Roll Searchers: Roll Searching Website?

Haven't seen one. There's a lot of discussion activity over at the realcent.org forums on roll finds, counts and whatnot but nothing like you are proposing. I would definitely sign up if it existed. I've been tracking all my stats in a spreadsheet and would love to have a more user-friendly system that was sharable with friends and contributed to a greater overall statistics system.

Does your wife do web sites for a living? Is she a database programmer? A site like you have described would have to be database powered using something like MySQL or MSSQL. There's also the security factor as well as keeping people's personal information private. I know we are talking nickels and cents but it would essentially be an inventory of everyone's coin collection and could be a target for thieves.

I hope you are able to do something like this. Just giving you a couple things to think about. Good Luck!

Bill O'Rourke Askaboutcoins.com comes up right away in my mind.
I didn't find he has any list or charts from different denominations he had searched, but an impressive list of what he did found from circulation.
Imagine finding a 1937 D 3 legger in XF condition.

So we're putting this on the drawing board and I need information as to what other roll searchers keep track of. Lets take cents for example.
i know I've done 30 boxes, which is 1,500 rolls, which is 75,000 cents, which is $750 face value in cents. I have found 250 wheats. best box had 17 wheats and worst had 2 wheats. what else do people keep track of in their statistical analysis of their own roll searching? or did I pretty much get it all?

i think when you go on your profile and click on "cents" for example, it will first state how many boxes/rolls/cents/face value you have looked at. then below it will state your finds in order from oldest to newest. like:

Indian Head:
1899
1906

Wheat:
1911
1919
1923
1943 s
1944 (x2)
1956 d (x3)

Lincoln Memorial:
1959
1960 d
1962
1988

etc.

so it will have all the different kinds of cents, the mint marks, and the quantity found. so when you search a box you can keep track of whatever you want. like I for instance won't enter in any lincoln memorial cents because I don't really keep any except copper ones, so I wont really use any for roll searching. so my finds will just be wheats and earlier.

People already roll search and document their finds. It will just be a site for people to easier document. I doubt this site will promote tons of people to start roll searching.

Sounds great. It'd be cool to have some gallery aspects if possible, and of course a place for all the oddities we find.

Thanks Bowfin for the info. Well I think the site my wife is making is looking awesome and it will be different than those sites mentioned. it is looking great so far. and hey if no one uses it, at least I know I will.

I love this idea!