Getting Frustrated With Searching

I bank at Wells Fargo. I have 6 branches within 5 miles of my house and 15 within 10 miles. I just buy bricks that they roll or that customers have brought in or ones they get from their change service. They are not ones I have searched because I dump in Coinstar which ships theirs out to be rolled elsewhere.

The reason I can look through so many is my job situation. I am an IT guy for an internet provider. I work from home at my desk. So I can search in between calls, sometime while I am on a call. It works out great for me. I do not sell enough to make a living, though I would love it if I could. I do know of two people that are able to do it. Both are on ebay and sell through Heritage and Teletrade.

I'm not big and rich, just a person who has a lot of cents. (pun intended sense)

Seem like most of the varieties are now found on the eastern part of the coast. No more RPMs on the 1990+ coins that we see so much here on the opposite part of the country. If we find a Philly cent here, that is a good day and they are pretty circulated at that point. Just snow birds bring them here.

Punny! I LOVE puns!!

I didn't mean that you're big & rich, it was more of a play on words (phrases I suppose). Your name is Richard & you're a "big-wig", at least here in the CCF.

For whatever reason I give nicknames to people. Not with every person & the name giving happens by chance. For example my bestest, closest friend doesn't have a nickname bc nothing has ever hit me in that way.

tedster, I agree if you are only doing abot $10-20 a week. I usually do $100-150 per week. That is a whole lot of rolling, giving me less time to search.

How do you guys search, I sort mine into wheaties, and then by 1960, 1970, 1980 and so on.
I've found 2 San Francisco mint coins out of 4 boxes, it's pretty sad

In Florida searching coins is low cost and easy to come-by

and like Coop said I have to say thank you to the "snow birds" that bring there coins to my bank for me to search

Thanks Seal, this was really great and thank you for taking the time to write it. I am definitely one of those Stupid People asking questions. Even for all the time I put into reading/research before I even joined the forum I still know nothing. I try too hard to see what is not there a lot of wishful thinking. I have been reading/research a lot this month with very little posting of my own, just doing a lot reading here on the forum and putting in my 2 cents here and there.

I know someday it will click for me just wish that day would get here soon.