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Message:: [QUOTE="midtncoin, post: 4136152, member: 89569"]Been a while since I've given an update in this thread but the last few times I've picked up boxes, I would get home and open them and they would all be new 2019's.   I still search through them for blank planchets and clips (no luck) but it takes a while to work through them all. But finally got a non-new box of nickels -- box #30 -- and it yielded some fun results: 39x2, 40, 40s, 41x4, 42x2, 47, 48s (the first of this date/mint), and 49.   No silver.  But it also contained two worn-out buffalos -- one entirely dateless and the other either a 26 or 28 (I'm leaning towards 26).  Definitely a P-mint so still a common date.  But what was most interesting is that in this one box, I found 5 2009P and 1 2009D.  When I started searching, I went through about 10 boxes before I found my first 09 and over the past 29 boxes, I've only found a total of 3.  In this one box, I doubled the quantity and even found two 09's in a single roll.  I just find it very interesting in how the factor of randomness affects the search.  That's one of the reasons I keep it up.  I know I'll never find a 3-legged buffalo or a 55 DD cent but its the sheer unexpectedness of the search that keeps me going.  This box brings my nickel "keeper" rate up to 0.51% which is one keeper out of every 200 coins or 1 out of every 5 rolls.[/QUOTE]