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Valued Member
United States
457 Posts |
Which one will have a better chance of finding silver, $500 in dimes or $500 in halves? The only CRH I've ever done is $150 in halves and I got skunked.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dimes - they never fail.
Halves - fail
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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I normally do either dimes or halves. A $1000 bag of dimes has never given up less than 2 silver dimes. I have found as many as 39 also. In a $500 box of halves I am lucky to find one silver half every 5 boxes. If you can do a large volume though halves would be much easier and quicker to search.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Halves have been searched MUCH more than dimes have.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7618 Posts |
The only time you might come out ahead on halves is when you are standing in line at the bank and a little old lady ahead of you just deposits her late husbands rolls of coins "he had stashed away in the corner of the garage".
Providing the teller doesn't immediately squirrel them away you might get a shot at them and have some luck.
Just buying halves from the bank is usually an exercise in futility
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United States
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United States
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United States
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Puerto Rico
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
729 Posts |
I enjoy searching Dimes I find silver most of the time. However when returning them to the coin counter I am almost always shorted. Last week I was shorted about $2 and change. On halves rarely get shorted. I have only been skunked a couple of times on halves, only searched about 10 boxes though.
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Valued Member
 United States
457 Posts |
Ok, thanks for the input everyone. I think I'll try dimes first and see how it goes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Never found a silver dime but only looked through less than $100 worth. I take all loose or spare halves from my bank and either spend them in stores or keep the silver. I've gotten $60 worth of silver that way in five months.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
Searched many, many thousands of dollars in dimes...never once found silver. Searched about $7500 in halves, found three 40% silver. Neither was what I would call a "good investment of time" by any stretch. Then again, you may have better luck than I.
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Valued Member
United States
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Try each, it depends on your location IMO. Some areas better for halves,others dimes.
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Posted 11/23/2014 06:08 am
