Bucket Lists, We All Have Them

Bucket lists, we all have them, but what happens when you check something off, do you go bigger, more dramatic?

I know everyone has a "Dream Find" be it a 3-legged Buffalo nickel, 1913 nickel, or a 1936 dot penny. These are not likely going to found in a random coin roll. I know at least one member here has found a gold coin in a roll, but let's be honest this is not likely going to happen.

I started hunting pennies, and worked up to all 4 denoms, pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters (picking up 50 cent pieces and silver dollars when I can find them). About 3 years ago, I decided to go big or go home. I had the funds in the bank just sitting there gathering dust, so I dedicated them to CRH.

I was doing maybe $100 a week in 2012,(finding some silver, maybe a dime or a quarter here or there) and I was slightly embarrassed to ask for coins, let alone returning them afterwards.

But when you walk up to the teller holding 2 bags full of coins totally $2000+ that embarrassment goes away real quick.

I started finding silver more consistently, and I was always trying to better myself, I would find 2 silver coins in a roll, then 10, 12 I was at about 17 dimes as my record for about 6 months. Thinking what it would be like to get a full roll of silver coins (dimes or quarters). Then it happened, I got a full roll of silver dimes, then another.

Once I hit that mark on my bucket list, I said I wanted to find a whole block of silver (tellers refer to a bundle of 10 rolls a block). Then I found not 1 block but close to 4 blocks of silver quarters.

So now my bucket list includes finding a complete box of silver, however improbable that may be, I will still keep looking.
I have not come as close as that one score of almost $400 (a box is $500) but I am sure looking forward to the hunt.