Jar of coins from the Silver Dollar Ranch Hoard

Does anyone know if this Ebay listing is legit? It's advertising an unsearched jar from the Silver Dollar Ranch Hoard. I usually stay away from auctions like this because I assume the coins have been cherry picked. It would be pretty cool though if it is legit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271731178320

 

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The bar for the unsearched roll scam has been raised lol

 

I don't think so. I've seen a lot of jars like this on e-bay recently and they have tons of good looking stuff in them but I don't think it would be from a hoard. Why would he randomly put some colonial money and coins in them?

 

I want to buy something like that but its just to ironic to me that all the good stuff would be visible. like the next jar we see will have an 1893 s in the front. I will def follow and may see what it ends at. Wouldn't that be an awesome unboxing video

 

Seems waaaay too strategically placed to me. All of the large silver coins sitting flat against the side of the jar hiding a pile of buffalo sand wheat cents. There are some cool coins in there, but the bid is over 3Gs already. I don't see it.

 

I doubt it is legit. It seems like some of the coins are intentionally displayed to make you think it could be a key date. Also seems like an odd mix of coins and there's no COA or anything. Seems like this type of thing would be false advertising and would not be permitted on Ebay...

 

Laughably fake. If he found a hoard, why not show a picture of it? He showed a picture of everything else, including the house the hoard was in. But no hoard. Also, he just "glanced" at the coins, and magically knows there are no post 1964 coins in the hoard. Unless you go through them all, you do not know that for sure. Total BS.

 

Like everyone else has said. Looks like all the good stuff is showing.

 

Nah, I think this guy is semi-legit. I can imagine the original owner fixing coins inside jars that way. Its dumb to say it is unsearched because every human cannot restrain themselves from curiosity regardless. He seems to sell alot and receive positive feedback which leads me to believe he most likely flips through a few but not all. The first few jars sold would be the ones you don't want and the last in stock are probably ranked the same. You want to aim in the middle to score. His negative feedback consists of buyers dumb enough to be tricked into common ebay hooks which for this guy is somewhat mislesding. Just read the listing good, ask questions wait for response to clarify then move forward with your bid.

 

Danger Will Robinson

 

I really cannot see someone placing coins in a jar just to store them carefully placing a couple of paper currency items round the outside first.

The guy spent so long photographing and inspecting the outside and listing a bunch of maybe this and possibly that, that in the same time he could have listed the whole contents one by one.

But most of all I cannot see anyone not examining the contents. 100 jars like that would take about 30 hours for an experienced dealer to skim-check and sort by type, leaving detailed examination for later.

I just don't believe it.

 

That was one of my first thought as I was reading the eBay listing. Secondly, if you "found" a hoard like this and you were an enterprising individual, IMO, there's NO WAY you don't search through each jar looking for a rarity, condition rarity, etc...

This listing smells bad.

 

How come you have a rare 1922 wheat, a colonial currency note, a seated dollar, and a buff in the same jar, money from many different eras spanning almost 200 years altogether, I would doubt it is possible.

 

Exactly. Not worth a second glance.

 

I'd bid on what you could see only figure the dates to be the most common and try to guess the bullion weight that'd be all. If you buy it for a little over bullion you'd be safe but if you expect any raritys you'll be dissapointed

 

If I wanted it, I'd take the same appoach. I'd discount the gold pieces heavily though. It just doesn't interest me at all.

 

I would say that the Jar is just as legit as those cent rolls with a dime stuck on the end.

BTW, the folks bidding on this particular are gamblers or fools if the two could even be separated.

 

And that ain't sayin' much!

They are gamblin' fools as they say in Georgia...

 

A mix of idiots and shill bidders no doubt.