Poll: About How Many Boxes Does It Take To Find A Franklin Or Liberty - Page 2

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Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 03/14/2018 9:17 pm I got a walker and a barber during 186 boxes of searching. I thought I got a Franklin also, but its not in my spreadsheet, so I guess not. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
ty88ty2 Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/14/2018 9:33 pm Quote: never dump, at your buy bank.. that is a big no-no, Report this Post to the Staff
John77 Pillar of the Community United States 2910 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 12:08 am I've done about 90 boxes total the past couple of years. I've found Franklins or Walkers in three of them. So that's about 1 per 30 boxes. It seems to vary a lot with geography and vendor. LOOMIS boxes seem to produce the most, BRINKS the fewest. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets! Report this Post to the Staff
briton Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 03/15/2018 6:55 pm Well I guess God gave me a gift. Just a couple days after creating this poll! My son and I went to get our weekly 2 boxes and found 2 Franklins :) He was so happy! We've done somewhere around 30 boxes, so our average is around 1 per 15 boxes now Report this Post to the Staff
briton Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 03/16/2018 09:49 am Update of the poll results: Results 10 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 30% 3 Votes 20 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 10% 1 Votes 30 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 20% 2 Votes 40 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 50 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 60 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 10% 1 Votes 70 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 80 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 90 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 20% 2 Votes 100 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 10% 1 Votes 110 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 120 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 130 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 140 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 150 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 03/16/2018 12:26 pm I was able to compete a whole franklin set from roll searching about 9 years ago. Report this Post to the Staff
nfine Pillar of the Community United States 3469 Posts	Posted 03/16/2018 12:40 pm How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Toosie Roll? One, Two-who... crunch... Report this Post to the Staff
JonNickelCollector Pillar of the Community United States 860 Posts	Posted 05/02/2018 2:53 pm I'm glad you did this poll. It has answered my question about whether to start searching half dollar boxes. I have decided not to. The find rate is too low to keep me interested. Sounds about like searching quarter boxes for silver. Report this Post to the Staff
briton Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 05/03/2018 01:06 am Poll results for those who did not vote: 10 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 20% 3 Votes 20 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 20% 3 Votes 30 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 13% 2 Votes 40 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 50 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 60 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 7% 1 Votes 70 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 80 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 7% 1 Votes 90 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 13% 2 Votes 100 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 20% 3 Votes 110 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 120 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 130 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 140 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes 150 boxes per Franklin or Liberty 0% 0 Votes My fake vote was for 60. Also We have been doing about 9 boxes per month since December 17. My son and I have now found 4 Bennies and 1 Walker. We did not find any for the first 2 or 3 months, then they started to show up. So I'd say my vote would now be every 10 or 20 boxes. Quote: I'm glad you did this poll. It has answered my question about whether to start searching half dollar boxes. I have decided not to. The find rate is too low to keep me interested. Sounds about like searching quarter boxes for silver. Remember the poll was only about Bennies and Walking Liberty's. I'd say I am averaging about 1.5 silvers per box. My best box for silver has been 15 40%ers and 1 90%. Ironically it was my first ever box in December. But halves are the best for silver IMHO. Not only is the find rate the highest, but the finds are worth more then the smaller coins. One other nice thing I like about halves is how large they are and easy to handle, wrap, see, ect. The one bad things is that they are harder to dump consistently in large amounts. I see your name means you must do nickels. Nickels are my sons and I's 2nd favorite to hunt. We have found 5 V nickels, about 10 buffalo's, and maybe 15-20 silvers. Nickels are fun. I don't like that you can't edge search. I have stopped looking for 2009's, so now we don't have to even look at the dates on the newer style nickels. That makes searching them easier. How do you do your nickels searching if you do in fact do it? Edited by briton 05/03/2018 01:08 am Report this Post to the Staff
fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 05/03/2018 06:25 am Quote: I always assume when you come across a valuable coin in change or roll searches it means some kid just stole some coins from his dad's coin collection. Common misconception. Actually the amount of valuable coins, especially silver, still in circulation is mind blowing. I've roll hunted since about 1977, and the bulk of my finds were made between 2008-2012. I found more silver in boxes/rolls during that period than I ever did back in the 70s. Half dollars never really caught on with the public in more modern times, so they sat in bank bags and boxes for a long time, including Barbers, Walkers and Franklins. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff
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