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most valuable find

Postby kwebb70 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:39 pm

what is the most valuable coin/item found during a search.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby highroller4321 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:50 pm

I have found 2 $2.5 gold indian heads, a 1911 large cent, 1857 O liberty seated dime, and several other things. My partner has found a Krugerand though.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby Rodebaugh » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:06 pm

highroller4321 wrote:I have found 2 $2.5 gold indian heads, a 1911 large cent, 1857 O liberty seated dime, and several other things. My partner has found a Krugerand though.



Rub it in :P

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Re: most valuable find

Postby Rodebaugh » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:08 pm

I have pulled three 99 WAMS and sold them at a total of about $550 less fees myself......but nothing.....I say nothing out does the gold.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby kwebb70 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:43 pm

wow gold! what were you searching when you found gold?
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Re: most valuable find

Postby misteroman » Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:56 am

The northwest united states!!!!!
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Re: most valuable find

Postby slickeast » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:27 am

I think the gold IH' s were found mixed in with pennies.

Don't try to pull the horseshoe out of his a$$, he has the whole horse stuck up there.

I found a 1972 type 2 eisenhower once.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby Coppercrazy » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:09 am

Ok searching rolls-nothing big money yet....but you should have seen the piles of stuff in the street after Katrina!(New Orleans) Lots of coin,silver gold you name it was pulled out of flooded dressers,chests that were thrown into the street unsearched....my best coin score? an 1873 S Quarter in EF. Lesser finds 6 Morgan/peace dollars,a few %90 quarters and dimes and LOTS of flooded Penny jars....
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Re: most valuable find

Postby highroller4321 » Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:46 am

Not trying to rub anything in. A question was asked so a simply answered. The 2 1914 $2.5 indian where found in the pennies.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby slickeast » Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:55 am

highroller4321 wrote:Not trying to rub anything in. A question was asked so a simply answered. The 2 1914 $2.5 indian where found in the pennies.


we are just jealous.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby highroller4321 » Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:57 am

Wasen't there a member who found an 1909 S VDB and had it graded and verified by PCGS a couple months ago?
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Re: most valuable find

Postby uthminsta » Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:09 pm

The best thing I found roll searching was... amusement.
Haha.
What I really mean is I haven't found anything outstanding, EVER.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby Finder » Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:37 pm

Nothing very good so far here with 2 weeks into this hobby.

24 wheats yesterday, probably 35 wheats altogether.
All of them in the 1940s and 50s.
My, you have a lot of coins! Please wait while we catch up.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby CardsNCoins » Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:46 pm

I found a 2000 wide AM penny yesterday. Not very valuable, but it was pretty cool to find.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby fasteddy » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:01 pm

...nut'in spectacular on my part but I don't really look either...just sort out the copper and dump the zincs...However I did find 33 dimes in ten CWR's of cents but then Copper Catcher has that beat...
highroller4321 wrote:Wasen't there a member who found an 1909 S VDB and had it graded and verified by PCGS a couple months ago?
I remember a member finding a 1955 DDO that was sent in...I think Highroller wins the tropy here with his gold coin find x 2.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby Rodebaugh » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:56 pm

highroller4321 wrote:Not trying to rub anything in. A question was asked so a simply answered. The 2 1914 $2.5 indian where found in the pennies.


yeah yeah....rub it in :lol:
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Re: most valuable find

Postby highroller4321 » Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:51 pm

fasteddy wrote:...nut'in spectacular on my part but I don't really look either...just sort out the copper and dump the zincs...However I did find 33 dimes in ten CWR's of cents but then Copper Catcher has that beat...
highroller4321 wrote:Wasen't there a member who found an 1909 S VDB and had it graded and verified by PCGS a couple months ago?
I remember a member finding a 1955 DDO that was sent in...I think Highroller wins the tropy here with his gold coin find x 2.



Maybe that was it? Either way a 1909 S VDB or a 55DD are both worth more than my two gold peices :ugeek:
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Re: most valuable find

Postby Corsair » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:47 pm

Individually, I haven't had a truly amazing find. I've gotten lucky on searching halves, and a few months ago I found a 1913-S in my pennies. Wheats have been very generous to me, though. Just in this year, I've found 1142 Wheats. Couldn't have come close without the help of the Ryedale.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby cesariojpn » Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:56 am

1883 Dime from the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby kestrelia » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:50 am

The most valuable coin I've found is a Austria-Hungary gold ducat in some pennies (.1107 troy ounces). The second most valuable is a bit tougher to say, maybe it's the beat up 1921 half I came across.

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Re: most valuable find

Postby Lgsilver » Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:06 pm

(2) 1909 S wheats cents & a 1931 s wheat cent.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby Roadrunner » Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:41 pm

Probably the 1922 Canadian Penny I found. It has a very low mintage and it's not too beat up so I think it's worth about $25

I saw one on eBay sell for about $35 several months ago.
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Re: most valuable find

Postby Ethon » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:31 pm

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That 3 cent piece was probably one of my most valuable finds
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Re: most valuable find

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:43 pm

Just Like Rode....found '2' 1999 Wide AM's in great shape...but haven't sold them....yet! They will be on the market real soon!
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Re: most valuable find

Postby bman » Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:16 pm

I've found 5 1999 Wide AM cents, all of which have been sold for between $100 -$175 or so.
I also found a 1995 or 1996 Olympic swimming commemorative half dollar that I sold on ebay for over $100
a couple of full rolls of Ben Franklin & Walking Liberty halves one time.

I've never found any GOLD though! :shock:
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