5 gallon water jug full of wheat, memorials, and shields!

He should have gave them to me before my 30s and before my kids so he’s late on the mischief phase lol I hope There’s at least one cool thing I find

 

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I'll say this for sorting cents instead of practicing drums: it's a lot easier on bystanders.

 

A real hard one to find. 83D DBL Ear. 97 dbl ear 84 and 88 dbl ear. 83 DDR. So many to remember.!
Do a good search, or else we will find your treasure in the wild.......

 

There is a lot more and I mean a lot more then I could find online holy smokes this just turned my months off searching into a year or two LOL thank you I’ll add these to my list!

 

Yea but not easier on me I may end up loving or hating pennies after this expedition lol

 

And I highly agree with you separating them the best I can do I’m not all confused which it has been because I’m jumping dates like crazy and have to keep going back to my cheat sheet for those years

 

Jumping out was not a problem, after hitting the ground was when the crap started, lol

 

"I don't wanna sort/I just wanna bang on the drum all day..."

 

How do you move a 5 gallon jug of coins? I've got a friend who has one and it don't budge. But his is one of those glass water bottles so we don't dare try and put too much stress on it. I'm sure it will bust apart of we try and lift or move it.

 

I'd be inclined to wrap it in blankets, then tip it onto something that it can roll on...?

 

I think the stress of all the weight being placed on one corner of the bottom during the tipping evolution will bust it. What he needs to do is get one of those metal wire grabbers that you buy in automotive tool stores and start taking coins out 1 - 2 at a time until it's between 1/4 and 1/2 full. Then he can start thinking about trying to tip it over/move it.

 

Now THAT would be one long, drawn out, arduous task!

 

Suggestion:

Try looking them up on line, so you have an idea of what they look like

 

Those glass jugs do break. This one was only about half full. I lifted it by the neck, and what do you know it broke.

 

Just my opinion on this, a full 5 gallon jug is about 200 pounds, $400-$450 in cents, 40,000- 45,000 cents, about 16 boxes of cents to go through in total.

If I were you, Id set up cheap cups, baggies, bins, whatever is easy and cheap, and write on them the date ranges you have interest in taking a deeper look at, one for wheats, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, S mintmark maybe, and visual oddities at first glance you'd want a deeper look at.

Then plow through it and sort into the cups, it's the sorting that takes the time and causes fatigue from repetition, so the simplest way to make the first step of sorting the best like by wheats and by decade. then sorting the decade by mintmark, or by year or however you like to do it best.

the hard part, the fatigue of it, is the sorting and then the page flipping of reference material to compare to. if you have a mindless method of sorting at a glance to get it done rapidly to be more organized, then you can be more focused and detailed once you've narrowed it down, less page flipping, more focused on specifics. I sort while watching TV glance and pitch, glance and pitch.

idea would be to get through it in a reasonable amount of time, and feel you didn't miss anything when you are done, which will lead to desiring to take a 2nd pass through it..... yikes!

that worked for me to get through a few boxes of cents a weekend. Free time on saturday spent sorting for wheats, then by decade from memorial onward, and then Odd coin cup, then resorting the decade by mint, then by year, and then on sunday with free time taking them one by one, with references open to check them.

 

It's designed for 40-50 pounds of water, not 200 pounds of metal, but I'd think a hand truck would be in order as the best shot at to moving it without it breaking. still probably going to break though.

can always tap it with a hammer a few times around the neck/top, it might split nicely.

Honestly If I were to do it, I'd just buy a glass cutting bit, tape it off then cut around it until the top comes off so it's a big bucket instead of a bottle. probably makes for a nice planter or fishbowl afterwards also....maybe guacamole dip bowl?

 

I've only ever used the plastic 5-gal bottles. The thought of a glass one is a little terrifying.

 

the plastic ones get heavy as all get out also, but at least you don't have to worry about it breaking and sharp glass if you go to move it so much.
it's deceptive, how much could pennies weigh? They weighed almost nothing in your pocket when you put them in there
it's a couple hundred pounds easy though, and a Pain to move if you do have to move it. I stick to smaller containers for change.

 

I used to feel the exact same way about clothes too, up until I was in basic training and marching around the grinder with a sea bag full of uniforms on my back.

 

I'd advise extreme caution using a glass cutting wheel. Using it should work perfect. I agree with that. The problem is the remaining two edges. One each on the bottom and top separated pieces. Those edges will be razor sharp.

To safely use the bottom as a bucket, fishbowl, planter, etc. I'd recommend measuring the circumference and cutting a garden hose to length. Then split the hose lengthwise and fit it around the cut glass. Glue it if necessary. Unless of course you've got the right tools to sand the glass smooth with a belt sander and correct sandpaper.

Safety first