The journy has ended

As you have noticed, the journy ended sometime ago. It was fun while it lasted.

Thanks to all that supported me in getting as far as I got.

Offers for the Wheat Pennies and Silver Ingot

The Official Unofficial Certificate of Authenticity has been printed up and the Bag of Wheat Pennies and Silver Ingot are ready for the best offer to come in, or maybe the best offer has come in and I need to make a decision. Maybe you can help me out with making a decision! Maybe there is something that was offered me that you just have to have and you want to make an offer for something I don't even have yet. Well enough rambling on, here is what has been offered to me this week:

• The first offer that came in was for a Toshiba Satellite M35X-S111 Laptop. Not to bad.
• a 19" color TV.
• Lot of cash offers, up to $450 but I am commited to trading only. Very tempting though.
• Jack wrote: I'll trade you two, 1981-s Roosevelt dimes, slabbed and graded PR70CAM
  (numbered, with certificates of authenticity) *This offer valid until midnight, Nov 5th, 2006.
• Sean offered me 5, yes 5 CRISP one dollar bills for the bag of pennies and silver ingot. LOL
• Joe offered a heavy duty metal ramp for trailers to load and unload bikes or heavy equipment.
• Jesse worte: How about a handgun? Or maybe a few swiss army watches? possibly a Vietnam era military issue Ka-Bar USMC military fighting knife? Or maybe my 20" color tv? Or a combination of those items? I am VERY interested in the pennies and ESPECIALLY the silver brick.
• Last but not least, Dan wrote: hello, like your plan.... how about a very old antique globe w/ a beautiful wood stand....or a cool old school G&S vintage surfboard, I would consider them both a trade up for what you're trading... Check out the pictures, what do you think?

Which offer do you think I should accept? If any of these items sound good to you and you want to offer something to trade for them or if you want the Bag of Wheat Pennies and Silver Ingot, just email the offers to me here (please be sure to include pictures) onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com

The Coin Stacking Picture of the Week

That's right, I made it on to the front page of www.coinstacking.com with the picture of the week! Who would have known I had a hidden talent of stacking coins.

The pennies used for my coin stacking creation were just a pinch of what's in the bag. I could have made it a whole lot bigger with the 30 pounds of pennies. I'll just have to give you the opportunity to out do me once we complete the trade. Maybe you too will make it on the front page of www.coinstacking.com with the picture of the week, you never know, you may have a hidden talent as well.

Head on over to www.coinstacking.com and check out all the great coin stacking creations others have done, some are amazing.

Are you interested in owning this big bag of fun, I mean 30 pound bag of pennies & silver ingot? Contact me with an offer.

onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com

30 Pounds of Wheat Pennies & 10 oz of Silver

30 lbs of wheat pennies and 10 ounces of silver
in exchange for a box of skeleton house keys
both traders now hope their trade will deliver
at least one golden opportunity to use these...
-Frank Rodriguez

The trade has been completed. My wife and I drove down to Southern California’s wine country, Temecula, and meet up with Frank at one of the offices he works at. He greeted us with a huge smile and introduced us to all his co-workers, everyone was very nice.

Frank had waiting a huge bag filled with 30 pounds of wheat pennies on his desk along with a 10 oz Silver Ingot. This is my first time ever owning a bar of silver, very cool. Too bad it wasn’t a gold bar though, maybe my next trade. Anyway, we took some pictures, completed the trade with the official unofficial certificate of authenticity filled out and signed and then we were on our way to do some wine tasting.

We only had time to go to a few wineries but we saved the best for last, Wilson Creek. If you’re ever in the area, this is one of the best in Temecula, CA. There’s always a crowd so be sure to get there early or come on a week day. All their wines are nice but they have a special Almond Champagne. After you have completed the wine tasting you want to top it off with their chocolate port served in an edible chocolate shot glass. Mmmm… You drink it down about half way and then they fill it back up with Almond Champagne to make what they call an Almond joy! Very joyful I must say.

So since the trade has now been officially completed, I can now offer you 30 pounds of wheat pennies and a 10 oz Silver ingot. Let the offers begin.

FYI: The penny is worth more then a penny? found on reddit.

Offer accepted for the Box of Skeleton Keys

Yes, that's right, I have accepted an offer! I received a lot of great offers for the Box of Skeleton Keys and it was very hard to decide on one to accept, but before I elaborate, I just want to say thanks to everyone that wanted to be part of my journey and sent me an offer. Even though I didn't accept your offer this time around I hope that all of you will still follow my progress and send in offers for another item you might like down the road.

A few weeks ago I received a call from Frank and he offered me 30 pounds of wheat pennies for the Box of Skeleton Keys. I was like "WOW" that sounds like a lot of money but I didn't want money, I wanted an item that could be traded. And these can be traded, they're wheat pennies, great for coin collectors, especially for someone that is just starting out, so I kept him in mind. There were a few other offers I was looking to pursue but they fizzled out. So a few days ago I called Frank up again and he wanted to sweeten the offer a little more and said he would also throw in a 10 oz Silver ingot. That sold me. This trade will attract all kinds of collectors from precious metals to coin collectors.

Stay tuned for more details on the trade...

In the PRESS

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NEWSPAPER
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Sept. 26th, 2006 - The first news article of my journey was published today in the Concord Monitor a home town paper in Concord, NH. The article is titled "Trading a pocketful of lint for a house". Chris called and told me he read about it earlier today. He's going to send me the paper but I looked it up online, it was on their site here, very exciting!!! This is a great start and much more media publicity to come.

INTERNET
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Oct. 28th, 2006 - I made it on to the front page of www.coinstacking.com with the "picture of the week" of my coin stacking creation!

BLOG
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DaveTraders - I was mentioned under "Other Cool Trade Sites". He also is trading-up, from a Silver Safety Pin to a log Cabin.

Did you see or hear about One Pinch of Pocket Lint somewhere else? Let me know at onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com

Offers for the Box of Skeleton Keys

Update: More offers added.

I'm finally getting back to the grind since our trip back East. We had such a great time in New York, Boston and New Hampshire. We did so much in just a short time and walked more than I have ever walked before and then some, then we walked some more.

I crafted a new box for the Skeleton Keys, the cardboard box they were in didn't make the trip home that well. They're now pimping out in their own custom box with the official unofficial Certificate of Authenticity framed on the top of the box. It's looking very nice, so keep those offers rolling in.

You can email your offers (with pictures) to me here onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com

The offers are getting better now and it's starting to get really tough to decide on which one to take, here are the offers I have so far:

• Shannon wrote, "Id really like to take those keys off of your hands if you still have them! I would like to trade you for a piece of my art. You can check out my style here Shannon Jones Gallery and if you are interested I can show you pictures of the ones I have already done or I can do something custom. I thought this might be a good trade to get an IOU from her for the person that I trade the art with they can pick something from her collection or get something custom made to their liking.
• Jennifer wrote, "I have some halogen lights to add under a car (new in the box- retail $30), a charcoal chimney (new- retail ?-it was a gift), a meat/bread slicer (used) and a humming bird feeder. I will be happy to trade them all to you for the keys- and if you promise to keep the wolf I'll throw in something else. Looking for a single item this time around, that way I won't have a problem trading the whole lot to someone. The wolf must go as well.
• Jeff offered me all kinds of stuff but what caught my eye was the framed poster of Darth Vader made from tiny little pictures of the original 3 movies. It is about 3' X 2'. I would like to see a picture of this picture!
• Gina offered me a bunch of redline matchbox cars still in the packages. Another good offer, I would like to get more info on these and maybe some pictures as well.
• Joel wrote, "You'll probably get offered a Caddy for 'em but I've got two 1800's Morgan silver dollars I'll give you for them; I'll even throw in a one-of-a-kind hand-painted Jimi Hendrix palm frond - I guarantee you've never seen anything like it. They're in Mesa Arizona and pictures are available if you're interested." I am interested, please, send pictures.
• Tony offered a stack of old playboy magazines and Jim a Box full.. Thanks for the offers, but I am trying to keep this family oriented.
• Michael offered a real nice leather laptop bag and a gas cap from a classic Mach I Mustang.
• An anonymous person wrote "i have a lot of good stuff for the home, glass brass silver plate china............" Well, maybe you should bring them all to the house warming party when we have it.
• Frank rang me up and offered 30 pounds of wheat pennies. WOW, 30 pounds sounds like a lot, what does that work out to?
• Michelle offered me a Steiff Robby the Seal still new in the package.
• Bryan has a set of stock headers from a 2001 R6 for the skeleton keys. Anyone blow a header?
• Scott has 2 cell phones he is no longer using, all charged up and ready for service. Not a bad offer
• Tony offered me an Xbox with all the connectors, 2 wireless controllers and 3 or 4 games. I have an email out to him to find out what games he has, that makes a difference.
• Fred offered me a couple of 8 tracks or a vintage shirt. Wow 8 tracks, I remember when my brother had a very cool portable 8 track player and we would always listen to Gary Newman "Cars", man, those were the days.

• Danielle offered a vase or two.
• David wrote, "I will trade a lithograph of my original painting created for the Annual Association of Polysomnographic Technologists (Sleep Medicine Professionals) Meeting in Chicago, IL entitled “Guardian Sleep”.
• Kris wrote, "I would love to trade you for your keys, if you still have them. how bout my TV?
• and last but not least an offer came in to trade the keys for a Black n Decker drill, works great.

WOW, what a list! I have a hard choice to make. Which offer do you think I should accept? If any of these items sound good to you and you want to offer something to trade for them or send an offer for the Skeleton Keys, just email the offers (with pictures) to me here onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com

Box of Skeleton Keys

A dollar for lint
What a trade-up I think
Now for something else
These keys and a drink
-Chris Bevans

We made it, we are here on the East Coast. My wife and I finally flew across the country to meet up with Chris here in New Hampshire to complete the second trade in my adventure. Only the start of a series of trades that I will be completing until I reach my goal, a House!

We met Chris at the Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill in Concord, NH near his home town. We got along great, had a great time and he even treated me and my wife to dinner. Thanks again Chris! It was really good barbeque, if you're ever in the area you should give them a try. After dinner Chris and I completed the trade, the 1776-1976 Bicentennial Silver Dollar for his box of Skeleton Keys, Random Old Keys and a Wolf Paperweight.

Alone there are 76 Skeleton Keys, many random keys (pictures available if you want to see them), and one wolf paperweight.

The Skeleton keys are amazing, they range from many sizes and shapes, with some solid and some hollow shafts, and one is even dated back to 1878. Email me if you have any questions about them and I will do my best to answer your questions.

If you have something you would like to trade for the keys and wolf paperweight, send in your offers to onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com.

Update: Click here to see who I traded the Box of Skeleton Keys with.

New Hampshire, Boston and New York bound!

We finally got our tickets to fly back east. We will be flying into New York, (JFK airport) and then driving to New Hampshire to complete the second trade. I will be trading up with Chris, an electrician in a small town in NH, for his box of Skeleton Keys, Random Old Keys and a Wolf Paperweight. What a pain it has been to find a deal on airfare, the prices have been really high lately and I was hoping they would have come down after that foiled terrorist plot. The prices did finally drop but only for a few hours and by the time we figured out how many days we wanted to stay the price jumped back up. (These airlines are almost worse than the stock market, but I won't go there, my wife will kill me.) We finally found a deal and jumped on it before it went back up again, whew!

After we finish the trade with Chris in New Hampshire we are heading over to Boston for a few days and then down to NYC. It should be a lot of fun. We are going for a total of 5 days and 5 nights, hopefully that's enough time to see a few sights. If you know of something that we MUST do or see or maybe your favorite restaurant we should go to, please add a comment or send me an email at onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com.

One thing for sure, we plan on going to Times Square for the 2006 Broadway on Broadway 15th annual FREE outdoor concert. The event will be hosted by Martin Short and will feature musical numbers and star appearances from almost every play and musical on Broadway, as well as sneak peeks at several upcoming shows scheduled for the 2006-07 theatre season. Should be a great show, and it's FREE!

Even though I don't have the Skeleton keys in hand just yet, I am still taking offers for them and it would work out great if I received an offer I could not refuse in Boston or NYC while I am out there. So if you are interested in trading something bigger or better, send me an offer here onepinchofpocketlint@gmail.com.

Offer accepted for the One 1976 Silver Dollar

I know, you're probably saying, "it’s about time!" but I have been busy lately, I’ve been dealing with a Stalker, and that was like a full time job in itself. Also, I was waiting for the right trade to come along. The offer came from Chris and he sent such a great email I thought I would share it with all of you. It reads like this:

George Ogan,

Even though trading up to a house has been done before, why not do it again, so what if it's been done, it's still an adventure every time that someone does something like this, be it for a car because they don't have one, or larger goals to get themselves a house. So I give you a great deal of credit for that.

But that's not why I decided to write, it was actually me wondering if you were staying in a particular section of the US to make trades or if you're traveling a-la oneredpaperclip did for all of their trades?

If you're willing to do trades all the way across the US, being in NH or east coast area ( Not meaning just traveling there, but if you'd be doing shipped items or not. I'd be willing to offer you a box of skeleton keys and other random keys that came from an old farmhouse that was being torn down when I was but a little kid. And if that isn't enough incentive, I'll throw in a wolf figure cast in a resin shell to be a paperweight.

That all said and done, best of luck to you with your trading up, because it just means that every new trade comes new friends and new adventures.

Thanks in advance,

Chris Bevans
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There are thousands that where inspired by Kyle, the one red paperclip guy and many have started their own journeys and they all have there own spin on it. Even if it was the same idea exactly, the adventure will always be new and different. That said, I have accepted Chris’s offer and I am working on the arrangements to fly out to New Hampshire to complete my second trade. I will update this post with more details as they come in. Got to run, I have some packing to do!