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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 8261780, member: 24314"]I've done this for years.  Mostly I find woodies and laminations or an occasional RPM.  I've found several minor 936 DDO var. in VF/XF; a 1917 DDO in Fine, and lots of BU's in the 40's & 50's.  Of course none of these is worth the time but as you know the hunt is fun.  I've put a color set of Lincolns from Brown thru Brown-Red, Red-Brown, to Red to teach with.  And years ago, I found a 44-D/S in MS-63 Red Brown that I sold on Teletrade for 200+.  One local Sarasota coin shop takes the coins out and dumps them in a bucket.  If I worked there, I would roll them up randomly, stick in a circulated Indian and steel cent and list them somewhere but all that takes time.  I believe most dealers just blow the bucket out wholesale to other dealers. Many of you would not believe the accumulation of stuff most dealers consider to be junk tying up their money. It's our treasure! I cringe when I see a bag of silver Washington Quarters or Morgan dollars being sent out UNCHECKED for anything just to be bought and sold UNCHECKED again or melted!  All those great "finds" being lost forever.[/QUOTE]