Quarter Roll Searching

So being fairly new to actually paying attention to collecting here (always have collected, but just in the toss it in the "important" box and some day I look at it), do you guys do the roll searching just to find silver? Ore are there other things you are doing, such as looking for pieces to add to your collection? Are you silver collecting?.... All in all its sounds fun. That's one of the things I like about this thing, seems like a never ending treasure hunt that continually pays off little by little over time. Also when you say "I Searched another box" - how many rolls are in a box and where do you get boxes...just go to the bank and swap searched rolls out for new searched ones, or do you use paper currency to by the rolls? I am, and always have been into quarters. I love the sound that the silver quarters make. This sounds fun to me...i might give it a go.

phankins11 I was going to send you an email to explain some of your questions but you dont have any contact information
if you click on my name you can contact me and I can give you the answers you are looking for

"halfs and dimes will both be more productive for silver."
its not all about the silver sometimes penny man, its about the hunt, filling holes and making sets
I am not planing on selling my silver so who cares how much I have...just cool to collect

I've gone through $60 worth of quarter rolls so far. No silver, but I was doing it to mostly finish clad set. But even for that Not much luck there either...one ATB in fair condition and a slightly better montana. I can't believe how hard it is for Ps to come over to this side of the country.

I can't bring myself to do dimes even though I might have a better chance because 1. they're more difficult to dump 2. I don't have as much of any excuse since my clad set is nearly complete so it'd be more of a shameless silver hunt.

search for:
silver
proofs (clad and silver)
nice examples of clad coins for sets (I Love making sets they are my goal)
M.A.D. coins (misaligned dies)
Cud
and specifics of each coin
ATB and DC/territory quarters
I am making a year set of penny rolls
a box contains
penny 25 bucks
nickels 100 bucks
dimes 250 bucks
quarters 500 bucks
half dollars 500 bucks
I get my boxes at one bank and drop them off at a few others
ask the tellers politely and they should be able to get you boxes at no fees (I warn you to not get too carried away like others on the forum because their banks add fees to buying boxes)
I take the money out of my account on a withdraw slip to get my coins and drop them back off at another branch with a deposit slip when I have searched the coins
quarters are fun
do what makes you happy and what looks cool, interests you or is easiest, hardest to you
its about your preferences in this hobby
after time, going to the banks, looking at the coins, you are hardly making that much money if any.
If you want to make a profit I suggest a job rather then coin collecting
have fun with quarters, dimes, halves, pennies, whatever you can get your hands on. Thats what I do and have come to love searching all coins
thanks for the questions and sorry about the attitude in my last answers
having a bad day

lastly I don't consider myself a silver hoarder, but I save whatever I find, that's just common sense. Some save copper pennies (pre 82) which I consider more of hoarding then saving silver. Once again all your preference.

The only exciting things I've been finding include a 1974 French Franc and a commemorative Canadian Quarter (Women's Hockey). No silver in the rolls at work :(

Halves stopped circulating when the Kennedy half came out. People grabbed the 64s and then the 40% ones almost as fast as they were made. Businesses adapted to quarters being the largest coin.

With little business demand, what halves there were, sat in fed vaults, like dollars from the 1880s were still sitting in the vaults in the 1960s.

Dimes and quarters were recycled, and silver got pulled out each time the made a trip through the system.

Halves, however, could be recycled, partly recycled or stuff that sat in the vault for 30 years, with a decent ratio of silver.

From an envelope at a teller's area, I found that she had a lot of Glacier quarters and I bought one for my National Parks folder.