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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ferdyboy, post: 940992, member: 25361&quot;]I search 2 boxes a week. I have a list of known varieties and errors compiled from the Cherrypickers Guide and online sources, such as CONECA, coppercoins.com and others, and check each one that has a chance of having an error or variety as I go with a loupe. It is time consuming and tedious (it takes a good 6 hours to go through a box), but it does pay off. I&#039;ve found many DDO&#039;s, DDR&#039;s, various other errors and just a couple of hours ago found my first 1998 wide AM! (I&#039;ve been searching for about 3 months now---so it took me around 60,000 coins to find ONE.) I have a half gallon milk jug that the pre-1982&#039;s go into. When it is full, it weighs about 17 lbs, which has an approximate value of $45-$50 based on the spot copper price of around $3/lb.---and it holds about 2200-2500 pennies. I&#039;m running right at 18% coppers to zinc ratio---- </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the halves front, finally got my first shutout box this week---and on one box I was down to the last 3 rolls before 1 40% showed up---</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So Bob, Erin, and others---the averages finally caught up with me and I got skunked!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Edited to add this comment----I have a container that I put the wheaties in and will eventually encapsulate them in flips. I usually find about 4 or 5 per box. Plus I have a seperate container for &quot;everything else&quot; which includes a bunch of Canadian, Peruvian, Bahamian, Panamanian, Indian and all sorts of other &quot;ian&quot; foriegn coins---probably about 50 or so of them----[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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