Silver Hunting Poll

If you can get the halves keep hunting the halves.
I can't find a bank anywhere near me that will let me order
boxes of halves.

Do a couple boxes of dimes. You won't find much, but even little finds are better than no finds and sometimes it helps to find a little bit of silver to prevent you from burning out. Then go back to halves when you get bored with dimes.

With the recent spike in silver it seems like everyone is coin roll hunting nowadays and It feels like the "good" ol days are gone.

There is no cut and dry answer to that. Every area is different. In my area halves dried up almost 2 years ago. Dimes have been very good to me. Other areas are just the opposite.

That said, even dimes have started to dry up on me. I'm pretty much ready to throw in the towel on silver searching anymore.

There is a member at the realcent forum that has been keeping track of silver finds from coin roll hunting. His charts show different denominations being more productive than the others in various regions, and vise-versa.

I would recommend doing dimes for a while and see how that pans out. Then make a decision.

My sample size is small-- but I've never found a silver half while roll-searching. I get the impression at my bank that many rolls of halves are turned in by an obsessive/compulsive roll-searcher. Something about them all being obverse-up and arranged in chronological order...

I have found a couple of silver dimes though-- including one today in 6 bank-wrapped rolls-- which is a nice by-product of my (fruitless so far) search for 2009 dimes.

quick question... just going on the silver weight value of each how much is a dime quarter and half dollar worth?

I quit ordering boxes, as it's cheaper and easier to buy the silver outright.... At 20X face.