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New Member
United States
27 Posts |
Like the header states, how often do you find a silver dime while CRH? How about quarters? Are they worth trying to find? Or is it more a waste of time to search them?
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New Member
United States
4 Posts |
Hello! I have searched 92 rolls ($460) of dimes and found only 1 silver roosevelt. I personally have more fun searching for wheaties since they do show up fairly often. However, for silver hunting, dimes are probably your best bet since they are small and easily overlooked. I have also had a lot of success with 35% silver War Nickels. I have found 4 War Nickels out of 299 rolls ($598). I have only searched one box of quarters but didn't find any silver. I did find a 2000-S Proof New Hampshire State Quarter. It had a lot of little scratches, but the reflective nature of the fields of the coin made in unmistakeably a proof coin... quite exciting. Happy Hunting! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
An average of probably one per bank box.
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Valued Member
United States
74 Posts |
I found my first (a merc) after $30. Now I've gone through $140+ and not another (in rolls.)
I did look through a relative's change box and found two rosies. (but they dont' really count for an average).
As for quarters, I've heard anything from a 1/1000 to 1/10000 chance. Not sure but I've found 2 in rolls, and I haven't searched a lot of quarters. Pure luck, I guess.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1217 Posts |
Depends on where you live. Quarters I get 1/1000$ average and dimes is 3-4/1000$ Silver War Nickels are better |
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Valued Member
United States
216 Posts |
I'd say similar odds in my experience. I was excited today thinking I had one, but it turned out to be a Canadian dime....
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Valued Member
United States
166 Posts |
You will find more silver dimes than you will find silver quarters. Silver quarters are tough.
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Valued Member
United States
70 Posts |
I'm usually getting 2-4 per box, though I did search of all these with no silver luck yesterday. However, each of the paper rolls had 1-2 extra dimes in them, so that's pretty decent. Based on my blog, I've searched $1000 in dimes so far (since I kept counting...) and have found 9 silvers.  Edited by GoldenEagle
04/21/2013 07:39 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Having searched well over $150,000 in dimes, I can say that boxes are the best. My rate with boxes is about 1 silver per $150 searched. Customer-wrapped finds are about 1 per $200-$250. One merc per $900. One silver Canadian per $1,000. One Barber dime per $25,000. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
I normally find about 1 silver Roosevelt in $100. I normally find the most good stuff in nickels and pennies. However, for silver, I would go with dimes just like other people are saying. Out of all my hunting, I have only found 2 silver quarters.
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Valued Member
Canada
158 Posts |
In the last 2 months, I've been through 2 boxes of dimes and found 1 silver and 1 in a TD coin sorter. I've done 12 boxes of quarters and come up with 9 silver including one that was given to me by a teller since it was all black and was in their mutilated jar. This is all Canadian. I've also come across about 8% in US quarters and other foreign coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
im averaging about 1.5 per box past few months I've been up to 2 pretty good if I say so myself
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Pillar of the Community
United States
713 Posts |
last 2 boxes, I've found 3
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I have found at least 1 silver dime a month for the last 6 or 7 months and I don't go through my change, I just notice it when throwing the change in a jar and pull it back out
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Valued Member
United States
70 Posts |
Bingo! Up to 11 silver dimes, including a beautiful 1942 Merc!  Edited by GoldenEagle
04/24/2013 7:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
I find about one dime per box and 2 nickels per box. Silvers anyway. I have never found a quarter and have quit searching rolls unless I happen to use one.
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Posted 04/20/2013 5:47 pm
