Oh man, I just sold 2,000+ pounds at $3+/lb! How inside.

[Ecotic]

So lately I had been researching the whole survivalist subculture after watching The Walking Dead and Doomsday Preppers on t.v. Anyway I found a local meetup group whose advertisement said you can barter/sell any survivalist gear you want at the meeting. I figured these guys had to be stockpiling gold and silver out the ass, so I go to the meeting with 2,000+ pounds of pennies in my Honda Civic 2007 (it was like barely off the ground when it was fully loaded, but it's hauled that much before). I just have to say that these guys were truly crazy, they weren't so much preparing for the apocalypse as much as they wanted it to happen. I spent two hours listening to strategies like how to fortify my bug-out location and install solar panels on my roof. I seemed to gather they figured they'd be Gods among men after "SHTF" (their acronym for doomsay) and them being the only ones prepared.

So anyway, my penny bullion was very popular. These guys were happy to exchange what they saw as worthless fiat money for intrinsic value. More than one was like 'Oh hell yeah, I can melt this **** after SHTF and I'll be able to fashion any tools I need!". I was like "Hey yeah man, you can make a good zombie headknocker I'm sure." I sold at what was viewed by them as a bargain 'below spot' $3.20 a pound or so. One guy paid me in gold, lol. 4 Swiss Francs, dated 1930, 1935, 1935, and 1947. I had to hide my excitement, I was like "Oh, well I guess I can take gold. It is little low right now after all, but alright."

You guys in the big cities, find you a group!

[Thogey]

You are a tool.

Please go away!

[fasteddy]

HA! Thogey that is funny.

[thedrifter]

Where do you live? I'd really like to meet you. You seem like you really have it together. Maybe I could learn something from you.

[Ecotic]

Where do you live? I'd really like to meet you. You seem like you really have it together. Maybe I could learn something from you.

Oh no you don't, you find your own city! I'll give you a hint, I'm in the Deep South, home of Guns, God, and umm... there's another g word but I forget. I don't know, prescription druG dealers.

[thedrifter]

OH COME ON! We are all about helping each other out here. Learning from from one and other and all.

[hobo finds]

Some guys have all the luck! 9 IH's, a cup of steel, 4 solid boxes of CU, and now this... WOW

[chris6084]

I thought Kirkland was gone for good

[Market Harmony]

[Ecotic]

Ugh, this really isn't that difficult:

New York City Preppers group, 367 members:
http://www.nycpreppers.com/

Atlanta Preppers group, meetings every two weeks:
http://www.meetup.com/Marietta-Preppers-Networking-Group/

Seattle Preppers group, next meeting in four days:
http://www.meetup.com/North-Puget-Sound-Preppers/

Los Angeles Preppers group, next meeting in three days:
http://www.meetup.com/InlandEmpire-Preppers/

All groups found through meetup.com. Just find your nearest big city, request to join their group, RSVP to their next meeting, and go and hock your pennies to the gun nuts, freeze dried food fanatics, and precious and industrial metals junkies. That's what I did. Easy. Just needed a little imagination.

[deacon]

So anyway, my penny bullion was very popular. These guys were happy to exchange what they saw as worthless fiat money for intrinsic value. More than one was like 'Oh hell yeah, I can melt this **** after SHTF and I'll be able to fashion any tools I need!".

Would copper tools even be worth anything?

Very nice troll attempt. Ill give you a 9/10.

[shinnosuke]

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ecotic

[twentybux]

+1

[Ecotic]

So anyway, my penny bullion was very popular. These guys were happy to exchange what they saw as worthless fiat money for intrinsic value. More than one was like 'Oh hell yeah, I can melt this **** after SHTF and I'll be able to fashion any tools I need!".

Would copper tools even be worth anything?

Very nice troll attempt. Ill give you a 9/10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze
"Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and tough, and it was so significant in antiquity that the Bronze Age was named after the metal."

"It is still widely used today for springs, bearings, bushings, automobile transmission pilot bearings, and similar fittings, and is particularly common in the bearings of small electric motors. Phosphor bronze is particularly suited to precision-grade bearings and springs. Unlike steel, bronze struck against a hard surface will not generate sparks, so it (along with beryllium copper) is used to make hammers, mallets, wrenches and other durable tools"
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He's probably going to alloy it, that's what I assumed.

[SilverDragon72]

It seems to me like we have found ourselves a bonified troll.

Oh sure, I'll take gold for copper....I can barely contain myself!

[RichardPenny43]

I wasn't going to but I can't resist.

His Youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/ecotic
Notice his profile picture.

His Scribd page
http://www.scribd.com/Ecotic
Same profile picture
Name and location listed

CL ad near his location
http://brunswick.craigslist.org/for/3570919247.html

I am selling 408 pounds of Copper Pennies (1959-1982). Pennies made during these years are a 95% copper and 5% zinc alloy that's very valuable. All pennies have been sorted twice with a coin discriminator to ensure a pure copper lot with no modern zinc pennies mixed in. The pennies will come in heavy duty coin bags of 34 pounds a piece, and I can come and deliver anywhere in Brunswick or the surrounding areas. We'll do the transaction at a safe location (like a Starbucks parking lot). Call me at...(Edited by someone wth more board superpower then me, use link above)
Compare the pics from the ad to these posted here on RC

Same color carpet.

Both store in large tubs.

I called and asked for the name from the Scribd page, it was him.

Good luck to you in the future Eco Tic.

[cupronickel]

I believed him from the start.

[Broseph]

No way you got that much for 1986.6 lbs of pennies.

[thedrifter]

Lets all call him late at night asking if he has anymore for sale.

[beauanderos]

I once balanced a stack of 29 CTU's on my moped, then drove to a Farmer's Market and traded them for produce. The local survivalist's group was meeting at the booth next door and wanted to offer me lots of gold for my veggies, but I traded them all for a snapping turtle and a little frog.

oh, yeah... and the CTU's were all indian head pennies.

[RichardPenny43]

His Scribd page
http://www.scribd.com/Ecotic
Same profile picture
Name and location listed

Huh...This profile has recently been edited
Good thing I saved it.
Or just Google 'ecotic on scribd'

[cesariojpn]

Given how dumb some of these preppers are, I wouldn't put it past this story to be true in some respects.

Anyone saw last weeks episode of Doomsday Preppers? God, those hippies in Hawaii are gonna be corpses soon enough if they believe further into their bat**** insane ideals. And trust me, Hawaii (Kauai in particular) has some crazies. And those Alaska guys.......let's dismiss free advice because it doesn't fit our ideals!! Thats the spirit!!

[hobo finds]

I should see if any prepper groups would buy some scrap metal that I have... this way they could metl the scrap copper now, and make what they want with it.

[hobo finds]

BIG ENOUGH?

USA TODAY checked the passenger and weight capacity for selected models of current model vehicles
Max. capacity Weight capacity
Acura TSX 5 850

Acura MDX 7 1158

Dodge Grand Caravan 7 1150

Dodge Magnum 5 865

Dodge Caliber 5 865

Ford Mustang 4 720

Ford Fusion 5 875

Honda Civic
4-door 5 850
Honda Accord
4-door 5 850

Honda S2000 2 400

Lincoln Navigator 8 1452

Lincoln MKX 5 909

Mazda Speed6 5 850

Mazda 3 5 850

Mazda CX-7 5 850

Mazda MX-5 2 340

Nissan Versa 5 860

Scion xB 5 850

Scion tC 5 850

Toyota Highlander 7 1200

Toyota Tundra Double Cab 6 1340

[Bigsarge]

I should see if any prepper groups would buy some scrap metal that I have... this way they could metl the scrap copper now, and make what they want with it.