Coin Hunting

[Land Rover]

G,day all,, A little helpfull hint to all those interested in coin hunting especially the new commers ,,,, Not being a smart ar$e ,,,,but the best hint 4 success is THINK LIKE A HUMAN !! there the creatures that left the treasure 4 U 2 find !!! Watch people at the beach ,,,They walk down the path from the car park, reach the sand and usually STOP then look left and right and usually walk at 45 deg 2 the path !! Human love to sit on elevated areas ,,sand humps ect. Old house sites.. Front gate to the front verandah ...prime spot ..usually next to the front door on the verandah was a chair coins usually fell straight from grandpa's pocket through the floor boards ! Under the cloths line ! Hard to believe But the richer to household the less You usually find ,, The houses of the rich were usually better made ,,No cracks in the floor 4 coins to fall through !! Hope this May help!!

Regards L/R

 

[Ramjet]

Great tips L/R Cheers

 

[silver]

I know this is a rather old thread...... but... the title says it all really.
I decided to do a little coin hunting myself..... bypassing the left to right pocket method I use for going through the shopping change. I decided to cut to the chase and search some coin rolls straight from the bank and beat everyone else to the goodies for a change (punny). Now this method is definitely not for the faint hearted (gave me a headache complete with all the accompanying aches and pains).
Here's some of the receipt

Now I'm glad I took a sturdy car pump carry bag in with me to the machine.... cause $580 in change could break a thin mans arm (let alone mine)
here's the pile

now the photos ain't great.... but you'll get the gist.
here's the finds
5c

10c

20c

50c

$1.00

$2.00

Now I must admit the eyes were paining once it was all said n done.... but there were a coupl'a coins I'd never seen before at all.
The best looking coin woild have to be that 1972 20c.... absolutely not a mark on it.... full lustre too.
$1.00, 50c, & 20c types would be less eye strain I recon.
best thing will be cashing in what I didn't keep.... and the one's I chose to keep only cost me face value.

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Silver - your hardcore brain is always working.
Nice coins..

 

[silver]

StoneTheCrows I had inspiration from watching some coin roll hunting on utube.
I always liked watching silver coins being pulled out of coin rolls by the Americans (lucky buggas still have some spinning around in circulation).
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/ZMDJ4zDkBTs[/video]
So something made me put Australian Coin Roll Hunting into the search engine and I found this fella..... and then I found those coins (forced along a track by following my nose)
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/vthOdp0KRx4[/video]
I'll spend less money and thus less time on the next occasion..... and maybe just one value at a time so the grey matter doesn't quiver too much

 

[StoneTheCrows]

More to coin hunting than I thought.
Great way to hunt and it costs nothing except time.
:Y:

 

[silver]

Yeah seems wayyyy too easy hey !
Here's that 72 in the daylight.... definitely a circulated coin

still a nice coin though .... thanks to someone else lookoing after it for me....
for the last 47 years :Y: erfect:
I'll take care of it from here on in though

 

[StoneTheCrows]

I am onto it now Silver.

Will google all the worthwhile coins then buy some rolls.
Better than watchin telly..

 

[silver]

I recon we could use this thread to show our better coin roll hunting finds then STC :Y:

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Yep

I have to get my knowledge up a little and get a list so I know what I am looking for.

Will post here though.

 

[silver]

Here's what I'm starting with for knowledge so far/ research
years to the left

some extras for 20c I seen today

 

[silver]

Better photo of the top one (easier reading lol)

 

[silver]

I believe it's actually a $1.00 2014 Anzac Mule
not 2015

 

[Eldorado]

Don't forget the purple coronation $2 coin.Lowest mintage of the $2 coins.Worth about $40 - $50.

 

[silver]

Yeah, any colored $2 coins will be lower mintage, so apparently we keep them all lol :Y:

 

[Greenhornet_au]

Don't forget the purple coronation $2 coin.Lowest mintage of the $2 coins.Worth about $40 - $50.

Oh really, dont tell my kids, they will be off to sell them.

 

[silver]

Looked through another hundred dollars worth of 20's & 50's.... pulled $4.70 out of it

a 73 there

so... I'm thinking this might be a 2008 wave gap

and this may be that 2014 claw error

and the next two may be the 1981 canadian 3&1/2 claw

Problem will be not to lose em now

 

[silver]

Just a few of the nicer ones out of a $200 search.
A 1976 50c that stood out as nice

A 1988 10c that was still smooth and new looking.

Same with this 1981 5c

This 1972 5c was a surprise

But.... this 2016 changeover 5c has to be the highlight of it all
(only cost me 5c too)

 

[Sandta]

Ive still never got any of those new coins in my change

 

[silver]

Ive still never got any of those new coins in my change

Here's the sum total of my hunt for those types Sandta

just that one 5c

two 20c

Three 50c

Only one $1.00

But two $2.00

I never realised I had that many layin around.
I have never found a 10 center though.... I have 10 10c rolls in my possession now in order to help remedy that situation (no promises though )