriorate TOO quickly. Anybody got any suggestions as to where I should place this thing? Or even a better suggestion as to what I should do with them?

 

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[Sandman]

First check out the dates for Key dates. Roll them and offer them on E Bay under collectable coins. Offer them to a coin shop for near 3 to 5 cents apiece.

I like the idea of burying them. I would set them only six inches down in a park and leave a note inside for the finder to call you to report he's found them. Or just say these coins were taken off dead peoples eyes and have since given you extremely bad luck, that's why you buried them.........LOL.

 

[Michigan Badger]

I'd put them on ebay and say they were dug as a cache at some place known to have been haunted. You could write that every night the jar is turned upside down. Make sure you mention the doors opening a closing and footsteps up the stairs, etc. You may get $100 for the jar.

As for burying them, I've done this myself in the past. I've often wondered if anyone has found my stuff yet.

On to another subject, your name Jeffro kind of reminds me of some movie props I bought years ago from the production studio in California. I have several props from the old Beverly Hillbillies TV show. Remember that? They also had a Jeffro. I have among other things Grannies wooden paddle she used to stir that pot of lye soap with. Maybe I ought to bury them?

Have fun.

Badger

 

[Jeffro]

Thats a good one, Sandman!

I actually thought about rolling them up and selling them for 2 bucks a roll at a garage sale, maybe that would work. The coin shops around here only give 2 cents apiece for them. My girlfriend has an e-bay account, maybe I can talk her into selling some of them for me.

And thats where my nickname comes from, only I think the character on the show was "Jethro". Max Behr(sp?) Jr. played him on the Beverly Hillbillies. Did you know his father was Max Behr sr., the world champion boxer? I guess he killed a man in the ring one time, way back when.

 

[northeast hunter]

I think that is a great idea.Since these coins are very cheep right now who knows in 50 years may make someones day.
One thing i would do is put a little note in there with a photo of yourself with your MD.
Maybe you could start a Little buried treasure thing

 

[slow sweeper]

Jeff, sounds like a good idea. What about burying the jar of wheaties somewhere on the edge of town at a spot that probably won't get developed for a few years. If you can find a spot with a large tree and bury the jar near it the jar may survive excavation of the site when it does get developed.
I plan on using a capped section of pvc pipe to stash some money and a newspaper and some photos and hide it somewhere in the farm house before I finish the job. Should make for a nice little time capsule.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Yes, I know about Max Baer Sr. I also owned an original movie of one of his fights. I sold it on ebay a year or two back.

Jethro Bodine (Max Baer, Jr.) now owns a big casino in LasVegas.

Back years ago they used to sell the movie props cheap.

I would like to have their truck but they decided to donate it to the Ralph Foster Museum, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri. Today it's worth a fortune.

Did you know that when that show first came out it insulted a lot of people? Some old timers from the Great Depression days saw it as a slam against them..go figure?

 

[Leon]

I like the idea of creating a cache, that would really make someones day, but you would have to stick your email address, phone#, or maybe add a link to this site, so we could all here about it when they found it. I've thought of doing that myself... Of course, if you have someone you could pass them down to, I'm sure your collection would be a nice thing for them to remember you by...
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

<P.S.>Your clear across the country from me, but if ya get over this way to bury them, Please give me a hint as to were they may be...

 

[Jeffro]

Thats not a bad idea at all, I was gonna throw in a note anyways, but I will now add a link to this site. Who knows? Maybe it'll be found next year and someone will be on here posting about it.... Or maybe our grandchildren will read about it in a book by Robert F. Marx III!

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

That is a good idea, but you might want to rethink the mason jar as a container. Those steel lids rust in no time at all, and then you will have moisture getting into the jar and your note will deteriorate. You need something that will not be affected by the elements, maybe the pvc mentioned earlier.

 

[vwayne1]

Yea jeffro, good idea. Bury them here in town, but give some hints for us local guys LOL.

 

[jondar]

A little off topic but: When my father-in-law passed away at an early age he left two children, my wife and my brother-in-law. There was a small container containing about 30 Indian head pennies and one Lincoln cent he had collected, My brother-in-law was given the first chance to take what he wanted. He took all the Indian head cents and left me the Lincoln. Tho the Lincoln was in xlnt condition I felt disappointed until I looked at the date and mint mark. 1914D.

 

[lucky1777]

I sell coins on E-Bay. I sell my wheat's in large groups, between 500 to 1500 coins. I get between 20-100 dollars for the groups. I hope this helps.