BioProfessor
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It ain't gold but....... UPDATE - You won't believe this.
Hi guys and girls.
Still swinging away in the Netherlands. Just thought I would give you an update on the coin.
It made it to NCS. They spent a little over 3 weeks conserving the coin and putting it back in pretty much original condition. They then ran it through the authentication process. There was a LOT of counterfeiting in those days. It came back as authentic.
They then sent it through the grading process and put it in the slabbing machine to seal it and protect it. There was a malfunction in the machine and they DESTROYED the coin. BROKE THE SUCKER INTO PIECES!!! It's gone. It's toast. No value left. Nothing. Nada.
Welcome to my world.
Think I should run a poll on what to do?
- throw my detector in the canal?
- jump off a bridge?
- go back an look for another one?
Daryl
Hi guys and girls. I've been "away" for awhile. Sort of hiding out and not doing much of anything. Not good but but the best I could do.
I'm doing some hunting on the other side of the pond. My wife's health is better where it's cool and dry in the summer so we go if we can.
Fields are in crop so I have to hunt pasture, construction sites, and soil dumps from road work and the like. Not fun hunting,
They are also tough to get to. Train for 30 minutes to an hour, bus wait and ride, walk a mile or so most of the time. Just a real hassle without a car.
But sometimes it is worth it and the blind pig succeeds. Digging in some spread out construction waste dirt, out pops a real small cruddy black coin. A quick brush off and there is detail. As black and cruddy means silver over here and small is good, into a plastic bag it goes.
Back home, a little soap and water and up comes enough detail to know what it is and the date. So the washing stops and the investigating begins. Remember rules 1, 2, and 3.
After a couple of forums and collectors, it turns out to be an 1819 silver nickel. One of only 3,000 minted. So the coin is still cruddy with the silver gunk but since it is silver, it should come clean with the conservation/cleaning service offered through the ANA and it's not supposed to come back from slabbing labeled "Cleaned" and be a pretty "Could have been" paperweight.
Images show it's a good strike and is still in good condition, just really dirty.
For me, it is probably the rarest coin I'll ever find and it was enough to kick me back to the forum. I'll post what it looks like when it has been cleaned and slabbed but it might be quite a time. Just couldn't wait that long.
Thanks for looking.
Daryl
Hi guys and girls.
Still swinging away in the Netherlands. Just thought I would give you an update on the coin.
It made it to NCS. They spent a little over 3 weeks conserving the coin and putting it back in pretty much original condition. They then ran it through the authentication process. There was a LOT of counterfeiting in those days. It came back as authentic.
They then sent it through the grading process and put it in the slabbing machine to seal it and protect it. There was a malfunction in the machine and they DESTROYED the coin. BROKE THE SUCKER INTO PIECES!!! It's gone. It's toast. No value left. Nothing. Nada.
Welcome to my world.
Think I should run a poll on what to do?
- throw my detector in the canal?
- jump off a bridge?
- go back an look for another one?
Daryl
Hi guys and girls. I've been "away" for awhile. Sort of hiding out and not doing much of anything. Not good but but the best I could do.
I'm doing some hunting on the other side of the pond. My wife's health is better where it's cool and dry in the summer so we go if we can.
Fields are in crop so I have to hunt pasture, construction sites, and soil dumps from road work and the like. Not fun hunting,
They are also tough to get to. Train for 30 minutes to an hour, bus wait and ride, walk a mile or so most of the time. Just a real hassle without a car.
But sometimes it is worth it and the blind pig succeeds. Digging in some spread out construction waste dirt, out pops a real small cruddy black coin. A quick brush off and there is detail. As black and cruddy means silver over here and small is good, into a plastic bag it goes.
Back home, a little soap and water and up comes enough detail to know what it is and the date. So the washing stops and the investigating begins. Remember rules 1, 2, and 3.
After a couple of forums and collectors, it turns out to be an 1819 silver nickel. One of only 3,000 minted. So the coin is still cruddy with the silver gunk but since it is silver, it should come clean with the conservation/cleaning service offered through the ANA and it's not supposed to come back from slabbing labeled "Cleaned" and be a pretty "Could have been" paperweight.
Images show it's a good strike and is still in good condition, just really dirty.
For me, it is probably the rarest coin I'll ever find and it was enough to kick me back to the forum. I'll post what it looks like when it has been cleaned and slabbed but it might be quite a time. Just couldn't wait that long.
Thanks for looking.
Daryl
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Luck is the only explanation. The site is open to anyone. Only a couple of acres and has enough holes to drive Bill Murray crazy. Why me? Why that swing? Why decide to dig that signal? Why no shovel ding? Just crazy.
