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fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 04/18/2014 7:37 pm Quote: Wow , that` s awesome ! How did you get into it ? Have you been roll hunting at the same pace since then or did you take a break from hunting during some of the years ? Grandma worked at the USPS small town USA. She gave me Mercury dimes from her finds at the counter. At 15, I thought, "hey - at the bank I can get as many rolls as I'd like!" Well, 1980 comes along and a silver price blast-off, cant find silver halves, let alone silver dimes, believe me I tried. I took a break from about '81 to 2007. Picked up again and rolls were loaded with silver. I found my first Barber half in a customer roll the first week back. $20 rolls of halves half-full of silver. Took road trips and spent thousands at random banks, no account needed. I noticed a slack in finds two years later and ever since. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff
ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 05/04/2014 2:25 pm I finally found one, a 1943-P nickel my first silver find in almost TWO months also came up with a 1939-S in the same box Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 05/04/2014 2:44 pm Quote: I finally found one, a 1943-P nickel my first silver find in almost TWO months Its been a long time coming , Well done ! Report this Post to the Staff
WVBlueandGold Valued Member United States 131 Posts	Posted 05/04/2014 4:22 pm My numbers from Loomis boxes have actually gotten a little bit better. One of the drivers told me that the local Loomis was now rolling their own coins instead of sending them off and that I may end up with a lot of coins I've already searched. That's true, but I could also get all of the silver that's dumped into the local pool. I order 4 boxes per week and since the change, I have found silver every time. Report this Post to the Staff
trent Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 05/06/2014 09:48 am Quote: 1. use end crimped rolls to fill your searched coins with. Seal them with a roll crimper on the other end. Most people are impatient and will simply rip a roll open vice try to reuse a roll. This should scatter the coins you already searched. I'm not understanding that. I'm not seeing how having both ends of the roll you just searched crimped helps you. ? Report this Post to the Staff
NJcoinhunter New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 05/07/2014 2:22 pm Went to a gas station today got a roll of dimes, 3 dime rolls, and 4 penny rolls. I have yet to buy a box of anything but I think I'm going to aim for a box nickels. Found (2) 1940 jeffersons different mint marks. Nothing else out of the lot. A Canadian penny and nickel I thought it was nice to see foreign change I always hold onto it. Anything pre-60 nickels and copper Penny's. I don't even bother holding onto the 82s since I don't have a scale and can't tell the difference between the zinc and copper ones. But I got a good amount of them out of the four rolls. No wheats. -PK, NJ,USA Report this Post to the Staff
Mr Click Pillar of the Community United States 964 Posts	Posted 05/11/2014 4:32 pm You have good boxes and bad boxes. Here are my averages where I live. Penny Box: 12-15 wheats like clock work with occasional 25-30 wheats in a box. Nickel Box: You either get a War Nickel or you get one buffalo. Good box you get both. Dime Box: 1-2 silver dimes a box Quarters: don't do enough to know the average Halves: Hit or miss... You may have nothing for 8 boxes, then the last two boxes have 34 different variations of silver I've only click clacked in the big city I live in now, I don't really know what the averages would be in a smaller town. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2012 Pillar of the Community United States 8137 Posts	Posted 05/11/2014 4:34 pm My finds have been pretty steady. Last box I did was halves and I got almost a whole roll of NIFCs Report this Post to the Staff
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