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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am going to a few casinos next week I was wondering If anyone has had luck pulling silver out of slot buckets. (I know they use coins and not cards where I am going). Is this a waste of time to even look?
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow, where are you going where they still use coins? I haven't seen one of those machines in at least a few years. I certainly could be wrong, but I would guess that the machine would reject silver when someone initially tries to use it, kind of like most coin sorting machines.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
781 Posts |
there's a few sections in some vegas casinos that still use coins. I don't think you can actually buy rolls of coin from the change cages or carts anymore though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1934 Posts |
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............the good old days.
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Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
To answer your question: don't waste your time. All you will find is beat to snot clad. Coins at the casino tend to be cycled thru the machines over and over again, since people cash them in before they leave the casinos.
Slot machines are also *really* picky about what they will accept, and I'd be willing to bet that they won't work, but that's just a guess.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Though you may not have as much fun, you won't lose as much money with silver hunting.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Well, the best you might find is some Buffalo nickels. Reason being that silver coins weigh different than the clads and, as previously mentioned, casino slot machines are picky on what they'll take due to counterfeiters. But nickels (except perhaps War Nickels) weigh as much as they did 70-80 years ago. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I lived in Vegas for 13 years and my wife LOVED nickel machines - never saw a Buff, but quite a few Wars.
I've pulled silver quarters from slots, but that was the early 90's. Even in Old Vegas there aren't many machines left that pay in change. Its far cheaper for the casino to operate the ticket based machines.
There are a few though.
HOWEVER - your best bet may be at the blackjack tables. I'm a cheapskate and play $2 BJ at any dump that offers it, many of these places pay out halves when you hit BJ with a bet increment that would require it such as a $3 bet would pay $4.50.
I was there last July and sat 3rd base by the chip tray and spotted 2 silvers in the tray, when I hit BJ I asked the dealer for a silver - she didn't care, she dug it out.
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Valued Member
United States
91 Posts |
Almost all of my halves have come from blackjack tables - from a few 64 silvers to about 30 or more silver clads. Not much of a person to sit at slots - not enough action or excitement for me. (majority of halves are not even AU but have gotten a few BU's along the way)
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Peace
Brent
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@nod2003: Thanks, I didn't know that. My Krause doesn't quite say the weight.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My mother is a pit supervisor at one of the local casinos in Carson City. She watches the rolls of halves as they open them up to put them on the blackjack tables. She seems to get one or two 40% halves a week. Once in a while she gets a 90%. She buys them off the game for face value. Her best find was an 1898-O Barber half in about VG condition, bought at face value of course!
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
Here in Connecticut both the Casinos went coinless a few years ago and it was surprising how much silver actually fell out of the machines ,that is one if the reasons for me why I dont go anymore I loved seeing my tray filled with coin lol
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Posted 06/02/2010 02:53 am
