Well, I managed to complete a full year of coin hunting. It was a year of many firsts. It was the first time I did dimes or halves. It was the first time I got a
Peace dollar at the dump bank. It was the first time that I completed my childhood 1941-1975
Lincoln Cent book when I found the 1949s. And it was the first time that I lugged over 2 tons of coins back and forth from the banks to my place to the banks. I did not find a 39s nickel (but I did find one today). It was a good year.
Here is what I came up with:
Boxes:
Cent boxes searched: 74
Nickel boxes searched: 74
Dimes boxes searched: 82
Half boxes searched: 42
Total boxes searched: 272
Coins:
74 x 2500 = 185,000 cents
74 x 2000 = 148,000 nickels
82 x 2500 = 205,000 dimes
42 x 1000 = 42,000 halves
Total coins: 580,000
Face Value:
$1850 in cents
$7400 in nickels
$20,500 in dimes
$21,000 in halves
Total face: $50,750
Weight:
74 * 13: 962 lbs pennies
74 * 22: 1628 lbs nickels
82 * 12: 984 lbs dimes
42 * 26: 1092 lbs halves
total weight carried: 4666 = 2.3333 tons (all carried on foot)
Cents:
724 wheats found
29 most in a box
27 2nd most in a box
1 1901 IHP
11 boxes held no wheats (brand new boxes, and dumps from a copper hoarder)
avg wheats per box (including 11 skunk boxes): 9.78
avg wheats per box not including 11 skunk boxes: 11.87
hole fillers found: 1909vdb, 1931, 1949s, 1918s, 1923, 1938d
oldest canadian found: 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1947
1
Cud error
10 box streak of wheats was the longest of the year.
1941-1975 Whitman folder completed!
Nickels:
V nickels found: 1 - 1908
Buffalo nickels found: 36
War Nickels found: 73 (all but 45D)
1
War Nickel per 2027 nickels
Missed 38s, 38d, 39s, 45d
Dimes:
Mercury dimes found: 7 (38, 41 x2, 41d x2, 43x2)
1 Merc per 11.71 boxes
Roosevelt dimes found: 75
1 Rosie per 2733 coins or 1 per 1.093 boxes.
Filled 30 holes out of 48 in the 46 to 64 Whitman folder, inc 1955 key, 50s, 54s AU.
Missed 46d, 46s, 47d, 47s, 48d, 48s, 49d, 49s, 50d, 51s, 53d, 53s, 54d, 55d, 55s, 57d, 59d, 60p. 60p is last philly mint needed.
Silver Canadians found: 2
Total Silver dimes found: 84
Quarters:
3 loose quarters
Halves:
21 boxes out of 42 were skunks (50%).
Walkers: 9
Bens: 6
1964 Kens: 18
40%ers: 116
Loose halves (tellers) 40%: 8
Loose halves (tellers) 90%: 2
Dollars:
1 1925
Peace dollar from tellers tray. AU
I hope 2015 is just as good!