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Valued Member
United States
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Depends on the are you live in, some places still have a good amount of silver, some don't have diddly squat box after box, only one way to find out though so best of luck if you try it out once you hit some AG theres no going back! Always remember to have fun don't get caught up in the "I HAVE to find silver mode"
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Ya I kinda feel like that sometimes lol, but when I spoke with the teller at my bank she said that she hadnt seen any silver much in years but she is saying that from just eyeing it. Not from specifically searching. I live in a pretty rich area so I think some stuff could pop up easily.
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Valued Member
United States
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In about 20 boxes, I have found probably ball park around 500$ in silver. Now I orderd from 2 banks but now only 1. I don't do drive arounds since I live in a big town. But you should try it, it's different for everyone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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" I live in a pretty rich area so I think some stuff could pop up easily."
I find when I'm in the poorer areas of town I get better coins BC they just get rid of everything to get money--rich people dont get rid of silver IMO
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Valued Member
United States
364 Posts |
Target the ethnic areas, particularly those with lots of immigrants. These people generally aren't familiar with U.S. coinage composition.
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Valued Member
United States
372 Posts |
It's been a little while since I've struck any silver (either 40 or 90%). I do try to call ahead and I have a neighbor who works at one of my bank branches. I have always had a theory of hitting banks near retirement communities in hopes of Grandpa cashing in all those old halves. LOL I guess it's just hit or miss. My best was awhile ago: https://goccf.com/t/34228 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
520 Posts |
Ya I never get anything good, I'm about to just give up lol...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
never-- give up
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Valued Member
United States
265 Posts |
I have struck out alot lately. 6 boxes of halves and no silver. Add in 2 boxes of nickels with similar results and it makes for a frustrating time. Only positive was that I now have an almost complete set of Kennedy halves in BU I obtained for face value and I found plenty of pre-60's nickels. I will take a break and then get in the saddle again. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
508 Posts |
I've gone through over 100+ boxes and have found that around half didn't yield any silver. Usually you'll come across a box that gives up 1 or 2 40%, and in some instances, boxes that yield 4/5/6 pieces of silver or more. Very rarely do people come across mega boxes that produce rolls of silver, but it does occasionally happen (myself included). Your more likely to hit it big roll searching than playing the lottery plus you don't loose the money to the govt, so keep on truckin and don't loose motivation. Ignore the skunk boxes and hope for a better box/bag/batch of CWR next week.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love to roll hunt as a hobby, and have found 400+ silvers this year casually hunting. It's still cheaper and much less time consuming for me to buy my silver at melt, believe it or not.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Valued Member
United States
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Depends on how many CRH have been in your area in the last year or so. For my area I wouldn't bother since there seems to have been a certain monster CRH who has mined out most of the silver over the last few years!
Maine_Jim
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
Alot comes down to luck, but as they say with lottery , If you don't play = you can't win. I have done quite a bit and have have found alot of silver, proofs , and have a almost AU Kennedy Set from it all. give it a try
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No, it's not worth it so don't bother.   I've hit the jackpot a few times pulling 90 and 40%. I once got 6 rolls and there was 40-50% silver in them! CHING $$$ So, don't bother searching and leave that job to me.  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Valued Member
United States
364 Posts |
Personally, I think hunting halves is a royal pain. Let me recap why:
1) Questions from tellers along the lines of "where'd you get these? Why do you want halves?" over and over again, all the way up to "we don't want those turned in here, take em' back to the guy that gave them to you next time."
2) Tying up thousands of dollars going after one or two 40% coins.
3) If you do it by multiple boxes at once, I think you are accelerating banks moving to "no hunter" policies.
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