JFK Half Dollar Roll Hunters: Silver, Proofs And Other Finds

Hmm Crazy as a fox...I like it!

Americanamafia, Sadly IMHO, it is more often than not that you come up with only a few or nothing out of a box, but that doesn't mean you can't hit big with one ( just ask XOG!), I prefer customer rolls myself. The ratio is usually bigger in CR than boxes.

Some people go by the color of the wrappers in the box that certain wrappers hold more silver, but that depends on your area and who delivers the boxes (ie Brinks or Garda etc.) Its trial and error.
Some people buy bags and its better because the coins go straight from the coin counter to the bags, no one can pick first as I understand it,( they do not have coin counters in banks around me)
But don't give up, there is certainly more out there!

Hybes, Les "pics" sont tres belle!!

Seeing is believing! I'd have arranged these in a big smiley-face and made it my avatar!

Hey tls - Sometimes the bags do get searched. At my credit union, the vault manager goes through and pulls out all the silver. They turn around and sell it at face value to the owner of a local coin store. I saw him leave one time with a gallon Ziploc bag full of silver and old notes.

I'm trying to get in on that racket but haven't had any luck.

Matt

I used to search the bags when I worked at TD bank, the managers didnt like it and I eventually got a warning for ignoring them and doing it anyway. It was worth the trouble though, on a few days I made more money in the amount of silver I found than they were paying me so I really didnt have an incentive to stop lol.

TD Bank has a policy of not allowing anyone to search through the bags after they leave the machine.

-XoG

i tend to be biased towards brinks boxes from personal experience

Despite that I have made a few big hits on string boxes in the past. The best I ever did on a single string box was 2 years ago when I pulled 4 rolls of 90%'s including 2 rolls of walkers and 2 or 3 rolls of 40%'s. You can find silver in any type of box, the key is patience and most of all volume. The more you search the more silver your likely to pull in the long run.
Rather than concentrating on what type of box your searching, you should try to buy halves from banks that have coin machines. As those are the banks that are most likely to have people dump silver and for that silver to be rolled and boxed.
-Happy Hunting
XoG

good job guys. I got skunked on $80 in cust rolled. Someones dump - each roll was solid by year, 71-77, nothing silver, nothing from 78 or up.

i have hear of free coin counting machines at banks, but I have not seen them in my area. not sure what banks do that. someone please let me know

Went thru 2 boxes today and I scored BIG time!
187-40%ers
1-90%Er
1-Benny in probably Unc condition
1-2003 Silver Proof (Stuning!)
1976-40%er Proof.
As soon as I opened the first box BONANZA!!
The 40%ers must of been in water or in a humid rusty safe becuase all of them are filthy.