A counting device with control system includes a housing with a rotating wheel therein. The wheel includes a plurality of seats for each item to be counted. Upon deposit of the items into the housing, each item is seated for discharge through a housing aperture, past a sensor operating a counter and onto a conveyor line. A baffle adjacent the housing aperture directs the counted items to one or the other longitudinal side of the conveyor line. A control system controls the baffle position according to a preselected item count. An air pressure system assures a proper seating of each items and discharge through the housing aperture.