How Many Are Into Coin Roll Hunting?

I'm new to coin roll hunting. Started a couple weeks when I inherited a coin collection. I started because a price guide I rented out at the library had a chapter on where to find coins. They suggested going to the bank and going through rolls. The chapter also stated that half dollars were the best bet because they were not really circulated like other denominations and also from 65' to 70', they still were made of 40% silver, which I didn't know(I thought only coins pre 65' were only made of silver).
Anyways, I went to a branch of my bank and ask for 10 rolls of quarters, dimes and half dollars of each. They had no problem giving me the dimes and quarters but they didn't any half dollars. So I went to 2 other of my bank branches and finally one had two rolls. So I went home and found no luck with the quarters and dimes, but I found a 40% silver half(1967). I thought there might be something with this. So I went downtown to the main branch of mine bank and where the main vault is, I bought 15 rolls of half dollars. I went back to my car and unwrapped them. I found 8 40% halfs. I went back in and ask for a 100 rolls but they only could give me 25. They said if I wanted more than I would have to order them. So I ordered another 100 rolls and they said it would come in two days from now. I went back to my car and unwrapped them and only found 4 40% halfs, but also found 1 64' and 1 62' Franklin. I couldn't believe that I was actually finding silver coins searching through rolls.
So anyways, I went back to my hometown the next day and called around to some banks for half dollars and found that the bank my dad has a account had 160 rolls. I went down there with my dad and ask for all of them but they said they only would give me 50 rolls and it would cost me $4 to buy them. I wasnt too happy about that but went ahead and agreed. My dad and I spent the next hour going through them and only found 1 40% half. I was very dissappointed. So when I got back in town, I started to call around to the main branches of banks to find if they had any half dollars and found a small bank that had some. I went down there and only purchased 2 rolls, because it wasn't my bank. Anyways, they were manual wraped. I went through the two rolls when I went back to my car and found 1 40% half. I went back in and ask for all they had. They came back with 20 rolls in a box and they were manual wrapped. I went back into my car and started to unwrapped the first one. When I went through the roll I noticed they were all 40% halfs. Not one wasn't a copperclad. I looked on the wrapper and someone had wrote 60s copper. Needless to say I went home and unwrapped all 20 rolls and this is what I found.

- 185 40% halfs
- 1 90% Kennedy


So I'm hooked on coin roll hunting.

My first double (in about 20 rolls of Lincolns)! I found a 1934 and a 1954-S. And as a bonus, in the same roll, I found a plastic toy penny.

Ric-san- Nice silver hoard find! Roll hunting certainly is addictive. My best advice is to not discouraged if you hit a lull with regard to silver and other notable finds. I find that just when I'm feeling discouraged that I crack a roll of nickles that turns out to actually be filled with british pound coins (which has happened to me a few times).

I can't afford to buy boxes at the current time, but I do buy 2 rolls of nickels, 2 rolls of cents, and one roll of dimes every friday. I get the occasional Wheat cent and infrequent Buffalo nickels. Nothing outstanding to date.

I am new to Coin Roll Hunting and find lots of U.S. coins. I was wondering which coins are worth keeping in each denomination. Appreciate any tips and info, thanks. Received an email from a member on here, thanks.

1974 D & 1995 P Double Die Half Dollars CONFIRMED
Well it only took me to go threw around 7,900 halves in the last month of coin roll hunting to hit first major pay-dirt...besides the 91 silver halves found so far.... So we are looking for the good stuff and I put all 1974's aside for an 'extra' look-see and Brandon (future son in law) and I found this well circulated coin. Used a trusty 30x loop, but we weren't sure if it was the real deal. So since I'm working days, he took it over to the new local coin dealer in town who verified it and according to him in this condition it is still worth between $100-150. (Belated happy dance once I found out after coming home). The dealer confirmed it was a what appears to be a 1995 P double die also. They (I found 2 of these coins) and the are in EF40- AU50 grade and in his own words, "I might be sitting on a goldmine." So its off to find a copy of the Cherry-pickers Guide to further research these coins also. ...Thanks for lookin'

Yeah, the key to roll hunting is quantity since you don't know quality in advance. I usually go through 2,000 halves a week.