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Pillar of the Community
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Nice finds! Search the Internet for a list of DD's and variety coins to look for also - some being worth more than just the silver coins.
Edited by Mark1959
02/27/2017 5:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes... Beginner's luck... timing is everything! Congrats!
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow - good start except its most probable a let down in the future will be forthcoming!
Congrats!
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That is nearly a 6% hit rate for the silver ones.
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Canada
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I also had beginners luck, but not this big.
In Canada halves haven't been found at banks since 2004, but nickel rolls still go back to 1937 (that's when the beaver design was first used).
On my second hunt out of $80 in nickels I found $30 FV to be old (w/ a full roll of 1938s, which hold the second lowest beaver-nickel mintage!). I recently sold $22 FV of this for 53 1968 50% canadian silver dimes, about $45 in silver.
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Rest in Peace
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I went around to 3 of the banks in my area to see if I could get 2 rolls of 50c, yeah I know BIG spender  , found 0 rolls, $2 at one, $0 at #2, #3 had $4.50 mostly all were road rashed.  Wonderful finds, seems it goes that way, at first... Edited by Crazyb0
02/27/2017 6:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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United States
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Congrats that's awesome! I had beginners luck also and it was a disappointment for future hunting lol one of my first few rolls one had 18 silver out of 20
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United States
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Nice finds, but don't think that's normal. I searched $3K worth last week and found 2 40%. Occasionally there will be boxes that apparently came from a collection dump. In about 2 yrs. 3 mo. of searching I've found 5 monster boxes that held between 20-30 oz. each. Last year I think I searched between $140K-$150K worth of halves and finished the year with just under 155 troy oz. of silver and this was my best year to date. 2015 I probably searched roughly $100K worth and think I ended up with about 90 troy oz for the year. So far this year I've searched $24K in halves and found just slightly over 20 troy oz. Most of those came in January. For the month of February I think I've only found maybe 2-3 troy oz.
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02/27/2017 7:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice finds. You just got a good bunch. Sometimes you find them and sometimes you do not. Feels good though, right?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Seriously nice hits. Congratulations.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is a great result I pretty much stay away from boxes and focus on whatever tellers have laying around my best recent result was 18 40%s from 1 bank
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Thanks everyone.
I'm sure I will be let down while hunting for awhile. Lol. I watch several YouTube channels about CRH and have seen many hauls like this. Will keep you all informed on the next hunt.
I did search through them all for any RPM's and errors, but didn't find any. I did find a 1974 that seems to have a huge offset bubble that comes out on the obverse and reverse. There does not seem to be any damage to either side other than discoloration.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I hate to say it. But that might have spoiled you. Nice high though.
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United States
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Yes it definitely spoiled me. I've hunted through another $156 in halves since then and found only one 40% half. On the upside, I haven't got skunked yet and still have a perfect record for finding silver. Lol.
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