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Anyone see the digger's show last week huting for Wyatt Earp
Posted by Keith Southern
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Re: Anyone see the digger's show last week huting for Wyatt Earp April 16, 2014 01:48AM |
Keith, STAY AWAY from those ridiculous shows 
You've got more knowledge in your little pinky than one would gleam from watching 10 full seasons of those farces. I gave them all a chance when they first came on, but, between the staged finds, the absurd valuations, and the fact that those sell-outs are awarded the privilege to hunt spots a REAL detectorist would kill for, I just can't bring myself to tune in. There's more 'reality' in an episode of The Twilight Zone or The Honeymooners. Now, THOSE are a couple of shows that I can watch all day long!
Joe
You've got more knowledge in your little pinky than one would gleam from watching 10 full seasons of those farces. I gave them all a chance when they first came on, but, between the staged finds, the absurd valuations, and the fact that those sell-outs are awarded the privilege to hunt spots a REAL detectorist would kill for, I just can't bring myself to tune in. There's more 'reality' in an episode of The Twilight Zone or The Honeymooners. Now, THOSE are a couple of shows that I can watch all day long!
Joe
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Re: Anyone see the digger's show last week huting for Wyatt Earp April 16, 2014 09:25AM |
Hahha thanks guys for making me feel young. I was going to say Seinfeld myself but I'm not sure if any of you elderly gentlemen heard of it
I don't think Diggers is rigged. I may be alone in this, but given the PRIME
locations they hunt, does anyone else think they should be finding more??
I don't think Diggers is rigged. I may be alone in this, but given the PRIME
locations they hunt, does anyone else think they should be finding more??
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Re: Anyone see the digger's show last week huting for Wyatt Earp April 16, 2014 10:46AM |
Funny!
Keith - here's the current PCGS price list for 1916 D Mercury dimes - these are full blown retail prices for an average across the US
the best way to realistically price any coin is to look at their list price and deduct 25% for an average IF you don't have access to the Gray Sheet provided to dealers/subscribers
notice anything from G4 (good) on down is under a $1000 and in order for one to be worth "$1000s" ---- it would have to grade VG12 (very good) on up which at that point the "D" would clearly be unmistakable - you wouldn't need a loupe to see/make it out.
Keep in mind though - 1916 D Mercury dimes have become over graded due to their rarity ---- it seems over the past 20 yrs or so that the grading companies have laxed on their standards in grading them -- what used to be considered a AG (almost good) dime that you could barely make the D out on without a loupe has now become a G4 that is worth nearly 2xs the $$
The best way to tell that what I say here is true and to see it 1st hand is to own an original PCGS graded 1916 D Mercury in the OLD slab container with the old green label graded G4 (they are called rattlers) because the coins rattle around in those slabs and then take a current "new age" Blue label slabbed 1916 D from PCGS graded G4 and compare ---- you will/would clearly see that the old green labeled coin is far better looking/in far better condition in 9 out of 10 cases
and it's not only with this coin has this become the common practice --- many other Key date/rare coins are also pushed into the over graded status these days
Keith - here's the current PCGS price list for 1916 D Mercury dimes - these are full blown retail prices for an average across the US
the best way to realistically price any coin is to look at their list price and deduct 25% for an average IF you don't have access to the Gray Sheet provided to dealers/subscribers
notice anything from G4 (good) on down is under a $1000 and in order for one to be worth "$1000s" ---- it would have to grade VG12 (very good) on up which at that point the "D" would clearly be unmistakable - you wouldn't need a loupe to see/make it out.
Keep in mind though - 1916 D Mercury dimes have become over graded due to their rarity ---- it seems over the past 20 yrs or so that the grading companies have laxed on their standards in grading them -- what used to be considered a AG (almost good) dime that you could barely make the D out on without a loupe has now become a G4 that is worth nearly 2xs the $$
The best way to tell that what I say here is true and to see it 1st hand is to own an original PCGS graded 1916 D Mercury in the OLD slab container with the old green label graded G4 (they are called rattlers) because the coins rattle around in those slabs and then take a current "new age" Blue label slabbed 1916 D from PCGS graded G4 and compare ---- you will/would clearly see that the old green labeled coin is far better looking/in far better condition in 9 out of 10 cases
and it's not only with this coin has this become the common practice --- many other Key date/rare coins are also pushed into the over graded status these days
