Roll-searchers, post your results!

Finally finished a box of cents I had been working on, just not much time while teaching and coaching. Ended up with 32% copper, which is my highest ever, usually around 20-25% copper. Also scored the following wheaties:
1956 DX3, 1 in BU
1953
1953 DX3
1951
1950 D
1946
1946 S
1945
1945 D
1941
and finally my best cent find ever, a 1912!

 

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Second week in a row I found an ATB quarter in a roll a bought for laundry. Yosemite this time!

 

$7.50 in halves - skunk.

$350 in dimes: 5 Roosies, 3 Mercs (45S (AU55, Normal S), 42, 29)

 

Box of halves = One 40%'er
Box of halves = skunk

 

Where those dimes CWR's? I have been doing better with CWR as of late. Great Numbers
HOTN

 

All BWR

 

That's a nice silver vein you tapped into there Inq.
HOTN

 

Got myself a box of dimes on my lunch break.
3 x Roosie with a 1964 ender in nice condition
HOTN

 

I have been on a cold streak this week- found 1 40% half in 350.00 cwr, quarters are a bust 2000.00 and zippo again! Does anyone think that silver will start showing up in CWR as we get closer to christmas? I hope so!

 

Two boxes of dimes
box 1: 64D
box 2: 3x Canadian dimes
46S,47S

 

Not been doing a lot of searching since July but got a box of dimes today and found 4 silver roosies. Every little bit helps.

Erin

 

Erin:

Thats a NICE dime box. The most I've ever had was 3 in a box (3 times). Congrats

Merc: Nice V-nick pickup.....but that thing was REALLY hammered. lol.

 

I haven't posted in 10 days due to some family matters. Here is my report of my searching during that time:

1 box of dimes: Skunk (3rd skunk dime box in a row)
6 CWR of Halves: Skunk
4 boxes of halves.....Box 1: Skunk
Box 2: 4 40%ers, 1 1964, and 1 1956 Frankie
Box 3: 1 1964
Box 4: 5 40%ers

Not too bad.

 

Today I opened my 400th box of halves (since June 2009, an average of 3.2 boxes per week).

So, it is time for statistics.

Total box finds:
1018 40%ers (including 4 1976 s)
205 1964
55 Franklins
19 Walking Liberty
2 Silver Proofs
An average of 3.25 silvers per box. 21.63% of the finds were 90% silver
Also, probably 100 clad proof
a dozen or more 1974 D DDO
a dozen or more No FG errors

I also searched during this time approximately $19,009 worth of loose/CWR/BWR not in a box. My totals for these are:
880 silvers including 147 1964, 9 Franklins, 2 walking liberty, and 1 Booker T. Washington 90% commem. This averages to 23.15 silvers per $500 (equivilent to a box).

Total Half dollar finds of:
1740 40%ers (79.82%)
440 90%ers (20.18%) including 21 Walkers, 64 Franklins, 2 silver proofs, 1 early commem

Also found were 2 silver foreign coins:
1968 Medio Balboa (Panama)
1958 100 Lira (Italy)

Also searched during this time:
30 dime boxes: 21 Roosies and 2 Mercs (0.7 per box)
9 dime bags (equiv of 4 boxes each) 44 Roosies (1.22 per box equivilent)
Loose/bank: 10 Roosies and 1 Merc

Total of 78 silver dimes (75 Roosies and 3 Mercs)

I also have found 3 loose silver quarters and 4 silver war nickels (out of about 5 or 6 boxes).

Total silver coins found at face value: 2267.

Interesting stats on halves:

First 100 boxes: 340 silvers (21.47% of them 90%ers) for an average of 3.40 per box
2nd 100 boxes: 332 silvers (20.18% of them 90%ers) for an average of 3.32 per box
3rd 100 boxes: 343 silvers (23.91% of them 90%ers) for an average of 3.43 per box
4th 100 boxes: 284 silvers (20.77% of them 90%ers) for an average of 2.84 per box

As you can see, VERY consistent for the first 300. The last 100 shows a measurable dropoff (it certainly seemed that way to me).

Total Skunk boxes in the 400: 185 (46.25%)


I obviously put all my finds on a spread sheet.

I have been very consistent, not as successful as some, but pretty dang successful!!! I'm extremely pleased (as you can imagine).

 

Box of halves; '64 ender, got me excited, nothing else. Did find a $0.50 Bermuda, not silver though.
Box of nickels; 2 wars.

 

A box of dimes produced a 47 & 64 roosie. It also had a canadian and 5 pence piece.

 

Only had time to stop once this week... $75 mix of loose and rolled halves... one 40%

 

When I stopped to pick up my first box of halves today I asked the lady if she had any loose halves and she handed me a 1945 walking liberty! I also got a '67 in the box.

 

2 boxes of dimes, 3 roosies each. Also 3 5 pence coins, 1 can. dime, and a 1962 quarter in the reject slot :smile

 

That is an awful lot of silver. You should be pleased. :high5: