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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bobbeth87, post: 1527787, member: 18369&quot;]<b>500 boxes searched....BAD trend</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have recently searched my 500th box of halves.&nbsp; I started in June 2009, so my average is 2.96 boxes per week.&nbsp; Some stats are in order:</p><p><br /></p><p>Total silver halves found (in boxes only):&nbsp; 1508&nbsp; (316 90%ers for 20.95% of the total, and 1192 40%ers)</p><p>Average silver coins per box:&nbsp; 3.02</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Adding my loose/CWR/BWR (less than a box) finds (I&#039;ve searched an approximate $23,785 worth in addition to the 500 boxes), I have found:</p><p>Total:&nbsp; 2556 silver half dollars with 18.94% of them being the 90% variety.</p><p>Average silver coins found per box equivilent of the loose/CWR/BWR less than:&nbsp; 22.01</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Disturbing Trend</b></u></p><p><br /></p><p>Average coins per box on first hundred boxes:&nbsp; 3.40</p><p>Average per 2nd hundred:&nbsp; 3.33</p><p>Average per 3rd hundred:&nbsp; 3.44</p><p>Average per 4th hundred:&nbsp; 2.84</p><p>Average per 5th hundred:&nbsp; 2.09</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, it was very consistent for the first 300 boxes.&nbsp; And now, a <b>SIGNIFICANT </b>downward trend (2.09 is about 38.5% less than 3.4 which is what I averaged over the first 300 boxes).&nbsp; To take it further, my last 50 boxes searched yielded 28 skunks and an average of 0.94 silvers per<b>....LESS THAN ONE PER BOX!</b>&nbsp; When I get a box now, I assume it will be a skunk and the fun of it has diminished considerably.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I know some (UNC WALKER) are still having great success, but for those who thought that it was slowing down.......it is at least in Houston as these statistics proove.</p><p><br /></p><p>So many people are doing this now.&nbsp; Big, big competition.&nbsp; And, the run up of the spot price on silver has raised the consiousness of the public to posible silver coins as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>What a bummer....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the bright side, I&#039;m less than 5 oz away from finding 500 oz of silver from circulation. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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