Strange but I ordered a single 2025 silver eagle from Summit Metal, a legit bullion dealer, to put me over for free shipping and as I always do with my rounds I weighed them,magnet'ed them, and pinged them with my coin pinger. I got a funny high pitched ping from them that I never heard before. With my iphone I couldn't find the exact match for the 2025 coin and it failed every other eagle setting. Odd. It had the security notch where it was supposed to be, at 1000 oclock, everything about the coin was legit. Finally I found the correct match on my iphone coin tester and the ping went 3/3 time after time. Theres no question the coin is Legit. But tapping it with the wood stick and the pinger still produces a ping like no other silver coin I own. Anyone else experience this ?
I’ve been collecting coins for over 65 years. What is a pinger? The closest noise I know to a ping is the sound of a pinball machine. Welcome to CT.
I think he's referring to this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/4058096430...0oSxGxVI/FVS+eUMYmO8Ev3Mxg==|tkp:BFBMmseO6t1l
I have one like it. Works well for larger coins, not so well for smaller ones. IIRC the app only claimed to judge coins down to half-dollars. The holder has two silicone nubs, which won't mar coins as long as you keep them clean and free of debris. I forget if my striker is wood or plastic, but this arrangement is less likely to damage a coin than flipping it or dropping it on a table. At least, that's the idea.
