you know... merch and stuff...

I carve Hobo Nickels. Back in the day a hobo would carve a nickel and then trade that nickel for whatever he needed at the time. food, lodging, a bath or a ride to his next stop or "jump". My Great Uncle spent time on the hobo trail riding the rails. It's an honor to keep that tradition of the hobo nickel alive. July of 2015 two of my carved Hobo Nickels went on permanent display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. Welcome to the stream, I hope you enjoy the company and the journey.

This is a work in progress. Viewers have the ability to post messages to Paco's LED message sign and play videos for her on her monitor as well as control her Party light and her Rope light.. !songrequest <youtube ID> [ song requests cost 200 nickels/points (Free for subs)] !idea <a long description of your idea for a coin to carve> [ Free cost ] !led <Message to LED sign> Displays your message on Paco's LED sign and reads your message via Text to Speech. This may also trigger sound effects based on keywords. [LED messages cost 50 points] !pacotv Plays a video for Paco on her monitor. She loves her videos. (this can also block gameplay view if you want to be mean) [ !PacoTV costs 100 points ] !partylight Turn on Paco's Party Light for 1 minute. [ !partylight costs 100 points ] !ropelight Turn on Paco's Rope light. [ !ropelight costs 100 points ] !fire Turn on Paco's Fire light. [ !fire costs 250 points ] !colors Will tell you how to change the colors of the background lights on the stream. [ !colors is free. Each color costs 100 points ] !nickels Will show you how many nickels (points) you have and how many hours you have in the channel. Pictionary: We play Pictionary in the channel... not your typical Pictionary, this one is run by Pac0Bot and you guess photos from the Internet. Type your answer anywhere in chat and the bot will tell you if you win. We also do viewer races. 3 viewers line up on the left side of the screen and race across the screen. Viewers in chat bet on who will win.

Isn't that illegal? No. As long as I say it is art and not fraudulently represent the coin for something it isn't it is perfectly legal. Check out the !Law command in chat for more information. What tools do you use? Anything harder than the coin can be used to carve a coin. I use rotary tools, pneumatic tools and hand tools. Back during the depression hobos would use nails, files, reshaped screwdrivers... basically anything that would make a tool. Try the !tool command for more details. How old is Paco? In 2020 she turned 45. Double Yellow Headed Amazons can live to be 80 years old. The !paco command will give you all the infos.

Follow me on Twitter and I'll tweet some photos of coins and other hobo stuff I experience in my life... You can also follow PacoHobo for Tweets when the channel goes live.

You can visit my Etsy shop by clicking the "Purchase Coins" image above. Paco and I thank you deeply.

My Instagram account. I'll post photos of coins I've completed and other related items.

Donate via StreamElements If you would like to donate to the stream it is greatly appreciated by myself and Paco. Thank you very much!

My 2nd or 3rd night of streaming I had someone ask about a donation button. I was pretty amazed and taken back that someone would even think to do that. If any donations should come in they would be used for hobo supplies to continue the art form and Paco food. Think of this as my digital cardboard sign. Thank you for even reading this far. If you'd like to donate Crypto currency: DogeCoin (DOGE): DLMmGD8zT9W6K2Pm7P7KtibAEGdGqFopqd Ethereum (ETH): 0x37FDbd78e9223c3AB80117714B8a2808a075CcBD Bitcoin (BTC): bc1qgdhudkvmkthxmsz0jw904mwfppc03m9ara2rr9

I work full time and I'm on call for work 24/7 so a set schedule is difficult. Streaming time during the week is usually 7PM to around 11PM (Pacific Time). Any bonus weekend streams are spur of the moment and usually IRL streams. **Monday Stream: 7PM Pacific to just before midnight.** **Thursday Stream: 7PM Pacific to just before midnight.** IRL Streams: Random Lunch Time streams, bike streams, geocaching and also other adventures as time permits. Bonus Weekend Streams as time permits. I don't stream on Holidays... unless I stream on holidays... then there will be a stream on a holiday, but normally... no. Follow PacoHobo on Twitter for tweets when we go live. Thank you all so much for hanging out and chillin' in stream!