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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;berto, post: 2667553, member: 68428&quot;]I&#039;m an engineer, so I like to collect and analyze data.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve kept a spreadsheet of my efforts CRHing half dollars in boxes since I started hunting boxes of halves 4 years ago.&nbsp; I&#039;ve kept track of the time I&#039;ve spent ordering, picking up, searching, and redepositing, as well as the silver (40% versus 90%) finds.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t account for the miles I&#039;ve driven in my car while picking up and redepositing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve CRHed 187 hours and &quot;earned&quot; $2/hr, based on a silver value of $18/toz, for a total of $374.&nbsp; If I had instead worked a job for $8.50/hr for 187 hours, then I would have earned a pre-tax total $1,589.50; post-tax about $1,065.</p><p><br /></p><p>Searching boxes of half dollars is NOT lucrative for the majority of hunters.&nbsp; Most of us would accumulate substantially more $$$ working a minimum wage-type job.&nbsp; This is strictly a hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>HH all[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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