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New Member
United States
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You are probably better off hunting down copper, pre-82 pennies (now worth 2c) and hoarding all nickels (now worth 7c). Sure there is a ban on melting but once they introduce the sone to change penny and nickel in chaeper base metals they will repel the law and then it's time to retire. Okay, maybe not. :)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5953 Posts |
The problem with Texas or at least the Houston Area is that Brinks supplies most of the financial institutions with their change so you end up dumping back to the same supplier as you receive from.
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Valued Member
United States
58 Posts |
Keep it up, be patient, Good Luck sgt Bob
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2224 Posts |
I am now up to searching 4 boxes per week, and there isn't that much to find. Did four boxes yesterday and got 4 90% and 21 40%. Upped my order to six boxes for next week, and will eventually go up to 10. But, went around to smaller towns in the area looking for customer rolls one day last week and found 5 90% and 27 40% at one bank alone (33 rolls). So, it is out there, but you have to work for it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Farside.........
Nice Avatar !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1713 Posts |
Picked up my first box of halves in a while, we'll see how the silver is here.
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Valued Member
United States
206 Posts |
A friend of mine picked up $200 in halves today from the bank.
Found 3 90%s and a 1908 that I'm going to see tonight when I'm over his house.
I on the other hand finished up a box and didn't even get one 40% Kennedy.
It's just the luck of the draw.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
858 Posts |
My roughest stretch was 10 boxes of nothing with halves and I was about to give up when my next two boxes each had fifty silver pieces. Most were 40%, but each box had one Franklin and a Walker in it. You never know what you will find. It is encouraging when you have a dry spell and then all of a sudden you have a good find. That type of luck is why this hobby will never die!
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Valued Member
United States
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Pulled a 90% out of a box last night along with two 66 Kennedys.
So it took me 4 boxes to find any silver.
I'll pick another box up this week and hope my luck carries over.
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Valued Member
United States
76 Posts |
Hit another town yesterday. Searched $1300 in rolls and found 17 40's and 1 1964. Still like the odds better going through the rolls at the bank, but will start ordering when I run out of banks in my 'area'.
I agree that it is a gamble. Found no correlation between the amount that a bank has and the quality of the finds. I must be in relative virgin territory out here in the badlands.
Congratulations Avatar!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm in the middle of a streak similar to Silver Eagle's; only one 40% in my last 10 boxes. But in the last week in customer rolls I've found a total of 9 90% and 28 40%. So, at the moment for me, small town bank customer rolls are the way to go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Finally got around to doing that box. No silver but I did find 2 NIFC 2005Ds and a few upgrades for my folder.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dont get discouraged....obviously there is someone else or multiple people in your area that are searching too (hence the marked coins). I know the bank I go to and order coins from told me that one guy is doing two boxes a week. I ordered two anyway, and found 3 40% halves. Kind of disappointing yes, but better than nothing. And someone searching had marked a bunch of the coins on the edge with a black marker including the ones I found so he missed them altogether by edge searching. I almost did too because they are clad like the normal ones. Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's only getting more difficult because it's becomming such a popular/obsessive sport now !......it's hard to find a place where others haven't gone before!........eventually all we'll find is other people's "dump stations" I fear!
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Member
United States
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With silver going crazy you will have a hard time finding silver coin in any roll from 10c 25c& half's to
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Posted 04/03/2008 7:51 pm
