[CLOSED] Quarter Notes Giveaway #5 (counterstamped quarters)

Those two plastic coin tubes MIGHT be inadequate for rolling all those wheaties.

 

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Concerning the copper cent melt, several years ago on of the forums I was on, a member bragged that they put their pre 1982 cents inside some copper tubeing, sealed of the ends and sold as standard copper tubeing. He got full value for the copper cents even though they're only 95% copper. They claimed to sell a couple of hundred lbs each month this way. Apparently the buyer, a local recycling company was none the wiser.

 

I got this the other day.








Bill's Trees.

 

You lucky duck! How exciting!

 

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Thank you QuarterMaster and M'Lord!
P.S. How did your boundry search go?

 

Hey, LM, here's the real skinny on the question of melting coins and when it occurred. It's a 'dry' read but covers it.

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Thanks to QuarterMaster and lordmarcovan for this contest.

Have fallen way behind on my reading on Coin Talk, but am back into it now and having fun. Among other things, I appreciate the information about melting coins.

Sorry to lordmarcovan about the boundary search not working out better. I got a detector 16 years ago (when we bought our farm) for that very purpose. While it did take a while, I did finally find all the posts. It was fun traipsing through the woods on the search, but that was a while ago -- I don't anticipate my body would think it would be as much fun now. Have used the detector several more times in more open spots around the farm, just for the fun of it, and have found a few interesting things, but never a coin (so far).

 

Entry Post - Thank You Ooo Holy Quarter Master and LordM for the contest !!
If I win, I wish my winnings to @potty dollar 1878 .

 

As a former land surveyor, I've found probably thousands of property/boundary markers.
Most surveyors don't use the same type of metal locator like a treasure hunter does. A surveyor would most likely use a device called a Schonstedt ( Magnetic Locator Equipment | Portable Locator - Schonstedthttps://www.schonstedt.com › magnetic-locators ) It locates iron and steel objects because that is the most commonly used item, but not the only item, to mark boundaries. When an iron or steel rod is driven into the ground, the interaction with the Earth sets up a magnetic field that the device locates.
However, markers can be as varied as old shotgun/rifle barrels, car leaf springs, car axles, cotton spindles(a type of small gear), Railroad spikes or large or small nails.
Typically in newer subdivisions, 1/2", 5/8" or even 3/4" iron rods (rebar cut to length) would be used, depending on the importance of the particular corner being staked i.e. lot corners would be 1/2" whereas major subdivision corners would be 3/4" or even 1". All of those things could be found with metal locators, however, if the property boundary was staked long enough ago, a more mundane item may have been used as the marker.
Items such as cut-off cypress knees, pine knots, blazes on trees, large rocks, piles of rocks(cairns), even Mason jars filled with small rocks, have been used to mark property corners, none of which would be found with a metal locator.
In most cases of boundary hunting, it's best to refer to either the Survey Plat or a Metes-and-Bounds description. One or the other of which is almost always provided with the property deed. Both of which should state what any marker would consist of.

Hey, LM, sorry if I meandered far afield from the OP, but I was drawn in by the posts I referenced above.

BTW, a Meander is a type of survey that describes a boundary line that follows the centerline of a creek, bayou, river or other body of water, that forms part of the boundary of a given property.

 

Interesting post. Thank you.

 

I forgot:

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Bumpity Bump

 

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Thank you, @quartermaster and @lordmarcovan for this contest! I don't have any counter stamps but I have this which has what looks like extra marks all over it:

 

Excellent coin, Burro. What does the other side look like?

BTW, most of those are referred to as 'Chopmarks', mainly because they are mostly done in China.

Here's some info :

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Thanks for the links, very good information. Still trying to learn.

Here's the back of the coin.