How Did You Get Into CRH?

I found a dollar that had a star on the end of the serial. That lead to serial number hunting which lead to youtube videos of coin roll hunters - here I am.

Got a 52' rosie dime in Vegas in February, been at it ever since!

I started with pennies at first about 4 years ago. Then I did nickels, then I hit the halves hard. I was doing $4000 to $10000 in halves a week. Just 4 years ago there were tons of silver coins. You would hit 20 to 50 in a box of $500 sometimes. Just think about how many people are click clacking half dollars these days! I didn't even know about this forum until about 2 1/2 months ago! I can't imagine how many are doing it but I can tell the scores aren't as big as they use to be. I'm hook for life though, there's no hope for me, I'll be click clacking coins till I die! I'm telling you this is the most addictive thing ever. I can't drive by a bank and not wonder should I stop and ask if they have any halves?! The worst thing about it is when you do score a big hit, you're not satisfied!! You want more!! I'm laying in bed writing this rant and all I can think about is what bank am I hitting tomorrow.

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!

My grandfather introduced me to coin collecting about 30 years ago. I did it for a year or so, then I became interested in girls, got a job after school, a car, dates, etc. so I lost interest in coins. Last year during another cold, dark, snowy winter I needed to burn up some free time, so decided I should put together Kennedy half dollar collections for my kids given the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. I googled half dollars and CRH-ing popped up. I have looked through 53 boxes to date and found only about 2 rolls of silver, but I enjoy it nonetheless. My kids' half collections (the clad coins anyway) are almost complete, but even when the collections are complete I plan to keep looking through halves now and then because I enjoy it...nickels are next!

I can't exactly remember how. I think I started some ten years ago, doing the onesy-twosy thing with rolls. I'd find a keeper every now and then, and then spend the rest.

In January 2011 I bought my first box of pennies, and have since done one box of each denomination, with the exception of pennies.....I'm on my third box of those.

Believe it or not, I don't like rolling up coins to return to a dump bank, but it's something I've done before. I have the coins separated by denomination in cigar boxes and each day I reach into them for change to spend.

I have discovered that the self-checkout at Walmart Neighborhood Market is a good way to get rid of $10-$12 in change for small purchases. I figure I'll have exhausted my supply of quarters soon and can go back to roll searching of them before too long.

Ahh. The Itch!! I've been to many a doctors and nobody has a cure!!

I found a 1917 Wheat penny in my changer at work, and thought to myself...'Wow I wonder what other old coins are out there!'

So I started coin roll hunting 'FedWrapped' a box of dimes!
and found 2 Silver Dimes!
hahah the funny part is my manager found out the next day and told me I can only open Customer Wrapped coins from that day on. That's ok though I still find a decent amount :)
Sorry for the paragraph!