Dockwalliper Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Well this years contest is as exciting as last years. Ok this guess is going to be 1193 cents correct 358 nickels low 674 dimes high 340 quarters high 0 halves correct 9 dollars low 2,574 coins to now total $191.23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 OK, here I go again! pennies = 1173 low nickels = 379 high dimes =678 high quarters =335 high halves = 0 correct dollars = 9 low 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 1,183 Cents low379 Nickels high 667 Dimes low 335 Quarters high 0 Half dollars correct 10 Dollars low $191.23 from 2,574 coins. Almost missed guessing on this year's game. Just shows that I should check in every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 1193 cents 367 nickels 672 dimes 331 quarters 0 halves 11 dollars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 1193 cents367 nickels 672 dimes 331 quarters 0 halves 11 dollars Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Correct! Congrats George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Holy Cow! I got it! Thanks to EVERYONE for helping narrow it down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Its all in the timing...and the math...........Timing and math.............and persistence..yeah.............timing math and persistence. And of course luck......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Congratulations, George! Wow, Doc...ELEVEN dollar coins!?! Is that some kind of record for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mila_cent Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Congrats George, I was hoping it would make it until this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristofer Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic12 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Congratulations, George! Wow, Doc...ELEVEN dollar coins!?! Is that some kind of record for you? 11 is a new record. Beating last years record of 5. 10 Sackies and an Adams Prez dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Also, everyone should learn the power of excel. 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!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I'm surprised that you don't find more Canadian coins given where you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowly but surely Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 You can't leave us hanging like that! What was the one "other foreign"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristofer Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 You can't leave us hanging like that! What was the one "other foreign"? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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