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by **Diggin4copper** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:19 pm

I bought one of the separators off ebay for 50 bucks. I built a small frame for it and picked up a bag of pennies from the local bank. (they save me the half dollar bag but that only fills every 9 months or so) I ran a bag but added all the pennies I had around the house, so I could not figure a %.. I bought a second bag, ran it, and took the zincs to a dump bank and had 36 dollars in zinc. so my first count is 28%. Not too bad. I am working on a hopper system for the separator and when that is done, I will be able to do 2 or 3 bags a week, time permitting.
My biz is slow in the winter, so I will have time over the next couple months to get myself a small hoard in the basement. Thanks to everyone who posts here for the hints and posts about sorting. (My wife curses you all though)

Diggin

by **pennypicker** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:00 pm

"...so my first bag is 28%. Not to bad." Jesus, if I had a 28% success rate I would never leave the house

(current success rate: 16%)

by **dakota1955** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:50 pm

where are you that you get only 16% I get 30 plus percent

by **TheJonasCollegeFund** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:17 pm

Welcome...and don't forget to report any cool finds.

by **andrewjackson** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:18 pm

16%, that's a real bummer, I do see a time when that will be the norm nationwide. I thankfully have been harvesting 28-30 %

by **pennypicker** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:24 am

dakota1955 wrote:where are you that you get only 16% I get 30 plus percent

60 miles northeast of Los Angeles. And my success rate on '82s is only 40%

by **slickeast** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:09 am

dakota1955 wrote:where are you that you get only 16% I get 30 plus percent

30% is great. I average 22.5%

by **bgretz1989** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:45 am

28% has been the average around me for a while. hopefully that continues. just wait i bet your two or three bags a week will turn into two or three a day amd thats when your wife will really go nuts.

by **HoardCopperByTheTon** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:45 am

At least your wife knows what you are doing. And you aren't blowing a lot of money.. when you are all done sorting.. you still have all your money. :mrgreen:

by **Diggin4copper** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:20 am

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:At least your wife knows what you are doing. And you aren't blowing a lot of money.. when you are all done sorting.. you still have all your money.

Done? You mean there is an end to this? :lol:

by **Roadrunner** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:33 am

pennypicker wrote:
dakota1955 wrote:where are you that you get only 16% I get 30 plus percent

60 miles northeast of Los Angeles. And my success rate on '82s is only 40%

No wonder you only get 16%!
You're in Hoard's territory! :mrgreen:

by **thunter** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:30 pm

16% is pretty depressing

. I'm at 25% and am thinking that it won't be for a few years until we get down to the 15% range or so.

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