$$ Look at your change $$

[sweetip2000]

In particular quarters. Look at the date on the quarter. If it is 1965 or earlier it is worth $7 dollars in silver. Smelter Skelter.

[just ben]

you mean 1964.

[Ghostv2]

I thought it was illegal to "scrap" US coin currency.
Same goes for pennies are worth more in scrap before a certain date because of the brass in it.

[tripledog]

I thought it was illegal to "scrap" US coin currency.
Same goes for pennies are worth more in scrap before a certain date because of the brass in it.

Copper, not brass. The pretty pennies are 1981 and older.

[Ghostv2]

Copper, not brass. The pretty pennies are 1981 and older.
Ya got me there. Saw it on Pawnstars. :p

Edit:
Decided to look it up.

1. Calculate 95% copper value :

(3.2841 × .00220462262 × 3.11 × .95) = $0.0213907


2. Calculate 5% zinc value :

(0.8673 × .00220462262 × 3.11 × .05) = $0.0002971


3. Add the two together :

$0.0213907 + $0.0002971 = $0.0216878




$0.0216878 is the melt value for the 1909-1982 copper cent on August 29, 2013.

[jeswinehart]

There are 2 of my favorite pennies in there some where > http://cointrackers.com/coins/13495/1909-s-vdb-wheat-penny/
Both come out of a hole on the "wet" side of a northern Michigan light house. Heck,,,, ALL my pennys (and a whole bunch of other stuff) are from the "wet" side.

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P.S. If you happen to notice the time piece on the antler, same make as the pictured picture, different model .

under water metal detecting has been very kind to me over the years

[atc007]

Very cool !!

[El Camexican]

I have a bit of a coin collection and I know silver has gone up. but $7.00 for a silver quarter with no rarety? Who's paying that?

Using this link I come up with about $4.00 (still very high)
http://coinapps.com/silver/gram/calculator/

As far as melting American coins see this link. Silver yes, copper and nickel no.
http://about.ag/MeltingSilverCoins.htm

However no Canadian money should be altered or defaced, something about the queen's face being on it.

Nice photos jeswinehart!

[83 200e]

they arent all worty 7 dollars automatically, hate to burst your bubble

[sweetip2000]

Well maybe its not $7 but its worth way more than 25¢ that's for sure.
BTW just going by what I hear. I am not a money expert but check out this video.


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v1hvqhqwb9j4yja/5FjV-JC1qu

[hoosierlogger]

I use coinflation.com to get scrap values for coins.

[ColtonGG33]

Off topic a little bit, but I'm digging the 2010 pennies!

[kb0nly]

I got a whole box of metal detector finds. Just last month i pulled a 1931 penny out of my front yard while i was going over the detector to get it ready for a hunt. It was like wtf why havent i hit this part of the yard before... LOL

[sweetip2000]

Yeah like we are being baited into this war and 0b0mma is taking the cheese. If we have another illegal war this for sure will destroy whats left of our already debased devalued dollar.
"They are dumping the dollar quicker than Bercracky can print it". I just cant believe how powerless our so called leaders are. Think about it. What will happen when a loaf of bread at the supermarket is 5 dollars. Gasoline 10 per gallon. If we go to war we loose without the so called enemy they want us to hate fires a single shot. If your dollar cant buy things then people are gonna get hungry for food. And when you get really hungry for food it changes the way you think. You go into full hunt mode. Damn we are in a very very dangerous predicament.

[C.J]

I got a whole box of metal detector finds. Just last month i pulled a 1931 penny out of my front yard while i was going over the detector to get it ready for a hunt. It was like wtf why havent i hit this part of the yard before... LOL

I don't find anything but nails in my yard LOL I'll grab a picture of some of my other finds I've scored from down south here in a little while. My favorite piece is my knife-cut seated liberty. Man is that a beautiful coin..