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<p>[QUOTE="FmrFiatFollower, post: 1379333, member: 35871"]I average 5 per box, with my record being 150+ 40% in one box. My second closest was 37 in one box. I have been roll hunting since March of 2011 and have found around 80 troy ounces of silver; around 400 being 40% and another 60 pre-1965 Kennedy halves; A dozen or so were Franklin halves, 3-4 were Walking Liberty halves and one was a 2001 90% proof. I have also found about a dozen gold plated halves - not worth anything really but a nice change of scenery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was hopeful when I traveled to southern California this summer I would find a good amount, but out of $10,000 face (20 boxes) I found TWO 40%ers. The majority were marked with a sharpie...That is always the worst feeling when you open up the box and see the obverse marked on most or all of the rolls. I love opening up the box and immediately finding one or two on top that stand out as silvers.</p><p><br /></p><p>For anyone who is just starting out in roll hunting, if you need any advice on the topic, please let me know. I have done this so aggressively that I have worked out a good system that the bankers are happy with and it will cut down on your time spent ordering, waiting, sorting, returning, re-ordering, etc. Which comes in handy if you're not finding much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FmrFiatFollower, post: 1379333, member: 35871"]I average 5 per box, with my record being 150+ 40% in one box. My second closest was 37 in one box. I have been roll hunting since March of 2011 and have found around 80 troy ounces of silver; around 400 being 40% and another 60 pre-1965 Kennedy halves; A dozen or so were Franklin halves, 3-4 were Walking Liberty halves and one was a 2001 90% proof. I have also found about a dozen gold plated halves - not worth anything really but a nice change of scenery. I was hopeful when I traveled to southern California this summer I would find a good amount, but out of $10,000 face (20 boxes) I found TWO 40%ers. The majority were marked with a sharpie...That is always the worst feeling when you open up the box and see the obverse marked on most or all of the rolls. I love opening up the box and immediately finding one or two on top that stand out as silvers. For anyone who is just starting out in roll hunting, if you need any advice on the topic, please let me know. I have done this so aggressively that I have worked out a good system that the bankers are happy with and it will cut down on your time spent ordering, waiting, sorting, returning, re-ordering, etc. Which comes in handy if you're not finding much.[/QUOTE]
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