During the Calander year 2007 I recovered exactly 2637 coins with my detector.
Of that total 63 were Foriegn(non-US)
That leaves 2574 coins with a face value of $191.05. correction $191.23
Here's the contest part....
How many of each coin did I find?

Cent
Nickel
Dime
Quarter
Half dollar
dollar

You guess a number for each denomination, I will respond with, Too high, too low or correct. First to get all the numbers correct wins.

You can guess again when the time stamp on your last guess is 12 hours old. So, If you guess today at 6pm you can guess again at 6 am, or after, tomorrow. It dosen't matter If I responded to the first guess but I will try to check in often to respond so you have the info for your next guess.

The prize to be determined.

Good luck

Ok here is my first guess

546 cents
390 nickels
657 dimes
977 quarters
4 halves
0 dollars

2574 coins totalling $336.91

Brett. You get a do over. I cut and pasted the contest from last years post and changed all the numbers except 1.. The cash total is $191.05. $191.23

Opps.

ok lets try this again

1220 cents
489 nickels
414 dimes
450 quarters
1 half
0 dollars

2574 coins totalling $191.05

Hi Doc. Can't wait to come close to winning but not win...

995 cents
709 nickels
479 dimes
391 quarters
no Halves
no Dollars

2574 coins totaling $191.05

Here it goes! Not sure if it's right myself, but it's the first answer I came up with and I know with this answer it should be different than everyone else's.

Cent = 1400
Nickel = 401
Dime = 460
Quarter = 252
Half dollar = 26
dollar = 35

That leaves 2574 coins with a face value of $191.05.

cents =$10.05
nickles=$18.50
dimes=$65.50
quarters=$95.00
half dollars= 0
dollars= 2.00

$191.05

I have to go to work, so here is my next guess.

1145 cents
304 nickels
794 dimes
328 quarters
0 halves
3 dollars

2574 coins totalling $191.05

Did you get up early just to get your guess in ASAP?

Can't believe I missed this contest, here goes:

1185 cents
344 nickels
685 dimes
354 quarters
0 halves
5 dollars

1185 cents
337 nickels
691 dimes
357 quarters
0 halves
4 dollars

1200 cents
350 nickels
660 dimes
350quarters
0 halves
5 dollars

I hate it when I screw up.

Its not too bad. I forgot to add 18 wheat cents to the cash total so its $191.23

All my replies are still correct so I think everyone is still on equal ground.

But still 2574 coins?

Yes. I added the coin totals correctly but forgot to add in the wheat cents to the cash total.

2574 coins $191.23 value.

Well this years contest is as exciting as last years.

Ok this guess is going to be

1193 cents
358 nickels
674 dimes
340 quarters
0 halves
9 dollars

2,574 coins to now total $191.23

OK, here I go again!

pennies = 1173
nickels = 379
dimes =678
quarters =335
halves = 0
dollars = 9

That's 2574 coins with a face value of $191.23.

The first answer I came up with based off of the "high" and "low" clues you left before.

1,183 Cents
379 Nickels
667 Dimes
335 Quarters
0 Half dollars
10 Dollars

$191.23 from 2,574 coins.

Almost missed guessing on this year's game. Just shows that I should check in every day!

1193 cents
367 nickels
672 dimes
331 quarters
0 halves
11 dollars

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Correct!

Congrats George.

Holy Cow! I got it! Thanks to EVERYONE for helping narrow it down!

Its all in the timing...and the math...........Timing and math.............and persistence..yeah.............timing math and persistence.
And of course luck.........

Congratulations, George!

Wow, Doc...ELEVEN dollar coins!?! Is that some kind of record for you?

That was definitely the kicker. The dollar coins. Really? I'd figure you'd be so excited finding one that you'd mention it in a thread somewhere. What kind of dollar coins?

WOW !!!
Darn !!!!!I had it! But I had to wait till my time to post again came up.

Congrats thedeadpoint, You beat me to it!

Congrats George,

I was hoping it would make it until this morning.

Congratulations!

Yeah, good job! You should have seen my note pad yesterday, I had so muc hmath written down it was crazy, but it all wouldn't have worked out because of the wheat penny addition. Algebra fails again in the real world.

Congrats DP!

I thought of giving it a shot at the office today, but these hot avatars were attracting too much attention to my monitor

Thanks, guys!

Mila_cent, I feel like you beat me last year by a hair too.

Also, everyone should learn the power of excel. Hmm.. maybe I should figure out a way to make a program that calculates the possible values for me...

11 is a new record. Beating last years record of 5.

10 Sackies and an Adams Prez dollar.

I did, but I was trying to do it on the computer with Notepad and calculator at first until I realized I could plug formula's into Excel. Still can be a little time consuming, but you don't pull your hair out afterwards. (Actually the second I had in probably 20 minutes).

Well, I knew I wouldn't win, but had fun playing!

Congrats to thedeadpoint!!!

I should make this a bit tougher next year and use all the catagories.

Here are my 2007 results

Canadain cents 57
nickels 1
Dimes 1
Quarters 2
Toonies 1
Other foreign 1

Memorial cents 1175
Wheatie cents 18
Jefferson nickels 366
Buffalo nickel 1 (my first dated Buff.)
clad dimes 670
silver Roseys 2
clad quarters 330
Silver Wash. 1
Sackies 10
Prez $ 1 (Adams)

It was a really down year for me. Time and Gas prices really put a crimp in my hunting.

I'm surprised that you don't find more Canadian coins given where you are.

I've had better years. Here is my Canadain totals since I started back in June 2002.

cents 678
nickels 13
dimes 9
quarters 18 (1 silver)
Loonies 4
Toonies 2

You can't leave us hanging like that! What was the one "other foreign"?

What do you consider when choosing a place to search? I imagine I'd be successful searching around gas stations, but then again, they may not like a guy wandering around their station. I would look for lots of foot traffic, things like vending machines, pay phones, etc.... but that's all I can think of.

Since 2002 I have found 11 "others" they have included Mexico, England, Australia,Germany and the Philippines.
I'll have to check and see what this years was as I don't recall off the top of my head.

Public areas like you point out are good if you can dig a bit. I do lots of school yards parks and playgrounds. Places where people get vertical are best.
Private homes if you can get permission.