Our hobby in the future...

[Joe (Memphis)]

Flash forward 150 years..... it is Christmas day 2155, little Johny Skywalker is sitting by the Christmas tree unpacking his new detector. The cherished SUX 5000 ground penetrating radar detector with 10" HD holographic projection monitor and computer aided coin feature recognition enhancement and direct satellite interface to www.coinbluebook.com (so you can see if it it realy worth your time digging). What happens when little Johny goes outside? NOTHING... NADA... ZILCH.... Why? Because those that came before already found all the clad, and all that is heard from little Johny is "Dad, what does Trace levels of zinc mean?" His answer... "Well, son, in the early 1980's the chincy mint decided to base their currency not on precious metals like gold or silver, or even puka shells like we do today, but on zinc, a metal that desentigrates within 5 years of soil contact.... enjoy your penny son....
Just a thought

 

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[treasurekidd]

HAHAHA! Excellent story Joe! All that high-detector technology, and nothing to find with it because of the low-technology coins! Of course, when Johnny Skywalker stumbles onto a mason jar full of 2005 pennies, he'll be rich, because by then, only a few dozen will be left anywhere, and they'll be rarer than the famous flying eagle cent!! Makes you wonder, maybe we should put some of the mint zinc pennies aside? Since they don't last, perhaps they will become rare, you never know!

 

[Joe (Memphis)]

Absolutely!! I just throw 'em in the front yard so I will have something to do when I don't have a place to hunt By the way, did I mention little Johny was living in my old house!!

 

[twister]

Great Penny Story HH

Twister

 

[Mi$$ouri Jim]

 

[Justin L]

Good story, I think in 2155 the detector will also pull the target out of the ground for you with some kind of reverse gravity gizmo

 

[Joe (Memphis)]

Geez Jim, you been gnawin' on that thing or what HAHAA (Bet you banker LOVES you ) Oh I forgot to mention the robotic arm with coring bit that plugs removes and replugs...

 

[mtl-huntr]

Little Johnny will be hunting treasure right in front of his computer on the internet....he will swing over a spot on the screen hear a signal then some one else will dig it up and mail it to him...or use a transponder to beam it to him...hummm....now theres an idea for a entrepreneur.........

 

[Monty]

Wont be any need to remove plugs unless they are Titanium or Concrete as there won't be any grass, dirt or plants on earth. More than likely little Johnny will be detecting Uranus! Pardon the pun, no, it was intentional! TEE HEE! Clad dropped by the first settlers will be worth a fortune compared to the biodegradible money then in use. Many of us old timere whose brains were cryogenically preserved will be out swinging the *torbs looking for clad in our new robotic bodies.

*Torbs - Modern metal detecting equipment produced by White Garret Inc., A subsidiary of Minelab BH, Upper Uranus , Confederate Planets of Galaxy One.