| Author |
 Replies: 17 / Views: 3,567 |
Page 2 of 2
|
|
|
|
Valued Member
 United States
142 Posts |
I am definitely enjoying the process. I feel like I'm learning something new every day.
I'm just concerned that maybe I live in the wrong town for hunting? There anyone else here who hunts in Vegas?
It's probably just an unlucky early run, but I'm still curious how thick the competition is out here.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
8521 Posts |
Now, I'm not really sure how it works but the banks order their coinage from somewhere. I don't know where, maybe some of the experienced guys can help. It's possible that the coins they order are from somewhere else and not Vegas. Of course they do go through a lotta coins, lol.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I don't live in Vegas but I would have guessed that would be good city to roll search from all the gamblers unknowingly cashing out collections just to try their luck at the casinos. You were probably just unlucky but at least you enjoy it. Maybe you can consider completing some of the moderns sets from roll searching.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1256 Posts |
I wouldn't base anything off of a couple boxes. Try a few more. I don't search nickels but cents vary quite a bit from box to box. Good luck!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Well this prolly isn't encouragement but you need to search A LOT of boxes to find good stuff. An average box for me has a 75% chance at a War Nickel and like a 15% chance at a Buffalo nickel. So dont give up yet. Go get another box!  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
619 Posts |
Try different banks, and CWRs if you can find them. I just started searching nickels yesterday, and have nearly filled the two newer Whitmans. I found two War Nickels and two Buffalos already! I asked a teller for the oldest roll she had, and it had the two Buffalos... Edited by CPC24
03/09/2012 11:45 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
1723 Posts |
Things will turn around, YOU CAN DO IT! WOOT WOOT WOOOT WOOOT WOOOT !
"You are unlucky and one of the next couple boxes will have something to cheer me up." :-D
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
I've had better luck and more fun searching pawn shops, flea markets and coin shows. Won't catch me roll or box hunting anytime soon! :D
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Keep it up. I roll hunt on occasion, and have found over 1,000 silvers from circulation in the last 4 years.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
thats what this hobby is all about just keep trying and trying even if we get skunkers we are all going to keep on trucking!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3276 Posts |
I wouldn't make assumptions about being in the wrong area if you haven't searched many boxes. Just one box of nickels can be a dud or a stud. I get boxes with not much and I get other awesome boxes. If you try again and do a few boxes, I'm sure you'd be happy with the results. I just finished my 72nd box of nickels. I wouldn't be this far if I wasn't having fun finding cool stuff.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
429 Posts |
We all get the occasional box that is boring and does not have a real hidden treasure, that is what makes the hunt more fun on the next box. I also have to agree, Vegas seems like a place with a large variety of coins, places and chances to find something. I know that I stay away from large banks and pick up my boxes from local or small scale banks, these places seem to take in more hand rolled rolls with a nicer chance to find older coins.
|
|
Valued Member
Australia
465 Posts |
Keep on going. This is the fun side of it. You need these areas of non-finds in order to increase the tension and the enjoyment / excitement of actually finding what you are looking for.
As for Vegas being a bad place to noodle I would imagine that a lot of the coins there don't leave and would be pretty bashed up being put through the slot machines. I have never been there though and only seen it in the films! lol
|
|
Valued Member
United States
417 Posts |
I was not having a lot of luck roll searching when buying boxes, so I switched to CWR's. Much better luck.
Keep at it. You never know what is in that next roll.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2424 Posts |
yes. agreed.
customer rolls yield far better statistically because most banks have policies that the tellers cannot search through the rolls. at least at CHASE anyway. even if tellers DID look, they dont havet time to roll search all the coin that comes in, especially at a larger commercial bank where they have a BUSINESS/MERCHANT window... local businesses come in and deposit their coin, in my opinion, the best coins to get! because that bank teller does so many transactions, they dont have time to look. only if its unrolled stuff then they get it. I know this for a fact because eveytime, yes EVERYTIME I get dimes, customer rolled dimes from CHASE, I get silver everytime.. I know it sounds crazy but you will have a much "FUNNER" time with CWR than boxes...
|
|
Page 2 of 2
|
Replies: 17 / Views: 3,567 |
Page 2 of 2
|
First Page
Posted 03/09/2012 3:55 pm
