Silver Score at the Beach (pawn shop)

[Rodebaugh]

So a quick beach get away with Mrs. Rodebaugh was past due. We packed our luggage (Wal-mart plastic bags) and headed 8 hours south to Topsail, NC. Metal detected my butt off, ate blue crabs 3 meals a day, didn’t allow any Bud light to reach room temperature, and of course hit the pawn shops. Back in the mountains again, thank the good lord, and thought I would share this buy I made with you folks.




Of course I asked.......Do you have any more coins?

[bankmining]

Nice Score! Wonder if he has a brother on the west coast with a pawnshop:P

[slickeast]

The US coins alone are worth $104.50

Are the Canadian 80%

Nice score, just goes to show there are deals out there

[henrysmedford]

It looks like the foreign one are the maybe both 1956 Canadian if so they have a melt of US $7.1174 as of Friday and some more as of this posting!!! Spot is now $38.19
And that Great Britain , 1947 2 Shillings , GEORGE VI one like it is on Ebay for $2.60 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270669920612&hlp=false

[Rodebaugh]

The US coins alone are worth $104.50

Are the Canadian 80%
Nice score, just goes to show there are deals out there

Sure are Slick. I paid 25 cents US for a silver canadian quarter.

[twentybux]

Excellent score Doc!

[kidman232]

i really need to get some franklin halves, just never come across any

[avidbrandy]

*wipes drool away* good job.

[scrapper2010]

Good lord, what are they living under rock down in Topsail?? Nice score Doc.

[abc]

Great score. But think of the poor person the pawn shop bought those off, he must have really got ripped off.

[TXTim]

Very nice!

[tn-dave]

wow - that's a great score..!!

[Rodebaugh]

Good lord, what are they living under rock down in Topsail?? Nice score Doc.

Funny thing is they had cash for gold stickers and signs everywhere.

Yeah It was like stepping back in time. The last time I purchased a walker for $2.50 I was in High School.

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

Great story! Thanks for sharing so we could all enjoy your finds vicariously.

[beauanderos]

Great story! Thanks for sharing so we could all enjoy your finds vicariously.

Translation... "Thanks for rubbing it in Mr. DeNiro" (role played in comedy Meet the .....)

[Somnophore]

Hi there, the English coin, can't see looks like a shilling, isn't silver, it's only pre 1947 or 1946 and earlier that are .500 silver.

[Rodebaugh]

Hi there, the English coin, can't see looks like a shilling, isn't silver, it's only pre 1947 or 1946 and earlier that are .500 silver.

yeah I don't know my non-US/Canadian money very well.

[CU Baker]

ya but did you find anything at the beach

[slickeast]

Hi there, the English coin, can't see looks like a shilling, isn't silver, it's only pre 1947 or 1946 and earlier that are .500 silver.

yeah I don't know my non-US/Canadian money very well.

I had to look that up too.

None the less, he is way ahead. He can give the coin to one of his child patients for being brave at the dentist office.

[avidbrandy]

What he's leaving out is he paid $200 to get the metal detector and then didn't find anything with it.

[Corsair]

What he's leaving out is he paid $200 to get the metal detector and then didn't find anything with it.

Doc has found some pretty amazing stuff with his metal detector. Check out the metal detecting thread in the Tracking Forum.

[beauanderos]

What he's leaving out is he paid $200 to get the metal detector and then didn't find anything with it.

Doc has found some pretty amazing stuff with his metal detector. Check out the metal detecting thread in the Tracking Forum.

The patients are starting to get annoyed with him when they sit down and he immediately wands their mouths, looking for gold fillings. So far, in just the last seven patients, he was able to find three balls of tobaccey, some partially digested beef jerky firmly adhered to gums, fifteen teeth, and one insect as yet unidentified. But he hangs tough, knowing that there has to be a BU Morgan in there somewhere, sooner or later!

[Rodebaugh]

What he's leaving out is he paid $200 to get the metal detector and then didn't find anything with it.

Doc has found some pretty amazing stuff with his metal detector. Check out the metal detecting thread in the Tracking Forum.

The patients are starting to get annoyed with him when they sit down and he immediately wands their mouths, looking for gold fillings. So far, in just the last seven patients, he was able to find three balls of tobaccey, some partially digested beef jerky firmly adhered to gums, fifteen teeth, and one insect as yet unidentified. But he hangs tough, knowing that there has to be a BU Morgan in there somewhere, sooner or later!

No Joke on this one folks:

A patient comes in saying "my gums are hurting Doc, real bad, can you take a look?"
I fished around a bit and pull out a sprouted tomato seed. "thanks doc that feels much better"

still haven't paid for that detector yet.....not far from it though.

[PolishPunisher]

I hope to pick one like this someday. I dream.

[mr18]

Doc, great find!!! Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you dont. Needless to say, luck was on your side on this purchase.