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<p>[QUOTE="afm1982, post: 548998, member: 15483"]About a year ago, I got into ordering boxes of halves from the banks around town. I live in a fairly large city. The first few boxes were lucky, I was pulling out a tons of clads, a handful of 64s, a few franklins, and even a liberty. After a while, my luck faded, and I hit a string of boxes (like 10) that were already picked over. I know this happens, and that there are others searching like me. So I quit doing it, figuring that this area had been picked clean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I had to goto a seminar four counties overs. So I planned ahead, and called a branch up there and ordered two boxes of halves. (Today was also payday!) I got home, and busting into the first. It was a mixed box of machine rolled and hand rolled coins. Nothing came from the hand rolls (no surprise there), but the rest of the box netted me 5 clads! I looked in the second box, but they are all hand rolls, all the same type, and all have the same pen mark on them. I don't think it'll have much to offer, but I'll check through it tomorrow. </p><p><br /></p><p>While I'm very happy with my luck in the first box, I pose a question to all the box hunters out there. .... Has the well run dry all over? Have y'all been finding any luck?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afm1982, post: 548998, member: 15483"]About a year ago, I got into ordering boxes of halves from the banks around town. I live in a fairly large city. The first few boxes were lucky, I was pulling out a tons of clads, a handful of 64s, a few franklins, and even a liberty. After a while, my luck faded, and I hit a string of boxes (like 10) that were already picked over. I know this happens, and that there are others searching like me. So I quit doing it, figuring that this area had been picked clean. Today, I had to goto a seminar four counties overs. So I planned ahead, and called a branch up there and ordered two boxes of halves. (Today was also payday!) I got home, and busting into the first. It was a mixed box of machine rolled and hand rolled coins. Nothing came from the hand rolls (no surprise there), but the rest of the box netted me 5 clads! I looked in the second box, but they are all hand rolls, all the same type, and all have the same pen mark on them. I don't think it'll have much to offer, but I'll check through it tomorrow. While I'm very happy with my luck in the first box, I pose a question to all the box hunters out there. .... Has the well run dry all over? Have y'all been finding any luck?[/QUOTE]
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