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Ardent Listener 04-27-2006 12:34 PM
Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Are any of you prospecting for 90% silver coins? There has got to still be a lot of them out there in circulation. If so, how are you doing it? My wife use to count money for a department store and she could tell just by the sound of the coin. I just spoke to a guy who has a machine he invented that can sort silver from clad.

If a person who works with a lot of change could go through it looking for the silver, he or she might make out well still.

IM_O.K. 04-27-2006 12:51 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not too long ago I started buying rolls of halves at the banks. Not much 90% left in them. Out of about $800 worth I found about 12 90% and 120 40%. Sometimes struck out and other times hit the jackpot.

Tn...Andy 04-27-2006 12:51 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I haven't found a silver coin in my change in years......last one I found was a 59 quarter that looked so good, I figure some kid raided it out of daddy's collection for soda money.....and we usually roll a couple hundred in coins every 6 months or so from the 'pocket' change bowl that pants pockets get emptied into.

mozkill 04-27-2006 01:09 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ive got $200 of coin in a can right now... im going to count it and see how many i find... lol

DrillAndFill 04-27-2006 01:49 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by IM_O.K.
Not too long ago I started buying rolls of halves at the banks. Not much 90% left in them. Out of about $800 worth I found about 12 90% and 120 40%. Sometimes struck out and other times hit the jackpot.
:banana: You have done well! :banana:

I am surprised the numbers were that high, though by the number of 40% halves I receive in change, maybe this is plausible. Based in your numbers, this beats the hell out of sorting copper pennies -- I could go through $800 worth of halves in a few minutes.

Sounds as if it's worth the time to buy halves and go through them. I think that dimes would also be a good bet, because they're small enough that their composition doesn't stick out immediately. I have found a few 90% dimes in my change over the past decade -- maybe 5 total.

IM_O.K. 04-27-2006 01:54 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The fun part is the look on the tellers face when you ask for 10 rolls of halves. Some of them did not even know how much a roll of halves was.

65gt350 04-27-2006 05:05 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by IM_O.K.
The fun part is the look on the tellers face when you ask for 10 rolls of halves. Some of them did not even know how much a roll of halves was.
You can have some more fun by spending the halves at local fast food places and such. 70% of the time they need to find HALF DOLLAR on the back to know what it is, 15% of the time they will get the manager or other cashier to verify.

Almost every teller that I see is glad to get rid of the coins too.

I get a yield of about 1% so your yield is fantastic.

65GT350

Mercury Rising 04-27-2006 05:18 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yes..Anywhere you go ask if the attendant/cashier/bank teller/ whoever is giving you any change if they have "Any of those old silver dollars by chance?"....youd be suprised how many kids(imo) bring them in to cash them in for frds or to buy a burger or burrito or whatever. It is hit and miss..but worth it when ya hit!

Ps I bought this little pile on ebay the other day..hehehhehe

Ardent Listener 04-27-2006 05:30 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 65gt350
You can have some more fun by spending the halves at local fast food places and such. 70% of the time they need to find HALF DOLLAR on the back to know what it is 15% of the time they will get there manager or other cashier to verify.

Almost every teller that I see is glad to get rid of the coins too.

I get a yield of about 1% so your yield is fantastic.

65GT350
I "passed" a half today and the lady thought it was a dollar. Why am I so honest?

goldminer 04-27-2006 05:36 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It's been more than 40 years since 90% coins were taken out of circulation. IMO the only ones that may occasionally be found are those that kids steal at home from their parents and grandparents, and small-time "crack-head" type theives steal from the homes they break into. The kids and the twisted brain addicts aren't knowledgable enough to know they have something that will sell for more than face value at the right places.

65gt350 04-27-2006 05:53 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by goldminer
It's been more than 40 years since 90% coins were taken out of circulation. IMO the only ones that may occasionally be found are those that kids steal at home from their parents and grandparents, and small-time "crack-head" type theives steal from the homes they break into. The kids and the twisted brain addicts aren't knowledgable enough to know they have something that will sell for more than face value at the right places.
In general I think you are right but whenever I get a large amount of silver from a teller they always seem to say that either an older 60-70 year old male turned it in or a lady who just lost her father or spouse.

But whenever I find old silver dollars (very, very rare, 2 times in past 3 years) they seem to have come from a young man so I have to assume that he was a "crack-head".

65GT350

Prometheus 04-27-2006 06:32 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ardent Listener
I "passed" a half today and the lady thought it was a dollar. Why am I so honest?
Same thing with me teh other day, she thought I had given her $3.00 instead of $1.50... I had to correct her about them being half dollars. I can't see screwing some poor dolt making buck fifty and hour that'll be forced to cough up her own cash to make up the difference in the till.

melbo 04-27-2006 07:09 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I used to buy a few hundred dollars of halves at the bank every week or so.
Never found enough to make it worth it.

The above who has found 12 and 120... WOW!
You must have found a freshly rolled stash from grandpa shoebox.
THats not the norm I see

HVACTEC 04-27-2006 07:15 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I thought of going down to atlantic city few x and buying rolls of half dollars and doing that.
its only 50 miles from were i live.
last time i was down there was last july went to the showboat buffa

Unclad Lad 04-29-2006 10:54 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The "prospecting" has gotten very hard lately-I find very few. No bank I've been to even has silver dollars-just Susan Bs and Sacajaweas. I just go for half-dollars. The number of prospectors has grown, too-one bank I went to said they give all of theirs to the same guy every few days. so when I have a large batch I've sorted through I try to drop them off there. :D

Has anyone else noticed how many tellers seem to be utter ninnies?

melbo 04-29-2006 11:10 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I put an X on the roll when I turn it in... Keeps me from getting the same roll back like has happened.

I try to buy at a few banks and sell at a few others.
Still not very successful. I think those days are over

65gt350 04-30-2006 02:35 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I seem to have better luck finding 90% when I get the rolls from the banks that are in grocery stores. I also seem to have better success saying that I am using the halves for poker. More often than not they will go around and collect the halves from all the tellers.

65GT350

stimpy17 04-30-2006 08:22 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was out MDing today. My haul-12 cents clad and a boat load of pull tops.

Darkside 05-01-2006 02:14 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The other day I was thinking how great it would be to run one of those chainge machines you find at supermarkets, where people come in with their loose changes and pour it into a machine which sorts it and gives them cash or a receipt they can use to buy stuff in the store.

I imagine people coming with change from their house is more likely to contain silver then directly from the bank.

Alas, I don't have a location I can put one of those machines (assuming I can get one) where people could use it... They wouldn't want to do that coming into my basement, afterall. :haha:

Metalophile 05-26-2006 01:48 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My local bank branch doesn't normally carry halves, but I asked if they could get some for me, and they say they can. Only problem is that they come in boxes of $1000 face. (I calculate that weighs about 50 lbs.) I won't be able to get them for about a week, but after I go through them I'll try to remember to post the results here!

About 10 years ago I went through a period of unemployment. My parents used to go to casinos then, and I would sometimes go along. Since I wasn't a big gambler, I would sometimes trade in for $100 in halves and go through them. I did this about 3 times, and I remember getting 1 90% and about 7 40% before deciding it wasn't worth my time. Of course, silver was much lower then, too!

I think I see a little more silver in circulation now that prices are higher. This seems counterintuitive. I have a theory that in periods like the past few months when we've had a run up in silver, people tend to break out their hoards from their hiding places and look through them to see how much their hoard is worth, but maybe they leave the collection out. Then children or grandchildren (or crackheads) come in and run off with some of these coins.

Unclad Lad 05-26-2006 11:10 PM
Kids and crackheads and...
 
I'd bet that $3+ gas a lot of people are dipping into their coin jars to fill the tank, and not looking at them beyond their face value.

Johnny99 05-29-2006 05:00 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The casinos in Atlantic City don't use coins anymore. They accept FRNs & give out paper receipts you can turn in for FRNs.

I brought a few hundred nickels to AC a year ago and found out I couldn't use them.

travisimo 05-30-2006 03:58 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I bought a $1.50 soda at some place in town. I paid the teenage cashier with a dollar bill and a S.B.Anthony.
She looks at it and goes "What's this?"
"That's a dollar coin"
"Woah, that's so cool."
"Yeah, welcome to 1979."
I was cranky because I was paying $1.50 for a soda. Most people, cashiers even, have no idea about coins. You can get a feel for it after working for a while, that's really only if you care to. I can get handed a quarter in my change and I'll notice if it's new. I bet most people wouldn't know what coin you handed them if they had their eyes closed. I'm not surprised there is still some silver around. I've found a silver dime once, and a buffalo nickel in my dad's change jar. I made fun of him because that meant he had gotten it in his change, put it in his pocket, pulled it out and put it in his bowl, the poured it from the bowl to the jar and never noticed.

90%RealMoney 05-30-2006 09:49 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I found a 1964 quarter in my change about 6 months ago. I heard it the second the girl handed me my change. What a lovely ringing sound! Other than that, a silver war nickel almost a year ago, is all I can remember scoring in quite awhile. I bought a $1000.00 face bag of 40% from CNI about 6 years ago. They put their own seals on the cloth bags. If you don't remove them, when you return to sell them back, they don't even check the contents. Anyway, I wanted to see all of those Kennedys in a pile! I went through all 2000 coins, and found only 3-90% halves out of the bunch. Also found one clad bicentennial half!

dust_bunny 05-30-2006 03:25 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I like to pay with non-common sizes.

I bought something for $3.25 at a grocery store.

I handed the cashier:

$2 bill
$1 coin, Ike dollar
$0.5 coin, kennedy half

She had to take it to the manager to see if it was money.

badmessiah 06-08-2006 02:01 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hi all, new guy here.

Had to use a Laundromat the other day, and noticed that they use bill changing machines that spew nothing but quarters. I overbought, and passed what could have been an incredibly boring hour, prospecting!

Cool site, Cheers!

durfcoin 06-09-2006 02:32 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have found very little silver coin in the change but with a few friends in the banking sytem I get some now and again. Got a nice call for $152 silver, mostly Morgans, Walkers and Kennedy, some 40%. Sometimes you feel bad though when you know that it is from the lady who just opened her box and wanted FRN?!? Who wants that! Also know that the melters are getting a lot. They paid 8 * face to someone I am buying collectibles from.

runcible 06-09-2006 03:02 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 65gt350
You can have some more fun by spending the halves at local fast food places and such. 70% of the time they need to find HALF DOLLAR on the back to know what it is, 15% of the time they will get the manager or other cashier to verify.

Almost every teller that I see is glad to get rid of the coins too.

I get a yield of about 1% so your yield is fantastic.

65GT350
Haven't found any yet, but since my bank is about 30 minutes from where I live, I only buy $10 or $20 worth at a time and pass the post 1970 halves back into circulation. (I tend to ask for $2 bills for the same reason. US needs more $2 in circulation.)

I always check the dates on any change I get. Found a 1966 and 1965 dime the other day. So close and yet so far. :(

drafter 06-09-2006 03:19 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I come across 1965 dimes and quarters all the time. Only thing I'm getting to pull out of change these days for keeping is pre 82 pennies. The rest of the stuff I'm just putting in rolls to be used for PM purchases.

grizzlyduck 06-10-2006 02:12 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i bought $150 worth of halves from a bank in town. all i found was 1 1968 kennedy and a 5 franc swiss coin. the 5 fr was a perfect match in size for the US half. it's worth about $4. i wonder if the bank will be able to change it for me?


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Pragmatist 06-10-2006 02:42 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went thru $100 of roled halves today. I found 3x40%, 1x90%. Not bad really. I haven't had any luck with quarters but I am going to try a bag of halves on Monday.

Prag

AgCollector 06-11-2006 09:27 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pragmatist
I went thru $100 of roled halves today. I found 3x40%, 1x90%. Not bad really. I haven't had any luck with quarters but I am going to try a bag of halves on Monday.

Prag
I've been going through about $1000 a week for the past month and have found it to be really hit-or-miss, with the overall average of getting a 40% silver half (or better) at roughly 2%. Sometimes I don't get anything in $500 worth, and sometimes I get a roll that's more than half silver...

Curtman 06-11-2006 10:28 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pragmatist
I went thru $100 of roled halves today. I found 3x40%, 1x90%. Not bad really. I haven't had any luck with quarters but I am going to try a bag of halves on Monday.

Prag
Somebody is working the whole area over here already. All the rolls are coming up looted, my kid has found a mark on each roll someone is putting on to ID as checked. I need to find a new area. ain't no fun for them if they don't get anything out a dozens of rolls.

Pragmatist 06-12-2006 05:39 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Somewhat interesting results today

A $500 bag of half dollars from a locally owned bank: 7x40%, 1x90% and Un Peso.

A $500 box from Wells Fargo rolled by Security Armored Express: Nada, Zilch, Zero. One roll was $2 short. Perhaps they are using immigrant workers to screen for silver.

Prag

Unclad Lad 06-15-2006 08:23 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Perhaps they are using immigrant workers to screen for silver.
More likely graduates of the American public school system.

grizzlyduck 06-15-2006 02:44 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
score today!!!

i was at the bank and i could see a few 50 cent pieces in the little change holder. i was paying my mortgage and i couldn't see a copper edge on a few in the stack. so i just bought the stack of 5.

sure enough. one 1964, one 1968 and 3 clad. woo-hoo. free silver!!!

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AgCollector 06-15-2006 04:48 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by grizzlyduck (Post 274952)
score today!!!

i was at the bank and i could see a few 50 cent pieces in the little change holder. i was paying my mortgage and i couldn't see a copper edge on a few in the stack. so i just bought the stack of 5.

sure enough. one 1964, one 1968 and 3 clad. woo-hoo. free silver!!!
Nice! I just went through $500 yesterday and got nothing... :frown:

Metalophile 06-17-2006 12:17 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalophile (Post 258345)
My local bank branch doesn't normally carry halves, but I asked if they could get some for me, and they say they can. Only problem is that they come in boxes of $1000 face. (I calculate that weighs about 50 lbs.) I won't be able to get them for about a week, but after I go through them I'll try to remember to post the results here!

Well, after waiting 3 weeks because the folks at the bank didn't think I was serious about my request, I finally got my $1000 in halves yesterday! and . . . ARRRGH! Not a single silver half! :thumpdown What I did end up getting were two $500 boxes of all BU 1997 P Kennedy halves wrapped in rolls. Mintage for 1997 P was about 20 million, and I saw one seller on E-bay trying to sell those rolls for about $17 each with no bites. Probably not worth my time to try to dump these on E-bay. I wonder if there's a way to request only circulated half dollars?

AgCollector 06-17-2006 11:10 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalophile (Post 276115)
Well, after waiting 3 weeks because the folks at the bank didn't think I was serious about my request, I finally got my $1000 in halves yesterday! and . . . ARRRGH! Not a single silver half! :thumpdown What I did end up getting were two $500 boxes of all BU 1997 P Kennedy halves wrapped in rolls. Mintage for 1997 P was about 20 million, and I saw one seller on E-bay trying to sell those rolls for about $17 each with no bites. Probably not worth my time to try to dump these on E-bay. I wonder if there's a way to request only circulated half dollars?
I wouldn't bother with eBay for them. In my experience it's not possible to request only circulated coins, _but_ here's a strategy that's worked well for me (just got 40 silver clad kennedys in $200 worth of halves yesterday): try to get your halves from as many banks as possible, some times there's good stuff, and sometimes not, but it's always worked out better for me than new boxes of halves.

eat_beef 11-02-2006 11:34 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thought I'd dig up this thread to brag a little. I pick up all the halves every time I go to a bank. I usually don't find anything, maybe a 40% here and there. There is another active "prospector" in my area.

Today I got 7 1/2 rolls of 40%, along with 4 '64s and 4 1/2 rolls of clad.

Woohoo! Think I'll give those tellers a box of candy or something, they always treat me right and tell me when they have anything interesting.:love:

Wyldwil 11-03-2006 07:17 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by eat_beef (Post 405406)
Thought I'd dig up this thread to brag a little. I pick up all the halves every time I go to a bank. I usually don't find anything, maybe a 40% here and there. There is another active "prospector" in my area.

Today I got 7 1/2 rolls of 40%, along with 4 '64s and 4 1/2 rolls of clad.

Woohoo! Think I'll give those tellers a box of candy or something, they always treat me right and tell me when they have anything interesting.:love:
HOLY CRAP!!! That's great man!!!:D :D

Ardent Listener 11-03-2006 07:57 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wyldwil (Post 405595)
HOLY CRAP!!! That's great man!!!:D :D
You will always remember that silver dime or 40% you pull out of circulation over all the ones you buy from the coin shop.

Floyd 11-03-2006 08:17 AM
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Our local bank already has an in house prospector.I was getting rolls of halves. After 2-3 requests the teller asked if I was looking for old coins and I said yes.She then informed me that everyone in the bank saved those for someone else that also worked there.Nice!!!

Tn...Andy 11-03-2006 08:18 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You will always remember that silver dime or 40% you pull out of circulation over all the ones you buy from the coin shop.


You've got THAT right......the 59 quarter I found in change a few years ago sits separately in the drawer of my nightstand.

Anty Ep 11-09-2006 10:45 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by grizzlyduck (Post 270346)
i bought $150 worth of halves from a bank in town. all i found was 1 1968 kennedy and a 5 franc swiss coin. the 5 fr was a perfect match in size for the US half. it's worth about $4. i wonder if the bank will be able to change it for me?
banks are for shite when it comes to changing money. easiest thing to do is take it with you next time you fly and hit a money change place. but be prepared for the $2 minimum service fee. they're ripoff artists too.

durfcoin 11-10-2006 11:45 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have had success with asking those that I know whom work in a retail situation, especially the grocery store, to save any "odd" coins they get. Well I got a morgan and 2 peace dollars the other day. :bandito:

cb&julie 11-10-2006 11:56 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by durfcoin (Post 412824)
I have had success with asking those that I know whom work in a retail situation, especially the grocery store, to save any "odd" coins they get. Well I got a morgan and 2 peace dollars the other day. :bandito:

Good golly, that's more than $30 in silver!

HVACTEC 11-10-2006 12:15 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
wounder if I would have any luck driving down to atlantic city and buying rolls of halfs in one of the casino's take em home break em out.
I already posted this question in this thread.
I just buy it it adds up so much faster then looking for it, but is is fun to look.

HVACTEC 11-10-2006 12:28 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
there are big senior villages in my area, there is one off rte 37 in toms river nj has over 7,000 homes, there are even two banks in it and some stores.
maybe I should go to these banks and buy a bunch of half rolls and leave.
thing is i do not have account with either bank but that should not matter right.

65gt350 11-10-2006 01:20 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HVACTEC (Post 412863)
there are big senior villages in my area, there is one off rte 37 in toms river nj has over 7,000 homes, there are even two banks in it and some stores.
maybe I should go to these banks and buy a bunch of half rolls and leave.
thing is i do not have account with either bank but that should not matter right.
Most of the time you don't need a bank account. And as far as Atlantic City, no need to take them home just turn them back in and get cash so you can stop by banks on the way home.

Senior areas are good. My best luck has been on Saturdays before closing. It just seems like when old people die the kids just turn it in. My best hits have been on Saturdays. Around $180 in 90% and 40% halves just turned in and a $20 roll of 64 halves that were sitting for "awhile"

65GT350

Worldmariner 11-11-2006 07:58 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HVACTEC (Post 412848)
wounder if I would have any luck driving down to atlantic city and buying rolls of halfs in one of the casino's take em home break em out.
I already posted this question in this thread.
I just buy it it adds up so much faster then looking for it, but is is fun to look.
Well, I live in the Palm Beach County area of Florida. I had th egreat idea to go to B of A last year and buy a box of halves. a week later and a truckload of now un-rolled coins, I found ZERO 64 Kennedys. And now I had hundreds and hundreds of unrolled halves. Guess what? Bank will not take them back unless they are rolled. So I just spent them instead as I would spend any othe rmoney. 36 dollars in gasoline. The clerk was not happy. He knew who would be rolling those halves at close! *laugh*

Wyldwil 11-11-2006 08:12 PM
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Wifey brought home a '44 quarter for me that she found while at work on Friday. :love:

Printed this for her so she can refer to it when counting change.....

Description Denomination Silver Value Silver % of Denomination
1942-1945 Nickel *** $0.05 $0.7324 1464.8000%
1946-1964 Dime $0.10 $0.9419 941.9000%
1932-1964 Quarter $0.25 $2.3535 941.4000%
1948-1963 Half Dollar $0.50 $4.7070 941.4000%
1964 Half Dollar $0.50 $4.7070 941.4000%
1965-1970 Half Dollar (40% silver) $0.50 $1.9254 385.0800%
1921-1935 Peace Dollar $1.00 $10.0645 1006.4500%
1971-1976 Eisenhower Dollar (40% silver) $1.00 $4.1124 411.2400%


http://www.coinflation.com/

65gt350 11-12-2006 08:05 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Belloc (Post 414345)
Just remember only the 1971-1974 Eisenhower Dollars minted in San Francisco are 40% silver. The 1776-1976 Bicentennial Eisenhower Dollars minted in San Francisco for circulation are also 40% silver.

I have a few Eisenhower Dollars minted in Philadelphia between the years 1971 and 1976 and they are not 40% silver (they only have a current metal value of $0.20). Eisenhower Dollars are nice to keep as part of a coin collection.

EISENHOWER DOLLARS (1971-1978)
In my prospecting I have found Morgans and Peace Dollars but I have never run across a 40% Eisenhower.

65GT350

65gt350 11-13-2006 06:14 PM
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I am not doubting their existance. What I meant to imply was that finding a 40% Ike in circulation (banks, change) is tough. I have found 70-D halves, proofs and commens. I even found a teller to exchange a SAE for a dollar but I have not found a 40% IKE.

As Ardent and Tn Andy says that first 40% IKE will go in a special place when I get it.

65GT350

65gt350 11-17-2006 03:05 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
All this talk of prospecting has me wondering what you guys do with your finds?

Do you swap your lower cost silver for .999 or gold?

Examples:
~$75 Face of 90% should be able to trade for an ounce of gold.
~$77 Face of 90% should be able to trade for 50oz Ag. .999 rounds
~$190 Face of 40% should be able to trade for an ounce of gold.

My question would be what do you trade out, the 40% or the 90% and what do you trade it for?

Or, do you just keep it all in silver?

65GT350

cb&julie 11-17-2006 03:08 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 65gt350 (Post 419632)
All this talk of prospecting has me wondering what you guys do with your finds?

Do you swap your lower cost silver for .999 or gold?

Examples:
~$75 Face of 90% should be able to trade for an ounce of gold.
~$77 Face of 90% should be able to trade for 50oz Ag. .999 rounds
~$190 Face of 40% should be able to trade for an ounce of gold.

My question would be what do you trade out, the 40% or the 90% and what do you trade it for?

Or, do you just keep it all in silver?

65GT350
I haven't traded out yet but I have some that I am thinking of exchanging. If I traded it would be for probably be other silver, fine rounds or such.

sindgefallen 02-04-2007 01:34 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
If you live in Penn. and have a decent amount of money in PNC bank then they will go out of they're way to get as many coins of a specific year as they can. My wife used to work at a PNC bank (recently) and she said that if you meet the above stated requirements then you can order say 50 dollars face of 1964 kennedy halves and they will have any they can fid shipped in from other branches for you. If you live in PA then this may work for you.

HiHoSilver64 03-10-2007 02:14 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sindgefallen (Post 497722)
If you live in Penn. and have a decent amount of money in PNC bank then they will go out of they're way to get as many coins of a specific year as they can. My wife used to work at a PNC bank (recently) and she said that if you meet the above stated requirements then you can order say 50 dollars face of 1964 kennedy halves and they will have any they can fid shipped in from other branches for you. If you live in PA then this may work for you.
Just curious what would be a decent amount of money? One would think that the bank employees would realize the 90% coins are @ roughly 9.5 times their face value. I think I'll ask my bank if they can find me some 64-69 Kennedy's. :smile:

highroller4321 03-10-2007 07:43 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
went to a total of ten banks in my local area and got $1083.50 in halfs (Could have got more but one bank had 3k but would only give me $200 )

In total i found 61 40% SILVER halfs and 5 90% SILVER halfs (3 ken 1 frank and 1 walker)

I would say that my finding are below what i normally get but it still paid for my gas and time plus some so im happy.



(If anyone would like to know more about half hunting pm me or post on here)

HiHoSilver64 03-11-2007 12:21 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
What is your average succes rate on half dollar rolls scoring 40% & 90%? I fully admit I'm not about to prospect through rolls of dimes or quarters, however halves I can handle. I sorted through $200 worth of rolls awhile back and didn't score any at all.


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highroller4321 03-11-2007 01:20 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well there really isnt an average from roll to roll.

For exapmle I went to this bank and they only had 3 rolls but when i opened the rolls there were 17 in the first 15 in the second and 12 in the third (40%)

Then i go to a differnt bank and i get 1-2 every couple rolls.


I guess if i had to say an average would be like 1-3 40% every 4-5 rolls. Some banks i only find 1 per $200 face but others i find a crapload.

HiHoSilver64 03-14-2007 01:03 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just found a 40% Kennedy today in one of the 2 rolls I picked up at a local bank.

:marchmell I'm hooked!

highroller4321 03-14-2007 01:34 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HiHoSilver64 (Post 539197)
Just found a 40% Kennedy today in one of the 2 rolls I picked up at a local bank.

:marchmell I'm hooked!
I am hooked too. Problem is i dont have the time to do it all the time like i would like too

Silver_Fox 03-15-2007 07:44 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went to the bank today to make a deposit, asked the teller if she had any halves. She said she had 5 in her drawer and they are a pain to deal with, I gladly took them from her, 3 of the 5 were 40% SILVER!:favorites21:

mtnman 04-13-2007 05:26 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another place to "Prospect". Back in the 80�s my good friend would rent an ice cream truck for the summer. Cruse the subdivisions selling ice cream bars to the youngsters. You would not believe the coin collection he has now, all from the ice cream truck and probably pilfered from "Daddy�s" collections!

Phoenix_Dollar 04-13-2007 07:00 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was thinking of building a small smelter in my garage for melting down junk silver and pouring 100 oz bars. Anyone have experience doing this with scrap or junk coins or computer chips?

I was considering mining coins/buying scrap silver etc. to feed the habbit.

silverwood 04-14-2007 07:06 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mtnman (Post 571897)
Another place to "Prospect". Back in the 80�s my good friend would rent an ice cream truck for the summer. Cruse the subdivisions selling ice cream bars to the youngsters. You would not believe the coin collection he has now, all from the ice cream truck and probably pilfered from "Daddy�s" collections!
That is absolutely hilarious! :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :bandito:

latemetal 04-18-2007 09:22 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
JACKPOT indeed, $95+/- for $10 bucks is great and why some of us try this gambit.:bull-smile: :bull-smile: :bull-smile:

Fiat Mutiny 04-18-2007 10:32 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 577405)
Today I stop at a Bank of America while on the road. I ask for half dollars. They have 11 rolls so I stay calm (because I have never found a bank with any rolls) and fork over my $110. Then I casually leave the bank and go to my car. The excitement of actually finding a bank with halves took over when I got in the car and I opened all 11 rolls. They were 11 rolls of clad, not even one 40% :cryin2:

My bank, BankAtlantic, has coin machines and since they are free, I find a BankAtlantic branch (thanks to my Garmin GPS) and dump my halves in the machine. I hand the teller my slip for $110 and also a small check I needed to deposit. Then I ask her if they have any half dollars. She says "Yes, I have $10 worth". GREAT, I say, I'll take them. She starts piling them on the counter to count them and I can see they are ALL NOT clad. Again, I remain calm as if it's no big deal...just 20 Kennedy halves. I give her $10 and she places them in an envelope.

I get to the car and JACKPOT!!! They are all 1964 Kennedys and appear to be uncirculated. I think someone found a roll at home and took them in to the bank to get $10. I tried taking a digital but it's 8:30 PM and dark and my flash keeps going off so I had to scan them. The scanner on my printer/scanner/fax combo unit it terrible but you'll still be able to see the beauty. The yellow spots aren't on the coins, or at least visible to the eye. They are still worth every penny of TEN DOLLARS!!!!! :clap2: :9536:

My best bank effort to date :emotions16:
Congratulations! Your persistence paid off. I've gotten lucky with banks before, but not that lucky.

silverwood 04-18-2007 11:18 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ahh!!! congradulations on the great score, the fealing of hitting a jackpot like that is something you never forget. Back in the late 80's I went into the European American bank on Jerusalem Ave. in Uniondale NY. I bought all the halves they would sell me which was about $300 worth. $250 where all
90%ers...Walkers, Franklins and 64 Kennedys and I believe there were some 40% in the the other $50. That is my fond memory:bull-emoticon:

Anty Ep 04-19-2007 08:54 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by silverwood (Post 577564)
Ahh!!! congradulations on the great score, the fealing of hitting a jackpot like that is something you never forget. Back in the late 80's I went into the European American bank on Jerusalem Ave. in Uniondale NY. I bought all the halves they would sell me which was about $300 worth. $250 where all
90%ers...Walkers, Franklins and 64 Kennedys and I believe there were some 40% in the the other $50. That is my fond memory:bull-emoticon:
Say that again? Is that entity still in existence?

Highbanker 05-26-2007 05:54 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just got back from the bank in Denver getting some fiat to get a little 90% at the local coin shop. Asked the teller if she had any half dollar rolls, I'd like ten. At first, she said no, then "remembered" that a shipment came in yesterday. She brought 10 rolls.
Got home and from the 200 halves, 2 1964 Kennedys and a 1969 Kennedy 40%.
Not bad....they are still out there!!!

highroller4321 05-26-2007 06:11 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Highbanker (Post 619787)
Just got back from the bank in Denver getting some fiat to get a little 90% at the local coin shop. Asked the teller if she had any half dollar rolls, I'd like ten. At first, she said no, then "remembered" that a shipment came in yesterday. She brought 10 rolls.
Got home and from the 200 halves, 2 1964 Kennedys and a 1969 Kennedy 40%.
Not bad....they are still out there!!!
Nice find.


Where the rolls wrapped in bright yellow paper???

Bob 05-26-2007 06:23 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by IM_O.K. (Post 232203)
Not too long ago I started buying rolls of halves at the banks. Not much 90% left in them. Out of about $800 worth I found about 12 90% and 120 40%. Sometimes struck out and other times hit the jackpot.
That's actually very good. I did a box of halves ($500) and got about 4 90% and maybe 5 40%.

Highbanker 05-26-2007 10:38 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
They were wrapped in yellow and white paper. Both the 64 Kennedys were kinda tarnished and the dates not easily readable. I'm going back Monday to get 2-3 hundred more dollars worth. I thinbk its just hit or miss but when a lot has some silver, I'll bet there's more. I nearly fell over when I saw that plain silver edge on 2 in 1 roll. Very exciting........Little thrills

sindgefallen 05-27-2007 12:33 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
wow I have not found any silver at the banks since 2005. I am going out the soonest I get home and will be hunting for em again. I'm glad to know that they are still out there. I was on leave awhile back and went to a casino and won a good deal of frn's but they had no silver halves at all. Darn next time hopefully.

Force 01-16-2008 11:59 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
thought i'd resurrect this thread:wink:

turned in some $40 worth of clad and zinc in exchange for 4 rolls of halves. They yielded a 67, 68, and a 69...not all that bad considering its free silver

I also found this weird gold-plated looking 1972 half. Don't know where they originate from, but they aren't selling for too much on ebay (only a few bucks). But I figured I'd keep it since it is somewhat unique

Optimus SubPrime 01-18-2008 07:35 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've found the self-checkout lanes at the grocery store are a good source of wheat pennies... think I've gotten some pre-WW2 Jeff. nickels from them too. I haven't found any silver in my change in a long time though.

ME CO 01-19-2008 07:40 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got just shy of 2 ozt. last night, face value $4.50 but one roll had 2 extra halves in it so cut ME down to under $2.00 an ounce. HH all, Mark

CQC McDuck 02-08-2008 03:09 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've done this before and was able to find around 6 40% Kennedy halves, and 2 90% Kennedy halves. It certainly feels like finding buried treasure to say the least. :D

Props to FL_RacingGal for all of her recent success. :applause_

teedub31 02-08-2008 03:13 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was doing real well at my local bank a year ago, but it has dried up lately. It is really a no risk high reward venture. Can't say that about too many things.


Awsome score FL!!! I am ubber jealous.

Dutch Dog 02-10-2008 09:41 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Looking for half dollars in circulation never occurred to me. Stopped by a local bank and found 3 40% kennedy's. I'm hooked now! Cheap fun.

Mined Games 02-11-2008 07:37 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
FL Racing Gal,

I was wondering if you had accounts at the bank branches that you visit? It sounds like you go into different banks to get coins, and I was wondering if banks where you don't have an account are providing this service for you free of charge? The reason I ask is because I bank with a non-local bank, and I was wondering if local banks would be willing to exchange their coins for my my FRNs without my having an account with that bank. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

hystckndle 02-12-2008 06:26 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 964551)
Mined Games,
I have accounts at the 7 major banks in the SE Florida area (working on Bank #8) and some are large National banks. I go to any branch because I work on the road and I keep all my ATM cards in my wallet a small ziplock baggie. I usually put the ATM card of the bank I am going into, on top so if they ask me if I have an account, I can easily pull out my ATM card. They never ask for proof but I'm prepared in the event they do. I keep money in each bank and make small deposits on occasion. That way if I am short on cash I can always withdraw money from my account to buy coins.
I have stopped at banks where I do not have an account because they are smaller banks or because I'm on the road and they don't have an office near my home. Only once in the past 2 years have I been told they would not give me coins. To be honest, most tellers want to get rid of the coins that do not fit into their racks so if they have half dollars in rolls or in a bag in their drawer, they'll part with them and many times THANK YOU for taking them off their hands. They have to count them if they are loose and they hate that day after day.
Two of my banks offer free coin counting machines and I usually rotate my dump in different branches throughout the month. I figure I am entitled to the coins as much as anyone and I'm not the only one searching for coins. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "I had so many and someone came in and bought them all a few days ago".
Give it a try...I need one more 40% JFK to get to another 6 rolls. Then I sell to a local dealer and buy gold. On 10/21/07 I sold 6 rolls of 40% and ended up with a 1/4 oz. GAE for net cost of $38. This Sunday, I might sell 6 rolls of 40% and some 90% (all gotten at face value) and get 1/2 oz. GAE with estimated cost of under $80.
Cheap Silver becomes Cheap Gold
*~*Joey*~*
Gal,
Yours are some pretty darn motivating posts.
Congrats on all of your super finds, and thanks for sharing the success.
Haystackneedle

agent47 02-12-2008 09:41 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today I ordered 6 500 dollar boxes that will be here Tuesday. I will post my results.

hystckndle 02-12-2008 09:50 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by agent47 (Post 965601)
Today I ordered 6 500 dollar boxes that will be here Tuesday. I will post my results.
Agent,
I would be interested in your results.
I have not been so successful as MECO and RacingGAL.
I think she has a good idea by having accounts at
a few different banks.
Methinks I have been searching the same coins from the top of the boxes
at the top of the same pallet
Gal, that was a good clean out story.
Silver lining for sure !
Just depends on how you look at things, right ?
Regards,
Haystackneedle

Turner-son 02-14-2008 09:47 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Here's the link again for people that are interested...

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?board=224.0

Great threads in there.

Mined Games 02-14-2008 08:29 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks for the advice FL Racing Gal. I think I might try a local bank branch tomorrow. You results are definitely impressive. But I have to wonder if the age demographics of Florida might make that state more fertile than most for prospecting silver coins. Maybe the addled oldsters are turning in their silver at face value without realizing their actual worth.

Meliorist 02-14-2008 09:45 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mined Games (Post 968647)
Maybe the addled oldsters are turning in their silver at face value without realizing their actual worth.
Or (more likely IMO) their (ignorant) surviving spouse or heir.

"Only my dad would be STUPID enough to have 1200 half dollars sitting in his closet where they earn no interest!"

eat_beef 02-15-2008 08:10 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wow, Gal, you're doing great!!

There are at least two other hoarders working my area, not counting the cashiers at two banks, so it's fairly slim pickings around here. I do have a couple of good tellers at one bank who set everything 'old' and or 'odd' aside for me.

I've tried the 500frn boxes, but they were disapointing. I think I got 14 40% from a whole box. It's better than nothing, but I'd make more money picking up a job at Taco Bell.

In my area, I've seen more silver halves hitting the banks over the last several months than there were a couple of years ago. I don't know if it's people breaking into the piggy banks because of hard times, or old folks dying off, or what, but I find a 40 a lot more often than I did say in 05 06.

Good hunting, all!


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jrog100 02-15-2008 10:38 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
With prospecting it's hit and miss. The hard part that I've found is turning the half dollars in to the bank. A lot of banks' coin machines have trouble sorting them for some reason . . . esp. Wells Frago. Has anyone else had that issue?

ME CO 02-17-2008 10:51 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sweet deal there. In my area there are 4 coin shops, 2 don't want 40% halves at any price, one is still paying $1.20 apiece (guess he's getting takers), and the other was paying $1.50 when silver was $16. Even when I told them I wanted to get gold with the procedes, that was it, then when I saw the price for 1 ounce gold bars was spot+ $30 I just laughed. So I have to accumulate alot and ship them off to get a decent price. I have yet to make it to a coin show, they are rarer than silver quarters around here so I forget about them. Gonna try and remember the one next month even though its over an hour drive away. HH Mark

Piotr01 02-20-2008 11:17 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
what do you guys do with the clad if you can't spend all of it?

Should i buy paper rolls and pick 1 back to dump them to ?

Turner-son 02-20-2008 01:13 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Piotr01 (Post 975515)
what do you guys do with the clad if you can't spend all of it?

Should i buy paper rolls and pick 1 back to dump them to ?

Just bring it back to the bank. Cash it in.

Heads_Up 02-20-2008 02:49 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Checked my change from coffee this morning a found a 1960 Roosevelt dime mixed with the Canadian.

ME CO 02-20-2008 06:42 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heads_Up (Post 975804)
Checked my change from coffee this morning a found a 1960 Roosevelt dime mixed with the Canadian.
Gotta love that. I got a silver dime in change a couple months ago and it made my whole day. HH Mark

ME CO 02-20-2008 06:44 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Piotr01 (Post 975515)
what do you guys do with the clad if you can't spend all of it?

Should i buy paper rolls and pick 1 back to dump them to ?
Pick a different bank to dump at- best to find one with a coin counter that counts halves. HH Mark

Piotr01 02-20-2008 10:10 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 976211)
Pick a different bank to dump at- best to find one with a coin counter that counts halves. HH Mark
do i have to roll them up again first?

ME CO 02-21-2008 12:23 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Piotr01 (Post 976517)
do i have to roll them up again first?
Not if you find a bank with a coin counting machine that will count halves, helps if you have an acct there also. HH Mark

77shovelhead 02-22-2008 10:42 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went to 6 banks and 1 credit union today. 4 banks and the credit union had no halves at all. 1 bank had 5 loose halves. And the last bank had $400.00 worth. My find was 1-1962, 2-1967, 2-1968 and 1 chrome plated bicentennial.

Heads_Up 02-23-2008 01:54 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This morning I got a 1968 canadian quarter in my change from buying the paper. In most sites I see that it is 50% silver, but there is the odd site that says the 1968 quarter may not contain silver as there were 2 separate stampings. Now first, is this true. Second, if this is true, how do you tell teh difference between the 50% quarter and the non 50% quarter?:confused_ma:

DrillAndFill 02-23-2008 02:03 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I wonder why the halves are where the action is. Or is it? Are halves so much more likely to yield silver just because they're less-frequently circulated? I don't get it. Given that silver dimes can pass unnoticed through many hands, one would think they would circulate undetected in greater numbers. The only easy way to spot them is by noting the lack of a copper stripe on the side. In several years of propecting for silver dimes in all my change, I have only found three of them.

I'll propect for silver in halves and dimes next week, and see if I can pull anything out.

I like to propect for pre-1982 pennies. It pays almost nothing, but it's fun for some reason, seeing "1970" and remembering where my family was living at that time.

Optimus SubPrime 02-23-2008 02:19 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heads_Up (Post 979753)
This morning I got a 1968 canadian quarter in my change from buying the paper. In most sites I see that it is 50% silver, but there is the odd site that says the 1968 quarter may not contain silver as there were 2 separate stampings. Now first, is this true. Second, if this is true, how do you tell teh difference between the 50% quarter and the non 50% quarter?:confused_ma:
yes there are two different versions of the 1968... just hold the coin next to a magnet... the 50% silver version is non-magnetic while the other version (99% nickel) is magnetic... so if the coin is not attracted to the magnet it is the silver version... good luck. :bear_w00t:

77shovelhead 02-23-2008 03:46 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I almost missed one of the halves I got today because there was a noticeable amount of copper on the side. I usually just look at the edge but now I look at the dates and mint mark. I have found 5 S mint halves this year also. The Eisenhower dollar S mint 1971 - 1976 are 40% so I keep an eye out for them too.

oroplata 02-23-2008 03:50 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
And if you don't have a magnet handy, but have another canadian quarter that you know isn't silver, drop them on a hard surface one at a time and see if they sound the same.

Turner-son 02-23-2008 10:38 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimus SubPrime (Post 979772)
yes there are two different versions of the 1968... just hold the coin next to a magnet... the 50% silver version is non-magnetic while the other version (99% nickel) is magnetic... so if the coin is not attracted to the magnet it is the silver version... good luck. :bear_w00t:

Yes, quite correct: http://www.coinflation.com/canada/

By the way, there are two different versions of the 1967 quarter and dime as well - 80% silver and 50% silver.

Optimus SubPrime 02-23-2008 11:31 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 77shovelhead (Post 979802)
I almost missed one of the halves I got today because there was a noticeable amount of copper on the side. I usually just look at the edge but now I look at the dates and mint mark. I have found 5 S mint halves this year also. The Eisenhower dollar S mint 1971 - 1976 are 40% so I keep an eye out for them too.
just so you know, there were two versions of the S mint dollars during certain years... the '71-S and '72-S are all 40%... the '73-S - '76-S were made in both versions, 40% and clad... and the '77-S - '78-S are all clad.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Turner-son (Post 979936)
By the way, there are two different versions of the 1967 quarter and dime as well - 80% silver and 50% silver.
very good... now for extra credit -- how do you tell them apart? :bear_w00t:

CQC McDuck 03-04-2008 12:36 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I did a little prospecting today. Unfortunately first three banks that I went to didn't have ANY halves, and the last bank only had 12 loose halves. Fortunately one of those 12 halves was a 1968, so I was somewhat happy.

I'm going to go to some rural banks tomorrow and see if I have better luck than in my town of 50k. :bull-buddy-icon:

markmopar 03-04-2008 01:00 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I picked up a $500 box of halfs today- got nothing.

silverblood 03-04-2008 01:11 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I don't think I've every seen a roll of half dollars. How many are in a roll?

In fact, I very rarely encounter half dollars in normal exchange. I can't recall the last time I encountered one. Someone gave me a couple of Susan B Anthony's in change a couple years ago, and I kept them because they were such a novelty.

CQC McDuck 03-05-2008 09:35 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by silverblood (Post 994075)
I don't think I've every seen a roll of half dollars. How many are in a roll?
20 coins per roll equaling $10.

CQC McDuck 03-05-2008 09:36 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by markmopar (Post 994071)
I picked up a $500 box of halfs today- got nothing.
I didn't have any luck looking for silver either. I drove to some out of the way banks for nothing yesterday. :banghead:

Turner-son 03-05-2008 10:24 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CQC McDuck (Post 997312)
20 coins per roll equaling $10.
Not necessarily. My bank has $20 rolls, with 40 coins (obviously). They are machine wrapped as well.

agent47 03-05-2008 10:35 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I finally finished sorting thru 6000 halves and found not 1 40 or 90% half. All the bicentenial halfs had a v marked on the back with a black sharpie. These boxes were ordered for me thru my bank. I usually have decent luck with rolls that people bring in, but I will not order any more boxes.

latemetal 03-06-2008 05:18 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Brinks Company, who supplies coins to Some banks date sorts them. I just buy the loose coins.

CQC McDuck 03-06-2008 01:42 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just found two 1968 halves at a local bank.:bull-buddy-icon:

77shovelhead 03-09-2008 12:16 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I just truned in $1,100.00 worth of dimes, quartes and halves that I have sorted thru. FYI 3 Foldgers 39oz coffee cans hold about $130.00 in zinc pennies. Before I turn in rolled coins, to the bank,I put 3 lines on each roll with a sharpie. I have never gotten a marked roll back.

Truthseeker25 03-10-2008 04:29 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I tried my first time prospecting today for 90% halves...
I bought 200 halves and got nothing! this sucks...ill keep trying.

davehorus 03-10-2008 08:24 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
for all of you prospecting for halves

machine made rolls generally will not have any silver

if it isn't a brown paper roll filled by a customer, you chances fall from slim to almost zero

ask for "those brown paper rolls of half-dollars customers brought in"

and TURN DOWN machine made, tight new rolls

jersey devl 03-10-2008 08:24 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Truthseeker25 (Post 1004416)
I tried my first time prospecting today for 90% halves...
I bought 200 halves and got nothing! this sucks...ill keep trying.
Man, you can go thru 2000 coins and find jack,then pick up 2 rolls a hit the jackpot...all of matter of timing. Keep hunting ,they're out there.


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sneak 03-10-2008 09:55 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by davehorus (Post 1004697)
and TURN DOWN machine made, tight new rolls
I don't turn down any halves when I am CRHing. I buy them all.

markmopar 03-11-2008 01:22 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm with sneak. I buy them all.

today was good.

This morning I took my halfs to my dump bank. When the bag filled, ass't manager changed the bag and handed me an Ike dollar that was dropped in by a previous customer. I mentioned it wasn't mine and she said "it is now." There must have been some other change jammed in there as my ticket came out $2.03 more than I put in.
Later I had to go pay my Vet bill(cat had a urinaru infection but we caught it in time) and pick up a few things. Of course while we were out we hit some banks.
At the first one we got $57 in halfs with one 40%.
We decided to take the long way home and stop at some others we had never been to. Most had nothing or very few. In one small town we got 6 hand rolls. I could tell they had been sitting awhile. Inkstained and dusty.
JACKPOT! Out of 120 coins, 34 were keepers. Two rolls were more than half silver. They were all 40%.
At the last bank I barely made it. Five of 5 o'clock. 6 handrolls and two final keepers of the day. One 1964 Ken and a 40%.

total was 37($18.50) out of $183.

A nice day indeed.

Silver Uno 03-11-2008 10:12 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by markmopar (Post 1005118)
I'm with sneak. I buy them all.

today was good.

This morning I took my halfs to my dump bank. When the bag filled, ass't manager changed the bag and handed me an Ike dollar that was dropped in by a previous customer. I mentioned it wasn't mine and she said "it is now." There must have been some other change jammed in there as my ticket came out $2.03 more than I put in.
Later I had to go pay my Vet bill(cat had a urinaru infection but we caught it in time) and pick up a few things. Of course while we were out we hit some banks.
At the first one we got $57 in halfs with one 40%.
We decided to take the long way home and stop at some others we had never been to. Most had nothing or very few. In one small town we got 6 hand rolls. I could tell they had been sitting awhile. Inkstained and dusty.
JACKPOT! Out of 120 coins, 34 were keepers. Two rolls were more than half silver. They were all 40%.
At the last bank I barely made it. Five of 5 o'clock. 6 handrolls and two final keepers of the day. One 1964 Ken and a 40%.

total was 37($18.50) out of $183.

A nice day indeed.
Congrats on a nice payday! It has been real tight in Orlando. Two years ago I would find a surpise in every roll. Even singles I would pick up would be silver. Now, nada, nyet, no, nein, na, nay and nope. Every time I hit my branchs the tellers would say "Oh! some one just cleaned us out." JML. Hopefully, I've just trained a new teller to save them just for me and my young son (sympathy factor doesn't hurt). Good luck to all the prospectors!

SU :s9:

Heads_Up 03-12-2008 01:59 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Karma is a lovely thing.

I get the paper in the morning at a Shoppers Drug Store near work. 2 of the 4 women at the till have said that they collect any old/unusual coins they see by putting their own into the till to replace it. So last week I gave them a printout of coinflation.com's page containing the US/Canadian coins with silver content listing. I also told them of a location they could sell them if they wished.

Today when I stopped, one of them came over and asked me for 2 quarters. I didn't think much of it and gave them to her. She handed me a 1962 and 1952 Canadian quarters and said that that was my share.

That made for a nice Wednesday.:D

ME CO 03-12-2008 08:24 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice begets nice. HH Mark

jelly_bellymm 03-14-2008 11:57 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
hit 7 banks the other day. Only 2 had any halves. $9 worth, but no silver whatsoever.

markmopar 03-15-2008 01:33 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
We went to a dozen or so banks today. More than half had none at all. Only picked up $138 but it was a good haul.
1 90%
33 40%

At one bank we got $66. it was 5 hand rolls and the rest loose. In the loose were 5 silver. In one roll it was 2 coins short of being ALL silver!

All the keepers came from banks in smaller communities, just like Monday's yield.


Total for the week:

2 90% Kens
68 40%

markmopar 03-18-2008 01:58 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
did some more today and picked up $140 from 9 banks.

4 90% 64's
7 40%

markmopar 03-20-2008 02:54 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$459.50 got me 8 40% and 8 90%-including my first Walkers.

markmopar 03-21-2008 12:22 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$500 box got me 5 40% and a 1939 Walker.

GB1980 03-21-2008 12:22 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have been looking through roughly 1000.00 per week in halves and 50.00 in pennies each week for the last 4 years. I have found about 1000.00 in halves both 40% and 90%. They have been more scarce in the last year though. I have found over 200.00 in wheaties. Some scarce pennies I have found are-- 1909S, 4-1909 VDB's, a 1910S and a 1924D. Still looking for that 1909S VDB and the 1922 no "D".

Old_Nickel 03-21-2008 12:34 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ardent Listener (Post 232186)
[FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]Are any of you prospecting for 90% silver coins? There has got to still be a lot of them out there in circulation.
I always check. None at all.

Many people in gold bug sites have told me about sorting through half dollar rolls. I do know that Coinstar takes them, if I ever needed to dispose the rest. I once sent my father to get some rolls for me, and the bank told him that the only half dollars they have are what people dumped off in their change drawer.

Unclad Lad 03-22-2008 01:20 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got a '68 Kennedy half-dollar in my change today. I was stunned. Nice way to start a Friday.

jersey devl 03-23-2008 09:07 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I hit 5 new Main branch banks downtown friday...only 1 had any halves $9 no silver, I think thursdays are the days they get shipped out around here.Tuesday Ill get $2000 in fed boxes.Brinks boxes have produced a few as of late, but not much to write about.

markmopar 03-24-2008 02:51 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Friday I went thru $563.50.
got 5 40% and 4 90%.

CQC McDuck 03-25-2008 11:19 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today was my best haul ever! $60 in halves netted me 27 40% halves. :bull-buddy-icon:

The only thing that sucks is that I didn't have enough money to buy the other $400 in halves they had in the vault. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. :wink:

I hope my 32% yield will hold for the rest of their coins. :D

jersey devl 03-29-2008 09:35 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 1026469)
I usually avoid NEW branches because whenever I would stop at a new branch, they had no coins that were turned in from customers. Of course that could backfire on me one day because if a new branch opens, someone might say "Great, I can turn in those old rolls of halves that have been in the shoe box in the closet". Coins turned in my customers yield far more silver.

I hope you find some silver in the $2000 in FED boxes. This may sound really stupid but is a FED box different from a Brinks box? I have only bought 3 boxes ordered thru a bank and got skunked on all 3. It's a pain to open those rolls and so much time wasted to get zilch. Please post your results and good luck :grin:

*~*Joey*~*
Hey Joey,
That $2000 yielded about 14-40% and 1-90%,but I went for a small trip yersterday (to a small farming area) and got my first completetly full roll of silver (all 20)!!!!!!!!! That trip netted us 38-40% and 1-90%.I ended up doing about $3000 in coin this week from all the little stops from around my town and the other surrounding areas.
I dont keep a total as much as I just stuff it w/the other goodies in the safe.
BTW "fed" boxes contain brinks rolls and a host of other coin vault companies (usually they are full of brinks) but you can get to where there are shippments from other co. getting in the mix...as well as a few hand rolls,I like the little yellow rolls from Pennsyvania (cant remember the co. name) HH

markmopar 03-31-2008 10:58 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jersey devl (Post 1034343)
I like the little yellow rolls from Pennsyvania (cant remember the co. name) HH
that would be NF String & son from Harrisburg, PA
I've had some luck with their rolls.

Chris_Is_Here 04-01-2008 12:20 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Greetings, fellow hard money people...first post for moi here on GIM...

I thought I would chime in on the prospecting gig....I did a months worth of heavy prospecting in March around my area. I work in the downtown area of a large city, so I had plenty of targets...short version of the story is that I picked up 8-40% halfs in one month's time, and it was a ton of work just to get that...I found silver at only 2 of the many banks I went to, most didn't even have any halfs at all (or were too lazy to pull them out of the vaults).

I wrote a longer narrative (under the same nome de plume as I use here) describing my experience on the Treasurenet forum, which I know a number of you frequent, so I won't repeat it all here. You can go there and read the longer version, if you are so inclined.

Based on my limited experience, I would say that the fields are not exactly ripe for the picking, I think everyone is on to this and there are very few opportunities remaining. That said, silver halfs will never entirely disappear as new ones will inevitably end up back in circulation.

Is it worth it? I suppose if you do it as you go, there is no loss in terms of time and effort. However, I would say that making special trips to banks in the area solely for the purpose of hunting halfs is probably futile.

Anyway, good luck to all of you in your hunt!

Seleukus Nikator 04-02-2008 10:08 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I found a 64 roosie dime last weekend in pocket change picked up in chicago.

pw3uk 04-02-2008 10:11 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
After reading this thread, I thought I'd give it a go.
I now have $220 worth of half dollars sitting on my desk with one 90% from 1964.
Was it worth it??

Absolutely!!!! Thanks for the idea!!

jersey devl 04-03-2008 04:54 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pw3uk (Post 1042410)
After reading this thread, I thought I'd give it a go.
I now have $220 worth of half dollars sitting on my desk with one 90% from 1964.
Was it worth it??

Absolutely!!!! Thanks for the idea!!
Welcome to your new hobby! I wasnt big on the idea 2 months ago, now I go thru about $3,000 a week, and thats what the banks order for me...not including the loose and stragglers I pick up!:wink:

ME CO 04-03-2008 09:37 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I posted this on Bartering and Horsetrading thread but thought I would share here too. Nice begets Nice. I bought some silver from a teller and was able to buy bag off the counter with the rest of it. HH Mark

I gotta share this with ya Agnutcase. Saturday I went to dump 2K in halves and my favorite teller couldn't help showing off 20 Ben Franklins she had rescued from the coin counter hopper a few days before. When she mentioned taking them to the coin shop to sell them I said OK but if he won't give more than $5 apiece for them don't sell them cause I'll pay that much. The coin counter kept jamming up so we had plenty of time to chitchat. Finally when my transaction was done she says you can come back Monday and buy them. So Monday I go, hand her $100 and she says what's this for? $5 apiece thats what I said I would pay. Thats too much! OK I'll pay $90, she says really? I had wrote on the back of one of my business cards- "Silver I buy, 1964 and older dimes, quarters, halves and dollars. 1965-1970 half dollars. Gave her the card and she starts talking about this lady that came in with all these halves. She was estatic about her payday and says she could have got more as there was a bunch of them but didn't know if they were really worth anything. Now Saturday when I was there I really wanted to buy the first bag that filled back but just couldn't bring myself to ask. Last thing Monday I said "Is that first bag still here?", yep, "Can I buy it?" Sure. Aside from having to go through my own dumps again I got another 69 Bens and 52 1964 JFK's! Well over 1000% profit on those and I did alright on the ones I bought too. Nice begets nice and now I have a few bank tellers looking for silver to sell ME cheap.
HH Mark

jersey devl 04-18-2008 11:46 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Alright...I better bring this thread back to life...I know the pickings have been low, but c'mon!!!
The wife and I cut out work early again today and hit some small towns in MI...grand total for going 62 miles out of our way was 30-40%er's and I did have a major brinks score this week with 12-90% & 47-40%, plus a few odd ones here and there...CWI Has sucked this week (dated from march 10)BBBBBBRRRRRRRRR!!!
:bull-buddy-icon:

markmopar 04-19-2008 01:17 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
this week got me 20 40& and 5 90% out of $2067.50 searched.

George M 04-20-2008 01:04 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Tried prospecting for the first time today. Out of 360 rolled kennedy halfs from a bank in Seattle got 2-90% and 40-40%. Factors out to be about 12% of all coins with silver content. Sound like a reasonable return? Kind of fun I would say.

Regards,

markmopar 04-21-2008 12:15 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
excellent return!

Pragmatist 04-28-2008 07:56 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went through a $500 bag of halves today. 5 X 40%, 1 Franklin and 1 Carver/Washington Commemorative. Not great, but better than a sharp stick in the eye.

Free Silver Is Still My Favorite
~Prag

jersey devl 04-28-2008 08:50 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by George M (Post 1069860)
Tried prospecting for the first time today. Out of 360 rolled kennedy halfs from a bank in Seattle got 2-90% and 40-40%. Factors out to be about 12% of all coins with silver content. Sound like a reasonable return? Kind of fun I would say.

Regards,
Thats a good score for todays market (from what I hear),I wish I would have gotten into this 2 years ago...last week was my worst in the 7 weeks Ive been doing this...7-40% and 2-90%, but ive moved to doing $3-6000 per week now...need a road trip!!!
:bull-buddy-icon:

EireGoBragh 04-28-2008 09:48 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have to take a forced vacation from Prospecting, untill the first week in May....my Contact is on Vacation..Rats ...Have done pretty good in the past,since I've been treasure hunting(This January)I've added approx. 40 Oz's to the Stack


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Seleukus Nikator 04-29-2008 09:52 AM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pragmatist (Post 1082224)
I went through a $500 bag of halves today. 5 X 40%, 1 Franklin and 1 Carver/Washington Commemorative. Not great, but better than a sharp stick in the eye.

Free Silver Is Still My Favorite
~Prag
whered you get em?

jersey devl 04-29-2008 10:14 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got $81.50 in halves from a local bank today, 8 handrolls and some loose-1 full roll of 40% and 7 others and 1-90% in the lot...I love seeing full rolls of silver!!!!!!! 28 keepers not a bad %!:bull-buddy-icon:

Pragmatist 04-29-2008 11:48 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Seleukus Nikator (Post 1082772)
whered you get em?
Bank bags from my banks local branches. Change off the street that has been thru their coin counting machines.

Never had any luck with Fed rolls/boxes. Anyone else?

Todays $500 bag of half dollars netted a whopping 1967, 40% Kennedy. One in a thousand... :stickymanI also look for 1974 D double dies while Im at it.

Some Days Are Better Than Others
It's Still An 80% Discount..... Ha!
~Prag

Seleukus Nikator 04-30-2008 01:00 PM
Re: Propecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i got a brinks box once and didnt get a damn thing out of it. I ask for any rolls brought in by customers at the local branches when I go from time to time, my own accounts, and if they got em they will give em to me. I never hit on fiddy centers but I got a few wheat pennies once. that was fun.

markmopar 05-01-2008 01:19 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i went thru three boxes in the last two days. one was a skunk but i got 13 40% out of the other two.

lazydrake 05-01-2008 03:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks to whoever suggested this. I started on Monday of this week and have gone through about 250 dollars in halfs. I found the following:

1 Walker
2 Franklins
3 64 Kennedys
25 40% Kennedys

31/500=~6% Find rate. Not bad for free silver:beer:

Silver Uno 05-01-2008 06:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Does anyone have any success with quarter rolls. I only tried 4 rolls, all cust rolled, and got nada. Forget doing halves in my area. Every body and their brother are looking thru those.

su

ME CO 05-01-2008 07:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
silver quarters are the rarest of them all. If you can't do halves, dimes are your next best bet- I average 1 silver per $250 box when I do them, I hate them but sometimes need a fix so I don't do them much at all. HH Mark

davehorus 05-01-2008 09:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Forget looking for silver quarters.

I had a little candy machine route for almost a decade, the machines took only quarters. I looked through well over 100,000 quarters over the years. I found 20 silver ones, with better odds years ago and worse luck recently.
Based on that, I'd say you'd be lucky to average better than approximately one silver quarter out of ten thousand.

Halves are getting harder to find too, but you will definitely find 40% if you look through enough and avoid new machine rolled tubes.

CattleRancher 05-01-2008 09:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I occasionally get my bank to order me a box of halves. However, of late, I have been skunked so many times it is disheartening.

jersey devl 05-02-2008 04:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$1260 in halves got me 11-40% and 1-90%...all machine rolls.

EireGoBragh 05-02-2008 06:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That's how it is....hit or miss,...although someone here or on another board mentioned Brinks date searches their rolls...after picking up an order from "another" bank, I don't usually order from, came up dry..later on I asked the teller, who delivers here and she said Brinks...LOL So I stick to my original bank,and have done OK over the course of 4 or 5 months..18 Ken's '64, 256 Ken's Clad

George M 05-06-2008 01:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Law of averages is catching up with me. After a 12% silver score 2 weeks ago my last $1,000 yielded just 21 40%ers. So far larger city banks work best for me. Someone told me rural locations are worse for prospecting since folks have more tme on their hands and actually pay attention to things like real money. Seems to make sense generally.

Regards,

SLV>GLD 05-06-2008 10:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hit a local branch this past weekend. I was told there were no halves. I asked for dimes; Got $200 worth. They looked at me like I was nuts the whole time; especially when I asked for some empty rolls. They never asked so I never mentioned my intentions. On the way out I asked how often they did see halves come through. The other teller piped up and told me that she still had the same halves in her drawer that she started with a year ago. I left without pointing out that I already been denied the opportunity to buy any halves on the premise they weren't there to be had.

2000 dimes and no silver.

Figured out I could ID silver by the edges about $80 in and greatly increased speed.

Still need a coin tube as I expect that would make working through 20,000 dimes easier than the 2,000 I did.

Must try more banks and search for halves.

lazydrake 05-07-2008 03:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ordered a box of 500 from my local bank, nothing, zero, zilch. They were from loomis wrapped in the yellow and white paper. No more machine rolls, just hand rolls from now on. Now I have to roll these things. Ugh

dabruin2 05-07-2008 05:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yeah, this is an interesting thread. So I guess I have to go to my local branch and order rolls of 50 cent pieces and look through them. Would be fun I guess.

lazydrake 05-09-2008 01:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got another $200 in halves yesterday, about 8 keepers, 1 90% the rest 40%. It seems the local boyscouts have got into looking for silver, the teller at the bank told me they are going through a bunch of halves. The pickings have been slimmer lately. The good thing about it is people continue to trade in the silver halves and not realize they are worth more than face value.

GB1980 05-09-2008 01:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Been doing this for about 4 years +. Have found about 300 90% (Franklins, Walkers and Kennedys) and about 800 40%. Converted some this past spring when silver was high. Great return for sorting through $1000.00 every week. Fun too.

:-)

jersey devl 05-09-2008 05:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pulled 6 full rolls out of $360 worth today...made up for the rest of the week!

SLV>GLD 05-13-2008 08:41 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Still no luck finding halves. 1500 dimes yielded 1 '64 Roosevelt. 600 pennies yielded 125 pre '82 copper. Will continue with pennies while looking for halves.

markmopar 06-01-2008 01:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've been getting $500 boxes lately and doing OK. last week I had one that netted 27 keepers, most being walking liberty halfs.
this week because of the holiday i didn't get most of my usual boxes, but one branch told me they had just gotten $120 in rolls deposited and would hold them for me.
they turned out to be a jackpot! 100 keepers- 76 40% and 24 90%. almost $300 worth of silver for 50 bucks.

Camp Bassfish 06-01-2008 09:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just posted in General Discussion. Spent $2.40 on papers and a coffee, got a '63 and a '64 quarter and a clad dime. 2 for 3 this morning.

Twisted Avatar 06-01-2008 10:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Camp Bassfish (Post 1126902)
Just posted in General Discussion. Spent $2.40 on papers and a coffee, got a '63 and a '64 quarter and a clad dime. 2 for 3 this morning.


Sweet score CB


:applause_:applause_:applause_:applause_:applause_


T

George M 06-11-2008 02:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wondering if anyone has come across any Kennedy halfs with a bad stamp such that the date and some of the other writing on the obverse is simply missing. Otherwise the coins are in good shape just stamped poorly. I'll try and post a picture over the weekend.

Seleukus Nikator 06-11-2008 03:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by markmopar (Post 1126698)
I've been getting $500 boxes lately and doing OK. last week I had one that netted 27 keepers, most being walking liberty halfs.
this week because of the holiday i didn't get most of my usual boxes, but one branch told me they had just gotten $120 in rolls deposited and would hold them for me.
they turned out to be a jackpot! 100 keepers- 76 40% and 24 90%. almost $300 worth of silver for 50 bucks.
from who, not brinks!

what state?

SLV>GLD 06-11-2008 03:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
An entire box of half dollars will be $1,000, correct?
The tellers at my bank were unsure.

clyderose 06-11-2008 04:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
half dollars come in boxes of $500,I would think all bank tellers would know that.if you consistantly look thru boxes you WILL find silver!

SLV>GLD 06-11-2008 04:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My tellers had me wait until my next visit so they could research whether or not they could even order half-dollar boxes. They don't know squat.

Metalophile 06-12-2008 01:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CattleRancher (Post 1086916)
I occasionally get my bank to order me a box of halves. However, of late, I have been skunked so many times it is disheartening.
I only tried it once. You know you're really skunked when they're all UNC of the same date and mintmark. Only good thing about that is once you realize what's going on, you don't have to open every roll! Anyone need 1997-D? :thumpdown

jersey devl 06-12-2008 07:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalophile (Post 1143352)
I only tried it once. You know you're really skunked when they're all UNC of the same date and mintmark. Only good thing about that is once you realize what's going on, you don't have to open every roll! Anyone need 1997-D? :thumpdown
LOL...I had a pull like that last week, they were all 1996 P's ($130) except for 1 lone 67-40%...the guy that turned them in must be pretty cool to throw a goodun in the mix, funny thing was that after the 3rd roll I just about dumped em without looking.


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Co6aka 06-12-2008 08:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wife made her first prospecting run yesterday... only two halfs in the entire branch... one '71D and one shiny '67. One outta two ain't bad! :)

davehorus 06-20-2008 09:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was able to get $100 in halves at a bank in a small city yesterday

got 2 40% halves - one '67 and one '68

just enough to keep me interested but not as much as I used to find

Co6aka 06-20-2008 09:43 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Her haul for this week: '52 Franklin, '64 Kennedy, '65 Kennedy, two '67 Kennedy.

lazydrake 06-20-2008 10:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My mother in law picked up a roll of halves for me at her local bank around fathers day.

9 40%
1 1952 Franklin

50% find ratio, good find. Once I told her what I was up to, she is starting to hit the local banks.

Yenomsi 06-25-2008 10:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Stopped at the bank today to deposit a check, decided (after reading this thread) to ask for any half dollars, teller only had two, said I'd take them. One is a '66 Kennedy :applause_.

SLV>GLD 06-25-2008 10:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Lucky Guy!
I gave up searching dime rolls. Searching pennies is where the action is. When I cash them in I am either getting a whole dollar amount or there is 50 cents of change to be made. I always request a half-dollar. I have yet to score a silver half, though.

JOE SIXPACK 06-25-2008 12:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
it seems this sort of prospecting is becoming more popular. the tellers at my banks are mentioning others doing this. this is across several widely scattered locations. likely to have rules against this sort of prospecting instituted soon.



j6p

SLV>GLD 06-25-2008 02:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Rules against withdrawing change? Like millions of businesses do daily?
That won't fly very well.

markmopar 06-25-2008 08:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Seleukus Nikator (Post 1141860)
from who, not brinks!

what state?
this was in southern NJ.
the 27 from a box was a CWI i believe. Brinks has been averaging two per box lately.

jersey devl 06-25-2008 09:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1162712)
Rules against withdrawing change? Like millions of businesses do daily?
That won't fly very well.
Theres more to this than meets the eye...believe me, the bank gets charged for ordering coin and if you dont have large amounts of money (businesses do) in that bank they arent so eager to kiss your ass,they (some) are already in the practice of charging customers (J6P) for ordering coins after a certain amount...I was pushing $6000 a week out of my main bank and without warning they cut off ordering for me, I still dump there tho, which Im sure they will also start charging me to do...when that happens my business relationship with them will be over.

side note: brinks sux this week...machine bags are where its at!

SLV>GLD 06-25-2008 09:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My boxes of coins in this area are IIRC, C.H. String.
I don't dump at the same bank as I pick up at. I can only imagine what my bank thinks I am doing with all the coins.
The bank I dump at I don't even have an account. I do roll them all up so it is not much of an issue for them to take them in.

JOE SIXPACK 06-25-2008 10:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
as of today, a $50 limit has been placed on dimes, at my bank. this is at all branches.


j6p

jersey devl 06-26-2008 01:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It gets worse!!! Today i start to call the branches of this chite bank I was just on about right, I wanted their bags from the coin machines (I want to buy the bags)...this moron cant comprehend that if I take some halves in to fill the bag to $1000 and cash in the rest that they are still ending up with what they started with ( I had $1000 even,2 bad boxes)...she had went and spoke with her manager and they both cant get it and dont feel"comfortable" doing this kind of transaction...now my inside source tells me emails are just a flyin about me and prints one off and gives it to me they are now calling me a security risk and they cant understand what my purpose is for wanting this...WTF...I WANT COIN FOR PAPER U TOOLS!!!!!! These are the folks running things,it'll make a great dump bank im sure!

qatarman1969 07-09-2008 10:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Am finally back in the States for a few weeks of leave. Hit my local branch today & bought them out of halves...$160. Figured I was in for a big ZERO when the teller brought out the rolls, as they were all marked with dates, or "bicentennial", or "copper"...someone's already searched 'em & even went to the effort to divide them up by date. However, of the 16 rolls, two were unmarked & in these 2 rolls I found four 40%.

:elefant:

Dumped the worthless junk at a branch that didn't have any halves when I hit them...figured they could use them. :bear_rolleyes:

JOE SIXPACK 07-10-2008 02:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
wow! great minds think alike. i talked to my bank manager last week about the exact same thing. she's still checking on buying the bags. the backup plan was for her and i to sit and sort.


j6p

Co6aka 07-10-2008 11:46 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Commerce Bank with their "Penny Arcade" is good dump site: "The Penny Arcade is a free coin counting service provided for both Customers and Non-Customers. A Penny Arcade is being installed in almost every Commerce store. For the location nearest to you call 1-888-751-9000. You simply drop your coins into the Penny Arcade. After the coins are counted, a receipt is generated which you take to a teller for cash or for deposit into a Commerce account."

http://www.commerceonline.com/glossa...ubtopicid=1096
http://bank.commerceonline.com/infor...ions/index.cfm

Might also be a good source since it's a dump site.

SLV>GLD 07-10-2008 11:53 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You guys are doing good to have friends in bank management.
At the rate I am going I may get kicked from having an account just so they won't have to keep dredging boxes and wrappers out of the vault for that "crazy coin guy".
Thankfully, I don't have an account at the dump bank nor do they ever ask questions.
I'd switch accounts if it weren't already in the news that the dump bank is looking like it may fail any day.

khambi 07-10-2008 04:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Central Florida here
this week got 10 halfs from BOA mostly Liberty and 1 Liberty Dollar..are these worth anything?
also bought $98 worth of nickles which was easy but teller told me to swipe my atm card with pin and made notes in the computer????

SLV>GLD 07-10-2008 05:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Whoah, dude, buy your nickels et. al with cash.
I started using my bank account as the source of funds basically making withdrawals in change. They write that crap down. Go to the ATM and pull out the cash then walk in and exchange that cash for your coins. No paper trail other than a cash withdrawal.

igorthesmall 07-11-2008 04:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went to the bank today and got $200 in nickels just for the hell of it. Im going to put them away and see what happens. The teller had $20 in halves, so I took those also. Ended up with 2 1964 halves, 1 1966 half, and 3 1776-1976 halves (not sure that those are worth anything.)

Thats the first time Ive ever managed to get any silver from bankrolls. I had a good feeling these were going to be good rolls because they were stamped with the name and address of a bakery in a really shady part of town. Probably some crackhead ripped someone off and used them to buy a sandwich.

Co6aka 07-11-2008 04:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Cool. Got a 64 2day myself.

Quote:
3 1776-1976 halves (not sure that those are worth anything.)
50 cents each.

jedemdasseine 07-11-2008 04:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got a '63 Franklin today. It was my first 90% half in quite some time.

77shovelhead 07-15-2008 01:17 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Picked up two rolls of halves today. 2- 68's and 1-64.

igorthesmall 07-16-2008 08:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So do you guys just stop at random banks every day and ask if they have any half dollars? Or do you go to the same bank? How often does a bank get new half dollars in, generally speaking?

SLV>GLD 07-16-2008 08:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
When I drop sorted penny rolls I always make sure to bring in an odd number of rolls. when they make the change I request a half dollar and ask if there are any more, if so, I buy them. Nothing has panned out using that strategy yet. Although it requires zero additional effort on my part.

77shovelhead 07-18-2008 12:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
4) Then hit the teller with the "Oh, do you have any half dollars?" If they ask how many, say "As many as you have because they are hard to find and I save them and give them the to kids as rewards for good behavior and helping around the house".
That's what I tell em.

ME CO 07-18-2008 12:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 77shovelhead (Post 1198188)
That's what I tell em.
I tell them I throw em in wishing wells. HH Mark

AndreaGail 07-19-2008 03:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Stopped by my bank today to deposit a check and lo and behold they had 5 silver halves calling my name...all turned out to be '69 in great condition...my first luck at a bank in quite some time

igorthesmall 07-21-2008 12:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 1195424)
I just stop at any bank I pass if I have time. I work on the road so I pass alot of banks. Sometimes I am running late so I can't stop but if I have a few minutes, I stop. Certain neighborhoods just tend to be better. In my searching, neighborhoods with older people tend to yield more silver halves. Run down or poorer neighborhoods don't yield much because people spend coins and don't roll them and turn them in at banks. Halves come in at randon and you might stop at 10 AM and they have none but at 3 when someone else stops, they have $50 worth because someone brought them in for cash. It's all hit or miss. I have ordered boxes but got skunked too many times and I hate taking so much time to unwrap the machine rolls for nothing so I do not order boxes anymore!

I never go in and ask for just halves. I say I am looking for a few things for my kids at home that I don't have but they don't know that :bear_tongue:

1) Penny wrappers, maybe 10, so the kids can roll their pennies :D Don't ask for more than 10 because if you make several stops during the day, you can get overloaded with wrappers. I do use them to wrap my copper pennies, but I don't want to throw wrappers away so 10 sounds like a nice number that those little kids that I don't have, might need :wink:

2) Ask if they have gotten in the new Arizona state quarters. I have not found one bank yet that has gotten them in yet but if they have them, buy a roll because you can always spend $10 in quarters.

3) Ask if they have gotten in the John Quincy Adams gold dollar yet. I also have not found this yet but if they did have a roll, I'd buy one for my set because I buy 1 roll of each. If I already have a roll, again, no biggie, I can always spend $1 coins.

4) Then hit the teller with the "Oh, do you have any half dollars?" If they ask how many, say "As many as you have because they are hard to find and I save them and give them the to kids as rewards for good behavior and helping around the house".

I take them whatever they have and lately, that's not many. Good luck with your hunting. It's a real thrill to get a 90% half for 50� :applause_

*~*Joey*~*
Great tips!

So far, I have only stopped in one bank that wasnt my own. The teller asked me if I had an account, and i told her no. Then she tried to sell me on an account and asked for my phone number. I gave her a bogus number and she gave me 5 $.50 pieces, none of them silver.

I thought about saying, nevermind, can I have my FRNs back? I thought it would be funny.

jersey devl 07-21-2008 01:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I think the jig is up as far as excuses go anymore,most banks are on to us,so I just ask for the halves,if they ask "what are you gonna do with all these" I just give the Family Guy look and they get it already,I just say I promise I wont bring them back here and they laugh.


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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 08-25-2008 09:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well I went to the bank inside the grocery store and asked the girls if they had any halves. The had six dollars worth and as I paid and started to walk away I could see the edge of a few looked promising. Sure enough got two 64's and two 65's out of the twelve.:applause_:applause_:applause_

Been a while since I got any 90% from a bank. Feels like free money!!:9536:

supergenius 08-26-2008 08:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Bought $100 of halves from various banks around town Saturday. Got 1 1968 40% and my first Franklin, a '63. It's funny how great it feels to find these "treasures". Like Frisky Dingo said, "free money".

HomesteadHarry 08-27-2008 08:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by igorthesmall (Post 1187726)
3 1776-1976 halves (not sure that those are worth anything.)
My local coin shop sells 1976 halves for $.90, but won't buy any of mine.

Congrats on all the "free" silver, I've only found one lousy war nickel! :D

madfranks 08-29-2008 09:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jersey devl (Post 1202632)
I think the jig is up as far as excuses go anymore,most banks are on to us,so I just ask for the halves,if they ask "what are you gonna do with all these" I just give the Family Guy look and they get it already,I just say I promise I wont bring them back here and they laugh.
When the tellers ask me why I need so many halves, I say with a smile, "My buddies and I play poker with them, it's so much more fun to play with real money than fake tokens".

Of course you all get the irony here, while the teller does not. Which is why it's so funny!

TheNocturnalEgyptian 09-09-2008 05:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Prospected through a bag of $250 Face US Quarters, no silver at all. This is from a washing machine at an apartment. Have another bag of $250 to go.

The "new" quarters are nice because I do not even have to look at them. I just through them in a pile and roll them afterwards...

Most common dates on "old" quarters felt like 1965 & 1995. No silver yet. Never found anything in the wild.

Talah 09-11-2008 03:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've probably bought $120 in 1/2 dollars from the local casinos, wrapped, not a single silver one...about 10000 1971's though!

٭ Augmenter ٭ 09-18-2008 05:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Stopped in about 8 different banks in downtown Albany, NY for halves and all I found was $3 in clad halves. Tellers kept offering me dollar coins, one offered me 80 in $2s which I took. At BofA, the teller gave a half to a guy in front of me, and was out after that. Told me that they get them pretty often, but they go out fast, and had no rolls. Another bank told me they save them all for one guy.

No luck.

JOE SIXPACK 09-19-2008 01:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i just happened to be in the right place, at the right time today...

i stopped in at the gas station for a pack of smokes and there was a guy in front of me asking if the cashier wanted to buy "this silver dollar". the guy was asking 10 bucks and the cashier said "no". then the guy replies how about 8? the cashier said "no" again. the guy turns to me and says "will you give me 10 bucks for this?"
i looked at it and said "all i have is an extra 5 bucks". he accepted the 5 bucks and i walked out with a somewhat worn 1921 d morgan. not bad!


j6p

Canadabound 09-19-2008 07:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I picked up 4000.00 worth of halves from my bank and after going through all of them , I got :



2 lousy 65 halves, what a waste of time that was.I am done checking , those boxes are too damn heavy to cart around.

٭ Augmenter ٭ 09-19-2008 10:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finally managed to find $180 of Half rolls, and managed to prospect nothing. 'Bought' some bicentennial halves out of the rolls with the loose ones I have around to give to my friend, but no silver. :(

EireGoBragh 09-26-2008 08:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
One of my last boxes.....had a little bit of Luck....

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5751/0000061gv8.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/000...jpg/1/w640.png

ME CO 09-26-2008 11:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice box. I haven't got one quite that nice, last Oct I got 243 40%ers and 1 Ben out of one box. Always better to get a bunch of 90% than all 40's. Congrats. HH Mark

EireGoBragh 09-26-2008 11:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yea, not my best, but I'll take it....

CoinHunter53562 09-27-2008 09:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 1313992)
I agree 100% and that is why I don't buy/order boxes anymore. They are heavy and I have been skunked every time...zero silver, not even a 40%-er. It also sucks to have to open all those machine wrapped rolls. It's better to just take the halves that people bring in....Don't give up, just search differently.

*~*Joey*~*
Just had that happened to me and to add insult to injury at least 3 rolls were short (1st had a penny instead of half, 2nd had a quarter, 3rd had a quarter). Alot of the coins were marked and I saw at least 3 different marking styles - black dot on edge, red dot on obverse, black dot on obverse. So I know others are doing this too around here. :banghead:

EireGoBragh 09-27-2008 02:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
LOL....beleive it or not, that's what I got out of the box.....

10-90%'ers

24-Franks

9-Walkers

170-40%'ers

...It happens, just not that often...unfortunately

sneak 09-27-2008 02:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1316944)
LOL....beleive it or not, that's what I got out of the box.....

10-90%'ers

24-Franks

9-Walkers

170-40%'ers

...It happens, just not that often...unfortunately

Congrats! That is a great box! :applause_:applause_

EireGoBragh 09-27-2008 03:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yea, sneak...it was a good one, not my best...but still good

Talah 09-27-2008 04:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Amazing...where do you get a box like that? I wouldn't mind dropping 500 on a box and spend a weekend going through it.

EireGoBragh 09-27-2008 06:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Get 'em from the bank Talah....like I said it's hit or miss though....this certainly isn't the norm...LOL

highroller4321 09-27-2008 08:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1317239)
Get 'em from the bank Talah....like I said it's hit or miss though....this certainly isn't the norm...LOL
Yes, that is def not the norm.

Make sure that if you do get a box its not a brand new box from the feds. Bright yellow wrapping of the rolls is the first clue that you 99% wont find anything in them. Longer the box has been sitting there the better your chances

TheNocturnalEgyptian 09-28-2008 05:19 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I offered to count a friend-for-life's bags from his washing machines. Only been through $50 in quarters, it isn't that fun...nothing yet.

What *IS* fun, in a sardonic sort of way, is to instantly toss the 'new quarters' into one pile while I hand-check all the 'mimic silver' quarters. I keep the 1976 BiCentenial quarters in a little 'keep' pile as I have read they are worth �.50 Additionally I have another pile for those which I cannot read. I may as well clean them what the hell ya know?

Hey FED, I must applaud you for your staunch mimicry of our old valuable currency. From the silver certificate, down to the quarter/dime replicas of our silver money, you riddled their ghost hard. And you did not give it up for an age. Now, you have finally began an enterprise to make money 'fun' and 'cheap' by confusing them with worthless slugs.

Our one dollar coins have a melt value of �.02 - how did you get them that nice gold color!? color of gold! NOT GOLD!

CoinHunter53562 09-29-2008 11:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Did a box over the weekend. Skunked! And on top of it, 3 rolls were short that I know of. One had a penny instead of a half, and two each had a quarter instead of a half. I havent deposited the crap, so who knows if any others were short with nothing replacing the missing half. Oh and the coins were marked in at least 3 different ways telling me that 3 different people in the area are hunting.

EireGoBragh 09-30-2008 01:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That's not good....But it happens, all to often, I have an order coming in Wednesday....wish me Luck

jedemdasseine 09-30-2008 01:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This is the first year I haven't found any walkers while coin hunting! grrrr..........


I have found a few Bens, though, so I can't complain too much.

Mined Games 10-03-2008 11:17 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My first score! While out on a walk today, I decided to stop in a a credit union down the road from me. My intention was to grab some pennies to sort for copper. But the teller only had a buck's worth of rolled pennies in her drawer. So I asked her if by chance she had any rolled half dollars. And sure enough she had a roll. And a good roll it was! Seven 40% halves! Sweet! That's the first silver I've ever gotten from coinage, with the exception of a single war nickel that I found earlier this year. I did a little math, and calculated that seven 40% halves works out to almost exactly a troy ounce of silver. Can anyone verify if those numbers are accurate? Thanks to all of you coin prospectors for relating your tales of success, otherwise I probably wouldn't have thought to do so today. It sure is a great feeling to get some 'free' silver!:bull-smile:

clyderose 10-03-2008 11:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mined Games (Post 1330425)
My first score! While out on a walk today, I decided to stop in a a credit union down the road from me. My intention was to grab some pennies to sort for copper. But the teller only had a buck's worth of rolled pennies in her drawer. So I asked her if by chance she had any rolled half dollars. And sure enough she had a roll. And a good roll it was! Seven 40% halves! Sweet! That's the first silver I've ever gotten from coinage, with the exception of a single war nickel that I found earlier this year. I did a little math, and calculated that seven 40% halves works out to almost exactly a troy ounce of silver. Can anyone verify if those numbers are accurate? Thanks to all of you coin prospectors for relating your tales of success, otherwise I probably wouldn't have thought to do so today. It sure is a great feeling to get some 'free' silver!:bull-smile:
yes you are correct. CR

Mined Games 10-03-2008 12:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by clyderose (Post 1330481)
yes you are correct. CR
Thanks Clyde.

ME CO 10-03-2008 05:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Its easy to check what ya got on www.coinflation.com Congrats on the silver. I'm still plugging along but in a handicapped state- I lost 12 boxes per week pickup starting the first cause they decided they had to charge ME $7.50/box, so much for customer service. I have other banks and CU's that don't charge but what really gets ME is that I could get Brinks to deliver boxes directly to ME for $5 apiece. I know for a fact these large banks have contracts for X$$$$$/ month no matter how much coin they order.
Again congrats and HH Mark

realassets 10-03-2008 09:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went to 2 banks and managed to find 2 rolls of half dollars, I found 1 40% 1967. You can't seem to find them anymore.

I remember last October my girlfriend walked into her bank and got 4 rolls of half dollars, her first time searching. Nothing in the first, or the second, or the third. She opened up the fourth and got 2 walkers, 2 franklins, 1 90% kennedy and 9 40% kennedys. I couldn't believe it. Ever since, she's hooked.

supergenius 10-04-2008 08:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got 3 40% and 1 90% Franklin from $100 in hand rolls yesterday. Funny how happy and excited I can get over such a small find! But hey it's "free" silver.


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ME CO 10-04-2008 08:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I had a box and a half left to go through last night. First day in a long time I didn't add "some" silver to the pile. 8 boxes to pick up today, hope to get back to the heavy ones. HH Mark

supergenius 10-04-2008 05:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got another 40%er from $22.00 in loose halves from 1 bank today.

AndreaGail 10-19-2008 03:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
got $40 worth of halves the other day which yielded nada....I'd say 80% were bicentennial's, so prolly already from someone's sort pile:bear_angry:

CoinHunter53562 10-30-2008 04:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I hit up a few small town banks today and many had no halves at all, even in their vault. Out of 9 banks, I picked up $52 in halves and all were non-silver. One bank did have an Ike dollar, but it was polished and holed so I passed on it. I asked if they had any more "big dollar coins" and no dice.

JOE SIXPACK 10-30-2008 10:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
for the past three weeks my bank hasn't been able to get the $500 dollar boxes of halves. they get them from chase.


j6p

ME CO 10-30-2008 11:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This week has been a tough week for ME as well.
Mondays pickup- only 2 boxes out of 6 showed up.
Tuesday- 2 boxes
Wednesday- No 2 boxes for ME
Today- I had a road trip planned but had an emergency with work so nogo.
I am hopeful for tomarrows 6 boxes and Saturdays 6.
Yesterday I learned a neat trick, it started on my Bday the 16th. I stopped into a new bank closeby and asked for any halves. Teller had 9, 7 of which were BU '66, self says I need to stop by there every week. Yesterday I went back, 2 rolls- inside was 23 40% (half of which were more BU '66). Definately will be a weekly stop, figure some kid is dumping a couple rolls a week for spending and this may hold out till he gets his @$$ beat for spending dads silver, just hope he gets to the real good stuff before he gets caught.
Today in desparation I stopped and got 3 boxes of dimes, gotta add a little silver every day for the addiction- did too, I got 2 lil silver Rosies for all the trouble haha. HH Mark

highroller4321 10-31-2008 06:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went to 16 banks today and got $690 worth of halves (thats what they had in their vaults)

I found 31 40% halves!

JOE SIXPACK 11-06-2008 10:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 $500 box yielded 24 40% and 6 90%, all JFK's.
not bad!


j6p

Eulenspiegel 11-10-2008 02:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Bought 5 rolls of halves (my first time)...

ZIP.

Lots of coins from the early 70s, which makes me think there must be another prospector hitting up the same bank.

rodzm 11-10-2008 06:10 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
One $15 roll today yielded 3-40%ers. It really sucks living overseas, the military banks here seldomly carry halves. Seems like the only way to get them is if someone turns in their halves. So far overall 3 rolls of $15 halves yielded...20 BU 1964 Keneddy's and 6-40%ers

croakersoaker 11-10-2008 07:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
hey guys and gals im new here,thanks for all of the good info i just wanted to share my experiences as far as coin roll hunting goes. i started hunting about a month ago after reading some of these forums.my first experience was a box of dimes.i picked up one at the bank and went through it and i got two silver roosevelt dimes,i thought hey this is great 2 on my first box since then i have went through about ten boxes of dimes and nothing.I was getting very frustrated and decided it wasnt worth it.so i stopped doing dimes and decided to try half dollars.so i went to a few banks over the last couple of weeks and asked for half dollars and it was way better than dimes in two weeks i maged to pick up 3 40% and 1 90% out of about a hundred bucks worth.Until today i walked into a local wells fargo branch and asked if they had any halfs and the lady said i have 23.00 dollars worth ok ill take them.then she says irene has 70.00 worth but she just went to lunch so i say ok ill come back in an hour meanwhile i look through the ones i just bought and got 1 40 and one 90.so i come back and BAMM JACKPOT she has 50.00 worth i get back to work and dump them out and there ar 48.00 in 90%
1 40% and the rest clad there was one roll of uncirculated 63 franklins and the rest were pretty evenly divide by franklins walinkg libertys and kennedys so keep looking somebody in you neighborhood is gonna turn in grandpas coins sooner or later :565:

jedemdasseine 11-10-2008 10:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've noticed more silver coins lately. I always ask for halves at the bank, and I usually get skunked, but the past month, I've been rolling in the 40%ers and even a few 90%ers. Found a walker, too, for the first time since the summer. :)

rodzm 11-12-2008 08:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by croakersoaker (Post 1409179)
hey guys and gals im new here,thanks for all of the good info i just wanted to share my experiences as far as coin roll hunting goes. i started hunting about a month ago after reading some of these forums.my first experience was a box of dimes.i picked up one at the bank and went through it and i got two silver roosevelt dimes,i thought hey this is great 2 on my first box since then i have went through about ten boxes of dimes and nothing.I was getting very frustrated and decided it wasnt worth it.so i stopped doing dimes and decided to try half dollars.so i went to a few banks over the last couple of weeks and asked for half dollars and it was way better than dimes in two weeks i maged to pick up 3 40% and 1 90% out of about a hundred bucks worth.Until today i walked into a local wells fargo branch and asked if they had any halfs and the lady said i have 23.00 dollars worth ok ill take them.then she says irene has 70.00 worth but she just went to lunch so i say ok ill come back in an hour meanwhile i look through the ones i just bought and got 1 40 and one 90.so i come back and BAMM JACKPOT she has 50.00 worth i get back to work and dump them out and there ar 48.00 in 90%
1 40% and the rest clad there was one roll of uncirculated 63 franklins and the rest were pretty evenly divide by franklins walinkg libertys and kennedys so keep looking somebody in you neighborhood is gonna turn in grandpas coins sooner or later :565:
Congrats on the find...there was this one fellow on the Treasure Net forums who recently bought $40 worth of halves from an older bank. Turns out all 4 rolls were BU Franklins. He went back and bought the rest of the ones they had...the total tally 320 BU Franklins.

Moral of the story...dont give up and hit up the really old banks, those who have been in your town for decades. Bigger banks are good but a lot of times they dont produce much. Older banks seem to have halves that have been kep in the vaults for years. Banks are also glad to get rid of their halves since it counts against them and they cant get rid of them quickly enough.

I just got my 65 year old father hooked on CRH, Im not sure if he udnerstands the whole concept and how much free money you can bring in. In less than $100 searched he already has 38-90%ers and 28- 40%ers

I also tell him I will pay him 7x face for the coins which bring him a 700% profit and yet he doesnt seem to bother much about hitting banks for more halves. He is in a place were very very few people do CRH, matter of fact I doubt there is only but a couple of people doing this. He is not stateside so the chances of people doing CRH is very slim which helps him yield tons of silver

JOE SIXPACK 11-13-2008 12:43 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

$500 box of cwi #019 yellow wrappers dated 10/28/08 inspected by 3539
1 '53 2 '64's

$500 box of cwi #04 yellow wrappers dated 10/27/08 inspected by 4102
1 '65 1 '67 1 '69

noticed a lot of marked coins:

red colored in "o" in the word dollar on reverse
purple thin marker on the edges
"L" in liberty colored in blue marker on obverse
black thicker marker on edge
black marker on face on obverse

each of the above had several examples with the purple thin marker being the most prevalent.

going back for more friday


j6p

SLV>GLD 11-13-2008 07:23 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
FWIW, I mark my rolls so as to not duplicate search effort. I just line up a group of rolls and run a sharpie down the row twice on each side so my roll marks appear as 2 bars on each side of a roll.

JOE SIXPACK 11-15-2008 04:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

1 $500 cwi #019 box yellow wrapped dated 10/28/08 inspected by 3539

1 '50 1 '63 1 '64 1 '68

now marking dual black lines down the side of the stacks about 1/4" apart.


j6p

JOE SIXPACK 11-19-2008 09:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

1 $500 cwi #04 box yellow wrapped dated 10/27/08 inspected by #4102

1 '67 1 '68

slim pickin's!


j6p

jedemdasseine 11-19-2008 09:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got a silver dime in change today. A '64 rosie. Found a merc earlier this year, much to my surprise. I used to average one silver dime per box. Haven't sorted in a while, but I'd like to check to see if I can still pull that percentage. Checking the machine-wrapped rolls is a snap. You don't even have to open them, since they are wrapped in clear plastic. Just check the edges for the unmistakable look of silver.

silverwood 11-19-2008 10:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1425402)
today's results:

1 $500 cwi #04 box yellow wrapped dated 10/27/08 inspected by #4102

1 '67 1 '68

slim pickin's!


j6p

Bought 4 rolls($40) of halves the other day. Results 4 Walkers, 5 Franklins, 4 Kennedy 64s, and $4.50 in 40%s:biggrin: The teller thanked me for taking them off her hands. No problem:36_1_34:

JOE SIXPACK 11-20-2008 09:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 Attachment(s)
todays results:

1 $500 cwi #04 box dated 10/27/08 inspected by #4102

1 '58 seated liberty
too bad somebody practiced their engraving skills on it-could've been worth a lot more.
1858 in history(according to wiki) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858

j6p

FL_RacingGal 11-21-2008 12:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Joe SixPack - I'd love to find a seated Liberty even with the engraving!! Heck, that engraving could be 50 years old....never know, right?

I stopped at my bank a few minutes ago to dump the $70 in clad halves I got this week plus misc. change (no copper pennies though) and asked about halves or other interesting coins. I got $40 in Ikes which will go back to another bank but I never say NO when they offer me out of the ordinary coins. One day, those Ikes, just might be Morgans or Peace dollars which would be super sweet. I also got $37 in loose halves.

Of the $37 in halves, $15 was 40%-ers. No 90% halves so I am thinking some people know to pull coins 1964 and earlier but heck, I'm happy with another (30) 40% halves to add to my stash. I'm back up to (116) 40% halves and when I get to about 200, I'll trade for more gold like I've done before. Of course POS was higher in my previous trades:

$60 FV @ $37/roll = 1/4 oz. GAE
$90 FV @ $47/roll = 1/2 oz GAE

Current value of $10 FV (1 roll) 40% = $28 so that means I would get about $25-$26 in trade value. A far cry from $37 or $47 so it's best to just keep accumulating them until a roll is above $30 and then re-evaluate. I do not sell or trade my 90% but 40% to me is just trade material to get cheap gold.

*~*Joey*~*

JOE SIXPACK 11-21-2008 01:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
joey,

i think i'm keeping that '58 for eternity and i'm stacking up the 40%'ers-taking your advice. thanks!

anybody think that tarn-x is a bad idea on the '58?


j6p

FL_RacingGal 11-22-2008 12:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1428442)
anybody think that tarn-x is a bad idea on the '58?
I wouldn't touch that '58. It has charm and character and alot of history. Don't wipe away that history...when do you think you will find another seated Liberty in a roll? Not anytime soon is my guess

*~*Joey*~*

JOE SIXPACK 11-26-2008 10:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

1 $500 box n. f. string & son, inc. machine wrapped rolls

1 '62 1 '64 1 '67 1 '68 2 '69's


j6p

JOE SIXPACK 12-05-2008 01:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

1 $500 box cwi #19 dated 11/04/2007 inspected by #4245

1 '57 & 3 '64's

quality but not quantity


j6p

EireGoBragh 12-05-2008 08:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Keep at it joe, you just never know, it's happened to me a couple of times, check out post #224

JOE SIXPACK 12-05-2008 11:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i'm not giving up on cheap silver, just posting results. :)
my first time out was a winner, 24 40% 6 90%. sure beats dimes!!


j6p

GoldenKitty 12-05-2008 11:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I had the nerve to search through $1,000 in one day... nothing! ugh. I searched 5 banks and scored $1,000 worth, thought that would be nice. I found a lot of marked rolls, I would say $400 was marked. It seems someone got to it before me. The markings were either a black line or a single black check mark. :(

Maybe next time if I had the nerve to try again.

jedemdasseine 12-05-2008 11:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenKitty (Post 1452188)
I had the nerve to search through $1,000 in one day... nothing! ugh. I searched 5 banks and scored $1,000 worth, thought that would be nice. I found a lot of marked rolls, I would say $400 was marked. It seems someone got to it before me. The markings were either a black line or a single black check mark. :(

Maybe next time if I had the nerve to try again.
A thousand and no silver? That's rough. Getting skunked on that much takes the fun out of it.

JOE SIXPACK 12-05-2008 11:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i haven't been skunked...yet. i did have one box that only yielded 1 coin, the 1858 seated liberty posted above.

don't give up on cheap silver!


j6p


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ME CO 12-06-2008 12:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Can't beat cheap silver, I'm at 836 oz for the year, then again I went through 7 boxes tonight and pick up 10 more tomarrow. Doing about 25 boxes of halves and 10 boxes of dimes a week now- thats down from 42 halves a week I was doin last summer. HH Mark

JOE SIXPACK 12-13-2008 12:23 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
was sorting today and came across a morgan mint gold-plated 1992 kennedy half. is this thing worth more than 50 cents to anybody?


j6p

Ryedale 12-13-2008 12:46 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A lucky day in penny sorting today. Got 3 @ $50 bags from one of my CU's today. Sorted 2 of 3 so far, and other than the normal copper, it has yielded $5.24 in wheat pennies, 2 indian heads, and two silver dimes, one merc, and one rosie. A nice christmas gift from some crackhead that stole his uncles soup can of wheats and turned it in for face. :bear_w00t:

Happy hunting everyone.

ME CO 12-13-2008 01:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1463685)
was sorting today and came across a morgan mint gold-plated 1992 kennedy half. is this thing worth more than 50 cents to anybody?


j6p
I don't think there's enough gold on them to be worth anything. I save up the gold ones and the chromed ones and give them to my Grandma to spend playing bridge- them old ladies fight over them LOL. HH Mark

FL_RacingGal 12-14-2008 05:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1463685)
was sorting today and came across a morgan mint gold-plated 1992 kennedy half. is this thing worth more than 50 cents to anybody?


j6p
I don't think so but I could be wrong. I got a roll of halves last years at a bank and 5 of them were gold plated Kennedy's. Someone must have rolled them with the others and turned then in. I kept those for fun but I don't think they are worth much. I once got a full roll of proof Kennedy halves...absolute keepers!

On Thursday I got 2 rolls of halves at a bank and got a '67 and a 1976S silver-clad Kennedy. That is my 4th silver bicentennial so far and I believe it is the same composition as a 40% half. It will not get sold or traded for gold with the rest of my 40% halves because they are so hard to find. I assume they were in mint sets only and not issued for general circulation.

Not bad for just 2 rolls

*~*Joey*~*

Bluecat332 12-15-2008 12:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
How are you guys asking for these halves?
I've gone to 4 different banks on several occasions and NO ONE has any half-dollar rolls. The most I've found is Ike dollars (which i discovered wasn't worth the pull).

I'd love to find a box of halves but it seems no one even has them any more.

(I won't reveal what city I'm in as I don't want to tread on someone else's prospecting gig...but I'm in the deep south :wink: )

Thanks!

JOE SIXPACK 12-15-2008 08:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
blue, speaking only for myself, i have the bank order them. they come in $500 boxes of $10 rolls.

joey, you're doing well, keep it up!


j6p

jersey devl 12-16-2008 06:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well the earth is froze so detecting time is done...back to CRH!
I picked up a grands worth friday (got 2-40%) and did some bag swapping yesterday...=21-40%,2-'64 kens,a 2002 S proof and a first for me an '87 S proof.

Good to see you're still at it Joey,good pull on the '76's (Ive only gotten 1 ever).

FL_RacingGal 12-17-2008 09:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I stopped at 2 banks on Monday and did OK for so few coins:

Bank #1 - $2.50 in halves = (3) 40%
Bank #2 - $1 in halves = (1) gold plated Kennedy

I stopped at only one bank yesterday (spent most of the day in freakin' traffic) and a teller had $11 in halves in a bag. Searched them quickly in the car and $10.50 were clad but there was (1) beautiful, very gently circulated 1964 :applause_

Not a bad week so far for only $14.50 in loose halves:
(1) - 64
(3) - 40%
(1) gold -plated

I never ever order boxes anymore. Been skunked on 3 out of 3 boxes and opening those machine rolls is not worth the effort to find 0 keepers or if you're lucky, you'll find 2-3, 40% halves. Give me those loose halves in teller trays or in teller drawers ANYDAY!

Keep up hunting though......I'll be making as many stops today as possible.

*~*Joey*~*

FL_RacingGal 12-17-2008 09:38 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by croakersoaker (Post 1409179)
...... the lady said i have 23.00 dollars worth ok ill take them.then she says irene has 70.00 worth but she just went to lunch so i say ok ill come back in an hour meanwhile i look through the ones i just bought and got 1 40 and one 90.so i come back and BAMM JACKPOT she has 50.00 worth i get back to work and dump them out and there ar 48.00 in 90%
1 40% and the rest clad there was one roll of uncirculated 63 franklins and the rest were pretty evenly divide by franklins walinkg libertys and kennedys so keep looking somebody in you neighborhood is gonna turn in grandpas coins sooner or later :565:
Just re-read this post and I now hate you....nah...that's awesome bancha Did anyone tell you that newbies must share their finds with veteran roll searchers :36_3_12:

Mega congrats and keep searching for cheap silver!

*~*Joey*~*

EireGoBragh 12-17-2008 12:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ordering boxes takes patience, no doubt about it, for those of you that can get loose and rolled halves from tellers, that's great, unfortunately, most all the banks I go to have virtually no loose halves, so I order 'em, my tally for this year is up to almost 200 Oz's in found Ag halves:applause_

jersey devl 12-17-2008 02:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Stopped at about 10 banks today most had none, but $70 from one bank had almost 1 full roll (17 rest clad)I love those)...ended up with 30-40% and 3 90% (Kens). Roads were to slick to spend to much time out.

11S11ver 12-17-2008 04:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i went to a bank today and got 10 rolls, all clad. they said they have 2300 rolls available. should i keep goin to that bank and getting those rolls or broaden the horizon and try different banks?

EireGoBragh 12-17-2008 05:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'd get 'em all, what do you have to loose? ....because in this game, you just never know, long-shots come through sometimes

JOE SIXPACK 12-17-2008 11:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
yeah, get them all, it doesn't cost you anything unless you find some keepers. those only cost 50 cents each and are worth more than that.


j6p

ME CO 12-18-2008 12:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Takin some off the table. Dime box got full of 40%ers again (I know there was room for more but with $240FV it was heavy enough), besides need Christmas FRNs to buy special candy for my tellers haha. These be travelin tomarrow. HH all, Mark
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/DSCN1665.jpg

JOE SIXPACK 12-18-2008 01:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

1 $500 box of yellow wrapped cwi #019 dated 12/04/2008 inspected by #3539

1 '64 2 '66's 1 '67 1 '69 and 1 damn-near new looking '65


not great-but better than a sharp stick in the eye!


j6p

luft97 12-18-2008 06:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
After reading this thread last night I got motivated to look for silver. I went through my change jar of almost $200 in change and pulled (1) 57 dime.

So today I went to a few banks around and out of $94.00 worth of halves I did really well for my first time. Two full rolls were 40% silver and they were marked as such on the roll. :rofl: Various 65 - 69. Some of them look to be in almost mint condition. All told I ended up with a total of (59) 40% coins. The lady was happy to get rid of them. bancha

ME CO 12-18-2008 07:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Beginners luck is a wonderous thing. I have yet to find any solid rolls but I have made my share of strikes. Congrats, Mark

jersey devl 12-18-2008 09:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I love solid rolls, but they are far and few between! 4 banks today netted me 13-40%...its nice to be back at this!

jersey devl 12-19-2008 07:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Cashed my check today and picked up $450 they had left in a box...5-40%, a '76 S (clad),and a beat up '73 S. 5 CRH days and 0 skunks...Im liking it!:getdown:

JOE SIXPACK 12-21-2008 02:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
could one of you with the clad S silvers post a pic highlighting the edge?
need to know what to look for, and reading mint marks slows down "production". :wink:


j6p

jersey devl 12-21-2008 11:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 Attachment(s)
An S is a proof basically uncirculated...the edges will be sharp, shiney and crisp,barely any wear,you cant miss one.This pic is a clad but the silvers will all look silver anyways.

FL_RacingGal 12-22-2008 11:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Luft97 - VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!! :banana: :applause_ :banana: I'd love a day like that

J6P - To be honest, I didn't even know there was a difference in the edges of a 76S. It just doesn't look like or sound like a full clad coin, just like a 67, doesn't look or sound like a 77.

Roll searching pays off handsomely. I wanted to wait until I had more 40% halves but I was impatient so at yesterday's coin show, I sold/traded $60FV (40% halves - all I had) + $6.50 FV (90%) halves for a beautiful 1/4 oz AGE. I think I got the best deal at the show....1/4 oz gold for $66.50 since all my halves cost me FV from roll searching and bank stops. I hate giving up ANY of my 90% halves but I was a bit short for the trade and I didn't want just 1/10 oz.

My goal in searching for silver is to NOT accumulate 40% halves but to get cheap cheap gold and it's working for me. Now I start all over and accumulate more 40 halves for trade-in, hopefully within 30-60 days.

*~*Joey*~*

clyderose 12-22-2008 12:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 1477655)
Luft97 - VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!! :banana: :applause_ :banana: I'd love a day like that

J6P - To be honest, I didn't even know there was a difference in the edges of a 76S. It just doesn't look like or sound like a full clad coin, just like a 67, doesn't look or sound like a 77.

Roll searching pays off handsomely. I wanted to wait until I had more 40% halves but I was impatient so at yesterday's coin show, I sold/traded $60FV (40% halves - all I had) + $6.50 FV (90%) halves for a beautiful 1/4 oz AGE. I think I got the best deal at the show....1/4 oz gold for $66.50 since all my halves cost me FV from roll searching and bank stops. I hate giving up ANY of my 90% halves but I was a bit short for the trade and I didn't want just 1/10 oz.

My goal in searching for silver is to NOT accumulate 40% halves but to get cheap cheap gold and it's working for me. Now I start all over and accumulate more 40 halves for trade-in, hopefully within 30-60 days.

*~*Joey*~*
Sweet deal.I do the same. CR

ME CO 12-22-2008 02:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by clyderose (Post 1477730)
Sweet deal.I do the same. CR
I ship mine off for FRNs(see pic above), keeps ME from spending my hunting money. I did splurge and buy ME 1/4oz. Maple for Christmas out of the last batch over the weekend. HH Mark
:applause_:applause_:applause_

MrRational 12-22-2008 03:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
All these big scores make me want to start prospecting as well. But one big question.

How do you guys get rid of all the non-silver coins you end up with? Can you just give them back to to the bank?

rodzm 12-22-2008 04:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRational (Post 1477954)
All these big scores make me want to start prospecting as well. But one big question.

How do you guys get rid of all the non-silver coins you end up with? Can you just give them back to to the bank?
Make one bank your "dump" bank. Never turn in coins to the same place you pick them up from or you will end up with your dumps. You may have to open an account at your dump bank but hey at least theyre getting some sort of business from you.

ME CO 12-22-2008 05:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rodzm (Post 1477999)
Make one bank your "dump" bank. Never turn in coins to the same place you pick them up from or you will end up with your dumps. You may have to open an account at your dump bank but hey at least theyre getting some sort of business from you.
Not only will you get your own dumps but if you bring coin right back where you got it they will likely not get you coin again. HH Mark

FL_RacingGal 12-23-2008 02:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
If you are going to dump, try finding a bank that has a free coin counting machine for customers. If you don't have an account there,open a checking account with $20 or $50 or whatever. I hate rolling the clad halves and turning them in only for another roll searcher to get excited to find $50 or $100 in halves at a bank. Just like you hate others searched junk, don't pass it around.

Use the machines and let them go into the back of the big truck. Don't intentionally screw another roll searcher who is, in actuality, as smart as you.

That's just my thought and how I manage my clad dumps!

*~*Joey*~*

NOT :36_1_63: here...... :36_1_34:


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silverwood 12-23-2008 08:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Dumping the BS clad fiat halves has always been a problem the silver hunter has to deal with. A partial solution is, whatever you buy use those halves to purchase your stuff. I have been doing this for many years and it has some interesting consequences. I have found people like to save halves for whatever reason. So by spreading the junk halves out in your area you are sowing the seed for them to bring the silver ones back to the bank. Got to go now but think about this concept.

JOE SIXPACK 12-24-2008 12:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
thanks for the pic jersey devl!
that's going to really slow down production having to "sound" all of them. oh well!

i just dump mine back at the same bank. i have been marking them and see very few of them "back at me". the tellers get a workout when i stop by and they don't seem to mind much. the "rejects" are sent to chase bank and where they go from there is a mystery. maybe, i'll get 'em some decent candy as a "thank you".

happy hoarding!

j6p

11S11ver 12-27-2008 08:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
so if you find a bank that has tons and tons of rolls of halves, is that pretty much a sign that someone has used that bank as a dumping bank? why else would a bank have a couple thousand rolls of halves?

Gcubed 12-27-2008 08:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 11S11ver (Post 1484460)
so if you find a bank that has tons and tons of rolls of halves, is that pretty much a sign that someone has used that bank as a dumping bank? why else would a bank have a couple thousand rolls of halves?
Storage is a fixed(in the vault) cost. Transport(Armored Truck) costs extra. Cash on hand is cash on hand. It all counts as far as branch reserve requirements go. Handling change is an expense for banks.

silverwood 12-27-2008 08:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 11S11ver (Post 1484460)
so if you find a bank that has tons and tons of rolls of halves, is that pretty much a sign that someone has used that bank as a dumping bank? why else would a bank have a couple thousand rolls of halves?
A roll of half dollars is usually $10 but I have seen $20 rolls. So a couple (two) thousand rolls = $20000 in halves? I would buy some rolls and ask the teller (vault teller most likely) where did you get all these halves from. If she/he says someone keeps bringing them in. Then they are pretty much someones dumping place. If she says we accumulated them over the years then buy more. If you find any silver then chances are there is more silver in the remaining rolls. Good luck.:5_1_120:

luft97 12-29-2008 02:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So today wasn't as good as my previous time. Out of $180 worth of halves I ended up with (10) 40% coins. Now to take these to my dump bank. :biggrin:

silverwood 12-29-2008 06:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a good day today hunting silver. I had to travel to a distant town for a part for my Johne Deere farm tractor. So while there I decide to see what the banks had. The 1st bank I went into had no halves, only a few non silver ones the teller had in her draw. I went into the 2nd bank and they had $420 in rolls in the vault. So I bought them, after searching through them I ended up with 79 40% silver and one 1964 90%er. :565::applause_:5_1_120::getdown: It paid for my part and trip and some!

Baggerman 12-31-2008 09:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Bought $200 in halves today which was all they had and found 3 40%ers. This is my 3rd time out and the 1st time I have found anything other than clad. Not much but sure made my day.

dimitri 12-31-2008 09:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Baggerman (Post 1489989)
Bought $200 in halves today which was all they had and found 3 40%ers. This is my 3rd time out and the 1st time I have found anything other than clad. Not much but sure made my day.
I thought the 40% coins were clad.

Baggerman 12-31-2008 10:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dimitri (Post 1490030)
I thought the 40% coins were clad.
65-70 are 40% silver

silverwood 01-01-2009 09:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
All half dollar coinage from 1965 on were clad. The difference was from 1965 to 1970 inclusive, those coins were a 800 fine silver outer sandwich, clad over a copper/silver alloy core. The net silver content was 40% silver of the coins weight. The silver content of these coins would equal the face value of 50 cents at a silver price of approxiamately $3.31 Beginning in 1971(year the international gold standard was revoked) all halves, except some collector types, were composed of an outer sandwich of nickle alloy, clad over a copper core. This would give the fiat masters plenty of room to debase the currency before the metal content of the coin would be subjected to Gresham's Law.:wink:

ME CO 01-01-2009 03:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It was a good year although I fell short of my lofty goal of 1K ounces I can't complain. I might have made it but I took about 6 weeks off due to burnout.
My puter crashed the other day with my spreadsheets on it so I don't have a breakdown but I know the ounces. For December I got 97 ounces, and for the year I was right at 920. Seems like easy $$$$ till I figured up I searched over $800,000.00 last year to find it. May the silver flow again in 2009.
HH all, Mark

EireGoBragh 01-02-2009 10:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1490659)
It was a good year although I fell short of my lofty goal of 1K ounces I can't complain. I might have made it but I took about 6 weeks off due to burnout.
My puter crashed the other day with my spreadsheets on it so I don't have a breakdown but I know the ounces. For December I got 97 ounces, and for the year I was right at 920. Seems like easy $$$$ till I figured up I searched over $800,000.00 last year to find it. May the silver flow again in 2009.
HH all, Mark
Sounds like a good year to me...!! I think I only broke 200 fo the whole year, but I didn't search as much, probably about 40k, what's you method? order boxes?

ME CO 01-02-2009 10:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yep order boxes, and boxes, and boxes haha. Going around looking for halves hasn't paid off for ME though I still do it on occasion. Here's to 2009, HH Mark

EireGoBragh 01-02-2009 11:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I order boxes, I have no luck at all, like some do, with rolls tellers may have, or rolls stashed somewhere in the vault, they all tell me they never have halves, so I order them.....

madfranks 01-02-2009 02:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Reading here, one would get the impression that it's easy to find silver halves everywhere! I recently searched through $200 in halves and didn't get a single silver!

But I'm going back today for another $100, maybe today I will find one or two.

Also, now that it's Jan 2009, I will keep track of my visits and yeilds this year and see how I end up at the end of the year!

clyderose 01-02-2009 03:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by madfranks (Post 1491863)
Reading here, one would get the impression that it's easy to find silver halves everywhere! I recently searched through $200 in halves and didn't get a single silver!

But I'm going back today for another $100, maybe today I will find one or two.

Also, now that it's Jan 2009, I will keep track of my visits and yeilds this year and see how I end up at the end of the year!
Its all about volume.I do $3000 per week in boxes and it does take some determination and to keep going during dry spells. CR

EireGoBragh 01-02-2009 03:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Oh yea, it takes Patience, I've had dry spells before, it's not fun, but when you do hit it, it's nice

Baggerman 01-02-2009 04:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sorted through $300 today and got skunked. I did find a 1974 that looked like it was chrome plated and somebody had taken a set of side cutters to. I also found quite a few that no longer had reeded edges (1997-2001) which I thought was interesting.

luft97 01-02-2009 04:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by madfranks (Post 1491863)
Reading here, one would get the impression that it's easy to find silver halves everywhere! I recently searched through $200 in halves and didn't get a single silver!

But I'm going back today for another $100, maybe today I will find one or two.

Also, now that it's Jan 2009, I will keep track of my visits and yeilds this year and see how I end up at the end of the year!
For me, so far anyway, the best luck I have had was from the rolls I get from two different banks that are in grocery stores.

GoldenKitty 01-02-2009 05:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by luft97 (Post 1492031)
For me, so far anyway, the best luck I have had was from the rolls I get from two different banks that are in grocery stores.
I keep feeling like i'm going to find something big but end up getting shafted! So far i've gone through $3,000 of halfs (ordered from the bank) and have found only a single 1968 40% half dollar. I was very happy that day but have had some really bad results. Every time I receive a $500 box almost every single roll is marked. These are yellow machine rolled rolls but i've had 2 boxes where every other coin had a BLACK line on the side of the coin. It's probably bad luck but I just wanted to post my results again. I live in CA so maybe there are just too many people doing it at the same time.

Good luck everyone, i'm going to try again, I feel it this time.:s10:

11S11ver 01-06-2009 02:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Found my first score! A 1964 & 1967 out of $40 worth of halves. The 64 was dirty and almost looked clad on the side.

Keep hope alive, the silver is in them thar banks!

ME CO 01-06-2009 04:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good for you. Always good to get a 90%. Congrats, Mark

CoinHunter53562 01-06-2009 06:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenKitty (Post 1492075)
I keep feeling like i'm going to find something big but end up getting shafted! So far i've gone through $3,000 of halfs (ordered from the bank) and have found only a single 1968 40% half dollar. I was very happy that day but have had some really bad results. Every time I receive a $500 box almost every single roll is marked. These are yellow machine rolled rolls but i've had 2 boxes where every other coin had a BLACK line on the side of the coin. It's probably bad luck but I just wanted to post my results again. I live in CA so maybe there are just too many people doing it at the same time.

Good luck everyone, i'm going to try again, I feel it this time.:s10:
That's what happens to me. There seem to be five or six different way the halves are marked and I never find silver. I think I found 3 40% halves in the first box and nothing since so I have pretty much gone to doing pennies only and hoarding copper and wheat cents...lol.

JOE SIXPACK 01-08-2009 03:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

2 $500 boxes of cwi's dated 12/24/08

1 '64
15 40%ers

not great, but still ok


j6p

HomesteadHarry 01-08-2009 11:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went to the grocery store, today.

SIX SAEs (one a 1996), and a 1921 Morgan in the cashier's till! The lady told me she didn't know how the hell she was going to roll them at the end of her shift. I thought I was dreaming, I can't believe someone passed them at face value. One more reason to tell your kids all about PMs, before you die and leave your collection to them!

Can we be friends, nice cashier lady? :36_3_12:

SLV>GLD 01-08-2009 11:58 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You should have offered to buy them and if she refused then sternly instructed her to buy them herself and if she didn't feel like holding them to sell them to a local dealer... or offer to pay her $5 for each one... whatever, I would not have walked away from that.

HomesteadHarry 01-08-2009 12:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got them as change, SLV! :bear_w00t:

qatarman1969 01-08-2009 01:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1502027)
You should have offered to buy them and if she refused then sternly instructed her to buy them herself and if she didn't feel like holding them to sell them to a local dealer... or offer to pay her $5 for each one... whatever, I would not have walked away from that.
Heck, just ask her to break a $10 bill...and, oh, by the way...just gimme those coins & a couple of $1 bills....thank you very much...

:-P

ME CO 01-08-2009 02:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HomesteadHarry (Post 1502003)
Went to the grocery store, today.

SIX SAEs (one a 1996), and a 1921 Morgan in the cashier's till! The lady told me she didn't know how the hell she was going to roll them at the end of her shift. I thought I was dreaming, I can't believe someone passed them at face value. One more reason to tell your kids all about PMs, before you die and leave your collection to them!

Can we be friends, nice cashier lady? :36_3_12:
Why can't that ever happen to ME? Thats it I'm never using the self checkout again LOL.
Nice catch, Mark


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George M 01-09-2009 03:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Probably one of best small-hauls ever. 30$ rolled 50 cent pieces from a bank I frequent but who never have 50 cent coins. 30% were hits: 5 '64 kennedys, 13 40%. Why can't every day be like today ??? But now I'm optimistic again.

EireGoBragh 01-10-2009 12:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Walked into the bank the other day, one of the tellers I know, came up to the teller that was helping me, and said " do you collect these?" held out her hand and she had these;
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4092/0000102nu9.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/000...jpg/1/w640.png

I said YES!!!! and of course, thanked her very much....

madfranks 01-12-2009 02:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I ran into two mindless bank tellers over the weekend while looking for halves.

Me: Do you have any rolls of half dollars I could buy?
Teller: We don't have any rolls, but I have some loose ones in my drawer, would you like those?
Me: Yes please, all you have would be great.
Teller proceeds to withdraw about 20 golden dollar coins from her drawer and puts them on the counter.
Me: Oh, those are not halves, those are dollar coins. I'm looking for half dollars, you know the ones with Kennedy on them?
Teller, looking confused, asks teller next to her: This man is looking for half dollar coins :stupid: - do you know if we have any?
Teller #2: Yeah we have rolls in the back, how many do you need?
Me: $100 worth, please (that's all the cash I had that day).
Waiting... Teller #2 comes out with four $25 rolls of dollar coins.
Teller: That will be $100, anything else?
Me: GO TO *$%& AND DIE YOU STUPID #*$&@, and I leave.

Ok, that last part I didn't really say, I just thought it. I didn't get any halves, but I did get a headache.

SLV>GLD 01-12-2009 02:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It is astounding how uneducated a bank teller can be about coinage.

EireGoBragh 01-12-2009 02:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It is astounding, I remember one of the very first times I took back a couple boxes of halves(to dump), the teller opened the box, took out a roll,opened it up and started looking at it, she then called over another teller and asked "do we take these?" I felt like saying , you moron, they're US Gov't issued coinage, but I didn't, the other teller told her yea, they're OK...I did mention to her though, that it says right on the coin United States of America, she said "yea, but still" ..well that was enough for me.......Rule #1) Never argue with a Fool

madfranks 01-12-2009 02:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ha ha, yeah sometimes when I try to spend halves I get people who look at them astoundingly and ask their manager "do we take these"? as if they've never seen a half dollar before.

For God's sake, once I was browsing craigslist for coins and I saw an ad for one kennedy half dollar (don't remember the date, but it was newer & clad). The guy in the ad said he knows nothing about coins and to make an offer if you want it. I thought to myself who are these people who don't know what a half dollar is? I almost emailed him and offered him 50 cents for it.

madfranks 01-12-2009 02:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1508133)
It is astounding how uneducated a bank teller can be about coinage.
When you get hired at a bank they should provide you with a booklet called "this is what money looks like" so we don't have any more tellers who don't know what a half dollar is, or who give foreign coins out as American $ (true - it happened to me once).

ME CO 01-12-2009 03:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1508139)
Rule #1) Never argue with a Fool
That is true. Someone said they will drag you down to theit level and beat you with experience. Love that quote. HH Mark

ME CO 01-13-2009 12:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good night at the silver mine tonight. Hadn't seen a barber in over a year, also got a 2006s silver proof for my book. All told got 5 ozt from 5 boxes. Here's pics of the barber. HH Mark
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...arber006-1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...arber009-1.jpg

11S11ver 01-13-2009 03:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by madfranks (Post 1508159)
Ha ha, yeah sometimes when I try to spend halves I get people who look at them astoundingly and ask their manager "do we take these"? as if they've never seen a half dollar before.
I go through the same thing. Especially at fast food restaurants. They look at the Kennedy half and say "is this a dollar?" If I were a scammer I would say yes but I politely let them know that is 50 cents. :thumb.aspx:

SLV>GLD 01-13-2009 04:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 11S11ver (Post 1510202)
I go through the same thing. Especially at fast food restaurants. They look at the Kennedy half and say "is this a dollar?" If I were a scammer I would say yes but I politely let them know that is 50 cents. :thumb.aspx:
I would snidely reply, "Can you read"?

Texan 01-14-2009 01:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm not a roll hunter, but while sorting thru my last couple month's change I found a '56D silver dime. If memory serves, that is my fourth 90% silver find over the last five years. Two dimes, one quarter, and one silver war nickel. :biggrin:

George M 01-20-2009 07:58 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1510252)
I would snidely reply, "Can you read"?
I've become less and less patient with clerks who can't recognize the 50 cent piece. So I've started asking for change in coins LARGER THAT THIS ONE hoping I'll get a SAE for face value in my change. Why not? :565:

AgKanga 01-27-2009 04:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So I am out running errands and decide to run into a couple of banks and see what they have. I ask if they have any Fed rolled halves or "Big" silver dollars. Oh yeah, she replies, somebody just deposited a bunch of those old silver dollars in crw's and we just got in a $500 Fed box. Of course I am thinking...SCORE!!! I buy a couple of rolls of each to check them in the parking lot.

The silver dollars and old Ike's and the halves have been picked open on one end and then re-rolled after checked. I figure no harm I will just deposit them into my account and run by my bank. I am standing there talking to the teller while making the deposit and ask if she has any halves. She pulls out a couple of envelopes and I notice an old "ugly" half and ask her if I can have that one. "Why would you want that ugly thing?" Um, because it is a '68 and 40% silver, but of course I didn't let her in my little secret...:yes:

Happy Hunting, they are out there!!!

77shovelhead 01-28-2009 10:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Out of 7 rolls, I scored 20 more 40%ers today. Free money.
Added 5 more (no silver) Ikes too.

AGRO 01-29-2009 07:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hello All,
I am new to prospecting for 90% but I really like the idea and plan on starting tomorrow. It seems like a something fun to do when the market is up or the pockets are light. I started hoarding copper cents today and I'm already up to 60 or so in the small amounts i've gone through.
Anyway, I mostly buy bullion, so I'm wondering when prospecting through 1/2s, obviously I'll keep the Walkers but what do I keep in terms of 40% or other?
should I keep Ike dollars as well? I figure someone on here has a good system.
I appreciate any input.
AGRO-

clyderose 01-29-2009 08:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 77shovelhead (Post 1537257)
Out of 7 rolls, I scored 20 more 40%ers today. Free money.
Added 5 more (no silver) Ikes too.
you see it IS still out there.
I think that it is drawn to some people (self included)

latemetal 01-29-2009 08:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Any half dollar 1964 or before keep, Kennedy-Franklin-Walker, 40 % trade in for denser silver. Ikes, no, unless they are silver.:applause_
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1538847)
Hello All,
I am new to prospecting for 90% but I really like the idea and plan on starting tomorrow. It seems like a something fun to do when the market is up or the pockets are light. I started hoarding copper cents today and I'm already up to 60 or so in the small amounts i've gone through.
Anyway, I mostly buy bullion, so I'm wondering when prospecting through 1/2s, obviously I'll keep the Walkers but what do I keep in terms of 40% or other?
should I keep Ike dollars as well? I figure someone on here has a good system.
I appreciate any input.
AGRO-

AGRO 01-29-2009 10:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks!! Is there such a thing as a 90% Ike?
Sorry, I have 1 more, trade in, as in back to the bank, or a coin shop perhaps?

Will post results of first prospect tomorrow.

jersey devl 01-29-2009 11:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Forgot to post this here...my best score ever! 41 oz for $60...They are out there!

We were so stoked...The wife and I had some running to do on the other side of town,we decided to hunt on the way,first bank had 3 rolls+nada,next four banks nada to even look at, so I says it must be one of those days and we stopped stopping at banks. on the way home from the butchers I felt lucky and told her I needed to see my girlfriend at *** bank ,my friend wasnt there but they had 6 rolls turned in yesterday "Ill take 'em all" I says...out to the car and the wife starts the first roll BINGO full roll...the next 5 rolls consisted of ALL 90% save for 1 1971 (how'd that get in there?)!
total=

walking liberty = 40
Ben Frankies =7
1964 Kens = 66
40% = 6
...and the bunk 1971
I think some of these may be worth more than melt ,some are in REALLY GREAT condition,Im not usually a coin collector Ill have to do some research,there 17 of the walkers are "S" mint...more S's than P's.
All hand rolls and I didnt even get shorted...6 solid rolls of the good stuff,what a great day!:RockOn:

silverwood 01-29-2009 11:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jersey devl (Post 1539213)
Forgot to post this here...my best score ever! 41 oz for $60...They are out there!

We were so stoked...The wife and I had some running to do on the other side of town,we decided to hunt on the way,first bank had 3 rolls+nada,next four banks nada to even look at, so I says it must be one of those days and we stopped stopping at banks. on the way home from the butchers I felt lucky and told her I needed to see my girlfriend at *** bank ,my friend wasnt there but they had 6 rolls turned in yesterday "Ill take 'em all" I says...out to the car and the wife starts the first roll BINGO full roll...the next 5 rolls consisted of ALL 90% save for 1 1971 (how'd that get in there?)!
total=

walking liberty = 40
Ben Frankies =7
1964 Kens = 66
40% = 6
...and the bunk 1971
I think some of these may be worth more than melt ,some are in REALLY GREAT condition,Im not usually a coin collector Ill have to do some research,there 17 of the walkers are "S" mint...more S's than P's.
All hand rolls and I didnt even get shorted...6 solid rolls of the good stuff,what a great day!:RockOn:
Congrats, very nice score:applause_:banana::ARMS1::ok: Nothing like making a quick $550 for 10 minutes of work!

ME CO 01-30-2009 12:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1539164)
Thanks!! Is there such a thing as a 90% Ike?
Sorry, I have 1 more, trade in, as in back to the bank, or a coin shop perhaps?

Will post results of first prospect tomorrow.
Silver Ikes are all 40%.
As for the 40% halves save them up till you have a quantity, more you have the easier and better price to sell. Chances are the coin shop doesn't want them or wants to steal them from you, never the less when you have a couple hundred (500 is better) go in and see what they offer. I have to ship all mine off, the one local quote I got was $1.20 each when silver was $15/ozt. Luckily I now have a guy who buys all I can find for melt.
HH Mark

FL_RacingGal 01-30-2009 07:48 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Jersey Devl

* * * * AWESOME * * * *

Major congrats

*~*Joey*~*

11S11ver 01-30-2009 10:23 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
jersey devl:

wow. that must have been a high that lasted all day.

AGRO 01-30-2009 05:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The bank I went to today only had 3 rolls readily available (rest were in the vault) and I couldn't wait. Out of the three I got nothing, not even a 40% Kennedy!!! How many rolls do you guys usually pick up at a time?

JOE SIXPACK 01-30-2009 09:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
agro,

$500 boxes.


jersey devl,

f'in awesome, that's the deal of the month!!


j6p

AGRO 01-30-2009 11:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1541039)
agro,

$500 boxes.


jersey devl,

f'in awesome, that's the deal of the month!!


j6p

OK, will do thanks J6PK!!

My last question (sorry) is in order to not re-contaminate the banks I have already exhausted where can I dump my bunk halves?

Tonight I used the rolls in various stores with no problem, in fact at my second stop as soon as I took the last roll out the woman behind me asked if she could buy 8 of them off me!

Perhaps I could find a small branch wipe them out and then dump all my trash halves there...

Any thoughts?

EireGoBragh 01-31-2009 01:01 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1315916)
Great Find JD, you're lucky you can get rolls people bring in, I've never been able to find those, in fact most banks don't have hardly any halves on hand, I have to order them......this was one of my best boxes

ME CO 02-02-2009 07:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finally got my very first dream roll today. I've had dream boxes and a dream bag once but this is my first solid silver roll. Breakdown includes (2) Walkers, (1) Ben, (15) 90% JFK, and (2) 40%ers to spoil the perfect 90%. Here are some pics, the first faintly shows "all silver" written on the roll in pencil. HH all, Mark
:565::565::565:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...eamroll001.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...eamroll002.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...eamroll003.jpg

jersey devl 02-02-2009 09:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Erie:SWEET BOX!!!
ME CO: bancha


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SLV>GLD 02-02-2009 10:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Last Friday I was going to the bank to grab some cash to go out of town and thought, "What the heck, I'll go in instead of drive through and ask for any halves". Turned out to be a great idea because the teller had something I've never seen. A half roll of halves. By half roll, I mean the paper roll is actually printed, "$10 Half Dollar" on the side. I mentioned that being odd and she said, "Yeah, those are old, you don't see 'em much anymore... I bet someone robbed grandma's change box". Well, that got me excited so I was sweaty palms by the time I got back to my car and sure enough there was a 1944 Walker and a 1964 Kennedy in there! It made my day.

AGRO 02-03-2009 08:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well, I went back to the same bank (Chase) and got another 5 rolls. And got N0THIN'
0, zip, the earliest was 1971 latest 2001 i think. All Kens. The teller said she had 36 rolls left, on Friday I'll go back and get them.

Is it worth it though? 8 rolls and nothing so far. I really don't have much hope left in this branch. Maybe I need to go outside NY?

Any thoughts?

jersey devl 02-04-2009 12:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1548082)
Well, I went back to the same bank (Chase) and got another 5 rolls. And got N0THIN'
0, zip, the earliest was 1971 latest 2001 i think. All Kens. The teller said she had 36 rolls left, on Friday I'll go back and get them.

Is it worth it though? 8 rolls and nothing so far. I really don't have much hope left in this branch. Maybe I need to go outside NY?

Any thoughts?
The key word is VOLUME...search as much as you can as often as you can...you will score eventually! Get the other $80...you have nothing to lose but your time.

ME CO 02-04-2009 06:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I always buy them all that way I know I didn't leave anything on the table. HH Mark

JOE SIXPACK 02-05-2009 11:59 PM
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today wasn't so great, out of $1000 worth, i found
1 2003 Kennedy proof half

that's it!


j6p

lighting caused the discoloration in the pix below-this thing is quite attractive

clyderose 02-06-2009 09:42 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1552882)
today wasn't so great, out of $1000 worth, i found
1 2003 Kennedy proof half

that's it!


j6p
Whoo Hoo! I hear you scream and feel your pain.

CR

AGRO 02-06-2009 11:48 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1552882)
today wasn't so great, out of $1000 worth, i found
1 2003 Kennedy proof half

that's it!


j6p
How can you tell it is a proof coin?
The reg 2003's are not silver at all I believe.

SLV>GLD 02-06-2009 11:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The '03 proof isn't Ag either but you can tell if it is proof by the relief of the features.

AGRO 02-06-2009 12:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1553676)
The '03 proof isn't Ag either but you can tell if it is proof by the relief of the features.
Is it worth keeping?

SLV>GLD 02-06-2009 01:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1553832)
Is it worth keeping?
That's a subjective question. If I found one I'd end up taking it with me to the coin shop and using it for trade credit on bullion. Same situation if I came across any 40% pieces.

EireGoBragh 02-06-2009 01:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Couple of weeks ago, went into the bank, another teller I know came over and said "do you collect these?" she had a handful of Franks and Walkers, I said "yes, I do" and I thanked her for them, she had put them aside for me in her drawer, I asked her to put all 'em aside she found, said she would....got 8 Franks and 2 Walkers, total cost: $5:565:

SLV>GLD 02-06-2009 01:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1553909)
Couple of weeks ago, went into the bank, another teller I know came over and said "do you collect these?" she had a handful of Franks and Walkers, I said "yes, I do" and I thanked her for them, she had put them aside for me in her drawer, I asked her to put all 'em aside she found, said she would....got 8 Franks and 2 Walkers, total cost: $5:565:
Honestly, I would argue that actual costs incurred were $0 as you still have the FRN value in face value. I'm not exactly sure what verbiage would be used to describe what you erroneously term costs. I need a teller wench at my disposal, though!

Edit: FWIW, I do track my saved finds and do include the face value of the coins in the costs column so I'm just as guilty.

EireGoBragh 02-06-2009 01:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1553913)
Honestly, I would argue that actual costs incurred were $0 as you still have the FRN value in face value. I'm not exactly sure what verbiage would be used to describe what you erroneously term costs. I need a teller wench at my disposal, though!

Edit: FWIW, I do track my saved finds and do include the face value of the coins in the costs column so I'm just as guilty.
I guess, technically, it would be better to say "transfer", I transfered $5 for $5, of course the value received is a great return.....I just wish she'd brought out a $1000 Bag...

AGRO 02-06-2009 03:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just picked up 20 rolls of halves. The outsides look like all Ken's. It did feel good to walk out with hefty canvas sack though... Probably the most excitement of the day, besides AG spot price!!

Apocalypto 02-06-2009 04:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1553913)
I need a teller wench at my disposal, though!
I'm eating lunch as I read this and almost coughed up my sandwich I was laughing so hard!

By the way, in re to the debate on what to call the swapping of what you Americans refer to as FRN for coinage, I would say the best term is "exchange"... You "exchange" FRN for coins. It's a one-for-one swap unless and until you reap the benefits of the compositional value of the coins. Of course, 99.99% of the time, this is a certainty. If you do get skunked, that one-for-one swap is still in effect. It's a guaranteed transaction.

Frankly, I envy you Americans having so much silver left in those boxes and rolls. If I was down there I'd be at the bank 3 times a week looking for silver. Keep it up!

AGRO 02-06-2009 04:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Apocalypto (Post 1554298)
Frankly, I envy you Americans having so much silver left in those boxes and rolls. If I was down there I'd be at the bank 3 times a week looking for silver. Keep it up!
So would I because up north there is NOTHING!!!
:banghead::banghead::banghead:

3 rolls done not even a 40%'er

Apocalypto 02-06-2009 05:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1554346)
So would I because up north there is NOTHING!!!
:banghead::banghead::banghead:

3 rolls done not even a 40%'er
Dang, I've even thought about crossing the boarder just to get a box of Halves! Maybe I should. The border guard would laugh if I told him the truth:

Guard: "Nationality"
Me: "I'm a Canucklehead"
Guard: "Purpose of your visit"
Me: "To buy a box of half dollars."
Guard: "Huh?"

JOE SIXPACK 02-06-2009 09:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1553650)
How can you tell it is a proof coin?
The reg 2003's are not silver at all I believe.
pix added


j6p

MrRational 02-07-2009 12:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So I decided to start prospecting, went to my local bank and got all their half-dollar rolls. $400 in total...and not a single 40%. All the coins were professionally wrapped, maybe that was a sign it was somebody's rejects. Now I gotta go buy some supplies myself to rewrap and return them.

ME CO 02-07-2009 05:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRational (Post 1555713)
So I decided to start prospecting, went to my local bank and got all their half-dollar rolls. $400 in total...and not a single 40%. All the coins were professionally wrapped, maybe that was a sign it was somebody's rejects. Now I gotta go buy some supplies myself to rewrap and return them.
Try to find a bank with a coin counter and make sure it counts half dollars, most do but some don't. Your not the first to get skunked and you won't be the last. I know alot of coin is being dumped and bags are getting topped off and shipped. My own boxes here are evidence of that, but I have a friend in another state that buys bags that come off the coin counters- mostly clad is what he gets and mostly all clad. Last night he sent ME an email about his most recent lucky strike- out of 5 bags 4 didn't have much but the 5th had over 500 40%ers out of a $1000 bag. I told him to send ME some of that luck. HH Mark

RJB 02-07-2009 05:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRational (Post 1555713)
Now I gotta go buy some supplies myself to rewrap and return them.
My bank usually gives out the wrappers for free. They might not give out 40 wrappers, but you could ask.

Also I've rewrapped coins in the professional wraps. You just have to be carefull when you pull the coins out.

AGRO 02-07-2009 06:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!

Okay, so hows this,

Out of the 20 rolls or $200 I got on Friday, I found;

1- Ken 40% 1969 mmark "D"
1- ken 40% 1966 no mm
1- Barber 90% 1893 :omg_smile:

When I took the Barber out I was so shocked it practically flew out of my hands! I guess I feel like it was now all worth it, just to get those three,
especially the barber.

It's worn pretty well, but is still 90%, anyone know what those are worth?
Thanks,
AGRO-

jersey devl 02-07-2009 07:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1556132)

1- Ken 40% 1969 mmark "D"
1- ken 40% 1966 no mm
1- Barber 90% 1893 :omg_smile:


AGRO-

HOLY SHIXXLE-NIT...talk about luck! CONGRATS!... I have searched thousands upon thousands of halves and no barbers yet. I have no idea what its worth ,but its more than melt!:getdown:

MrRational 02-07-2009 08:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1556132)

It's worn pretty well, but is still 90%, anyone know what those are worth?
Thanks,
AGRO-
Apmex sells 1893 barbers for $15-$180 depending on its condition.

http://www.apmex.com/Category/228/Ba...892_1915_.aspx

Junk Woody 02-07-2009 08:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1556132)

anyone know what those are worth?

AGRO-
Fifty Cents :111:

AGRO 02-07-2009 08:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Junk Woody (Post 1556244)
Fifty Cents :111:
HAHA!

I beg to differ my friend. Lets deduce for a moment shall we,

A. Silver bid- 13.10 INO quote on GIM
B. Barber Silver content. APPX 1/2 oz.
C. 1/2 of $13.10 = $6.55
D. B/c it is 90% and the actual weight is probably less than 1/2 oz
I'll be generous by saying on AG content alone it is worth
At least $5.00 USD!!!!
:getdown::getdown:

AGRO 02-07-2009 08:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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HOLY SHIXXLE-NIT...talk about luck! CONGRATS!... I have searched thousands upon thousands of halves and no barbers yet. I have no idea what its worth ,but its more than melt!:getdown:
Thanks JD, WOW - I was way to generous on last post!

Thanks Mr R as well- see below. I will post a pic later as well

It is in better condition than this, and you can still see the leaves on the wreath Liberty is wearing!!

ME CO 02-07-2009 09:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Beginners luck strikes again. Congrats on the Barber. HH Mark

AGRO 02-09-2009 11:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I could not resist sharing todays results. When buying PM's I am not one to share every detail of what I buy or when, however, in this aspect I feel differently. I thought it was pretty good score, worth sharing. I have enjoyed reading this thread and now enjoy contributing. We all go through the same things in prospecting for 90% (& 40) so here goes.

I went back to another bank today that I had called over the weekend to alleviate them of the 27 rolls of halves they had. After discussing my business quietly with the teller I went over to watch him take the bag out of the mini-vault. As soon as the bag was pulled out my eyes immediatley zoomed into some loose 90% floating around. I exchanded my 20 old rolls and 70 frns. So Here it is!!

7 Walkers
19 Ben Franks &
13 40% Kens!!

Well worth it!!!
For some reason the guy behind me wanted some of the rolls I left. Hope not for the same reason. nce I saw the loose 90%, I ran smiling!

:s9::getdown::565::getdown::s9:

Apocalypto 02-10-2009 12:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1560259)
7 Walkers
16 Ben Franks &
13 40% Kens!!
EXCELLENT SCORE! Well done.


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RJB 02-11-2009 07:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went through $50 dollars in halves and found
1 1967 40%

I also went through $5 in pennies for copper. I found a
1950 wheatstock
and a discolored dime that the roller thought was a penny.

It's funny the excitement I had in finding the penny (that may have worth a few cents.) was much more than the feeling I had when I saw the dime.

RJB 02-11-2009 07:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A bit of good news. My bank said they don't get many people requesting withdraws in coin.

I take it you guys don't return your coins to the same bank. I would be pissed if I withdrew a bunch of coin and realized it was all the coins I went through already and returned.

ME CO 02-11-2009 08:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RJB (Post 1564337)
A bit of good news. My bank said they don't get many people requesting withdraws in coin.

I take it you guys don't return your coins to the same bank. I would be pissed if I withdrew a bunch of coin and realized it was all the coins I went through already and returned.
Thats why you never return coin where you get it. Besides it makes them mad. HH Mark

RJB 02-11-2009 08:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1564466)
Besides it makes them mad. HH Mark
Even if you rewrap the coins?

EireGoBragh 02-11-2009 08:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Slim pickings today from 1 box; some scruffy 40%'ers, still better than nothing




http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3687/0000009nr0.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/0...jpg/1/w640.png

AGRO 02-11-2009 08:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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EXCELLENT SCORE! Well done.
Thanks Man!!!

Here are the pics. There are two extra walkers in the stack. In the second pic is the Barber I got in the first venture of about 20 rolls. Next to it I am comparing to Walkers, the one on the left I had cleaned. I am dying to clean these things but have heard against it. Open to any thoughts or methods.

Also, up a few posts prior I posted a Barber selling for 20 on APMEX, I'd say mine is in much better condition.

JD- I realize know (40 something rolls later & several dry banks) how rare that Barber was to find!

EireGoBragh 02-11-2009 08:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Agreed, very nice find Agro, yours make mine look pitiful:thumb.aspx:, but that's how the game works, you just never know what your going to get......about cleaning your coins, if it were me , and the coins had any kind of numissmatic value, I wouldn't clean them, but otherwise I would....I'm STILL waiting to get Barber-ized...

SLV>GLD 02-11-2009 09:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RJB (Post 1564337)
I take it you guys don't return your coins to the same bank. I would be pissed if I withdrew a bunch of coin and realized it was all the coins I went through already and returned.
Answers:
A) No, it's called a dump bank and you don't even need to be an account holder.
B) Mark your wrappers. It will keep you from accidentally keeping zinc or depositing copper anyways. I've yet to run across my own dumps.

edit: the drinky made me think I was in the copper cent thread but the wisdom still applies

AGRO 02-11-2009 11:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1564559)
Agreed, very nice find Agro, yours make mine look pitiful:thumb.aspx:, but that's how the game works, you just never know what your going to get......about cleaning your coins, if it were me , and the coins had any kind of numissmatic value, I wouldn't clean them, but otherwise I would....I'm STILL waiting to get Barber-ized...
Thanks! I really couldn't f-in believe it when they pulled out the sealed 27 roll bag and I saw loose Walkers and Bens! It was an odd one, almost like I got the reward before doing the work. Other than the the BF/Walker roll that was loose, it yielded all the kens and 2 more walkers.

You really never know though, Tonight I did 14 and got only a 67 Ken.
The run where I got the Barber was most unexpected. I'll finish the last 16 out of a total of 37 rolls at that branch on Friday and may only wind up with another pair of Kens!

About the cleaning I agree as well, I'll look them up and if they are only "worth their weight in silver" I'm cleaning!

EireGoBragh 02-12-2009 04:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had some luck today from 3 rolls I got .......:ok:

7-90%
1-Frank (wounded)
15-40%er's

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2180/0000001xb3.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/000...jpg/1/w640.png

SLV>GLD 02-12-2009 04:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Okay, help me out. How do you know what is 40%? For some reason I was thinking only 1965-1970 Kennedy's were. Is that correct? If so, I picked up a single 40% out of the $3 in halves my bank had today.

Edit: No, my eyes are just too old. It's a 1996 and not a 1966 like I originally thought. I was concerned that I couldn't tell from look and feel that it was 40%. That is because it was not.

EireGoBragh 02-12-2009 04:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yep, 1965-1969 were 40%, although some of the issues in mint and proof sets were silver after these years too.......

AGRO 02-12-2009 05:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1566402)
Had some luck today from 3 rolls I got .......:ok:

7-90%
1-Frank (wounded)
15-40%er's

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2180/0000001xb3.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/000...jpg/1/w640.png
Wow that's great for that small an amount of rolls!

AGRO 02-12-2009 05:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1566438)
Okay, help me out. How do you know what is 40%? For some reason I was thinking only 1965-1970 Kennedy's were. Is that correct? If so, I picked up a single 40% out of the $3 in halves my bank had today.

Edit: No, my eyes are just too old. It's a 1996 and not a 1966 like I originally thought. I was concerned that I couldn't tell from look and feel that it was 40%. That is because it was not.
If you can't determine by date, try tapping or lightly dropping it on a hard surface. The sound even of 40% is unmistakable in comparison to the CU zinc coins. You can also tap against a coin you know is 40% same sound.

BobtheTomato 02-13-2009 10:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just out of curosity I see most people do this with 50 cent pieces. Does anyone sort dimes or quarters?

SLV>GLD 02-13-2009 10:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobtheTomato (Post 1567922)
Just out of curosity I see most people do this with 50 cent pieces. Does anyone sort dimes or quarters?
I've heard the quarters are really thin, something like 1 in a million. Dimes can be had but you're still working through a lot of dimes and when you do get one it is a small piece of silver. The halves are popular because A) Odds are good and B) Reward is high due to the larger amount of metal. I know I sorted through about $350 worth of dimes to score one measly '64 Roosevelt. I continued until i found one and called it quits after that. Halves are okay with me because they are fun to spend anyways. I tip only in halves nowadays and it seems to make a lot of folks happy. Try tipping in dimes and quarters and see how many smiles you get.

BobtheTomato 02-13-2009 11:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My wife and I are doing pennies for fun while we watch tv at night and didnt know if we should try sorting dimes also.....I know we are very exciting. I would assume you are right about the quarters. I see very few in regular change that are pre 1980. As I see it we have free time to spend going through dimes. Thank you for the info.

AGRO 02-14-2009 01:42 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BobtheTomato (Post 1568034)
My wife and I are doing pennies for fun while we watch tv at night and didnt know if we should try sorting dimes also.....I know we are very exciting. I would assume you are right about the quarters. I see very few in regular change that are pre 1980. As I see it we have free time to spend going through dimes. Thank you for the info.
Keep doing the pennies you never know you may find something really rare, also keep the Copper ones they're worth 2.5 cents I believe.
Just looked up some wheat pennies I got last time and they are worth 25-75 cents each!!

Halves is the way to go, the amount of volume that you have to go through in dimes and quarters to score less actual silver, than doing halves, is probably immense. I think the last minting of halves was 2003. They constantly adding new crap quarters and zinc mix pennies, not so with halves making AG coins more common.

Todays score for me was 7 Kens out of 16 rolls. I only mention it because they were in such great condition. Still holding mint luster and actually less abuse than their counterparts. Will post a pic.:ok:

EireGoBragh 02-14-2009 01:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
They're still minting Halves, you can buy new ones from the Mint

ME CO 02-14-2009 08:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Copper dropped like everything else- now copper pennies are worth a penny while the zincos are at .0029. Here's an easy reference for ya. http://www.coinflation.com/
With dimes if I get one silver per box I'm doing OK, usually drops to one per 2 boxes. Last weekend I hit a little vein and got a whole roll of Rosies and 3 Mercs out of 10 boxes, not making wages but I do like to see that silver edge in a roll. I only do dimes on Sundays to supplement my halves I do all week.
Now as for quarters, I met a guy dumping once who said he got a silver about every box. So when I cashed out I got a box- sure as $hit I got one too. Next week I got another box and got another one. The next 3 weeks no silvers and I figured 3 strikes and I'm done with them.
People are definately dumping change jars and such as noted by my little dime mania last weekend- boy I wish I could have bought that bag before it got all mixed in with the circulating clad.
Anyways spending $$$$ on $$$$$$ is a good thing, and we get some treasure to boot. HH Mark

EireGoBragh 02-14-2009 06:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I like halves because they're larger and easier to handle, I've been told that since dimes and quarters are in circulation more, the chances of finding silver ones is smaller, since halves really don't circulate at all, chances,I think are better for finding them....my latest find,(scroll up) the teller told me someone came in with 'em

RJB 02-15-2009 08:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Do you guys ever wonder how many half dollars are in circulation due primarily to us? No one else uses them.

AGRO 02-15-2009 01:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RJB (Post 1571179)
Do you guys ever wonder how many half dollars are in circulation due primarily to us? No one else uses them.
I just put two more rolls into circ. one at the beer distributer & one at the gas station. I have a hunch they will both end up back at the bank.

I tried to have one gas station exchange them for a 20 note, he rudely refused, I replied "no problem really next time, I'll pay the guy at the tank with them and you won't have a choice, it is us currency".

AGRO 02-15-2009 01:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1569589)
Copper dropped like everything else- now copper pennies are worth a penny while the zincos are at .0029. Here's an easy reference for ya. http://www.coinflation.com/
With dimes if I get one silver per box I'm doing OK, usually drops to one per 2 boxes. Last weekend I hit a little vein and got a whole roll of Rosies and 3 Mercs out of 10 boxes, not making wages but I do like to see that silver edge in a roll. I only do dimes on Sundays to supplement my halves HH Mark
These are the $500 bank boxes right?

How many banks do you work during the week? I am now having to travel further. Many in my work area don't have anything or I have hit them all. The other week I thought I hit the motherload, I called a local branch i frequent and the teller told me she had a jar with 47 rolls in it!
I went that afternoon and took 15 rolls, I got one Ken- '57 (C0RRECTI0N 1967 KEN). I called the next day and she told me b/c it was a slow day she took the time to roll the rest.
& Nothing! I know this was true b/c I saw the jar and seperated my take. Real downer.

The branches I have hit say they really don't get many in. A few have offered to call me. One said they could order me a box, for some reason I doubt it will have any AG in it. Anyone ordered a box and got lucky?

Junk Woody 02-15-2009 01:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went to one of my local banks a couple of days ago and all they had were some nickel Canadian dollars.
The teller wanted to charge me fifty cents per dollar.
I told her,"how about I give you a buck for that buck."

She wanted to refuse,but I tricked her into accepting face value for them.

beercritic 02-15-2009 11:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1571535)
These are the $500 bank boxes right?


I went that afternoon and took 15 rolls, I got one Ken- '57.

Wow! A '57 Kennedy would be priceless!

ME CO 02-16-2009 12:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1571535)
These are the $500 bank boxes right?

How many banks do you work during the week? I am now having to travel further. Many in my work area don't have anything or I have hit them all. The other week I thought I hit the motherload, I called a local branch i frequent and the teller told me she had a jar with 47 rolls in it!
I went that afternoon and took 15 rolls, I got one Ken- '57. I called the next day and she told me b/c it was a slow day she took the time to roll the rest.
& Nothing! I know this was true b/c I saw the jar and seperated my take. Real downer.

The branches I have hit say they really don't get many in. A few have offered to call me. One said they could order me a box, for some reason I doubt it will have any AG in it. Anyone ordered a box and got lucky?
Dimes come in $250 boxes.
Next time a bank offers to order a box of halves for ya let them and when you go in to pick it up take in one of those lil mesh bags of chocolate coins (not the wax chinese $hit from the dollar store, the good ones from the party store) and say Thank you, here's for your trouble. Would it be possible to get a box like this every week? Hope that helps. I go through about 25 boxes of halves a week- bank hopping usually isn't worth the effort where I'm at- too much competition for the loose stuff but they can't get my boxes.
HH Mark

11S11ver 02-16-2009 09:26 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by beercritic (Post 1572259)
Wow! A '57 Kennedy would be priceless!
or fake! franklin would be pissed john was steppin on his toes!

AGRO 02-17-2009 12:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 11S11ver (Post 1572749)
or fake! franklin would be pissed john was steppin on his toes!
Please excuse my mistake, I meant '67 not sure what happened there.


Yes Ben would be pissed about that!

AGRO 02-17-2009 12:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1572340)
Dimes come in $250 boxes.
Next time a bank offers to order a box of halves for ya let them.... HH Mark
So I take it you have had luck with the boxes ordered for you?


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BobtheTomato 02-17-2009 06:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have a dumb question in regards to getting dimes and half dollars. Do you just go in and ask for say $200 in dimes or do you set it up ahead of time?

On a side note in my search for a bank with halves ($160 and no silver) I got about $130 in dimes (I normally pick up about $20 to $40 from each bank). I found a 64 and a 51. :coolbeer:

ME CO 02-17-2009 10:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1574548)
So I take it you have had luck with the boxes ordered for you?
Yep.

I have a dumb question in regards to getting dimes and half dollars. Do you just go in and ask for say $200 in dimes or do you set it up ahead of time?


I can usually walk in to one of my banks and buy a box of dimes- if you want them on a regular basis or more than one box you ask for them to order for you. BTW good ratio, 2 silver slivers from $130? Congrats. HH Mark

AGRO 02-18-2009 04:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1572340)
Dimes come in $250 boxes.
Next time a bank offers to order a box of halves for ya let them and when you go in to pick it up take in one of those lil mesh bags of chocolate coins...
HH Mark
OK, the box is ordered, maybe I should have gotten two!!
Now I have to go back and get the (chocolate) coins.

AGRO 02-18-2009 06:54 PM
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Couldn't resist the urge and stopped on the way home.. 5 rolls/ 2 full rolls 40% Kens.

What are you fellow prospectors doing with 40%?

ME CO 02-18-2009 06:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1578623)
OK, the box is ordered, maybe I should have gotten two!!
Now I have to go back and get the coins. (chocolate)
Good for you. Hope you get something good out of it. Yea after you get them to go every week, you can slip in "Ya know, its just as easy for me to carry 2 boxes as one" and see how that goes. Not knowing how your area is competition wise there's no telling what you will find. Where I'm at there's lots of competition and most are dumping upstream so the silver goes in cycles, lots of boxes aren't worthy buy I have to go through them to get back to the good part of the cycle- besides silver change is being dumped constantly and even when its bad a little trickles in. HH Mark

ME CO 02-18-2009 07:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1579052)
Couldn't resist the urge and stopped on the way home.. 5 rolls 2 full rolls 40% Kens.

What are you fellow prospectors doing with 40%?
I save them up and sell them for working capitol. HH Mark

AGRO 02-18-2009 07:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1579063)
Good for you. Hope you get something good out of it. Yea after you get them to go every week, you can slip in "Ya know, its just as easy for me to carry 2 boxes as one" and see how that goes. Not knowing how your area is competition wise there's no telling what you will find. Where I'm at there's lots of competition and most are dumping upstream so the silver goes in cycles, lots of boxes aren't worthy buy I have to go through them to get back to the good part of the cycle- besides silver change is being dumped constantly and even when its bad a little trickles in. HH Mark
Yes, I agree. :ok:
What I consider to be my "home area" spans 2/3 towns. From what I have experienced as far prospecting here I am the only "real" one working.
I did have a fellow take 20 rolls I had just left behind a few weeks ago.

Today was odd though, I think I ran into someone elses spot. I called outside my area, first it was 3 rolls then 4 and 5 when I got there. The story was there were actually 3 someone took 1 and someone else brought in 3-- I would bet the one given out was all 40%, the 3 dropped garbage- Hence, my take. 2 40%/ 5 rolls.
-Looked again - 2- 90% Kens!

Will let you know about the box!
Thanks,
AGRO-

AGRO 02-19-2009 06:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1579068)
I save them up and sell them for working capitol. HH Mark
I got 2 prices on 40% sales today 1 was 1.40 each (not thrilled w/ this)
the other was from doing the math on Apmex top 40, Closer to 1.90 per coin at todays spot around 14. This is in terms of 1000 face bag though.

Does anyone keep the CuNi Clad Ike dollars?

ME CO 02-20-2009 12:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1581382)
I got 2 prices on 40% sales today 1 was 1.40 each (not thrilled w/ this)
the other was from doing the math on Apmex top 40, Closer to 1.90 per coin at todays spot around 14. This is in terms of 1000 face bag though.

Does anyone keep the CuNi Clad Ike dollars?
Yea takes awhile to accumulate 2000 40%ers. Sounds like your $1.40 offer was from a local, he offers more than mine. Mine offered $1.20 when silver hit $15 on its way up- I've got a buyer for all mine so haven't asked since. He made all the worthless excuses, has to have $1K fv to ship off and shipping is $85, blah blah. I did ask recently though since he dislikes 40%ers so much what he would sell ME a bunch for (since I can sell them for melt), he said any silver I want is $3 over spot. I just laughed. I sold $600 fv to www.unitedwebuyitall.com just over a year ago and they did ME pretty good. I got another deal now so don't know what they do now. I have a new theory- I try to accumulate as many as possible to make shipping worthwhile but when I get a few hundred coins the finds seem to fall off. Then as soon as I make a deal they come rollin in again, so I been sellin more frequently haha. BTW I got a FREE silver dime out of the reject tray at the coin counter today- that just tickles the $hit out of ME, 6th one I've got that way. HH Mark

BobtheTomato 02-20-2009 08:17 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My wife found a 58 dime in the tray I got last night. Thats 3 so far. Only 997 more to go for the $100 dollar bag I'm trying to put together....... :)

AGRO 02-20-2009 02:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1582088)
Yea takes awhile to accumulate 2000 40%ers. Sounds like your $1.40 offer was from a local, he offers more than mine. Mine offered $1.20 when silver hit $15 on its way up- I've got a buyer for all mine so haven't asked since. He made all the worthless excuses, has to have $1K fv to ship off and shipping is $85, blah blah. I did ask recently though since he dislikes 40%ers so much what he would sell ME a bunch for (since I can sell them for melt), he said any silver I want is $3 over spot. I just laughed. I sold $600 fv to www.unitedwebuyitall.com just over a year ago and they did ME pretty good. I got another deal now so don't know what they do now... HH Mark
You are dead on about about the 1.40 being local! Thanks for the website as well, will keep them in mind.

ME CO 02-20-2009 06:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1583382)
You are dead on about about the 1.40 being local! Thanks for the website as well, will keep them in mind.
Yea I found them by doing some searching online. I had sold to my guy once and when I really needed the money I sent him email and he said sorry, he just bought a huge stash from another friend of mine and was tapped out. Most of the online places were like the local. I sent emails asking for quotes (by email) and every one is calling (I'm not a phone guy) saying ship them to us and we'll call you with a quote. They were the only outfit that said for 40% halves at spot today this is it, but like I say that was a year + ago.
Good luck to ya, HH Mark

AGRO 02-24-2009 11:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1583882)
Yea I found them by doing some searching online. I had sold to my guy once and when I really needed the money I sent him email and he said sorry, he just bought a huge stash from another friend of mine and was tapped out. Most of the online places were like the local. I sent emails asking for quotes (by email) and every one is calling (I'm not a phone guy) saying ship them to us and we'll call you with a quote. They were the only outfit that said for 40% halves at spot today this is it, but like I say that was a year + ago.
Good luck to ya, HH Mark
Thanks, when I sell the 40% I'll let you know if I have any luck with them.

Also, a bit pissed today, after my box of 1/2s was ordered apparently the branch manager overheard and said to my coin lady "we don't do that here"
found out today after waiting patiently for a week!

Working on another branch now...

ohioarmedneutrality 02-26-2009 11:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I bought a roll at a local bank, plus $3.50 in loose halves from their change trays. Out of that, I got 1 90% silver Kennedy and 3 40% silver JFK's. Not bad for a $13.50 investment, plus I still had $11.50 face value. So apparently there are quite a few still silverish half dollars floating around.

madfranks 02-26-2009 02:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1569413)
Todays score for me was 7 Kens out of 16 rolls. I only mention it because they were in such great condition. Still holding mint luster and actually less abuse than their counterparts. Will post a pic.:ok:
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1579052)
Couldn't resist the urge and stopped on the way home.. 5 rolls/ 2 full rolls 40% Kens.

What are you fellow prospectors doing with 40%?
Quote:
Originally Posted by ohioarmedneutrality (Post 1595206)
I bought a roll at a local bank, plus $3.50 in loose halves from their change trays. Out of that, I got 1 90% silver Kennedy and 3 40% silver JFK's. Not bad for a $13.50 investment, plus I still had $11.50 face value. So apparently there are quite a few still silverish half dollars floating around.
Seriously, how are you people doing this?!? I've been aggressively trying to search halves this year and so far I've visited probably 20 separate banks, dealed with a dozen rude tellers, searched thousands of halves, and all I have so far is one 1967 Kennedy. I'm about to give up!!! :banghead:

ohioarmedneutrality 02-26-2009 02:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by madfranks (Post 1595505)
Seriously, how are you people doing this?!? I've been aggressively trying to search halves this year and so far I've visited probably 20 separate banks, dealed with a dozen rude tellers, searched thousands of halves, and all I have so far is one 1967 Kennedy. I'm about to give up!!! :banghead:
Speaking for myself, I probably just got lucky. I've bought rolls before and came up empty.

Perhaps you might have luck searching other places you go. Like at a grocery store or restaurant or gas station, sneak a quick glance at their cash register drawers when they open and if there are any halves in there, offer to buy them. They will likely be glad to get rid of them.

AGRO 02-26-2009 05:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by madfranks (Post 1595505)
Seriously, how are you people doing this?!? I've been aggressively trying to search halves this year and so far I've visited probably 20 separate banks, dealed with a dozen rude tellers, searched thousands of halves, and all I have so far is one 1967 Kennedy. I'm about to give up!!! :banghead:
Don't feel bad, & Don't give up, I was about to, then I got my first really big score!! (a few pages back). The last 6 rolls of halves I got yielded nothing.


Also I just thought I hit the jackpot, the teller said I have $81 in all old dollar coins, I had to take all of them if I wanted her to get them, the result,
$81 Eisenhower dollars!!

What do I do now with $81 Ikes!? Anyone keeping any of these?

ohioarmedneutrality 02-26-2009 06:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1595978)
Don't feel bad, & Don't give up, I was about to, then I got my first really big score!! (a few pages back). The last 6 rolls of halves I got yielded nothing.


Also I just thought I hit the jackpot, the teller said I have $81 in all old dollar coins, I had to take all of them if I wanted her to get them, the result,
$81 Eisenhower dollars!!

What do I do now with $81 Ikes!? Anyone keeping any of these?
Not me, unless they're in superb condition. I'd check for silver ones, then take the rest to a bank or spend them a few at a time.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 02-26-2009 11:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Spend the Ikes or use them for tipping. You get some pretty strange looks,:banana: but hell it's kinda fun.

AGRO 02-26-2009 11:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Post 1596557)
Spend the Ikes or use them for tipping. You get some pretty strange looks,:banana: but hell it's kinda fun.
They will be gone tomorrow! May save some for tipping on an upcoming trip to Montreal! Good idea!
:banana: :banana: :banana:

Picking up one roll (only 1 there) at an old bank tomorrow (1/2s)...
Testing a theory older the bank older the coins... We'll see.

EireGoBragh 02-27-2009 10:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by madfranks (Post 1595505)
Seriously, how are you people doing this?!? I've been aggressively trying to search halves this year and so far I've visited probably 20 separate banks, dealed with a dozen rude tellers, searched thousands of halves, and all I have so far is one 1967 Kennedy. I'm about to give up!!! :banghead:
Yep, been kinda dry lately, most recent hit for me (post#400) were from 3 rolls, happened across a super nice teller, she calls me when she has halves:36_1_32v:....last couple times it's been a false alarm, but that's OK it's no problem to swing by the bank anyway, in fact those rolls I got the silver from, when she showed them to me, she even said "some of them are silver" WOW!!!, I asked her if she saved them, she said "no, I'm not a collector", I didn't say anything else....

MrRational 02-27-2009 12:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by madfranks (Post 1595505)
Seriously, how are you people doing this?!? I've been aggressively trying to search halves this year and so far I've visited probably 20 separate banks, dealed with a dozen rude tellers, searched thousands of halves, and all I have so far is one 1967 Kennedy. I'm about to give up!!! :banghead:
I think this thread has alot of selective representation. The few people that get big scores post often, and everybody else that find nothing merely stay silent, giving the impression that its alot easier than it is.

Personally, I gave up my short prospecting career after going through $1000 and finding only 7 40% coins. At that rate, I was better off getting a job at mcdonalds. Plus I hated having to handle all those dirty coins.

ohioarmedneutrality 02-27-2009 12:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRational (Post 1597540)
Plus I hated having to handle all those dirty coins.
But that's part of the fun! The coppery-nickley-silvery residue can last for DAYS!

ME CO 02-27-2009 03:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRational (Post 1597540)
I think this thread has alot of selective representation. The few people that get big scores post often, and everybody else that find nothing merely stay silent, giving the impression that its alot easier than it is.

Personally, I gave up my short prospecting career after going through $1000 and finding only 7 40% coins. At that rate, I was better off getting a job at mcdonalds. Plus I hated having to handle all those dirty coins.
Thats right, everybody post (brags) about nice scores cause thats fun, not so much fun saying I got skunked again so thats not posted. Consistency is the key, I have pickups almost every day of the week, some are good and some aren't. Wednesday was a good night as of late, one Walker, (2) '64, and (21) 40%ers- that was from 6 boxes ($3,000). Last night not so good, 5 dirty 40%ers out of 5 boxes. Got 6 boxes to pickup in about an hour. Will they be good? Hope so but never know till I open them- I've done 6 boxes plenty of times and got nothin or one. But I enjoy it, the little games with the tellers- the little white lies about poker night and tossing them into wishing wells, they don't understand this is the same money recycling over and over- most of them think I'm rich haha- then again I think I'm rich too haha. Remember "You can't win ifn you don't play". HH Mark:RockOn:

EireGoBragh 02-27-2009 08:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1597912)
Thats right, everybody post (brags) about nice scores cause thats fun, not so much fun saying I got skunked again so thats not posted. Consistency is the key, I have pickups almost every day of the week, some are good and some aren't. Wednesday was a good night as of late, one Walker, (2) '64, and (21) 40%ers- that was from 6 boxes ($3,000). Last night not so good, 5 dirty 40%ers out of 5 boxes. Got 6 boxes to pickup in about an hour. Will they be good? Hope so but never know till I open them- I've done 6 boxes plenty of times and got nothin or one. But I enjoy it, the little games with the tellers- the little white lies about poker night and tossing them into wishing wells, they don't understand this is the same money recycling over and over- most of them think I'm rich haha- then again I think I'm rich too haha. Remember "You can't win ifn you don't play". HH Mark:RockOn:
True, I don't post to brag, but to encourage, you're not going to get rich coin hunting, it's a hobby or diversion, not an occupation, it's fun to search(for me) and if you think I hit a lode everytime, you're seriously wrong:36_1_30:, it takes patience, many,many times I've gotten nothing,zero,zilch,nada, the key is consistency.....last year I probably went through $45 or 55k of halves, which netted me over 220 ounces of Ag, you'll never get rich, BUT it's the cheapest Ag on the planet....lol

AGRO 02-27-2009 10:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1598518)
True, I don't post to brag, but to encourage, you're not going to get rich coin hunting, it's a hobby or diversion, not an occupation, it's fun to search(for me) and if you think I hit a lode everytime, you're seriously wrong:36_1_30:, it takes patience, many,many times I've gotten nothing,zero,zilch,nada, the key is consistency.....last year I probably went through $45 or 55k of halves, which netted me over 220 ounces of Ag, you'll never get rich, BUT it's the cheapest Ag on the planet....lol
Agreed. But when you hit a big score, It's ALL worth it!
A lot of boxes, BUT, you are halfway to a 500 face bag! All purchased at .50!

A woman almost ran me down once on line at one of my branches looking for "Ike" dollars. I offered to sell her some Morgans, when she heard the price, she scoffed at me and replied "I won't pay more than a dollar... You should see what they are selling for on e-bay, I'm sure the bank has them" I let here wait, and shut my mouth. The satisfaction came when the teller replied no we have none of those but we can give you the "gold" dollars!
:111:

davehorus 02-27-2009 11:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have to agree that the successes are few, but with frequent effort, one does occasionally get some silver. You have to enjoy the effort though, it isn't worth the time. On my most recent attempt, I got $69.50 in halves, and found one 40% 1967 Kennedy, and that's better than nothing.

But a few years ago I had a good find, a roll that was all silver - 13 40% and 7 90%... but I looked through many thousands of halves before that and could easily look through 500 or more with no silver sometimes.

On an almost unrelated issue... I saw someone with very odd blue skin recently, and asked him if he had been using colloidial silver... He said yes and asked me how I knew! (uh, the blue skin kinda stands out)

ME CO 02-27-2009 11:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
OK so I just like to brag j/k. If anyone is curious I had another good night, 6 boxes gave up a Walker, (3) Bens, (2) '64, and (15) 40%ers. Unusually every single box had something and all but one had a 90%, strange to have them spread so evenly but it made searching more fun. 6 boxes tomarrow- hope the trend continues. HH all, Mark :RockOn:

FL_RacingGal 02-28-2009 01:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Mark, I have only ever searched 3 boxes and was skunked on each one. Now I know that's not alot of boxes to search but the hassle of opening those darn white machine wrappers and then get skunked made it an unpleasant experience. I know I'm missing silver but I'm more of a hit or miss bank kinda gal. I don't know how have the patience to unwrap 6 boxes of halves. My hat's off to you :36_1_32v:

To those who want to quit searching know that all of us who post about great finds do it to inspire. To me, a person can brag when what they have done involved some skill. Getting lucky at a bank takes no skill....just determination and that "never give up" attitude.

This past week I dug thru my office and found my old brown folder marker "resume". It has been almost 20 years since I made a resume but this past week I transferred my written resume to an online resume so I could submit it for a job. Back in the days, we mailed resumes so I only have a written one. My bank (not necessarily my branch) has PT openings for tellers so getting an inside connection by putting in a few hours on a weekend (my bank is open 7 days week), might be more profitable than the hourly wage. I'm giving it SERIOUS thought. I could also look at the paper money. Believe it or not, my very cool local branch manager suggested it because she knows I collect coins.

Then when someone brings in those silver coins, it's :23_31_2:

*~*Joey*~*

ME CO 02-28-2009 04:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FL_RacingGal (Post 1599499)
Mark, I have only ever searched 3 boxes and was skunked on each one. Now I know that's not alot of boxes to search but the hassle of opening those darn white machine wrappers and then get skunked made it an unpleasant experience. I know I'm missing silver but I'm more of a hit or miss bank kinda gal. I don't know how have the patience to unwrap 6 boxes of halves. My hat's off to you :36_1_32v:


*~*Joey*~*
See I had the opposite experience, boxes was where it was at. All the hand rolls I could find had no silver, I got lucky with a few bags off coin counters but if it wasn't for the boxes I should have quit long ago. Alot depends on the location and competition. I just got my first solid silver handroll a few weeks ago- took over a year and a half, and I have been on many roadtrips and searched many thousands of handrolls. Everybody has to find out what works for them- glad your bank hopping works out for you. HH Mark:36_3_12:peace


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AGRO 02-28-2009 11:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Today, I was at the local dealer and I let my eyes get the best of me.

I traded 28 40% Kennedey Halves from prospecting, for 2 - "1 onza Plata Pura 1983 ley .999 Mexican coins/rounds". Basically I got a free oz. - I really liked these coins there were only two there, but, now I am feeling regretful, somewhat, b/c even though the silver was from prospecting and cost me $14, In terms of AG I gave them two ozs free.

Any thoughts? maybe I am looking at this the wrong way... acted on impulse.
Thanks,
AGRO-

Not the best pic but..

ohioarmedneutrality 03-01-2009 12:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1600420)
Today, I was at the local dealer and I let my eyes get the best of me.

I traded 28 40% Kennedey Halves from prospecting, for 2 - "1 onza Plata Pura 1983 ley .999 Mexican coins/rounds". Basically I got a free oz. - I really liked these coins there were only two there, but, now I am feeling regretful, somewhat, b/c even though the silver was from prospecting and cost me $14, In terms of AG I gave them two ozs free.

Any thoughts? maybe I am looking at this the wrong way... acted on impulse.
Thanks,
AGRO-

Not the best pic but..
I think that's a good deal. You are trading 40% for 99.9%, so in essence you are trading tainted for pure. Well played.

AGRO 03-01-2009 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ohioarmedneutrality (Post 1600443)
I think that's a good deal. You are trading 40% for 99.9%, so in essence you are trading tainted for pure. Well played.
That is how I had originally looked at it as well. Thanks for your input!
The coins are pretty interesting too, there is text on the edge, smaller in diameter than SAE's but thicker.

I saved some 40% as well. Picking up my first box (1/2s) on Friday.
Will post results.:top:

ME CO 03-01-2009 01:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1600420)
Today, I was at the local dealer and I let my eyes get the best of me.

I traded 28 40% Kennedey Halves from prospecting, for 2 - "1 onza Plata Pura 1983 ley .999 Mexican coins/rounds". Basically I got a free oz. - I really liked these coins there were only two there, but, now I am feeling regretful, somewhat, b/c even though the silver was from prospecting and cost me $14, In terms of AG I gave them two ozs free.

Any thoughts? maybe I am looking at this the wrong way... acted on impulse.
Thanks,
AGRO-

Not the best pic but..
How much would the Onzas have been cash? I assume this was your local that offered $1.40 to you before. In that case he charged you $19.60 each. Sounds to ME like he got ya on both ends. At least you can look at it like they only cost you $14. Live and learn.
HH Mark:RockOn:

AGRO 03-01-2009 01:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1600557)
How much would the Onzas have been cash? I assume this was your local that offered $1.40 to you before. In that case he charged you $19.60 each. Sounds to ME like he got ya on both ends. At least you can look at it like they only cost you $14. Live and learn.
HH Mark:RockOn:
It was the same local. 1.40pr was at 14 spot.
Today the price was 1.25 each for the 40%ers.

I believe the onzas were 16.15 each PLUS TAX! So total was 35-- for the two , including tax.
I knew this was a poor trade, but, I'm sure you know how it is, I wanted a new addition! I don't have any Mexican AG. - Still not the best deal.

Spot at 13 so $3 premium +tax!1 Why i didn't look at it like this before i don't know. Didn't quite care for their somewhat snotty attitudes either.

Still have a bunch of the 40%ers left.

ME CO 03-01-2009 09:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1600567)
It was the same local. 1.40pr was at 14 spot.
Today the price was 1.25 each for the 40%ers.

I believe the onzas were 16.15 each PLUS TAX! So total was 35-- for the two , including tax.
I knew this was a poor trade, but, I'm sure you know how it is, I wanted a new addition! I don't have any Mexican AG. - Still not the best deal.

Spot at 13 so $3 premium +tax!1 Why i didn't look at it like this before i don't know. Didn't quite care for their somewhat snotty attitudes either.

Still have a bunch of the 40%ers left.
I understand the need for something pretty, just would have been better to paid cash, no since making the shisters more money when someone else will pay more for larger quantities.
I think all dealers got that attitude, like they're doin you a favor while bendin ya over. Mine changed his somewhat when I went back in specifically to tell him that I sold my 40% for melt and buy a lil gold coin with some proceeds. I still get the feelin he's tryin to stick it to ME (his "spot" is always higher than realtime) but he knows he's not gettin away with a whole lot.
Good luck with your box Friday, HH Mark

AGRO 03-01-2009 03:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1600803)
I understand the need for something pretty, just would have been better to paid cash, no since making the shisters more money when someone else will pay more for larger quantities.
I think all dealers got that attitude, like they're doin you a favor while bendin ya over. Mine changed his somewhat when I went back in specifically to tell him that I sold my 40% for melt and buy a lil gold coin with some proceeds. I still get the feelin he's tryin to stick it to ME (his "spot" is always higher than realtime) but he knows he's not gettin away with a whole lot.
Good luck with your box Friday, HH Mark
Agreed, they do have that attitude. It seemed like the few times I spoke to to them their "spot" was lower than real. Will only do business with them in the future in cash. Oh well, at least the onzas are nice! haven't really seen them for sale much.

I think my goal here is really to create a 1000% face bag and sell it to APMEX for a profit of over 2 grand. No matter how long it takes.
In this aspect I have pushed myself 28 coins further from the goal.
Just hope someone can learn from my mistake.

Will post about the box!
Thanks!

JOE SIXPACK 03-07-2009 12:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

2 $500 cwi boxes yielding only 6 40%'ers total.

this is starting to suck :/


j6p

AGRO 03-07-2009 04:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1612055)
today's results:

2 $500 cwi boxes yielding only 6 40%'ers total.

this is starting to suck :/


j6p
HAHA! I feel your pain! I think the bigger scores are in loose rolls at the bank...

Today's results. 1 Box:

3 Kens 40 %
1 Walker!!! basically made it worth it.

and one odd Ken, it has some sort of gold coloring to it- part of it is worn off, and it's not paint. Any clue?

ME CO 03-07-2009 04:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1612911)
HAHA! I feel your pain! I think the bigger scores are in loose rolls at the bank...

Today's results. 1 Box:

3 Kens 40 %
1 Walker!!! basically made it worth it.

and one odd Ken, it has some sort of gold coloring to it- part of it is worn off, and it's not paint. Any clue?
Likely gold plated, some outfits used to plate them and sell them in magazine ads for $25 apiece. I give all the ones I find to my Gramma to play bridge with, she gets a kick out of then other old ladies fighting over them. I've probly found 2 rolls worth in the last year and a half, matter of fact I have a couple just waiting for Mothers Day.
Nice goin on the Walker. Glad ya didn't get skunked on the box. HH Mark

AGRO 03-07-2009 04:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1612969)
Likely gold plated, some outfits used to plate them and sell them in magazine ads for $25 apiece. I give all the ones I find to my Gramma to play bridge with, she gets a kick out of then other old ladies fighting over them. I've probly found 2 rolls worth in the last year and a half, matter of fact I have a couple just waiting for Mothers Day.
Nice goin on the Walker. Glad ya didn't get skunked on the box. HH Mark
Yes, so am I!! Any idea what those gold plated are worth?
I'm sure not much, but...

ME CO 03-07-2009 05:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1612975)
Yes, so am I!! Any idea what those gold plated are worth?
I'm sure not much, but...
Worth 50 cents haha. The plating is too thin to amount to anything but if gold went to several grand may be a little gold value there. Let the games begin, your liable to find lots of oddities in the world of boxes.:36_1_34: HH Mark
Got 6 boxes this morning, will go through 4 or 5 tonight, one has (2) '64 showing- gots high hopes for that one.

AGRO 03-08-2009 09:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1613060)
Worth 50 cents haha. The plating is too thin to amount to anything but if gold went to several grand may be a little gold value there. Let the games begin, your liable to find lots of oddities in the world of boxes.:36_1_34: HH Mark
Got 6 boxes this morning, will go through 4 or 5 tonight, one has (2) '64 showing- gots high hopes for that one.
Yeah, figured it was useless!

So.... Any luck on those boxes:banana::banana::banana:!?

ME CO 03-09-2009 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1614628)

So.... Any luck on those boxes:banana::banana::banana:!?
Had a good weekend silverwise, them 6 boxes of halves put out 12 90% Kennedys and 18 40%ers. Also went through 7 boxes of dimes today and got an even dozen Rosies for my trouble. Always good to get some 90% halves as mostly I get 40%ers. HH Mark:36_1_34:

AGRO 03-11-2009 11:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
don't you love the way 90% looks from the side? White almost. So tired of these CuNi Clad sandwhich coins. Ugly bastards.

ME CO 03-12-2009 12:48 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1620660)
don't you love the way 90% looks from the side? White almost. So tired of these CuNi Clad sandwhich coins. Ugly bastards.
Yep! Plucked another tonight with more of them dam 40%ers. HH Mark

AGRO 03-13-2009 07:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1620816)
Yep! Plucked another tonight with more of them dam 40%ers. HH Mark
I am going to have to start ordering boxes on a weekly basis now.

I have hit many banks in my range locally and they have not gotten in anything new. The past three out of branch banks had absolutely nothing,
1 72 40% Ken! That's it!

Also, encountered one bank who would not take my 10 rolls for FRN.
ok maybe they have a policy if you are not a member...
BUT, then I tried to buy a roll they were holding for me. I was denied that as well. on my way out;
me- "What is the point of a bank if you do not give or accept money?" (not like I was trying to pass off odd looking bills for 100's)

Teller "we do, only for customers, what is the point of not having an account?"
me- "I do have a few accounts, none of which with you, this is precisely the reason"

The geniuses there also had no idea about any dollars ever being made prior to Susy B's....:banghead::banghead::banghead:

RJB 03-13-2009 07:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1597912)
But I enjoy it, the little games with the tellers- the little white lies about poker night and tossing them into wishing wells, they don't understand this is the same money recycling over and over- most of them think I'm rich haha- then again I think I'm rich too haha. Remember "You can't win ifn you don't play". HH Mark:RockOn:
I bring my 4 and 7 year old daughters with me. I say it's for their coin collections. It's kind of the truth. The oldest girl gets as excited as me when we find silver.

The tellers not only give me the coins with a smile, but my daughters get a lolipop from the tellers too.

Apocalypto 03-13-2009 07:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RJB (Post 1624264)
I bring my 4 and 7 year old daughters with me. I say it's for their coin collections. It's kind of the truth. The oldest girl gets as excited as me when we find silver.

The tellers not only give me the coins with a smile, but my daughters get a lolipop from the tellers too.
LOL. Smart man!

AGRO 03-13-2009 10:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yeah, I had one teller say "oh, now I know that they're for gambling I'm not giving them to you, that's illegal", I told her I am more of a "coin enthusiast" first!

Many don't ask, many more are just plain DUMB & Clueless, since I've been young I have known all the denominations of US currency, in or out of circulation.

most of them probably have no idea that there were $1000 FRNs or 100,000s, for that matter, let alone asking them what purpose they served!!!

ME CO 03-14-2009 06:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Seems Friday the 13th was good to ME this year. Last night I got (72) 40%ers and (3) 90% out of 6 boxes (mostly from 2). Today I picked up 6 more boxes (delivered to the bank last night), one box had 9 silver showing- I usually save the best for last but couldn't resist. Haven't had a box that good since end of '07, total from that box was (104) 40%ers. One other box has a silver showing but the others are all hiding, will do 4 more boxes tonight and save the silver shower for tomarrow. Then Monday I get 6 more boxes that were delivered to the bank yesterday as well- please O please let the streak continue LOL. HH all, Mark
:10_1_20::9536::10_1_20::9536::10_1_20:

AGRO 03-14-2009 08:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1625504)
Seems Friday the 13th was good to ME this year. Last night I got (72) 40%ers and (3) 90% out of 6 boxes (mostly from 2). Today I picked up 6 more boxes (delivered to the bank last night), one box had 9 silver showing- I usually save the best for last but couldn't resist. Haven't had a box that good since end of '07, total from that box was (104) 40%ers. One other box has a silver showing but the others are all hiding, will do 4 more boxes tonight and save the silver shower for tomarrow. Then Monday I get 6 more boxes that were delivered to the bank yesterday as well- please O please let the streak continue LOL. HH all, Mark
:10_1_20::9536::10_1_20::9536::10_1_20:
DAMN!!!! Nice score man!:congrats::congrats::congrats: well worth the sore fingers!
do you crack the rolls then re roll or push them out and re-use?

I gotta step up my box consumption!

ME CO what do you think of these -
Buy backs $ - low - or ok?
9.25 x face 90%
1.50 x face 40%

ME CO 03-15-2009 12:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1625671)
DAMN!!!! Nice score man!:congrats::congrats::congrats: well worth the sore fingers!
do you crack the rolls then re roll or push them out and re-use?

I gotta step up my box consumption!

ME CO what do you think of these -
Buy backs $ - low - or ok?
9.25 x face 90%
1.50 x face 40%
I cut the side of the rolls with a utility knife= no sore fingers for ME anymore. Then I return my coin via a coin counter. I try not to sell 90% unless I have to and I wouldn't sell for less than 10X. 1.5 for 40% is low but not too bad for a face to face, cash and cary. I have to ship mine off to get melt. HH Mark
Edit: 1.5Xface is terrible for 40%- you must have meant $1.50/coin.

AGRO 03-15-2009 02:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1626112)
I cut the side of the rolls with a utility knife= no sore fingers for ME anymore. Then I return my coin via a coin counter. I try not to sell 90% unless I have to and I wouldn't sell for less than 10X. 1.5 for 40% is low but not too bad for a face to face, cash and cary. I have to ship mine off to get melt. HH Mark
Edit: 1.5Xface is terrible for 40%- you must have meant $1.50/coin.
Yes, thanks for your keen eye - I meant 2.50x face or 1.25 each I sold six and a 10 FRN for the last onza, i love those onzas, shined them up really, really nice. Sold a bar 10'oz AG for 14$ spot too.

ME CO 03-15-2009 08:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1626184)
Yes, thanks for your keen eye - I meant 2.50x face or 1.25 each I sold six and a 10 FRN for the last onza, i love those onzas, shined them up really, really nice. Sold a bar 10'oz AG for 14$ spot too.
If it makes you happy do it I say. Another thing to think about is, sometimes the more you have the more they will pay. When I first started looking to sell some I went to one of the locals and got a quote and they said if I had at least 500 to sell they could pay a little more. As long as your not partying away the procedes your still bettering yourself. Now get out there and get some more boxes, and every few weeks or a month make your rounds and pick up the loose stuff again- never know what people are cashing in.
HH Mark

ME CO 03-16-2009 03:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1626184)
Yes, thanks for your keen eye - I meant 2.50x face or 1.25 each I sold six and a 10 FRN for the last onza, i love those onzas, shined them up really, really nice. Sold a bar 10'oz AG for 14$ spot too.
And now I've just turned down a trade for a beautiful 10oz. Sunshine bar- coin guy wants (36) 90% halves. Part of ME says "what would AGRO do?" LOL, they only cost ME $18, but I can sell them for $180+ and not on ebay. PM ME if you want the link to the trade, he has 5 bars but I didn't wanna dicker with him over a mail deal. HH Mark

SLV>GLD 03-16-2009 03:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ME CO: you done good, son. Who would want to trade 13ozt of fractional government minted silver for a monolithic 10ozt piece of silver? Bad deal all the way around regardless what you paid for the halves.

ME CO 03-16-2009 06:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Saul told ME to be more businesslike- Iza learnin haha. I woulda liked to add them bars to my 10oz collection but not at ebay prices. I declined another trade this morning also but it was too laughable to mention. HH Mark

AGRO 03-16-2009 08:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1628661)
And now I've just turned down a trade for a beautiful 10oz. Sunshine bar- coin guy wants (36) 90% halves. Part of ME says "what would AGRO do?" LOL, they only cost ME $18, but I can sell them for $180+ and not on ebay. PM ME if you want the link to the trade, he has 5 bars but I didn't wanna dicker with him over a mail deal. HH Mark
ME CO, I am a little more protective of my 90%er's. HMMMM, 38 almost 2 full rolls of pure 90%! Sunshines are nice but, that's a lot of hard work as well as joy when you found them. only to obtain a bar practically any GIM AG Head could sell you if not APMEX.

BUT, as you said you paid xxx for them and will in a sense wash your AG to a higher purity. Sounds to me like, if the goal here is to make money, you said the 90'ers will fetch more than the resale on the Sun: AND, if your goal is to make a 1000 face bag no matter how long it takes, then sell it for 2000 + profit, you are putting yourself back 2 rolls...

I think you made the right choice. If it were something rare like that JM 7oz'er then... or if it was a trade with Kens then.... you know.

------- ------- --------

So, today I go back to my box bank, and tell the guy I will be needing two boxes in about a week. He, delayed then told me he wasn't sure if he could order again and the last box was a "courtesy". Give me a break! What is it with these people! I bank there, I want half dollars, for whatever I want them for. it's money! I could ask for pennies if I wanted. Now I will have to talk to the manager. Also said go to the US Mint or ebay, yeah thanks, for nothing!!

on the bright side I was showing off my Mexican onzas (purchased with all 40%) and got a potential buyer. AND, the teller helping me had 10 Walkers! I told her I needed to have them b/c I am an avid "collector" she said so am I.... Anyway, I pick up 5 on wednesday!!:confused_ma:

ME CO 03-16-2009 08:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got courtesied once too, now every Monday morning I walk in with $1500 in dimes for the counter. I always tell her start ordering them halves for ME and you'll never see another dime from ME- hasn't worked. Funny that is the only branch of that bank that has refused to order for ME. I pickup weekly at 3 other branches and they never get no dimes haha. Awell the dimes gotta go somewhere haha.
I'm fixin to ship off a load of 40%. :5_1_120: HH Mark


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AGRO 03-16-2009 09:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1629165)
I got courtesied once too, now every Monday morning I walk in with $1500 in dimes for the counter. I always tell her start ordering them halves for ME and you'll never see another dime from ME- hasn't worked. Funny that is the only branch of that bank that has refused to order for ME. I pickup weekly at 3 other branches and they never get no dimes haha. Awell the dimes gotta go somewhere haha.
I'm fixin to ship off a load of 40%. :5_1_120: HH Mark
Really!? How much face / vs how long to put it together,
If you don't mind my asking?

ME CO 03-16-2009 11:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1629308)
Really!? How much face / vs how long to put it together,
If you don't mind my asking?
200 face, took a little over a month, that 100 keeper box really helped. HH Mark

JOE SIXPACK 03-17-2009 09:26 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i'm getting the stinky end of the stick now.

$2000 sorted yielded only 6 40%'ers.
and my bank has cut me off. so much for loyalty(34 years with the same bank). i told the manger to tell accounting that i will be looking for a new bank, and that i will tell everyone i talk to about their lousy loyalty to their customers.

btw, it's The Equitable Bank SSB, in southeastern Wisconsin bankrate.com doesn't like them much either.


j6p

AGRO 03-18-2009 09:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I will pick up 5 Walkers later from a teller. We'll see if I can get all 10!

ME CO 03-18-2009 10:18 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1631866)
I will pick up 5 Walkers later from a teller. We'll see if I can get all 10!
Take some candy and get on one knee LOL. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 03-18-2009 05:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Fellow prospector here:) I scored 2 big ones in the past two weeks.

This was the first:

Picked up $100 in hand rolls from the bank. In 1 roll there was:

11 Franklin
2 BU Franklin (1956, 1955)
1 Proof Franklin (1962)
1 40% Kennedy
5 Proof Kennedys (1969 S, 1972 S, 1978 S, 1981 S, 1982 S)

The other rolls had nothing. Seems like someone made a mistake and exchanged in the wrong roll or something. lmao

______

This was the second:

Walked up to the teller at a small supermarket bank and ask for halves. She says she has $200 or so. I told her I'd take them. She comes back a few minutes later with 8 handrolls and says "sorry someone must have taken them already, but we have these". I was kinda bummed but took them and thanked her.

I get back home not expecting to find anything, as all the rolls were well worn (signs of opening & closing multiple times). I started popping open the rolls, and my eyes kept getting bigger and bigger. 6 out of 8 rolls were ALL 90% silver. As I was popping them open, I was thinking to myself "the only thing that could make this better is a barber half". Then *Bam*, 3/4 of the way through I found a Barber half mixed in!

The rough breakdown was:

3 full rolls of franklins (no rare dates, all circulated)
1 roll of 64 kennedys (no rare dates, all circulated)
1 1900 Barber half - Good condition
2 rolls or so of liberty walkers (2 semirare dates)

Buyingsilvers 03-18-2009 05:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRational (Post 1597540)
I think this thread has alot of selective representation. The few people that get big scores post often, and everybody else that find nothing merely stay silent, giving the impression that its alot easier than it is.

Personally, I gave up my short prospecting career after going through $1000 and finding only 7 40% coins. At that rate, I was better off getting a job at mcdonalds. Plus I hated having to handle all those dirty coins.
I think prospecting is something you have to like doing. If you hate going trhough rolls and potentially finding nothing, then it isn't fun to do, and not worth doing.

Also there's some strategies in prospecting that you could learn by following others' posts in this thread. Another thing to consider is that with the weak economy and all, people are more likely to mistakes like the ones I posted above. Finding silvers has increased, even with quarters and dimes (but not as likely to find as with halves).




Sorry, just wanted to get that off my chest. I was one of the ones that "merely stay silent", but it wasn't by my own design! I couldn't register for months!

SLV>GLD 03-18-2009 05:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
If I had your luck I'd be high on it for a month or more.

EireGoBragh 03-18-2009 05:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'd say that was an incredible find.....my last 2 boxes yielded,get ready, drum roll...........1 Frankie :banghead: oh well, you know what they say, some gotta win, some gotta loose.......

AGRO 03-18-2009 05:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1632892)
Fellow prospector here:) I scored 2 big ones in the past two weeks.

This was the first:

Picked up $100 in hand rolls from the bank. In 1 roll there was:

11 Franklin
2 BU Franklin (1956, 1955)
1 Proof Franklin (1962)
1 40% Kennedy
5 Proof Kennedys (1969 S, 1972 S, 1978 S, 1981 S, 1982 S)


This was the second:



The rough breakdown was:

3 full rolls of franklins (no rare dates, all circulated)
1 roll of 64 kennedys (no rare dates, all circulated)
1 1900 Barber half - Good condition
2 rolls or so of liberty walkers (2 semirare dates)


1st One GREAT! - Had to be a mistake

2nd RIDICULOUSLY GREAT-

Now let's see how long it takes you to repeat that!

Buyingsilvers 03-18-2009 05:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Boxes seem to be way more consistent. Handrolls are boom/bust. I've been getting between 7 - 30 halves found per box. The last box I went through was pretty good, had a bunch of franklins... I love it when you pop open a box, and you already see 4-5 silvers staring back at you.

But I no longer have a source for boxes, I ran my bank that was supplying boxes completely dry. Moved onto another bank, and gotten $1500 worth of some other prospector's crap so far.

Buyingsilvers 03-18-2009 05:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1632934)


1st One GREAT! - Had to be a mistake

2nd RIDICULOUSLY GREAT-

Now let's see how long it takes you to repeat that!
The first one, I'm thinking that some prospector asked his wife or something to help him roll the junk halves up. Wifey not knowing any better, started grabbing whatever and rolling them up. Really strange to find a roll half full of proof coins.

The second one - I'm hoping whoever turned those coins in deposits more later. I already asked the bank to call me if they get any halves in, and I'm going to check up on them by the end of the week. :s9:

AGRO 03-18-2009 05:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
BTW, I got my five Walkers today. for a total of $2.50 & 0 rolls gone through.

B/c I want to keep her on my good side the teller who "collects" (doesn't know much),
I gave her 2 40%ers on me.

Haven't done enough boxes to make an accurate comparison.
The last box yielded - 1 Walker, 2 kens - One CuNi Ken Gold Plated and worn - Really wanted to give her that.

Going to hit some supermarket banks soon.

Welcome to GIM!

Junk Woody 03-18-2009 08:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
WOW Buyingsilvers thats quite a score on them rolls.

AGRO 03-18-2009 08:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
JW- I hear silver is light in Canada, not as much in the west as in the east.
Have you tried your hand at prospecting up there?

Buyingsilvers 03-19-2009 11:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO
1st One GREAT! - Had to be a mistake

2nd RIDICULOUSLY GREAT-

Now let's see how long it takes you to repeat that!
I hate to do it, but I think I scored again

$50 from bank A netted 5 40% (not bad, new rolls - someone just turned them in)
$500 from bank B netted 1 40% (another prospector already looked through most of it)
-----
Still going through $500 of hand rolls from from bank C netted 27 mixed 40% or 90% excluding the score below.

Just found 3 entire rolls of 1964 halves.

Just found an roll of 13 franklins 7 walkers (no rare dates)
------
Still have a bank box from bank C I have to go through. Doesn't look too promising. Only 1 silver showing.

Holy crap, popping open a roll, and seeing the "whiteness" of the entire roll is :565:


Actually I dont think I'm going to post any more big scores (if I happen to find them) even if the internet is anonymous (for the most part). Good luck to everyone out there. With the worsening economy, a lot of old currency seems to be finding it's way back into the public's hands. Not only halves either...

AGRO 03-20-2009 01:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1635833)
I hate to do it, but I think I scored again

$50 from bank A netted 5 40% (not bad, new rolls - someone just turned them in)
$500 from bank B netted 1 40% (another prospector already looked through most of it)
-----
Still going through $500 of hand rolls from from bank C netted 27 mixed 40% or 90% excluding the score below.

Just found 3 entire rolls of 1964 halves.

Just found an roll of 13 franklins 7 walkers (no rare dates)
------
Still have a bank box from bank C I have to go through. Doesn't look too promising. Only 1 silver showing.

Holy crap, popping open a roll, and seeing the "whiteness" of the entire roll is :565:


Actually I dont think I'm going to post any more big scores (if I happen to find them) even if the internet is anonymous (for the most part). Good luck to everyone out there. With the worsening economy, a lot of old currency seems to be finding it's way back into the public's hands. Not only halves either...
HMMM, you are getting REALLY lucky! Enjoy it while it lasts!
Then you can tell us about the crap scores. remember this site is a haven for gold and silver bugs. As far as i know the "general" public doesnot just look up GIM to read it, see what's going on, then hit up banks.

It takes time, money, gas, hard work and dediction. The average person would stop after their first bad score.

Any way, I'm thinking you live by a bunch of seniors looking to cash out the stash of old coins for FRN's. They don't know the value or have the time/ know how, to sell them for profit. Unless of course they are in the "scene".

or some kids are robbing mom & pop blind and going to catch a BAD one soon enough!!!!

Buyingsilvers 03-20-2009 01:46 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1635977)
HMMM, you are getting REALLY lucky! Enjoy it while it lasts!
Then you can tell us about the crap scores. remember this site is a haven for gold and silver bugs. As far as i know the "general" public doesnot just look up GIM to read it, see what's going on, then hit up banks.

It takes time, money, gas, hard work and dediction. The average person would stop after their first bad score.

Any way, I'm thinking you live by a bunch of seniors looking to cash out the stash of old coins for FRN's. They don't know the value or have the time/ know how, to sell them for profit. Unless of course they are in the "scene".

or some kids are robbing mom & pop blind and going to catch a BAD one soon enough!!!!
I do have A LOT of seniors in my community. A lot of them are probably going senile and falling upon rough times because of the economy.

Other possibilities: someone died, and the clueless survivors are cashing in their collection.

Coins could have been sitting in a vault somewhere for awhile, but I kinda doubt that, given the way the coins were sorted.

As you said, someone's kid might be taking from the stash.

Then there's theft... It's possible that some icehead stole someone's collection and is cashing it in slowly. Of course even if this is the case, the money isn't really trackable and there's no proof, but this possiblity is what is worrying me somewhat... not so much worried that I'll have tons of new competition from people who happen to read my posts.

AGRO 03-20-2009 02:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
"Buyingsilvers"
Quote:
not so much worried that I'll have tons of new competition from people who happen to read my posts.
Doubtful considering we don't know where you live.

Quote:
Coins could have been sitting in a vault somewhere for awhile, but I kinda doubt that, given the way the coins were sorted
Doubt it, as you said the sorting.

Quote:
It's possible that some icehead stole someone's collection and is cashing it in slowly. Of course even if this is the case, the money isn't really trackable and there's no proof, but this possiblity is what is worrying me somewhat.
Again, doubt it. 2 things here; just b/c they are "addicts" as you and I are addicted to prospecting for AG, does Not Mean they are stupid, they will try to get as much money for the stolen goods as possible in the shortest amount of time. Likewise, they are not going to "save" some of them for a rainy day to get high. If they sell to a coin shop, it is not traced or tracked either, So there is nothing to worry about. Technically by the bank accepting it in the first place, it is already "clean", you would then be fourth in the chain. Also, if this was the case, you might have found more of it concentrated in one bank. if it were a diamond studded vintage Rolex that you wore to work and bought at the local pawn shop, then...

Quote:
Other possibilities: someone died, and the clueless survivors are cashing in their collection.
Possible, yet doubtful, why not one bank. When someone sells an estate usually they get bids on the whole lot. As far as I know.

Quote:
I do have A LOT of seniors in my community. A lot of them are probably going senile and falling upon rough times because of the economy.
I'd say bingo here. Even if they do know they might get a few extra bucks for selling to a coin shop, they also may feel they might be ripped off there. This again takes time to seek out a dealer. The bank is 123.

Funny some stupid State Quarter commercial just came on, trying to sell to the :sheep:sheeple:sheep::sheep: :sheep: as we sit here talking about REAL MONEY!!! These are not even PROOFS!

I'll bet you a roll of Walkers, 1 roll Kens 64's, 1 roll Frankies:36_3_12:
more people buy and watch this $#it on TV,then read your post and go to the bank prospecting tomorrow!!!

Buyingsilvers 03-20-2009 08:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks for the insight. :smile:

And you're likely right, as the scores were from different banks and different days.

It's a good thing the sheeple will stay sheeple, otherwise the chances of finding silver halves would be the same as finding silver quarters or dimes. 40 years after the last silver halves were minted for general circulation, and we're still fighting to uphold gresham's law. oh my!

RJB 03-20-2009 09:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went small time today. 2 rolls. a 1968 and a 1966 Kennedy. I'm happy.

ME CO 03-20-2009 11:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RJB (Post 1637592)
I went small time today. 2 rolls. a 1968 and a 1966 Kennedy. I'm happy.
Congrats, I would be happy too. Last night I went through 5 boxes for one 40% and one '64. HH Mark

ME CO 03-20-2009 11:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The silver gods smiled on ME with a bit of luck today. There had been and empty spot on the first page of my Kennedy Dansco folder that I was finally able to fill. Also got my first 2009 a D. HH Mark
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ver/70S001.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ver/70S003.jpg

Buyingsilvers 03-21-2009 12:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
nice. Congratulations!

Buyingsilvers 03-21-2009 07:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1635977)
Then you can tell us about the crap scores.
Took about 2 hours to go to 8-9 branches today. Got 1 40% out of it.

I did find out one tidbit though. The bank that I've been getting the bank boxes (decent amount of silvers) gets the boxes from some other company that provides a vault service. Im guessing like Brinks, but these boxes actually have silver in them.

When they call me back on monday, I'll see how much it costs the bank to get the boxes from the other company, and offer to pay the fee and a small surcharge to clear everything they have out of the vault.

Anyone ever done something like this before?

AGRO 03-21-2009 07:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1637791)
Congrats, I would be happy too. Last night I went through 5 boxes for one 40% and one '64. HH Mark
And that single solitary '64 made your night!

Damn. Better than 0 :ok:

AGRO 03-21-2009 07:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1638800)
Took about 2 hours to go to 8-9 branches today. Got 1 40% out of it.

I did find out one tidbit though. The bank that I've been getting the bank boxes (decent amount of silvers) gets the boxes from some other company that provides a vault service. Im guessing like Brinks, but these boxes actually have silver in them.

When they call me back on monday, I'll see how much it costs the bank to get the boxes from the other company, and offer to pay the fee and a small surcharge to clear everything they have out of the vault.

Anyone ever done something like this before?
I have not but sounds like an AWESOME idea!!!
Do it!
then maybe you will share some with us!:36_3_12:

Just not at 10x face!

actually i am surprised they are even willing to talk to you, not being some sort of "institution"
many banks won't even order boxes where I am.

you guys are lucky....

ME CO 03-21-2009 08:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1638804)
And that single solitary '64 made your night!

Damn. Better than 0 :ok:
Dam straight, when you been doin this as long and hard as ME a 90% makes everything better, lots of skunks when you go through as many boxes as I do (100 a month only now). HH Mark

ME CO 03-21-2009 08:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1638800)
Took about 2 hours to go to 8-9 branches today. Got 1 40% out of it.

I did find out one tidbit though. The bank that I've been getting the bank boxes (decent amount of silvers) gets the boxes from some other company that provides a vault service. Im guessing like Brinks, but these boxes actually have silver in them.

When they call me back on monday, I'll see how much it costs the bank to get the boxes from the other company, and offer to pay the fee and a small surcharge to clear everything they have out of the vault.

Anyone ever done something like this before?
I don't know where you at but fees will quickly eat your profit margin- if the bank is willing to do you this favor then let them. As far as "cleaning out the vault", that is funny but do try- long as your pulling silver- PULL IT. Your way ahead so far as I can tell so keep after it. HH Mark

AGRO 03-21-2009 09:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1638831)
Dam straight, when you been doin this as long and hard as ME a 90% makes everything better, lots of skunks when you go through as many boxes as I do (100 a month only now). HH Mark
I am having drouble getting boxes at all, let alone 100! How the hell do you pull that each month!:confused_m:

Didn't pull any "gold" Kens?! :111:


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EireGoBragh 03-21-2009 09:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A 100 boxes a month? wow..:adore:, you're the king...how do you order that, at several banks?

ME CO 03-21-2009 09:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1638900)
I am having drouble getting boxes at all, let alone 100! How the hell do you pull that each month!:confused_m:

Didn't pull any "gold" Kens?! :111:
Gramma gets all my gold Kens for her bridge games :111:
I have been doing this for 18 months and I am very systematic, ask if you can get a couple boxes a week, just as easy (for you) to carry two boxes as one. I don't know about in these (recent) days but I have orders in place that are over a year old and I have never fubbed a pickup. I was at 42 boxes a week but my main bank wanted to get out of the 1/2 dollar business so said they charged $7.50 a box for commercial customers- so I lost 12 boxes a week there. These days you have to take what they will order for ya, I even have a bank that has one a week and they won't save it for ME, another teller at the same bank has one a week that she won't sell to ME (how is that not F'd UP- my teller won't save mine so the other could come buy them all- which is my job). Back in the day I wouldn't even drive to pick up only one box but now I do it every week. Get at it while the gettin is good. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 03-21-2009 09:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
3 boxes a day. holy crap! 42 boxes a week was 6 boxes a day.

I probably average 10-12 per month, assuming the banks dont run out of stock.

Are you retired or semi-retired?

SirSilverOzzyyzzO 03-21-2009 11:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
TD Waterhouse bank orders $500 worth of Halves for me when I ask politely - One box through them holds five hundred bucks worth of halves.

Only two 40% halves and I'm on my fourth box.

AGRO 03-21-2009 11:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1638938)
Gramma gets all my gold Kens for her bridge games :111:
I have been doing this for 18 months and I am very systematic, ask if you can get a couple boxes a week, just as easy (for you) to carry two boxes as one. I don't know about in these (recent) days but I have orders in place that are over a year old and I have never fubbed a pickup. I was at 42 boxes a week but my main bank wanted to get out of the 1/2 dollar business so said they charged $7.50 a box for commercial customers- so I lost 12 boxes a week there. These days you have to take what they will order for ya, I even have a bank that has one a week and they won't save it for ME, another teller at the same bank has one a week that she won't sell to ME (how is that not F'd UP- my teller won't save mine so the other could come buy them all- which is my job). Back in the day I wouldn't even drive to pick up only one box but now I do it every week. Get at it while the gettin is good. HH Mark
ME CO-

I can't even get them to 0RDER 1 box for me, when I tried to get a re-order i was told the first one was a courtesy!!!

I am going to go back ther and speak to the manager, any suggestions???

Plus, are you a member at all these branches you frequent?

SLV>GLD 03-22-2009 12:25 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ordering a box is nothing for me. Having $1000 to put on hiatus and waiting a week for the box is an issue. If my bank told me no then I'd change banks. Plenty of competition. I've got my 1st box on order, will sort next week when it arrives. Holding my breath.

Buyingsilvers 03-22-2009 01:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
usually you need to be a member to order boxes. I'm guessing in general local banks/cred unions will be more willing to order boxes for you than the large national banks.

Also, if you have a lot of money in your accounts, that could matter as well.

ME CO 03-22-2009 01:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1639076)
ME CO-

I can't even get them to 0RDER 1 box for me, when I tried to get a re-order i was told the first one was a courtesy!!!

I am going to go back ther and speak to the manager, any suggestions???

Plus, are you a member at all these branches you frequent?
I have an acct at every bank I frequent- that helps, but I have hardly any $$$ in the accts. I would go back and say forget courtesy- how about customer service. Like I said before I have a branch that courtesied ME before and so far they would rather be burried in dimes than order ME halves- I aim to please, think Monday I will take in the cart haha. Funny thing is I get 10 boxes a week from other branches of the same bank- so its just some b*tch vault teller refusing my request. So try other branches and get more accts. Good luck buddy, Mark

ME CO 03-22-2009 01:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1639124)
Ordering a box is nothing for me. Having $1000 to put on hiatus and waiting a week for the box is an issue. If my bank told me no then I'd change banks. Plenty of competition. I've got my 1st box on order, will sort next week when it arrives. Holding my breath.
Ouch, yea that hurts. When I first started my aunts boyfriend ordered a box from his CU, they had to pull the $$$ from his acct to order it. What a F'd up deal, if a bank or CU doesn't have $$$ to front for a box I would be really concerned- although I don't keep $$$ in banks anyways. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 03-22-2009 01:25 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1639169)
Ouch, yea that hurts. When I first started my aunts boyfriend ordered a box from his CU, they had to pull the $$$ from his acct to order it. What a F'd up deal, if a bank or CU doesn't have $$$ to front for a box I would be really concerned- although I don't keep $$$ in banks anyways. HH Mark
wow that's messed up. Never had that one ever happen to me before.

Still though, I have enough money tied up with half hunting, that it kinda wouldn't matter much anyways.

clyderose 03-22-2009 07:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Meco-all bullshi**ing aside do you really do 100 boxes a month?
At my peak in 2007 I was gettin eight boxes a week and It was nearly a full time job just to keep up with it all (but it did pay very well).Hats off to you dude if you can handle that volume,and I'm sure that the AG content has fallen off for you as well as everyone else over the past couple of years.
Myself now I'm just a 2 box a week shmo but I still manage to drag it in.
Last nights two boxes produced 15 64's and 41 40%'s.Better than average as of late but nothing compared to "the good o'l days" of '06-'08.
CR

ME CO 03-22-2009 09:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
CR, No BS, if I was gonna lie I'd say 100 a week LOL. This is what I do for fun and it pays pretty good sometimes- finally found a hobby that pays for itself haha.
Congrats on them two boxes- hope I got some 90% in my boxes here, if I got 15 it will be a very good day. HH Mark

AGRO 03-22-2009 06:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1639359)
CR, No BS, if I was gonna lie I'd say 100 a week LOL. This is what I do for fun and it pays pretty good sometimes- finally found a hobby that pays for itself haha.
Congrats on them two boxes- hope I got some 90% in my boxes here, if I got 15 it will be a very good day. HH Mark
I'm going out aggresive next week, screw it. Nothing to lose,
I'll open up a few new checking accounts, why not.

ME CO, do you shoot all your photos using a sepia filter?
AGRO-

ME CO 03-22-2009 07:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1640228)
ME CO, do you shoot all your photos using a sepia filter?
AGRO-
No filter at all, I haven't even built a light box yet. Only have a NIKON coolpix L4, all pics are taken in the basement and all come out with a yellow tone.
Give em heck this week. HH Mark

AGRO 03-22-2009 08:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1640268)
No filter at all, I haven't even built a light box yet. Only have a NIKON coolpix L4, all pics are taken in the basement and all come out with a yellow tone.
Give em heck this week. HH Mark
I will, going to start hitting up B of A's - then probably TD's being that they have the free change thing and all. Still love Chase, also supermarket banks, lots of oldies in and out of there!
:bulride: :bulride: :bulride:

AndreaGail 03-22-2009 08:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My dump banks, Bank of the West and Wells Fargo no longer do free coin counts therefore no more copper sorting for me (besides pocket change)

Buyingsilvers 03-22-2009 09:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
try getting an account at a credit union. If half hunting wasn't so profitable, I'd sort pennies & use a credit union's free coin counting service for pennies.

ME CO 03-22-2009 09:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well no 90% halves this weekend but 38) 40%ers so was good, average an oz/box. I did however pickup 4 boxes of dimes sos I can make my dime dump tomarrow haha, got 3 Rosies and one Merc- at least I got some 90%. HH all, Mark
BTW where I got my dimes one of the tellers has a couple in her drawer (they save silvers for ME), so its all good.

Buyingsilvers 03-23-2009 06:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
not bad of a haul today. Picked up $70 of handrolls.

1981-S proof (dirty :()
8 40%
1 90%

ME CO 03-23-2009 11:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good night at the silver mine, got some 90%.
5 boxes gave up (2) Bens, (5) '64, and (38) 40%ers. The pile grows. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 03-24-2009 10:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Picked up another box of halves, hope it's good.

So the conversation with the bank manager (that I ordered from before) goes like this:

Me: Hi, I would like to order some halves.
Her: How much would you like to order?
Me: Well that depends on how much you have in the central vault.

Both of us laugh, and she tells me she'll have to call into the vault tomorrow. Hopefully It'll be good news tomorrow. I did mention that if I did place a huge order in, I'd be willing to pay any fees associated with the order. I'm fairly certain that even if I paid $5 per box or whatever, I'd still come out WAY ahead, as these boxes are very consistent in paying out. Even if I found only 1 90% half, that's enough to cover the bank fee.

Junk Woody 03-24-2009 11:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finally got a piece of silver from 4 months of part time looking.

Check out where I found it

I was going through circulated rolls of Canadian pennies pulling out the coppers(averaging 80-85% copper lately) and came across a grungy darkened 61 Roosevelt dime.

I picked up 16 nickel halfs and 10 nickel pre-Loonie Canadian dollars today from the Scotiabank.

They are good for confusing cashiers :)

Buyingsilvers 03-25-2009 02:53 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
box wasn't bad

3 walkers
5 franklins
6 90%
5 40%

SLV>GLD 03-25-2009 09:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1st box ever this evening.
Net: (2) 40% Coins.

The upside is I can work through a box in about 1 hour.
The downside is I can't find half dollar wrappers and it takes a week to order a box.
Another upside is the minimum order for the bank is 2 boxes although I am free to take one at a time.
Need wrappers so I can dump this load and get that 2nd box pronto.

Buyingsilvers 03-25-2009 09:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1646029)
1st box ever this evening.
Net: (2) 40% Coins.

The upside is I can work through a box in about 1 hour.
The downside is I can't find half dollar wrappers and it takes a week to order a box.
Another upside is the minimum order for the bank is 2 boxes although I am free to take one at a time.
Need wrappers so I can dump this load and get that 2nd box pronto.
There's a trick to popping open & reusing bank wrappers, although this slows down your processing speed. Also, you can usually get wrappers for free.

Bank coin counting machines dont work well for me, because those things weren't meant to handle over $1000 in halves. Trust me on this one. lol

Another note, when you're dumping halves, tellers like it a lot better if the halves are all wrapped & rubberbanded together. This way they dont go apeshit when you show up with thousands in halves, and they have to count & rubber band them all together.

SirSilverOzzyyzzO 03-25-2009 09:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1646029)
1st box ever this evening.
Net: (2) 40% Coins.

The upside is I can work through a box in about 1 hour.
The downside is I can't find half dollar wrappers and it takes a week to order a box.
Another upside is the minimum order for the bank is 2 boxes although I am free to take one at a time.
Need wrappers so I can dump this load and get that 2nd box pronto.
Make your life easier and just ask them for a bank bag - should be a big ole plastic bag. Get a few, that's what I do.

Or, find yourself a TD Waterhouse Bank and just dump them down the penny arcade - no wrappers, no fuss. It's lovely and easy - just noisy.

SLV>GLD 03-25-2009 09:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1646045)
There's a trick to popping open & reusing bank wrappers, although this slows down your processing speed. Also, you can usually get wrappers for free.

Bank coin counting machines dont work well for me, because those things weren't meant to handle over $1000 in halves. Trust me on this one. lol
Can you describe the technique because I was thinking about how it could be done tonight.
My banks don't have machines but they give free wrappers; alas they don't carry half-dollar wrappers which is a symptom of the fact that the coins have to be ordered as opposed to just fetched from the vault.

Buyingsilvers 03-25-2009 09:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SirSilverOzzyyzzO (Post 1646049)
Make your life easier and just ask them for a bank bag - should be a big ole plastic bag. Get a few, that's what I do.

Or, find yourself a TD Waterhouse Bank and just dump them down the penny arcade - no wrappers, no fuss. It's lovely and easy - just noisy.
A lot of banks wont take the coin unless you roll them. If you do find a bank that has a good free coin counter, this is a bonus.

Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1646051)
Can you describe the technique because I was thinking about how it could be done tonight.
My banks don't have machines but they give free wrappers; alas they don't carry half-dollar wrappers which is a symptom of the fact that the coins have to be ordered as opposed to just fetched from the vault.
sure. Bank wrapped halves are tight, and are open on both ends. Take a blunt screwdriver or something and pry open one end of the wrapper. Then push the coins out from the other side. Note that you'll have to push pretty hard, and it's better if you dont push directly in the middle of the coin.

Afterwards, just reload the bank roll with coins. The last 1-2 coins are a bit tricky to get in, but you get better with experience. Then fold down the tops of the opened end, and you're done.

SLV>GLD 03-25-2009 09:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
FWIW, bank wrapped anything is wrapped tight. Also, even when I've ripped the crap out of the wrapper and there is no rolled edge left it can still be difficult enough to push them out and I have to rip the wrapper down some more. Nevertheless, I will focus my jedi mind tricks upon accomplishing the reuse of the bank wrappers. Ideally, though I'll find a dump bank that can hand over free ones. Hell, the pieces of crap they give you for free wrappers are enough of a headache with the overlapping piece catching coins that reusing the bankrolls may be preferable.

I know one thing, re-rolling halves will be a dream compared to re-rolling dimes. Dimes come apart so easily you are forced to recount them all. Halves just stack right back up so no recount is necessary and I expect loading them into the tubes will be a cinch compared to those little bastard dimes. I wonder if there is one of those plastic "counters" that fits halves. I use those for all my other coins. It's the type that has a slot that dumps anything more than what a roll holds and provides enough circumference to sneak the paper past the roll.

Buyingsilvers 03-25-2009 09:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^

could be that yours are wrapped tighter than the ones I'm used to. Not worth reusing if it takes forever for you to get them back into the wrappers.

I usually dont dump all the rolls onto the floor. Keeping the rolls separate means I dont have to recount the entire rolls.

Never really had a problem with the crappy paper rolls even dimes. I usually angle the coins in. Hard to explain, but you just sorta shovel them in. Works for me at least.


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SLV>GLD 03-25-2009 10:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've got the shoveling part down. How you extract 50 dimes and then reroll without the handfull of dimes exploding beyond me. The halves just come right out into your hand and stack neatly on the table.

I think, if we ever have a GIM gathering, we should have a Bank-Rolling Olympics. :)

Buyingsilvers 03-25-2009 10:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
actually for both, I break them into a stack of two or three, then shovel. I dont go through dimes too much though. I know what you mean by the stack exploding. lol

Thought of a way you could do the bankrolls, although it's not too pretty. Take a knife, and cut the entire roll lengthwise. Either just open it far enough to examine the rims for the silvers or split the roll all the way open and remove the halves. Then slap the split roll back on the halves, and use scotch tape to tape the split roll together again.

The only problems with this method is the rolled edges may be hard to cut & you may damage a coin with numismatic value when you cut the roll open.

ME CO 03-26-2009 09:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got some more 90% last night, makes it a good one for ME. (6) '64 and (20) 40%, more for the sale bin and 6 more for the hoard. HH all, Mark

ME CO 03-27-2009 12:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good night at the silver mine. None of them pesky 40%ers but got (4) '64 out of one box. Had 3 boxes of dimes offered to ME this AM when I dumped and since I never refuse... well anyways I got an 80% Canuk, 2 old Rosies, and a '96 silver proof.
HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 03-27-2009 05:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's box wasn't so hot.

2 '64s
15 40%

But I shouldnt' complain. Cheapest way of adding ounces to the pile. Definately a great way to average overall cost down. :s1:

AGRO 03-27-2009 07:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Buying Silvers--- Did you see my big score a few pages back?

Buyingsilvers 03-27-2009 07:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yep. Was it this post back in February?

Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1579052)
Couldn't resist the urge and stopped on the way home.. 5 rolls/ 2 full rolls 40% Kens.

What are you fellow prospectors doing with 40%?

I do the same as ME CO, save them up to either sell or trade them up to .999.

SLV>GLD 03-27-2009 09:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2nd box this week yielded:

(1) - 40%
(1) - 90% Franklin

Just barely enough to make think another box is worth a go. If it had just been two 40% I would have vowed never to do this again. Next time it had better be two 90% or it's over. Yeah, that's my threat to the silver gnomes that decide just how much will keep you slaving over rolls of halves.

Buyingsilvers: I figured out how to reuse the bank rolls but decided not to because I like my ruse at dump banks that I'm not a crazy roll hunter but a lucky beneficiary of some hoard of coins that must be painstakingly sorted and rolled (hence aftermarket wraps). The upside is I learned that, using a knife, I can make opening the rolls way easier and I got through a box fully re-wrapped in right at 45 minutes.

ME CO 03-28-2009 12:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a good run tonight. Finally filled an empty spot in my Franklin book, the '49S. Only one more spot to fill now- the dreaded '55. And all from CRH. Got (2) Bens, (4) '64, and (12) 40%ers, thas the take from 6 boxes, also got (2) lil Rosies from 2 dime boxes.
HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 03-28-2009 09:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
bounced around about 10 different bank branches today. Picked up roughly $1500 worth of halves. Roughly $1200 was already looked through. The other $300 were fresh handrolls, but had nada.

Well, you win some & you lose some. I did manage to put in orders for A LOT more bank boxes next week, so that should be good. Those boxes have never let me down.

ME CO 03-29-2009 10:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a storm come through here Thur/Fri, fubbed up my deliveries. So I was stuck scrounging dimes yesterday and today, special thanks to a teller saving ME 3 silver Rosies in her drawer I came up with 16 slivers out of 10 boxes total. That kind of silver is hard to add up but at least I added another ounce+ to the pile. Tomarrow I start working double time as belated orders will be coming in when I already have pickups scheduled- 2 days remain for the month and my spreadsheet shows 86 ozt., best month so far this year. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 03-30-2009 04:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^

are you retired/unemployed?

How do you find so much time to search rolls?

ME CO 03-30-2009 09:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1652999)
^

are you retired/unemployed?

How do you find so much time to search rolls?
Self employed. I also don't have anyone else demanding attention so this is what I do. HH Mark

jogslvr 03-30-2009 10:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
What size face value box/bag amount do you usually ask the bank for at one time? I may give this a try on rainy days.

SLV>GLD 03-30-2009 10:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jogslvr (Post 1653241)
What size face value box/bag amount do you usually ask the bank for at one time? I may give this a try on rainy days.
A box of halves is $500.
So is a box of quarters.
A box of dimes is $250.
A box of nickels is $100.
A box of pennies is $25.

Your bank will likely not have halves onhand and they will have to be ordered.
The rest of the coins can be had on the spot.

Pennies are fun to sort and the reward is continuous.
Nickels are worth hoarding, IMHO.
Dimes can payout but they really are frustrating to open and re-roll.
Quarters are pointless, just keep your pocket change rolls.
Halves, as you can see, are hit or miss but extremely easy to open and re-roll.
That's my strategy, anyway.

ME CO 03-30-2009 02:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jogslvr (Post 1653241)
What size face value box/bag amount do you usually ask the bank for at one time? I may give this a try on rainy days.
Your best bet is to go to your local bank and ask them for all the half dollars they can scrounge up- unless there is another hunter in your area they should have some loose or rolled. Ask if there is any in the vault, hopefully there is a bag in there just waiting to hit the $1000 mark so it can be sent back, or a bag in the coin counter. From there you can ask them if they could order boxes for you when they order coin for the bank. Take in some candies, coin is heavy and the tellers are getting weaker by the day.
Best tip.... you will likely have to deal with the vault teller so don't go when they will be at lunch, nor do you want to go when the bank is busy. Best times for ME is 10am-11, 2pm-3or4. Waiting in line is no fun and if there is already a line you just added to the problem. HH and good luck, Mark

AGRO 03-31-2009 12:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1653657)
Your best bet is to go to your local bank and ask them for all the half dollars they can scrounge up- unless there is another hunter in your area they should have some loose or rolled. Ask if there is any in the vault, hopefully there is a bag in there just waiting to hit the $1000 mark so it can be sent back, or a bag in the coin counter. From there you can ask them if they could order boxes for you when they order coin for the bank. Take in some candies, coin is heavy and the tellers are getting weaker by the day.
Best tip.... you will likely have to deal with the vault teller so don't go when they will be at lunch, nor do you want to go when the bank is busy. Best times for ME is 10am-11, 2pm-3or4. Waiting in line is no fun and if there is already a line you just added to the problem. HH and good luck, Mark
Quoted for Truth
It's funny how right you are!!! You really got this down to a science!!

Ask for canvas bank bags to hide your stash in on the way out!!! If they don't have any
bring something else to hide your take (if large).
People are nosy, and if you aren't in competition with another,
You will be as soon as they see you walk out with all that coin...

Buyingsilvers 03-31-2009 04:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$1000 of coin will attract attention no matter what. It's obviously very heavy, which doesn't leave much room for imagination as to what you got from the bank. At the very least, cover it with a towel or plastic bag as you make your exit.

Sidetip: when you're returning halves, bundle them by $100 or however you see the tellers in your area bundling them. It makes returning them quicker, less annoying to the people waiting in back of you, and the tellers are less likely to complain about your dumps to management. Complaints can eventually lead to change in policy.

jogslvr 04-01-2009 10:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well I tried a half box of mixed dimes, quarters and halves the other day. My bank is not very good for this I guess. I found only one 40% Half and a damn casino token, but big tip here: don't take any of those tight bank rolls crimped on both ends; they are straight from the mint. I didn't bother opening them after discovering what they were. Only those old type wrappers are worth looking in; at least at my bank. :no_ma:

AGRO 04-01-2009 10:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jogslvr (Post 1657162)
but big tip here: don't take any of those tight bank rolls crimped on both ends; they are straight from the mint. I didn't bother opening them after discovering what they were. Only those old type wrappers are worth looking in; at least at my bank. :no_ma:
Are you talking about 1/2s here?

I found a Barber and some 40% in some of those. The ones I got didn't say US Mint though...

Buyingsilvers 04-01-2009 03:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
you really need to look through all the rolls, even if it's not with a "fine tooth comb".

I think your rolls have better odds than some of these rolls I'm looking through now that have already been prospected at least once.

Mined Games 04-01-2009 04:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Can someone explain to me what a 'silver proof' coin is? I've seen them mentioned on this thread. Are there many of them in circulation, and if so, how are they identified? Thanks for any help with this info.

Buyingsilvers 04-01-2009 04:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
http://www.proofcoinsinc.com/ebayima...2005/05s50.jpg

A proof coin is made with
a specially polished and treated die!

By treating the die in a special way, the coins it produces have a different appearance. Modern technology allows the high points on the coin design to be acid treated (on the die). The background (field) design of the coin die is polished, resulting in a mirror-like look on the coin it strikes. This gives the finished coin a frosted look (frosting) on the raise parts of the design, with a mirror like finish on the background. This contrasting finish is often called "cameo". (See picture above.) On some older coins a cameo appearance is quite rare. The attribute "CAM", when added to a coin's description, means cameo appearance. "DCAM" means deep cameo, and indicates the cameo appearance is strong and easy to observe.

Proof coins are struck twice, or more!

Not only are proofs made using specially treated dies, each coin is struck two or more times by the coin die. By striking it more than once the metal is forced into all the crevices of the die, thereby giving a very fine detail to the image on the coin. This fine detail does not appear on some non-proof coins.



Note that all kennedy proofs are not silver. Proofs are also super thick compared to the normal coins.

AGRO 04-01-2009 10:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1657765)
http://www.proofcoinsinc.com/ebayima...2005/05s50.jpg

A proof coin is made with
a specially polished and treated die!

By treating the die in a special way, the coins it produces have a different appearance. Modern technology allows the high points on the coin design to be acid treated (on the die). The background (field) design of the coin die is polished, resulting in a mirror-like look on the coin it strikes. This gives the finished coin a frosted look (frosting) on the raise parts of the design, with a mirror like finish on the background. This contrasting finish is often called "cameo". (See picture above.) On some older coins a cameo appearance is quite rare. The attribute "CAM", when added to a coin's description, means cameo appearance. "DCAM" means deep cameo, and indicates the cameo appearance is strong and easy to observe.

Proof coins are struck twice, or more!

Not only are proofs made using specially treated dies, each coin is struck two or more times by the coin die. By striking it more than once the metal is forced into all the crevices of the die, thereby giving a very fine detail to the image on the coin. This fine detail does not appear on some non-proof coins.



Note that all kennedy proofs are not silver. Proofs are also super thick compared to the normal coins.
Great info, may need to add that to my thread of Numi terms...
Where is it from?

Buyingsilvers 04-01-2009 10:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
http://lynncoins.com/proofcoin_article.htm

Sorry, I should have included the source with the original post.

AGRO 04-01-2009 11:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1658340)
http://lynncoins.com/proofcoin_article.htm

Sorry, I should have included the source with the original post.
No reason to be sorry! thought maybe you wrote it.

I am hoping to step up my prospecting this weekend. BUT,
I am having trouble getting banks to order boxes....:rant:
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
PLUS, the last 7 or 8 I called had nothing.

Hi Ho SILVER 04-02-2009 12:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went back to the guy who has the clock and jewlery store that I got the holiday rounds from at spot a couple of weeks ago and he had $305 face mixed bags...peace dollars, quarters, dimes and halves all 90%. He wanted 3400 for the 90% and he also had 20 1 oz bars....16 santas and 3 englehard and 1 JM....those he let me have for 13.21 apiece...spot was 13.12 when I walked in the door...I passed on the 90's but I scooped up the bars...The reason he said he let the bars and rounds go at spot is because he isn't a silver guy....he actually said he can't believe people are paying big premiums for all types of silver and that he doesn't agree with it. He paid back of spot for the bars and he sold them at about spot to me...same with the rounds...i think I found a honey hole!!!! Not sure why the 90% was so high...if he doesn't agree with high premiums????? any thoughts on that? Thanks

Buyingsilvers 04-02-2009 05:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
the 90% price isn't that bad IMO, depending on how many peace dollars & older coinage is in the batch.

Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1658459)
No reason to be sorry! thought maybe you wrote it.

I am hoping to step up my prospecting this weekend. BUT,
I am having trouble getting banks to order boxes....:rant:
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
PLUS, the last 7 or 8 I called had nothing.
at least you're getting fresh boxes.

There's a couple active prospectors in my area that have been active before I started prospecting, I'm getting A LOT of their skunks that they dump at various regional banks lately. Bank will tell me there's $200 in halves, I'll grab them, but all the rolls are already marked. I really want to hit more regionals, but it's impossible with a day job.

I have roughly $8k of boxes on order. Hope the bank actually has some boxes left in the vault. At least these boxes are super consistent.

clyderose 04-02-2009 06:38 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jogslvr (Post 1657162)
Well I tried a half box of mixed dimes, quarters and halves the other day. My bank is not very good for this I guess. I found only one 40% Half and a damn casino token, but big tip here: don't take any of those tight bank rolls crimped on both ends; they are straight from the mint. I didn't bother opening them after discovering what they were. Only those old type wrappers are worth looking in; at least at my bank. :no_ma:
Sorry dude but you know not of what you speak.those "mint" rolls can and do have mucho AG.
CR

jogslvr 04-02-2009 09:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by clyderose (Post 1658645)
Sorry dude but you know not of what you speak.those "mint" rolls can and do have mucho AG.
CR
Not when they say that they are straight from the mint (which they were) they were ALL 2009 Rosy dimes and State of Virginia quarters (uncirculated)
The home rolled coin wrapped are the only ones I'll waist time on from here out. btw; my teller told me that I had competition on the Half dollar coins.


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Buyingsilvers 04-02-2009 09:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
mint wrapped uncirculated coins are worth something you know... whether they be dimes, quarters, halves, etc.

perl 04-02-2009 12:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
These are mint wraps. NEVER have I seen these at a bank!!! These are worth more than face.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:.../GW4_large.jpghttp://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:.../st2757-wc.jpg

These are the ones you are probably talking about. These are coins collected and re-wrapped by Brinks or other coin/bank companies. This one is from N. F. String and Sons, Inc The 1/2 dollar coins come in yellow color wrappers. I find silver in these all the time. The half rolls that is.

http://i19.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/0d/8e/5a61_1.JPG

DA1984 04-02-2009 01:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
What am I doing wrong? I just started roll searching and have searched 1/2 box of halves and have founds absolutely nothing yet. Any suggestions?

AGRO 04-02-2009 02:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1659335)
What am I doing wrong? I just started roll searching and have searched 1/2 box of halves and have founds absolutely nothing yet. Any suggestions?
That's how it is in the beginning. Stick with it, be patient, you will get lucky. Just when you are about to give up. You Score!
Try supermarket banks, I have yet to do this, but have heard good reviews. Also you can save time by calling.

Hi Ho SILVER 04-02-2009 03:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
when calling the banks how do you present what you are trying to do? Do you just say I want rolls of coins? Can I pick them up this afternoon??

Buyingsilvers 04-02-2009 05:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1659335)
What am I doing wrong? I just started roll searching and have searched 1/2 box of halves and have founds absolutely nothing yet. Any suggestions?

Volume is your best chance for success. I posted this on another forum.


It (roll searching) is hit or miss. I've said it before. You have to like searching through rolls, like working with the tellers, whether you're looking for pennies, nickels, dimes, halves, whatever. If you don't like it, you're just wasting your time.

Strictly from a financial standpoint, unless you happen upon a really good lucky find or have consistent luck with boxes/CWRs, you'd be better off spending your time working a few extra hours at your job & buying the 90% silver. If you're averaging only a few hits per $500, it really isn't worth it from a financial standpoint. You're spending more in terms of gas money & time to find, search, rewrap, deposit.

AGRO 04-02-2009 06:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hi Ho SILVER (Post 1659540)
when calling the banks how do you present what you are trying to do? Do you just say I want rolls of coins? Can I pick them up this afternoon??
What I do is just come right out and ask politely, "Would you or another teller know if there are any half dollars loose or rolled in stock"?

Most don't really care why you want them. Some will ask when you pick them up. We have plenty of excuses for that too. (if you need)

If the reply is iffy and they seem unsure, ask to speak to the vault teller,
or "might there be some in the vault?" usually they will put you on hold and find out. Or, transfer you to the person who handles the vault and coins.
Usually there is one per branch.

If you do get some coins on a call, just ask them when it is convenient for you to pick them up. Sometimes they have to get them out. You may have to go the next day.

As ME CO said don't go in late in the day b/c the vault teller is usually gone.
Also the teller have to begin counting or closing out their stations for the day,
if one teller has them and is closed, sometimes they can "sell" them to another teller. Or just avoid that by calling / going in early.

A suggestion, when you have some spare time or a day off, walk around the "town" area by where you live or if there is a city, go there and walk around from branch to branch, odds are you will find some.

Hope this helps,
AGRO-

Buyingsilvers 04-02-2009 06:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
whatever you do, don't piss off or irritate the tellers or bank manager. That's a good way to get cut off.

Unless you have a real good relationship with certain bank tellers/managers, it's smarter to spread your coin purchases around to multiple branches. I think it costs banks around $5 per box pulled from the vault since the boxes are bulky.

EireGoBragh 04-02-2009 06:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My most recent find, out of 5 boxes;

60-40%er's
7-Franks
7-Kens
2-WL's

Nothing outstanding, but not too bad, I'll take 'em :5_1_120:

Hi Ho SILVER 04-02-2009 10:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1659760)

What I do is just come right out and ask politely, "Would you or another teller know if there are any half dollars loose or rolled in stock"?

Most don't really care why you want them. Some will ask when you pick them up. We have plenty of excuses for that too. (if you need)

If the reply is iffy and they seem unsure, ask to speak to the vault teller,
or "might there be some in the vault?" usually they will put you on hold and find out. Or, transfer you to the person who handles the vault and coins.
Usually there is one per branch.

If you do get some coins on a call, just ask them when it is convenient for you to pick them up. Sometimes they have to get them out. You may have to go the next day.

As ME CO said don't go in late in the day b/c the vault teller is usually gone.
Also the teller have to begin counting or closing out their stations for the day,
if one teller has them and is closed, sometimes they can "sell" them to another teller. Or just avoid that by calling / going in early.

A suggestion, when you have some spare time or a day off, walk around the "town" area by where you live or if there is a city, go there and walk around from branch to branch, odds are you will find some.

Hope this helps,
AGRO-
Thanks for the advice. I am going to spend my day off hunting....

clyderose 04-03-2009 06:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jogslvr (Post 1658811)
Not when they say that they are straight from the mint (which they were) they were ALL 2009 Rosy dimes and State of Virginia quarters (uncirculated)
The home rolled coin wrapped are the only ones I'll waist time on from here out. btw; my teller told me that I had competition on the Half dollar coins.
I did not mean to offend so sorry if taken in the wrong context.
the "mint" makes coin and sends it to the federal reserve banks in mega bags to be distributed to the coin wrap companies who in turn wrap them and distribute to commercial banks.
True mint rolls are a specialty product sold to collectors and are worth much more than than face value.
Dont let what you see on the ends of rolls of half dollars fool you,I have had two boxes of halves that were all brand new 1998's except for about 10% silver coins.dont ask me how that happens but it does.

DA1984 04-03-2009 02:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So far, 70 rolls of halves (1400) and I have only found 1 40%er. Great luck.

ME CO 04-03-2009 02:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Its a volume game for ME. Silver has been slim lately but overall I got 88 ozt last month. Takin the good with the bad. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 04-03-2009 03:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
my boxes just turned ugly. Getting got 2 boxes with different colored wrappers. Only produced 3 40% and 1 90%. Not looking forward to another 15 boxes of the same, but if you're really into this hobby, as ME CO said, "Takin the good with the bad".

DA1984 04-03-2009 04:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Running Update:

Halves: 100 Rolls (2000). 1 - 40% Great Job.

Around here all the rolls are all Brinks rolls. Any experience with them? Any reason to suspect they may have already gone through them?

AGRO 04-03-2009 05:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1661232)
Running Update:

Halves: 100 Rolls (2000). 1 - 40% Great Job.

Around here all the rolls are all Brinks rolls. Any experience with them? Any reason to suspect they may have already gone through them?
Sorry that sucks.:signs14:

Wouldn't think someone had gone through those though no.
Like ME CO said gotta take the good w/ the bad.

ME CO 04-03-2009 05:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1661232)
Running Update:

Halves: 100 Rolls (2000). 1 - 40% Great Job.

Around here all the rolls are all Brinks rolls. Any experience with them? Any reason to suspect they may have already gone through them?
Imagine all the bags off coin counters that brinks picks up, these coins are dumped into a hopper, counted/rolled and boxed up. Alot of those bags may be other CRH dumps but not likely all. Alot of change jars are getting cashed in these days with people looking for FRNs (foldin money). I was surprised when I told my tellers to keep on the lookout for silver dimes when they openned rolls- almost every single one asked ME what they look like. People have no clue, they think since they're not made anymore they're all gone. Ever seen a silver quarter? Put in the middle of a tellers tray it sticks out like a sore thumb. I was on a road trip once last year, small town, asked for halves and while the teller was checking the vault I noticed one right in the middle of her tray. When she came back I bought the halves and asked if she would sell ME the silver quarter in her tray. She said "what silver quarter?" I mean this thing was shinin like it would glow in the dark, after I pointed it out she decided she wanted it. As long as the Brinks rolls are crimped of both ends and not folded over on one they haven't been searched. HH all, Mark

AGRO 04-03-2009 05:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Usually searchers will mark the rolls with their "signature" to try not getting the same rolls back. Forgot about the crimp thing, true!

Buyingsilvers 04-03-2009 09:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
If the rolls are marked, either with my mark or someone else's, I usually just spot check some of the rolls, and check the rims on the rest of them.. No sense going over them carefully if I know that they've already been prospected, but you still need to check the rolls.

The time I found the full roll of silvers/proofs, that roll was mixed in with a bunch of other marked rolls. None of the other rolls yielded even one silver. If I assumed the entire batch was a skunk, I'd have missed the full roll.

ME CO 04-04-2009 12:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Slim pickins lately. (5) 40%ers out of 6 boxes tonight, I'll be glad when the roller coaster comes to another steep climb. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 04-04-2009 03:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Looks like I averaged 60 toz. per month for Feb & Mar. Probably wont be repeated unless I have another "silver strike". *crosses fingers*

Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1661144)
my boxes just turned ugly. Getting got 2 boxes with different colored wrappers. Only produced 3 40% and 1 90%. Not looking forward to another 15 boxes of the same, but if you're really into this hobby, as ME CO said, "Takin the good with the bad".
looks like I'm back to my old boxes *phew*. Hope the new ones were just a fluke.

$200 CWRs: pulled 16 40%

First box: 17 40%, 8 90%, and 3 franklins.

Still working on the second box.

DA1984 04-04-2009 04:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
9 more rolls today netted a 1994 s and 2002 s. Both clad in ok condition, used to be proof.

Buyingsilvers 04-04-2009 08:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ugh, looks like I got burned today. Went to the teller to ask for halves. Another teller has $9 worth, but tells her to see the manager about something. In the back (where I couldn't see), I could hear the coins clinking & being shuffled. Teller comes back with $5 of junk and tells me the rest was "reserved" for someone else.

Somewhat irriating, but not like I could do anything about it. Since this particular bank is my dump bank, I could rain thousands of halves on them, but it's out of my way to do so. :rant:

Buyingsilvers 04-04-2009 08:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Anyone find anything really weird in their rolls of halves? I've heard of someone getting a large half-cent in a machine roll.

I got one of these in a machine roll today. Most likely worthless, so I'll end up burying it one of my return rolls. Since it's cupro-nickel, the machine didn't reject it.

http://it.geocities.com/coinpc/img/416116Zambia1969.jpg

Edit: there's some ebay sellers selling it for $6-7 in UNC condition, so it's probably worth a few $, so I guess I'll hang onto it. Does this mean it's worht more than a 40% half? haha

---------

Finished the 2nd box. Quite the haul on this one

2 Franklins, 12 '64s, 27 40%

Last box wasnt so good

1 Walker, 1 Liberty, 9 40%
Price of silver continues to drift down, but the cost average is going down as well.

JOE SIXPACK 04-07-2009 01:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

1 $500 box of cwi wrapped halves

yield: 2 '69's, that's it


j6p

ME CO 04-07-2009 05:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1666857)
today's results:

1 $500 box of cwi wrapped halves

yield: 2 '69's, that's it


j6p
I got (1) 40%er out of 3 boxes last night. Wadin through the swamp in the valley waitin for the next hill to climb- problem is a fog bank has rolled in sos I can't see how big the valley is. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 04-07-2009 07:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Box today wasn't too good. Of course it didnt' help that half the box was AU/BU 1990-D. Seems like someone dumped a mint bag into the machine or something.

3 90%, 2 40%

DA1984 04-07-2009 10:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Update: So far, 2 1/2 boxes and 1 40%er. Nice.

ME CO 04-08-2009 10:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Last night 5 boxes, (1) 90%JFK, (4) 40%. Gotta love them 90%. HH Mark

rodzm 04-08-2009 10:53 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not so much for prospecting but I bought 27 Walkers and 33 64 Kennedy's for 9x face. Basically silver at spot price


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ME CO 04-08-2009 01:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rodzm (Post 1668334)
Not so much for prospecting but I bought 27 Walkers and 33 64 Kennedy's for 9x face. Basically silver at spot price
Gotta love them 90%, good price. Some people hunt dealers and some hunt banks- its still hunting. HH Mark

DA1984 04-08-2009 03:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Update: 3 Boxes.

90%: 0
40%: 1
Clad Silver Proof: 2
One very odd gold plated 1977 which has 1960 and 1985 after mint stamped.

CajunCoin 04-09-2009 12:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got 1 box shipped in,

1 40% 1969

got some unc stuff, will set aside. Hard in Louisiana with Casinos here to come across quality boxes of halves.

Buyingsilvers 04-09-2009 04:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 handrolls yielded 4 40%

pulled 2 franklins, 3 '64, 3 40% out of a box today. Yields going down, but still not bad.

ME CO 04-09-2009 09:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Banner night last night as of late- hope this is the upward trend. (3) 90%JFK, (18) 40% out of 4 boxes, also got 5 slivers out of 4 dime boxes.
HH all, Mark

rodzm 04-09-2009 03:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1668549)
Gotta love them 90%, good price. Some people hunt dealers and some hunt banks- its still hunting. HH Mark
It was more of a hook up...my dad got quite a few from his trips. Lets just say he is in a place where 90%ers and 40%ers seem to be quite a plenty. Matter of fact Im almost sure my dad may be the only person in his area looking for them. One roll he got was all Walkers and another roll was almost all Franklins. He's only searched less than $100 worth and almost all have turned out to be 90 or 40%ers.

His totals are as follows

$40- 40%ers
$47.50- 90%ers

DA1984 04-14-2009 05:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pretty good box today:

40% - 56
90% - 4
Franklins - 3
Clad Proof - 1

Totals: 4 Boxes (mostly from the 1 box today).

90%: 4
40%: 57
Franklins: 3
Clad Proof: 3
One very odd gold plated 1977 which has 1960 and 1985 after mint stamped.

Buyingsilvers 04-14-2009 07:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^

That's a really nice box, $150 worth of silvers right there. You must have had a lot of silvers peeping out of the ends of the shotgun rolls. Personally, I've never managed to get into the 50s with any of my boxes.

ME CO 04-14-2009 10:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1677512)
Pretty good box today:

40% - 56
90% - 4
Franklins - 3
Clad Proof - 1

Totals: 4 Boxes (mostly from the 1 box today).

90%: 4
40%: 57
Franklins: 3
Clad Proof: 3
One very odd gold plated 1977 which has 1960 and 1985 after mint stamped.
Congrats. Thas like a dream box these days. Silver is trickling these days but it still adds up so I continue to hunt. HH Mark

AGRO 04-14-2009 10:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So ME CO,
Where do you suggest selling small amounts of 40 %?

Say 20 to 50 Kens? BTW the local theif who pays 1.25 (depending on spot)
Also paid 1.00 over spot for some generic rounds I wanted to rid myself of!

ME CO 04-15-2009 12:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1677982)
So ME CO,
Where do you suggest selling small amounts of 40 %?

Say 20 to 50 Kens? BTW the local theif who pays 1.25 (depending on spot)
Also paid 1.00 over spot for some generic rounds I wanted to rid myself of!
20-50 Kens isn't really worth shipping them buddy. Besides you get to wash them into something else that you want so that instant gratification has to be worth something. I don't know how much longer my guy will be buying from ME, I hope a little longer anyways.
Here's something to boost your spirits, don't be too jealous I haven't "found" my gold coin yet neither LOL.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,232353.0.html
HH Mark

DA1984 04-15-2009 12:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1677707)
^

That's a really nice box, $150 worth of silvers right there. You must have had a lot of silvers peeping out of the ends of the shotgun rolls. Personally, I've never managed to get into the 50s with any of my boxes.
Actually, the makeup of the box was sort of strange. Probably 30 of the 50 rolls had at least one silver. In addition, one section of the box seemed to be most productive and the rolls that produced the most were rather loose compared to most Brinks boxes that I get. My guess is that somehow it had been sitting on the shelf a while, but that is mere speculation.

Only problem with the box is that it gives me 'the bug' big time.

DA1984 04-15-2009 02:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got another box from the same bank today (its a keeper). Not as good as the first but still not bad, harvested 16 40%ers.

Totals: 5 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3

GB1980 04-16-2009 08:38 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have been searching for five years +. I try and get 2 boxes a week.I have had fair luck through the years. I think I have found in total (still doing it) about $1000.00 in 40% and about $450.00 in 90 %. The local coin shop takes them with no questions asked. I traded the first group of $800.00 face for about $4,300.00. Not bad at all.

Buyingsilvers 04-16-2009 08:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1677945)
Congrats. Thas like a dream box these days. Silver is trickling these days but it still adds up so I continue to hunt. HH Mark
I was wondering, are you rerolling the junk or depositing them in bags or using a coin counting service? Maybe your current streak of bad luck is because you keep searching the same coins over and over again. Maybe try marking some coins with a sharpie and see if you get any marked coins in the boxes?

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Anyways, did a box today. Wasn't bad, 35 40%. My bank is still getting the boxes to me, but not nearly as timely as I would like. :thumpdown

ME CO 04-16-2009 09:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1680100)
I was wondering, are you rerolling the junk or depositing them in bags or using a coin counting service? Maybe your current streak of bad luck is because you keep searching the same coins over and over again. Maybe try marking some coins with a sharpie and see if you get any marked coins in the boxes?

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Anyways, did a box today. Wasn't bad, 35 40%. My bank is still getting the boxes to me, but not nearly as timely as I would like. :thumpdown
I know what the problem is here, I'm just not geared up to fix it. All of my competition here is dumping right back into the stream, my dumps are going somewhere else. Loomis has a monopoly right here- they reroll what they take in and they deliver and sell to Brinks. Last year I was searching more than all the competition combined (42 boxes a week) so Loomis would run out and have to buy from CWI from time to time, I haven't seen a CWI stamped box for monthes so now we are just getting what trickles into Loomis. I got tired of buying everybodies dumps and getting rid of them sos we could all get good boxes- didn't seem fair somehow. We all lost one bank cause everybody else was buying and dumping right there- they were ordering in 20 boxes 3 times a week, I myself picked up 4 there every Mon,Wed, and Fri. and 4 was all they would let ME have.
This has been my slowest month this year at only 20 ozs and its half over. We shall see what progresses, maybe some competition will quit, and besides summer is coming- soon I can go camping and pan some gold.
HH all, Mark

Barrettone 04-16-2009 06:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Alright Guys, I gotta tell ya...I thought you were all "Kookoo for Cocoa-Puffs" when I read this thread. So today, just for $hits and giggles, I stopped off at the 6 banks in town and scrounged up 9 rolls (180 coins) of halves cause I had some time to kill and wanted to do a "trial run". I brought them home, and in them I found:

(5) 40%'ers
(1) 90% Kennedy
(1) Benjamin

Now, going by coinflation.com that means I netted out about $15 after the cost of the coins. It took about one hour outta my day between getting them, sorting them, and re-rolling them. It wasn't really that bad. I have a lot of seniors in my area on fixed-incomes, so that may have helped my ratio. At any rate, it was about a 4% chance of getting a 40% or 90% coin in the rolls I got. Getting paid $10-$15 per hour for doing something you enjoy is the cat's a$$ IMHO, and I have to say I'm HOOKED!!!! I've got a box ordered for next week, and am checking the surrounding area banks. I marked my rolls so I don't get punked in the future (hopefully). The tips here have been most helpful. This is easy money, and I can't believe people are so stupid as to turn in their halves for face!!! Next, I am checking with my buddy who does vending collections to see if I can buy some sacks of quarters from him to sort. Looks like that might be the way to go, as there are just more quarters out there than halves. Dimes seem to be too much of a pain for my taste.

Thanks Fellow GIM'ers!!! :565:


He shoots...HE SCORES!!!

ME CO 04-16-2009 08:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Beginners luck is a beautiful thing, congrats on your finds. Silver quarters are scarce in the wild but I talked to a guy that had payphones and he said he finds a silver every day so you may have luck through your vendor friend. Dimes are small enough to pass through unnoticed (unless your looking), I am still amazed when I find some in a box. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 04-16-2009 09:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1680160)
I know what the problem is here, I'm just not geared up to fix it. All of my competition here is dumping right back into the stream, my dumps are going somewhere else. Loomis has a monopoly right here- they reroll what they take in and they deliver and sell to Brinks. Last year I was searching more than all the competition combined (42 boxes a week) so Loomis would run out and have to buy from CWI from time to time, I haven't seen a CWI stamped box for monthes so now we are just getting what trickles into Loomis. I got tired of buying everybodies dumps and getting rid of them sos we could all get good boxes- didn't seem fair somehow. We all lost one bank cause everybody else was buying and dumping right there- they were ordering in 20 boxes 3 times a week, I myself picked up 4 there every Mon,Wed, and Fri. and 4 was all they would let ME have.

This has been my slowest month this year at only 20 ozs and its half over. We shall see what progresses, maybe some competition will quit, and besides summer is coming- soon I can go camping and pan some gold.
HH all, Mark
I've had the same happen to me, which is why I'm not pulling as much as I can from banks other than my "silver boxes" bank C. The situation is somewhat rediculous. Other prospectors are dumping at bank B, where I'm picking up. I'm dumping at bank A, where he is picking up. So we end up "recycling" our own halves, and they keep swinging back and forth. Rolls are marked, and I wind up getting full $500 batches of my own searched rolls, so I can tell he's dumping my dumps back in my pickup bank.

I could swing over and start picking up at bank A, but I doubt the results will be any different. Unless someone happens to dump silvers via CWRs and those go to the vault, the "silver mine" is played out at those banks. I could keep slamming one of the two with huge half orders to see if I could dig down below the crap, but hasnt really worked so I gave it up. And it's somewhat irritating to have to keep depositing thousands of dollars of junk halves.

Barrettone 04-16-2009 10:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well, I'm just small time, so I don't have those problems. Just a box or two a week for me...it is just a hobby, not a job.

ME CO 04-16-2009 11:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Barrettone (Post 1681309)
Well, I'm just small time, so I don't have those problems. Just a box or two a week for me...it is just a hobby, not a job.
It is nice to have a hobby that pays for itself though. HH Mark

rezop 04-17-2009 12:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went out after reading about other people's success and picked up all of the halves that I could at a local bank. Out of 3 $20 rolls I got 15 90% and 25 40%. :10_1_20: I got hooked instantly and started ordering boxes. Now, 4 boxes later, I'm only up 1 more franklin and 1 more 40%. Gotta take the good with the bads, eh? Letting my thumbs recover before going to get more boxes. It smarts trying to put those rolls back together..

jedemdasseine 04-17-2009 01:01 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got a '63 Ben at the bank today. :)

AGRO 04-17-2009 01:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rezop (Post 1681523)
I went out after reading about other people's success and picked up all of the halves that I could at a local bank. Out of 3 $20 rolls I got 15 90% and 25 40%. :10_1_20: I got hooked instantly and started ordering boxes. Now, 4 boxes later, I'm only up 1 more franklin and 1 more 40%. Gotta take the good with the bads, eh? Letting my thumbs recover before going to get more boxes. It smarts trying to put those rolls back together..
HAHAHA!!!! AWESOME!!

THAT is EXACTLY what happened with me!!

I still have more luck with rolls than I do with boxes--

I look at it like this-- IF you get the right rolls SOMETIMES they are some old timer that said "eh to hell with this crap, I'm cashing it in"
Then you get those beauties like a roll of Walkers or Frankies in 5 rolls,:banana:
I have a firm belief that most boxes are looked through loosely by the other "pluckers" out there, -- however due to volume and lack of knowledge, many still slip through..

I hope you don't live by me!!! :rant::banghead::rant:

jedemdasseine 04-17-2009 01:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
They're still out there. I always ask for halves at the bank, and just when I think I'll be forever skunked, lo and behold, Silver!

AGRO 04-17-2009 01:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ME CO --- LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE CREATED-- MONSTERS!!!

:111::111::111:

rezop 04-17-2009 01:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1681537)
I hope you don't live by me!!! :rant::banghead::rant:
Every bank I've been to says they have a lot of people searching the rolls for silver. When I was asking for their loose halves, I just kept telling them it was for an art project because I didn't know whether or not it was something I could do consistently. I had to use a different excuse when I went to pick up 100lbs of coins... >.<

AGRO 04-17-2009 01:19 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Tell them you are a "collector" and you are so into it that you spend every waking moment looking for error coins, but 1 in every say 20,000 is an error so it takes a lot of time... Then they will think you are a really nerdy coin guy and feel bad for you,
WHICH is EXACTLY what YOU WANT!!!!

The gambling "poker Chip" excuse doesn't always work, b/c some "nerdy tellers"
will say "gambling is illegal" I don't want to contribute to that.

One time a lady said "Wow, you really do gamble, I can tell by the way you move the coins"
I replied "I thought you don't condone gambling?!?!?!"

Yet some of them are so stupid, when i ask if the have any "OLD, LARGE, SILVER DOLLARS?"
They reply, "yes" I'm like holy f##* S#!T I hit the mother load!!!!

then they come back with Golden Sacagewea's -- At that point I walk away deflated....
Now I know better...

Buyingsilvers 04-17-2009 03:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
they ALWAYS try and hawk off the sac dollars on me. Tellers hate the halves, sac/susan dollars, eisenhower dollars because they have to count the damn things every day. If they're really nice tellers, sometimes I'll just go and buy up all the damn things so they dont have to deal with them for a few weeks or so.

Lately my luck has been WAY better with the boxes. Im hitting a lot of different bank branches, but no one really has rolls of halves. It's possible that even the sub $500 amounts are getting bagged and turned into the central vault.

I always use the "beginning collector" excuse. It's funny when they give you $40 in CWRs or something, and they act like that's a HUGE amount. Then their eyes really grow big when you put in the $1000+ order. LOL

jedemdasseine 04-17-2009 03:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've never found any silver dollars while coin hunting, but my wife found a Peace dollar once. It came in a big bag of Ikes that looked like it had been sitting in the vault since the Bicentennial. A big dirty canvas bag with 999 Ikes and 1 Peace.

fwiw, I know an old timer in one of those really out-of-the-way, down home Southern towns who still uses Peace dollars to buy a biscuit and coffee every morning.


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Buyingsilvers 04-17-2009 04:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
only silver dollar I ever found was a WELL circulated eisenhower 40% silver proof. Only noticed it because of the color & unusual thickness. Later confirmed it with a weight test. Found it alongside $300 of eisenhowers I ordered when I bought about $1000 as emergency money. So instead of 10 $100 bills in the safe, I have 1000 dollar coins. If I'm going to keep the $$$ in there anyways, might as well make it more of a PITA to carry the thing out.

ME CO 04-17-2009 09:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1681541)
ME CO --- LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE CREATED-- MONSTERS!!!

:111::111::111:
Yea just don't forget my commission.bancha

Barrettone 04-17-2009 10:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
AH HELL!!! I went out and got 4 boxes today. I'll let you know Monday if my "beginners luck" has worn off yet!!! :5_1_120:

ME CO 04-18-2009 12:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I had a bit of luck today, persistance pays off. 5 boxes gave up (40) 40%ers and (2) 1964's. That is like the mother lode as of late, hopefully the roller coaster is heading up the hill again and didn't just hit a speedbump. HH Mark
Times like this remind you-"You can't win if you don't play".

Barrettone 04-18-2009 08:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1683155)
I had a bit of luck today, persistance pays off. 5 boxes gave up (40) 40%ers and (2) 1964's. That is like the mother lode as of late, hopefully the roller coaster is heading up the hill again and didn't just hit a speedbump. HH Mark
Times like this remind you-"You can't win if you don't play".
Well ME CO, you were right...beginners luck ran out. My 4 boxes only yeilded (3) 1964'S and 11 40%'ers. My luck ratio plummeted from 4% to about .0075%...you are right...sometimes you're the windsheild...sometimes you're the bug. On an up note though, I just picked up 70 1 oz generic rounds for $10 each from an estate sale!!!:565:

EireGoBragh 04-19-2009 02:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I had a bit of luck, my last 5 boxes gave up;

104-40%er's
11-Ken's
1-WL
1-Frank
and a 1954 Carver/Washington Commemorative Half Dollar
almost forgot the Silver Bicentennial Ken

Best Luck I've had in some time......



http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9562/coins.jpg

Barrettone 04-19-2009 08:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Man...that's a great haul...Contratulations!!! I'm getting another box on Thursday...we'll see.

Jeff

ME CO 04-19-2009 11:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
:565:Congrats on that haul- major score these days.:36_1_32v:
Yesterdays 6 were pretty dismal but still got (3) 90% and (2) 40% out of one, always good to add some 90%. Had to bury myself in dimes today to get a fix- I know I'm sick LOL, think I should join in on the silver addict thread haha. 6 more boxes tomarrow, hoping for the best. HH all, Mark

EireGoBragh 04-19-2009 11:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1685473)
:565:Congrats on that haul- major score these days.:36_1_32v:
Yesterdays 6 were pretty dismal but still got (3) 90% and (2) 40% out of one, always good to add some 90%. Had to bury myself in dimes today to get a fix- I know I'm sick LOL, think I should join in on the silver addict thread haha. 6 more boxes tomarrow, hoping for the best. HH all, Mark
Thanks ME....I've been ordering in 5 box lots,....actually the box lot after the one in the pics yielded;

16-40%er's
8-Kens
1-WL

...So not too bad at all in my book, especially for these times....

ME CO 04-21-2009 12:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good night tonight. 6 boxes, 3 were skunks but the other 3 had (29) 1964's and one Walker spread through them. Feels like the roller coaster got ME pinned back in my seat- and it feel good LOL. Brand new lookin '64's I call this pic inches of silver. Only two boxes tomarrow, hope to find some more.
Strange not a 40% to be found. BTW just made a deal on my 40% for spot+.
HH and enjoy the pics, Mark :RockOn:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ilver002-1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ilver003-1.jpg

EireGoBragh 04-21-2009 12:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Most Excellant.....:ok:

Buyingsilvers 04-21-2009 01:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1686976)
Good night tonight. 6 boxes, 3 were skunks but the other 3 had (29) 1964's and one Walker spread through them. Feels like the roller coaster got ME pinned back in my seat- and it feel good LOL. Brand new lookin '64's I call this pic inches of silver. Only two boxes tomarrow, hope to find some more.
Strange not a 40% to be found. BTW just made a deal on my 40% for spot+.
HH and enjoy the pics, Mark :RockOn:
Yeah, it's strange how sometimes the rolls are like that. ALL 40% or ALL 90%. Cant really complain either way.

Got another strange coin at the end of one of the rolls in my boxes

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/3...d64d25.jpg?v=0

What I'm wondering is how these coins that aren't even round make it into the rolls. You'd think they'd be rejected. No?

Edit: just got a 2nd one.

Buyingsilvers 04-21-2009 06:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
not bad set of 3 boxes

29 40%
6 90%
4 Franklins
1 Walker
1 1968 proof (ugly)
1 1979 proof (ugly)

2 worthless philipines coins

EireGoBragh 04-21-2009 09:58 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1687184)
not bad set of 3 boxes

29 40%
6 90%
4 Franklins
1 Walker
1 1968 proof (ugly)
1 1979 proof (ugly)

2 worthless philipines coins
Still something though......:565: I've found that patience and perseverance is the key.....let's hope my order comes in today and it's Loaded with '64 Kens, Franks & WL's ....:s9:

AGRO 04-21-2009 10:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1687066)
Yeah, it's strange how sometimes the rolls are like that. ALL 40% or ALL 90%. Cant really complain either way.

Got another strange coin at the end of one of the rolls in my boxes

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/3...d64d25.jpg?v=0

What I'm wondering is how these coins that aren't even round make it into the rolls. You'd think they'd be rejected. No?

Edit: just got a 2nd one.
I got a golden dollar in the middle of a roll- funny part is there were still enough 1/2s to make the roll complete!

DA1984 04-21-2009 02:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 box today = skunked, oh well, just gotta keep on going.

Totals: 6 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3

ME CO 04-21-2009 02:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1687066)
Yeah, it's strange how sometimes the rolls are like that. ALL 40% or ALL 90%. Cant really complain either way.

Got another strange coin at the end of one of the rolls in my boxes

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/3...d64d25.jpg?v=0

What I'm wondering is how these coins that aren't even round make it into the rolls. You'd think they'd be rejected. No?

Edit: just got a 2nd one.
I've gotten tons of crap in rolls, pi$$es ME off cause each one costs .50 yet my coin counters reject all the foreign. Other night I got one of them paper key tags, metal ring with paper inside, counted the coins and sure enough the thin piece of crap cost ME .50 too. All part of the game. HH Mark

ME CO 04-22-2009 01:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A couple more ozs to the pile tonight. 2 boxes gave up one Ben, (2) '64, and (7) 40%ers. O and I got 4 lil Rosies out of 4 dime boxes- I know I'm sick LOL. HH all, Mark

CajunCoin 04-22-2009 09:38 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Scored $108.00 Face at 2x. Stopped at a convience store in Alabama and te lady there noticed I was looking at my change and coins came up in the conversation and she and her husband had some silver they wanted to unload and they were asking 2x:565: I did not propose anything but after I left the corner store, I had $45 in quarters, $28.50 in dimes and the rest in halves!!!!

Hardtimes has made some folks let go, small mill in town has shutdown and people are spending their collections to get by.

Wife was supportive while I bought the stuff, the lady clerked at the store and she was loaded down and was glad to double her money (her words).

Cajuncoin exported the silver this weekend back to Louisiana.:553:

ME CO 04-22-2009 01:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good price for you. As long as she was happy, congrats. HH Mark

DA1984 04-22-2009 04:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another box today = skunked again (2 in a row), oh well, just gotta keep on going.

Totals: 7 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3

CajunCoin 04-22-2009 06:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1689279)
Good price for you. As long as she was happy, congrats. HH Mark
She was scared that she would have to deposit the Silver, she figured she doubled her money on the spot, gave her my cell phone #, happy to travel to Alabama anytime.

Buyingsilvers 04-22-2009 07:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
as long as she's satisfied, and you're satisfied, it's all good in my opinion.

Hard times definately = more silver coming out of the woodworks.

Buyingsilvers 04-23-2009 03:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
another decent set of 2 boxes today.

24 40%
5 90%
1981 proof (dirty)

I really miss my old boxes that had a decent amount of walkers & franklins, BUT I really shouldn't complain as long as the silvers keep flowing.

Buyingsilvers 04-25-2009 06:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got another 6 boxes today. Just stared working on them, but already found a franklin and another foreign coin in the first roll I opened.


http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/...thumb04497.jpg

Mine is a bit more worn than this. It's a 1910 Canadian half dollar, the canadian equivalent of the US Barber half. Might be worth $15. Guess it makes up for those damn philipines coins I got earlier.

1870–1919
11.62 g
29.72 mm
92.5% silver
7.5% copper

Junk Woody 04-25-2009 09:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sweet Edward half score,they are worth some $$ if they are in good condition.

The 1921 50 cent piece is worth big bucks

Heads_Up 04-25-2009 10:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1694150)
Got another 6 boxes today. Just stared working on them, but already found a franklin and another foreign coin in the first roll I opened.


http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/...thumb04497.jpg

Mine is a bit more worn than this. It's a 1910 Canadian half dollar, the canadian equivalent of the US Barber half. Might be worth $15. Guess it makes up for those damn philipines coins I got earlier.

1870�1919
11.62 g
29.72 mm
92.5% silver
7.5% copper


Nice find, I have 2 of these. A 1918 & 1919. I think that they are sterling
(.925) and not 90%.

:coolbeer:

Junk Woody 04-26-2009 12:24 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I just scored a 1943 Canadian dime from my neighbors front yard with my metal detector.

MY 1st Silver with the MD :)

ME CO 04-26-2009 09:22 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another positive night last night, (19) 40%ers, one Ben and one '64. That was out of 4 boxes- 2 had silver showing and 2 didn't. Saved 2 boxes for tonight, one has a silver showing. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 04-26-2009 10:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1694150)
Got another 6 boxes today. Just stared working on them, but already found a franklin and another foreign coin in the first roll I opened.

Final tally

79 40%
16 90%
17 Franklins
2 Walkers
1910 Canadian Half dollar
1980-S Proof
1981-S Proof
Bicentennial-S Proof (Silver)
Bicentennial-D (Small Clip)

Not too bad, maybe $350 - $375 of silver for 1 nights "work". Really happy about the Canadian Half. My first Canadian silver.

Seems like I'm at the bottom of the barrel again, as relayed to me by the branch teller by the central vault. Hopefully they'll get more shipments from bank B otherwise the "BS-Comstock Lode" just ran dry. :cry1:


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EireGoBragh 04-26-2009 10:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Here's my score card from the last 5 boxes:

61- 40%er's
6- 90%er's
2-Franks
1-Walker

Not the best , BUT certainly not the worst.....I'll take 'em:banana:

ME CO 04-26-2009 11:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congrats to you two. My 2 boxes today gave up another 11 40%ers. 6 boxes of dimes today gave up a Merc and 6 Roos. HH Mark

DA1984 04-28-2009 03:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked again (3 in a row), getting frustrated. (I was hoping for just 1).

Totals: 8 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3

ME CO 04-28-2009 11:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1698519)
Skunked again (3 in a row), getting frustrated. (I was hoping for just 1).

Totals: 8 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3
Tough luck, perseverance may pay off. That is why I always try to get more than one box at a time- usually one or the other will have something, preferrably both. Seems whenever I get a really good box it is from a pickup of 4 or 6 boxes at once.
Had a job to check in the next town this morning so when I got done I hit up all the banks for halves and Wallmart for ammo. No ammo for ME, and the half hunt was as expected, nill till the last stop- $5 worth out of the coin counter and there's a silver one for ya. Nice and shiny '63 Ben. So I got that and 4 boxes tonight produced another Ben, (2) '64, and (12) 40%ers. More silver for the stack. HH all, Mark

DA1984 04-29-2009 05:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another Skunk (4 in a row), WTF.

Totals: 9 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3

Buyingsilvers 04-29-2009 05:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I agree with HS. It's better to just slam the banks if you can. If you cant order more than 1-2 boxes, just order at multiple branches. If you or other half hunters are returning halves in bags, it's possible that the same halves are being taken to a central processing vault to be rolled and ends up being recycled. If that's the case, you gotta dig deep. You could try and mark some of the individual coins to see if you're getting marked coins in your new boxes.

I'm finally getting an order of 8 boxes or so in tomorrow. Put in that order over a month ago.

Think I'm up to 75toz or so for the month of april. I'll probably push these boxes over into may's tally.

DA1984 04-29-2009 06:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm getting 2 at a time from one bank. Not sure that I could handle more than 4 a weeks or so and am using a different bank as a "dump." Before the 4 skunks in a row I had 2 boxes that resulted in 79 silvers, so it is hard to tell what is up.

AGRO 04-29-2009 06:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A lot of banks (that I belong to) WON'T order boxes.

I've already been "courtesied" at one of my main branches. It is really starting to piss me off. Maybe I will approach TD about boxes and use my opening an account as leverage....

what am I missing here? Are you guys taking the tellers out for lunch? Or better yet drinks after....

rezop 04-29-2009 07:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1700666)
A lot of banks (that I belong to) WON'T order boxes.

I've already been "courtesied" at one of my main branches. It is really starting to piss me off. Maybe I will approach TD about boxes and use my opening an account as leverage....

what am I missing here? Are you guys taking the tellers out for lunch? Or better yet drinks after....
I have the same problem.. have to go around to banks until I find one that will order. Most won't. I have got the "We don't usually do this, but if it's just a one time thing we can." One bank told me that they can't get anymore halves until the "new" ones come out? There are new halves coming out? *boggle*

Buyingsilvers 04-29-2009 07:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
your areas dominated by national or local banks? Local banks are probably more willing to service you for your $$$.

rezop 04-29-2009 07:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1700682)
your areas dominated by national or local banks? Local banks are probably more willing to service you for your $$$.
My local bank was the only one that would take the halves BACK!

Barrettone 04-29-2009 11:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1700666)
A lot of banks (that I belong to) WON'T order boxes.

I've already been "courtesied" at one of my main branches. It is really starting to piss me off. Maybe I will approach TD about boxes and use my opening an account as leverage....

what am I missing here? Are you guys taking the tellers out for lunch? Or better yet drinks after....
I have found that the $6 box of mixed Godiva chocolates does wonders for adjusting their attitude. My mother was a head teller for a national bank for 20 years, and she taught me how to speak "bank teller". She would walk through the fires of hades for this one little old man who brought her chocolates every month. She had the whole branch wired to save halves that were minted before 1970. Every teller saved them for her, and as a result, my mom would take half the booty, and give the other half of them to the older gentleman who brought the chocolate which she then gave the other tellers. My mom was quite enterprising. Here she is, getting all the tellers to fork over their silver, and she gets to keep half, as the old man gives up the "goods" to keep the Kennedy's flowin'. Gotta love it...God Bless Her. As a result, the "family stack" is quite impressive after 20 years of that. So, I simply took a note from her play book and I take a $6 box (6 premium chocolates) over to my branch once a month, and every week when I go in to do my deposits, a few coins are always waiting for me. I average about 6-8 silver coins a week, and about half are 90%ers. Not a bad investment really. I just sorted 7 boxes in the last 2 weeks (my first try at sorting boxes), and I got:

(24) 40%
(6) 90%
(1) Ben Franklin

In that same time, I got from the tellers, with a $3 investment (half a box of chocolates):

(11) 40%
(5) 90%

So, it seems to me I got half the silver (roughly), and had to invest an additional $3 for the chocolate, but didn't have to do any sorting or worry about where to "dump" my sorted halves (although the above mentioned chocolate does allow me to "dump" at my home branch more often as well). Just thought I'd give you an idea of what I do, and what the costs are associated with it.

SirSilverOzzyyzzO 04-29-2009 11:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I searched $1,500.00 worth of halves, since my last post and found only three 40% Silver coins. One proof - an 85s in AU 50 condition and cleaned and damaged to boot, and it's not even Silver...

Barrettone 04-29-2009 11:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SirSilverOzzyyzzO (Post 1701180)
I searched $1,500.00 worth of halves, since my last post and found only three 40% Silver coins. One proof - an 85s in AU 50 condition and cleaned and damaged to boot, and it's not even Silver...

Sounds like you need to invest in some chocolate...:4_1_72:

SirSilverOzzyyzzO 04-29-2009 11:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Barrettone (Post 1701196)
Sounds like you need to invest in some chocolate...:4_1_72:
Lol, I just read the post about that. I think that may be a good idea - especially since most of the tellers are women, where I go. One girl gets all red faced whenever she sees me. I've always wondered if it's the prospecting that pisses her off, or if she's got a little crush... Guess the chocolates will help answer that question.

Anyway, FWIW, and a slight repeat, I mainly use TD Waterhouse. I use leverage. I promise to Never Ever deposit any change and or to be otherwise annoying at their branch, so long as they keep ordering me the $500 boxes of halves upon every pick-up of a new one. However, the last time I sat to do a transaction, I was just short of interrogated about my job and why I needed the coins... I couldn't tell if the girl was being nosey or gathering info to write that IRS thingie up - Multiple or high transaction one. I politely told her I Jerry Rigged my two three family apt buildings washing machines to only accept halves - she shut up after that. Anyway, I dump the sifted coins off at a TD branch where I was given an atitude - sorry. TD has a good thing going for us prospectors, and I don't want to abuse it.

Time to open another account somewhere else and dump where the annying Hong Konganese chic insulted/interrogated me if I failed her test and the coin flow stops...

Buyingsilvers 04-29-2009 11:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
distract em with chocolates with the left hand, while you steal money out of their tray with the right hand. At least that's how you'd do it if you were the government.



:signs14:

ME CO 04-30-2009 12:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 boxes tonight, 3 were skunks and one had (5) 40%ers.:4_1_72: What you call takin the good with the bad. Pick up 6 boxes tomarrow. HH all, Mark

AGRO 04-30-2009 07:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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I have the same problem.. have to go around to banks until I find one that will order. Most won't. I have got the "We don't usually do this, but if it's just a one time thing we can." One bank told me that they can't get anymore halves until the "new" ones come out? There are new halves coming out? *boggle*

2009 Kennedy Half-Dollar Two-Roll Set (2E9)
Price: $32.95 Qty. More Info.


I really like the white and blue paper...

AGRO 04-30-2009 07:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1700682)
your areas dominated by national or local banks? Local banks are probably more willing to service you for your $$$.
Chase, Citi, Roslyn/ NYCB, Bof A, TD, no real small guys.

ME CO 05-01-2009 12:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Did better than last night. 6 boxes gave up (20) 40%ers and one Ben. Slow morning so I did 4 boxes dimes- got 3 Rosies for my trouble. Getting "coutesied" again tomarrow at one of my bank branches, one box one time. Add that to 3 other pickups tomarrow and I will have a busy day. Hope for some good results.
On a down note. My chocolate coins supplier has discontinued them, I went in today to restock my stash and the manager said they discontinued them for these dam cheesy looking large pennies and silver coins which are sold one at a time. I've already talked with the distributor and they can't sell to individuals. Bummed about that, had a sweet deal going haha.
HH all, Mark

AGRO 05-01-2009 12:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1702943)
Did better than last night. 6 boxes gave up (20) 40%ers and one Ben. Slow morning so I did 4 boxes dimes- got 3 Rosies for my trouble. Getting "coutesied" again tomarrow at one of my bank branches, one box one time. Add that to 3 other pickups tomarrow and I will have a busy day. Hope for some good results.
On a down note. My chocolate coins supplier has discontinued them, I went in today to restock my stash and the manager said they discontinued them for these dam cheesy looking large pennies and silver coins which are sold one at a time. I've already talked with the distributor and they can't sell to individuals. Bummed about that, had a sweet deal going haha.
HH all, Mark
That's good on the boxes!!!
But sucks on the other two!! WTF- they "discontinue" the chocolate gold coins,
is that legal?:ok:

Buyingsilvers 05-01-2009 12:19 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1702630)
Chase, Citi, Roslyn/ NYCB, Bof A, TD, no real small guys.
Yeah, that might explain it. :no_ma:

Sidenote: My 10 box order had turned into 8 boxes, which now turned int 6. My guess is the vault didn't like fulfilling such a huge order and gave the other 4 boxes away to prospectors doing $1k orders. :no_ma:
At least the boxes I've gotten are pretty promising. Probably 2x the silvers showing on the end rolls than normal. Only 1 box with no silvers showing.

Buyingsilvers 05-01-2009 08:22 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1702954)
Yeah, that might explain it. :no_ma:

Sidenote: My 10 box order had turned into 8 boxes, which now turned int 6. My guess is the vault didn't like fulfilling such a huge order and gave the other 4 boxes away to prospectors doing $1k orders. :no_ma:
At least the boxes I've gotten are pretty promising. Probably 2x the silvers showing on the end rolls than normal. Only 1 box with no silvers showing.
Another decent set. Finally finished it this morning. The 6 boxes yielded an average of 24-25 per box. Definately on the higher side for me.

109 40%
21 90%
15 Franklins
3 Walkers
3 Proofs
1 1987-P (Finally found one!)

ME CO 05-01-2009 11:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Silver still flowin. :36_1_34: 7 boxes today produced (4) 1964, and (37) 40%ers.
Also got another modern commemmorative, 1992 has a gymnist on the front and a small Olympic insignia.
6 more boxes tomarrow. HH all, Mark
BTW my tellers are pi$$ed about the chocolate coin situation- I told them all to call Party City and complain.

EireGoBragh 05-01-2009 11:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Man...you guys are killing me,....did 5 boxes yesterday and NOTHING!!! NADA!!! ZILCH!!!!! ZERO!!!! NEGATORY!!!! NEIN!!! NULL!!!!:favorites21::banghead:

SLV>GLD 05-01-2009 11:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1704533)
Man...you guys are killing me,....did 5 boxes yesterday and NOTHING!!! NADA!!! ZILCH!!!!! ZERO!!!! NEGATORY!!!! NEIN!!! NULL!!!!:favorites21::banghead:
OMG, thank you! Either we have the luckiest bastards on earth here or compulsive liars.

EireGoBragh 05-02-2009 12:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1704536)
OMG, thank you! Either we have the luckiest bastards on earth here or compulsive liars.
That's how it is sometimes....Maybe my luck will be better next week...:5_1_120:

On a side note;.... do any of you guys mark your dumps?

Buyingsilvers 05-02-2009 12:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I dont mark my dump coins individually because I roll my dumps and I know it's not getting recycled back into the silver stream. I do mark my dump rolls though. I heard from the manager at one of my dump sites that another prospector who pulls from that bank was somewhat irritated because he keeps getting thousands of dollars of my dumps. So when I turn halves in, it goes straight to the vault because no one wants them. lol

I'm not the best at photography, but maybe I should take some pics for fun. I can't let MECO hog all the prospecting pron. :tongue_ma:

Buyingsilvers 05-02-2009 02:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wow, I never realized how hard it is to take pictures of coins

Current findings

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/8390/img0187.jpg


From the first big find I posted: 1955 BU "Bugs Bunny" error. Can't see it too well because the pic is crappy. The reflection made it hard for the camera to focus on the teeth.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/825/img0188.jpg

Canadian half

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/773/img0189a.jpg


http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/302/img0190o.jpg

ME CO 05-02-2009 08:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Very nice '55 you got there. That is the only Ben my Dansco is missing, all found from rolls. Coins are tough to photo.
Yea it runs in cycles, the last few days is the best I done in a month. Its not the good old days anymore but silver still gettin dumped. HH all, Mark


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ME CO 05-02-2009 03:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1704536)
OMG, thank you! Either we have the luckiest bastards on earth here or compulsive liars.
You guys are gonna hate ME, I just thought up the biggest fish story... er I mean openned up the best box I seen in a bery long time.:36_1_34: Worse part is I'm gonna add to the suspense cause I have to wait for my pardner in crime to get home to help sort it. 18 silver ends showing, 3 rolls silver on both ends.
The really worst part is they only had 5 of my 6 boxes cause one was busted up so bad the rolls were broke open and they sent it back:cry1: The vault teller was not there or she would have just thrown it in a bag for ME. One other box got 3 silver showing and 3 boxes nothing showing. Now I will always wonder did the best box get sent back or did it have no silver anyways. I took a pic of the silver showing in the box- will update later with a pic of the silver stacks. HH all, Mark
BTW I hope yous guys are jealous, cause I always am when I ain't findin $hit and yous score big haha. :signs14:

AGRO 05-02-2009 03:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1705015)
You guys are gonna hate ME, I just thought up the biggest fish story... er I mean openned up the best box I seen in a bery long time.:36_1_34: Worse part is I'm gonna add to the suspense cause I have to wait for my pardner in crime to get home to help sort it. 18 silver ends showing, 3 rolls silver on both ends.
The really worst part is they only had 5 of my 6 boxes cause one was busted up so bad the rolls were broke open and they sent it back:cry1: The vault teller was not there or she would have just thrown it in a bag for ME. One other box got 3 silver showing and 3 boxes nothing showing. Now I will always wonder did the best box get sent back or did it have no silver anyways. I took a pic of the silver showing in the box- will update later with a pic of the silver stacks. HH all, Mark
BTW I hope yous guys are jealous, cause I always am when I ain't findin $hit and yous score big haha. :signs14:
I REALLY want to know what is in that box now!!!:applause_

Buyingsilvers 05-02-2009 03:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1705015)
You guys are gonna hate ME, I just thought up the biggest fish story... er I mean openned up the best box I seen in a bery long time.:36_1_34: Worse part is I'm gonna add to the suspense cause I have to wait for my pardner in crime to get home to help sort it. 18 silver ends showing, 3 rolls silver on both ends.
The really worst part is they only had 5 of my 6 boxes cause one was busted up so bad the rolls were broke open and they sent it back:cry1: The vault teller was not there or she would have just thrown it in a bag for ME. One other box got 3 silver showing and 3 boxes nothing showing. Now I will always wonder did the best box get sent back or did it have no silver anyways. I took a pic of the silver showing in the box- will update later with a pic of the silver stacks. HH all, Mark
BTW I hope yous guys are jealous, cause I always am when I ain't findin $hit and yous score big haha. :signs14:
Wow, 18 is A LOT. If I had to stab a guess, you may be looking at 70 - 100 in that box. Doing my best to be jealous here. I've never had a box with 18 showing. :applause_

are you obsessive like me and always check the ends of the rolls of all the boxes before opening anything? :biggrin:

SLV>GLD 05-02-2009 04:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1705050)
are you obsessive like me and always check the ends of the rolls of all the boxes before opening anything? :biggrin:
Yes, of course. It's like surveying the easter egg field before you actually start the hunt.

AGRO 05-02-2009 07:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1704533)
Man...you guys are killing me,....did 5 boxes yesterday and NOTHING!!! NADA!!! ZILCH!!!!! ZERO!!!! NEGATORY!!!! NEIN!!! NULL!!!!:favorites21::banghead:
Have you had a few good scores yet?

It seems like when the odds are down and you are just about to throw in the towel, THEN, BOOM! A great score!

Do another 5 IMO.

ME CO 05-03-2009 01:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well that one box was alot of fun. Turned out to be the second best box ever. (159) 40%ers and one Walker:36_1_34: Here's pics
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...silvers002.jpg
This one each stack represents a different roll- 45 stacks means only 5 rolls had nothing.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...silvers005.jpg
Here's the total take in stacks of 20 with Liberty sittin pretty on top.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...silvers007.jpg

And yes I am very compulsive, once all the boxes are indoors (and I make sure I wasn't followed j/k), under good light I slice open one side of the top with a knife, open and look for silver, then I fold the flap back down flip the box over and lift off the bottom, any silver showing on the bottom gets flipped over. # of silver gets written on the box. I usually save the best for last but not under these circumstances haha. BTW one other box was a skunk and one had (1) 40%er. Saved the other two boxes for tomarrow night. :coolbeer: HH Mark

AGRO 05-03-2009 01:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
NICE JOB!!!!

That's a cool 250-300 bux for nothin!!!

AGRO 05-03-2009 01:46 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
See, it's exactly like i said.

You said you been getting pretty bad boxes lately (we know you didn't think about quitting) and then BAM!!!! there it is a big score.. Perseverance pays off once again!

now what are you going to do with all those 40%'ers

ME CO 05-03-2009 09:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1705691)
See, it's exactly like i said.

You said you been getting pretty bad boxes lately (we know you didn't think about quitting) and then BAM!!!! there it is a big score.. Perseverance pays off once again!

now what are you going to do with all those 40%'ers
I just sold 300 of them about 2 weeks ago, now the lil box I keep them in is almost full again. I'll hold out for another week or so and sell again, more hunting $$$. I also upped my order for Saturdays by $1K. Even when I think of quitting- I really can't afford to not take almost free silver. 24ozt for $80.60.
Hope I can be ridin the plateau for awhile and get some more good boxes. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 05-03-2009 06:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hooleee crap 159 including a walker for good measure. :10_1_20:

I like the way you stacked it showing the outline of the rolls. That's a rediculous amount of silver.

ME CO 05-04-2009 12:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I like the way you stacked it showing the outline of the rolls. That's a rediculous amount of silver.
That is the most rolls out of a box that all had silver for ME- even my best box ever (Oct. '07) with 243 40% and 1 Ben had more empty rolls than this one.
Finished off the weekend with 11 Rosies, 1 Ben and 8 more 40%. Not as much fun as last night but I'll take it. 6 more boxes tomarrow, here's hopin for some more gooduns. HH all, Mark

AGRO 05-04-2009 12:24 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Boxes of dimes are 500 FRNs right? or 250? never got one before...

ME CO 05-04-2009 12:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1706709)
Boxes of dimes are 500 FRNs right? or 250? never got one before...
$250. If I quit anything it will be the dimes, not really worthwhile but I like them. Todays boxes (7), 5 for the normal type had nothin- 2 boxes with the hole in the bottom were good, one had 2 the other had 9. HH, Mark

AGRO 05-04-2009 12:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1706748)
$250. If I quit anything it will be the dimes, not really worthwhile but I like them. Todays boxes (7), 5 for the normal type had nothin- 2 boxes with the hole in the bottom were good, one had 2 the other had 9. HH, Mark
See to "me" that sounds good!! i probably wouldn't keep at the dimes either,
but once i got a roll or two I'd be happy!!!

Don't really have much faith in em' though where I live.
They best i get in change is a "Wheatie" Like TODAY!!!
The dude at the record shop must've thought I was crazy when i exclaimed "I got a wheatie!!!" owed him another cent for my purch...:applause_

AGRO 05-04-2009 12:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
[QUOTE=Buyingsilvers;1704622]Wow, I never realized how hard it is to take pictures of coins

Current findings

From the first big find I posted: 1955 BU "Bugs Bunny" error. Can't see it too well because the pic is crappy. The reflection made it hard for the camera to focus on the teeth.
Canadian halfQUOTE]

NICE TAKE!!!:15_1_70v::applause_:banana:

Buyingsilvers 05-04-2009 09:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
While CRHing at the bank today, the teller had $20 of halves. 5 of them were 40%. She decided to sell me all of them, but as she was counting them, decided to keep back 1 half. The one she decided to keep back was a 40%. Pretty interesting that someone who has absolutely no clue about coins, coin collecting, metal content of coins instinctively knew that there was something special about the coin she decided to hold back. At least she didn't hold back all of them. haha

This is the reason why I like it better when the CRH's are in rolls. The teller is a lot less likely to look at the coins and decide to hold back the odd ones.

ME CO 05-04-2009 11:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
5 boxes tonight gave up one Ben, one '64 and (8) 40%. Saved one box for tomarrow since I only have 2 coming in. HH all, Mark

DA1984 05-05-2009 01:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another Skunk (5 in a row), WTF. IMPORTANT INFO: My teller called Brinks today to inquire about their "recirculation" process. She was told that they are now selling halves to a 3rd party PRIOR to rolling them specifically for the purpose of pulling the silver. May be game over for me, as they are the only game in town.

Totals: 10 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3

AGRO 05-05-2009 04:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1708913)
Another Skunk (5 in a row), WTF. IMPORTANT INFO: My teller called Brinks today to inquire about their "recirculation" process. She was told that they are now selling halves to a 3rd party PRIOR to rolling them specifically for the purpose of pulling the silver. May be game over for me, as they are the only game in town.

Totals: 10 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3
That's most annoying- the third party thing- you should ask to be that "party"!!!

Definitely inquire, maybe there is some way for you to stay in the loop.

Not sure I get it though. They sell the halves to the third party to be rolled and silver pulled, then the party returns the bunk halves rolled and the AG separate?

Buyingsilvers 05-05-2009 04:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Perhaps it's some sort of sharing agreement. The halves get "washed" through the 3rd party for silvers and they split the profits. I think it's possible that the 3rd party was an individual or company who just approached brinks. Brinks just looks at it as a win-win situation. :hissyfit_m:

DA1984 05-05-2009 04:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Only weird thing is that I still am occasionally finding silver, although not at the rates which I should.

Hi Ho SILVER 05-05-2009 04:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
What do you ask the teller when you go into the bank to start the hunt? Help... :)

DA1984 05-05-2009 05:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hi Ho SILVER (Post 1709162)
What do you ask the teller when you go into the bank to start the hunt? Help... :)
What banks do you have near you, where do you have accounts?

AGRO 05-05-2009 05:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Tell them you are a "collector" and spend your entire weekend sorting coins.
That you are looking for half dollars and buy some pennies to throw them off a bit.
Do NOT mention silver. Tell them you look for rare error coins that are impossible to find.

Ask them if they have any loose or rolled halve and that you will buy whatever they have. Once you start a rapport with them then ask them
if in the bank vault they have any boxes or would consider ordering them for you.
Ask for the vault teller and be very nice.

Hi Ho SILVER 05-05-2009 08:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1709197)
Tell them you are a "collector" and spend your entire weekend sorting coins.
That you are looking for half dollars and buy some pennies to throw them off a bit.
Do NOT mention silver. Tell them you look for rare error coins that are impossible to find.

Ask them if they have any loose or rolled halve and that you will buy whatever they have. Once you start a rapport with them then ask them
if in the bank vault they have any boxes or would consider ordering them for you.
Ask for the vault teller and be very nice.
What about coins that come in that are brand new..I don't want those right? I need circulated coins in rolls?

AGRO 05-05-2009 08:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No you don't want those. Unless you really are looking for, doubling, rarities, etc.

The halves have not been minted with 90% since 64
40% 65-69

or if they are uncirx in the original mint wrap (you want those) don't open them.
the bank won't have such coins anyway.

Hi Ho SILVER 05-05-2009 09:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1709178)
What banks do you have near you, where do you have accounts?
US Bank -- Regions -- Planters -- Credit Unions -- BOA

ME CO 05-05-2009 10:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My 3 boxes tonight gave up ZERO silvers.:4_1_72: Guess I can't win them all, been a long time since I didn't get even one keeper. Hope tomarrows 4 boxes are better. HH Mark

SLV>GLD 05-05-2009 10:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1709652)
My 3 boxes tonight gave up ZERO silvers.:4_1_72: Guess I can't win them all, been a long time since I didn't get even one keeper. Hope tomarrows 4 boxes are better. HH Mark
This post was more inspiring than most in this thread. Believe it or not.

ME CO 05-05-2009 10:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hi Ho SILVER (Post 1709520)
US Bank -- Regions -- Planters -- Credit Unions -- BOA
US Bank can be good, some branches will order-others won't. My Credit Union does ME good. One BOA branch sells ME what they have once a week, but will not order specifically for ME (only place I get halves without an acct 'cept roadtrips). Good luck, HH Mark


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ME CO 05-05-2009 10:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1709656)
This post was more inspiring than most in this thread. Believe it or not.
Wanted to keep it in perspective- not every box is a winner. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 05-06-2009 02:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
well dont know if it'll make you feel better, but todays payout was the worst I've had in a while. 2 boxes. One was a complete skunk, but had the bicentennial proof.

1 franklin
1 '64
1 40%
1 non-silver bicentennial proof

Can tell these boxes are newer packed too. The packing tape isn't all brittle and nasty looking like the other boxes.


As meco said, "the good with the bad". I'll probalby throw in orders for 6 more boxes tomorrow.

ME CO 05-06-2009 09:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congrats on the 90%. Been in this game awhile and really learn to appreciate them- had spells where I went weeks without finding any 90%. HH Mark

DA1984 05-06-2009 02:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1709417)
No you don't want those. Unless you really are looking for, doubling, rarities, etc.

The halves have not been minted with 90% since 64
40% 65-69

or if they are uncirx in the original mint wrap (you want those) don't open them.
the bank won't have such coins anyway.
Don't you mean 40% 65-70?

DA1984 05-06-2009 02:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another Skunk (6 in a row), WTF.

Totals: 11 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 73
Franklins: 3

AGRO 05-06-2009 03:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1710626)
Don't you mean 40% 65-70?
Yes that is what I meant - Sorry.
Thanks for the correction

ME CO 05-06-2009 06:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got a silver dime out of the coin counters reject tray this morning. Makes my whole day when that happens cause it didn't even cost ME a dime. Then I went and finished a job this morning and they guy says is cash alright- Cash is King. Now I'm sitting here with 2 boxes (only 2 as one delivery didn't come in) of halves, one having 3 silver ends (high hopes there). So its been a nice day, just waiting for the sun to go down for the silver to flow.
HH all, Mark
Guess I should have got a box of pennies cause 2 boxes of halves won't take long enough to keep ME out of mischief tonight- but then I would have to dump 75% of the dam thangs lol.

ME CO 05-07-2009 12:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well one box was a skunk but the other had (2)'64 and (5) 40%ers, not as much as hoped but at least some extra was hiding in there. I can't count the boxes I have sorted where the only silver was what was on a roll end. HH all, Mark

EireGoBragh 05-07-2009 12:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Latest Haul out of 5 boxes:

46- 40%er's
10- 90%er's
2- Franks

Not the best, but I'll take 'em :ok:

madfranks 05-07-2009 12:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just to mix it up I picked up a box of nickels at the bank today, honestly not expecting to find anything but thought it would be fun. To my surprise, I pulled out two silver war nickels, a 43-D and a 45-P. The oldest was a '39, and when I opened one roll, I saw a gold colored reeded edge coin. My heart skipped a beat because I remembered someone earlier linking to a story about a guy who found a $5 gold in a roll of nickels. Well it turned out to be a Chilean 10 peso coin from 1996 so no gold, and not even worth a nickel. All in all, this box of nickels was more excitement than I usually get from half searching.

ME CO 05-07-2009 12:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1711668)
Latest Haul out of 5 boxes:

46- 40%er's
10- 90%er's
2- Franks

Not the best, but I'll take 'em :ok:
:applause_Congrats. See, now I'm jealous again haha. I know there's more good boxes around where I'm diggin. I seem to do better with larger pickups, maybe tomarrows 6 boxes will include a monster and if not maybe Saturdays 8 will. HH Mark

EireGoBragh 05-07-2009 12:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1711681)
:applause_Congrats. See, now I'm jealous again haha. I know there's more good boxes around where I'm diggin. I seem to do better with larger pickups, maybe tomarrows 6 boxes will include a monster and if not maybe Saturdays 8 will. HH Mark
Good Luck with your 6 boxes tomorrow......you know how the game is, it's like .....

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7253/roulettewheel.jpg

ME CO 05-07-2009 01:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1711690)
Good Luck with your 6 boxes tomorrow......you know how the game is, it's like .....

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7253/roulettewheel.jpg
Can't win if you don't play. I like this game much better than gambling haha. HH Mark:10_1_20:

Buyingsilvers 05-07-2009 01:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
it's like gambling, except if you lose, you only push your bet. :yes:

ME CO 05-08-2009 12:18 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good show for 6 boxes tonight- no skunks. Here's a rundown, first 3 had no silver showin, 4 & 5 showed one apiece and #6 showed 2 (both ends of a roll).

Box #1 (2)40%ers
Box #2 (9)40%
Box #3 (3)40%, 1 Ben
Box #4 (12)40%, 1 Walker
Box #5 (8)40%, (1)'64
Box #6 (5)40%, 2 Bens, 2 '64

Made a nice addition to the ole spreadsheet totals. Tomarrow may have 2 boxes of halves and 4 dimes, slow day before Saturdays 8.
HH all, Mark :RockOn:

Ronnie Mexico 05-09-2009 10:48 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hi guys!

I was in New York City last week and, well, it's not that impressive compared to you guys but it's fun to hear. I was in a random deli on 5th ordering a cup of coffee and a muffin and I handed over a $10 note to the cashier. Aside from a few dollar bills and other coins, I got a 1967 fifty cent piece and a silver 1954 dime! Looking through bank rolls is more rewarding but getting silver in your change is a bigger 'challenge', if you could call it that way!

ME CO 05-09-2009 06:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronnie Mexico (Post 1715419)
Hi guys!

I was in New York City last week and, well, it's not that impressive compared to you guys but it's fun to hear. I was in a random deli on 5th ordering a cup of coffee and a muffin and I handed over a $10 note to the cashier. Aside from a few dollar bills and other coins, I got a 1967 fifty cent piece and a silver 1954 dime! Looking through bank rolls is more rewarding but getting silver in your change is a bigger 'challenge', if you could call it that way!
Thas awesome buddy. 2 silvers in one change, thas got to be a record. Let ME guess you didn't ask them if they had any more, I know I know... I would have or at the very least ate my muffin and drank the coffee and ordered another pair just to see what I got in change- I'm sick I know, can't be helped haha. Congrats on your real money change. HH Mark
BTW when I got to my dump bank this AM I let someone cut in at the coin counter and while I was waiting one of my tellers says I got a silver dime the other day "do you want it?" Yes please. So I give her a dime and she gives ME a dollar haha.:banana:

Hi Ho SILVER 05-09-2009 08:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
went into US Bank and talked to a manager who said he can get me 1000 dollar bags of quarters....? I know you guys are big on halves but should i do a bag of quarters?

He said he may be able to order halves but they would come from the fed. That's not what i want right?

I don't know why i can't get halves by the bag but i can get all the quarters I want.

Buyingsilvers 05-09-2009 08:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Some banks dont keep them in the vaults. They just send them out to some other banks or brinks or whoever.

Never hurts to try.

It's extremely hard to find silver in change. I found a silver quarter & a silver dime in circulation in one week at 2 different shops a while back. My guess is that someone dumped a crapload of silvers at the bank in rolls, and it eventually worked around to the vendors.
---

So the bank I've been ordering the "consistent silver boxes" keeps running dry. Last 6 boxes only produced 2-3 silvers per box, so obviously the easy silvers pickings are over.:cry1:

I ordered $1000 from another bank that I was getting another prospector's skunks at. This time, they were in bags instead of rolls. Still looking through them, but you guys will probbaly hate me when I post up the score later. :504:

Merlin 05-09-2009 10:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1715950)
It's extremely hard to find silver in change.
Well, you've got that right! I've been sorting through my change religiously for two years now, separating my pre-1982 pennies from the others, etc. In that time I've found 1-1964 quarter, 1-1953 dime, and 1-1946 nickel (which isn't even a war nickel!) and 13-wheat cents. Mighty slim pickin's I'd say.

Buyingsilvers 05-10-2009 02:58 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1715950)
So the bank I've been ordering the "consistent silver boxes" keeps running dry. Last 6 boxes only produced 2-3 silvers per box, so obviously the easy silvers pickings are over.:cry1:

I ordered $1000 from another bank that I was getting another prospector's skunks at. This time, they were in bags instead of rolls. Still looking through them, but you guys will probbaly hate me when I post up the score later. :504:
Final score from the two $500 bags

Bag 1

40 40%
7 90% '64s
2 Franklins
1 Walker
1 1973 Panama half dollar (no silver :( )
1 1981 proof
1 1980 proof

Bag 2

49 40%
20 90% '64s

Estimated $330 worth of silvers. Thought the count was higher, but a lot of the "shinies" I was seeing was BU 1971-Ds

I'll probably head back to the bank on Monday. Judging by all the BU '64s, someone dumped an entire collection at the bank. Hopefully they'll have more bags!

Ronnie Mexico 05-10-2009 05:46 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 Attachment(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1715874)
Thas awesome buddy. 2 silvers in one change, thas got to be a record. Let ME guess you didn't ask them if they had any more, I know I know... I would have or at the very least ate my muffin and drank the coffee and ordered another pair just to see what I got in change- I'm sick I know, can't be helped haha. Congrats on your real money change. HH Mark
I would've gone back and try and get more loose change but the place was so busy (morning rush hour) and chances of getting more are tiny as it is already... Besides, I got my muffin for free looking at the silver price of those two coins!

Here come the pictures...

Hi Ho SILVER 05-11-2009 09:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
150 face value of pre 64 kennedy halves asking price $1503.00 (Spot 13.91)...please explain the math to me if you have time. I think I am missing something. That seems like alot of money for 90% silver...but i've been wrong on GIM many times :-) Thank you

Buyingsilvers 05-11-2009 09:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$150 X 9.94x face = $1491

$150 * .715 = 107.25 toz pure silver * $13.91 = $1491.85 pure silver content


It's basically a tiny premium over melt value

Hi Ho SILVER 05-11-2009 09:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1718576)
$150 X 9.94x face = $1491

$150 * .715 = 107.25 toz pure silver * $13.91 = $1491.85 pure silver content


It's basically a tiny premium over melt value
thanks...so it isn't necessarily too much for 90%?

Herb 05-11-2009 09:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hi Ho SILVER (Post 1718552)
150 face value of pre 64 kennedy halves asking price $1503.00 (Spot 13.91)...please explain the math to me if you have time. I think I am missing something. That seems like alot of money for 90% silver...but i've been wrong on GIM many times :-) Thank you
think it comes out 108.5 oz t. equivalent of pure* . . . times spot at 13.91 = 1509.33

_____
*300 coins containing .36169 of pure silver, not accounting for wear

Buyingsilvers 05-11-2009 09:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
10x face is actually cheaper than it's been earlier this year. It's been going for 11-12x face. There's another thread regarding a large investor dumping thousands of $1000 bags of 90% junk on the market beign the reason why prices are so "cheap" right now.

Herb 05-11-2009 09:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1718584)
10x face is actually cheaper than it's been earlier this year. It's been going for 11-12x face. There's another thread regarding a large investor dumping thousands of $1000 bags of 90% junk on the market beign the reason why prices are so "cheap" right now.
I noticed the lot prices of silver coins seemed a bit lower today on eBay.

'bout time

CQC McDuck 05-11-2009 11:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm glad to see that you guys are having luck with this.

Ever since I found out that I have competition at the banks I frequent, I've pretty much given up on prospecting.

Buyingsilvers 05-11-2009 11:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I know I have competition at the banks, and this hasn't deterred me one bit. I simply prospect WAY more than they do, which frustrates them & drives them out. One of the managers at my dump bank mentioned as much to me.

So unless they're "going with the flow" and picking up at the same banks as I am, all they're getting is thousands upon thousands of dollars of my dumps. The thing is, I KNOW the dump bank has silver batches mixed in with my dumps. I simply flood that bank to make it impossible for anyone to get them unless they more in volume as I do. (net outflow > net inflow)

In the event that my pick up banks dont keep halves or dont allow pickup of halves, I can reverse the flow and pickup from my dump bank. Yes I know that I'll be getting a lot of my skunks back, but the rolls are marked, and I know there will be silver veins mixed in the rubbish ore.

Sorry if this is too much speculation/thinking being done on my part. Go big or go home is my philosophy.


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DA1984 05-12-2009 02:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finally the skunk streak ends at 6 boxes.
1 box today had 5 40%ers, I will take it.

Totals: 12 Boxes.

90%: 5
40%: 78
Franklins: 3

DA1984 05-13-2009 02:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
On to better boxes today: 14-40s, 1-90

Totals: 13 Boxes.

90%: 6
40%: 92
Franklins: 3

DA1984 05-13-2009 04:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another better box today: 8-40s

Totals: 14 Boxes.

90%: 6
40%: 100
Franklins: 3

Junk Woody 05-13-2009 05:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Keep it up !

Buyingsilvers 05-13-2009 06:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good job bro. I knew you'd eventually end your bag losing streak.

Got a couple more bags of "silver ore". Can see lots of silver streaks laced through one of the bags. The other bags show less, I'm assuming only 10 silvers each for those bags. Overall, I dont think it's as much as the first two bags I mentioned above though. Someone definately turned in a large collection recently, as this particular bank was only giving up marked skunks pror.

Since all the ore bags are showing silver, I have to assume that there are even more ore with silver. Means I have to try and turn over these bags quickly and grab more.

----------

Finished the bags

#1
10 40%
1 90%
1 Franklin

#2
9 40%
2 90%
1984 Proof

#3
33 40%
31 90%
1 Walker
3 Franklins
1994 Proof
1973 Proof
2000 Proof
2008 Proof
2 2008 NIFC
2006 NIFC

---------

GL all. The silvers are out there waiting for you!

Junk Woody 05-14-2009 11:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good amount of 90% in bag #3

AGRO 05-14-2009 01:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Junk Woody (Post 1722382)
Good amount of 90% in bag #3
Hey JW (or anyone else who might know!),
Is it worth the effort (meaning is there still silver) trying to prospect for 80% in Montreal?
Thanks for any input.
AGRO-

DA1984 05-14-2009 01:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked today, hopefully not the beginning of another streak, keep you fingers crossed for me.

Totals: 15 Boxes.

90%: 6
40%: 100
Franklins: 3

AGRO 05-14-2009 02:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1722587)
Skunked today, hopefully not the beginning of another streak, keep you fingers crossed for me.

Totals: 15 Boxes.

90%: 6
40%: 100
Franklins: 3
DA!

Let me get this straight,
in the past 3 days you've searched 54 boxes?!
Is this correct?

I can hardly even get a box.... Have to do rolls.
AGRO-

DA1984 05-14-2009 02:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No, the Total is a running total since I've been posting on this thread. Sorry for the misunderstanding. My bank orders me 4 boxes a week now.

AGRO 05-14-2009 02:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
:biggrin:Oh!

I was gonna say WOW, that's a lot of work!

Be thankful you can get boxes. I not been active lately but plan to start again soon. Perhaps, opening an account somewhere under the condition they order at least a few boxes on a consistent basis.

DA1984 05-14-2009 02:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
If you have Regions Bank, they have been really receptive to my requests at both branches. On Monday one of the two Regions that I deal with got robbed at gunpoint with hostages and the whole deal, they got away, but they did not get my silver!

JOE SIXPACK 05-15-2009 02:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

2) $500 boxes

box number 1, 1 40%(1968) and 1 90%(1964).
box number 2, nothing at all


J6P

ME CO 05-16-2009 12:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not much to report these days or time to report it. Silver is still tricklin in though cause of volume searchin. Had a nice surprise tonight- 1907S, that and (5) 40%ers came out of 4 boxes. Pick up 8 boxes tomarrow, hope they all got something and one or two are loaded. Here's pics of an ugly Barber- if there is such a thing for 50 cents. HH all, Mark :RockOn:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Barber2005.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Barber2008.jpg

Buyingsilvers 05-16-2009 01:41 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No such thing as an ugly barber. unless it's been cleaned of course :smile:

ME CO 05-16-2009 11:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good day at the silver mine today, with hopes for a grand weekend.
Not long after I started this I heard on another forum of someone who found a whole set of Franklins in a bag or couple boxes or something- aw what luck there eh. Just saying.
Anyways got my 8 boxes today and two had silver showing- one had one Ben and the other 2 Bens. Wonder if I could be so lucky or at least finally get my '55. Did 5 boxes tonight including the one with 2 showing (best box).
Box #1 had one Ben
Box #2 had one '64 and (6) 40%
Box #3 skunk
Box #4 had 11 Bens and (3) '64
Box #5 had 2 Bens
All in all I'd say a good night for 90%. Now I haven't found my '55 yet but I have high hopes for the other boxes I will do tomarrow night.
HH all, Mark :RockOn:

Junk Woody 05-17-2009 01:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice score on four

ME CO 05-17-2009 10:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
got the last 3 boxes done. Wish I could say I got the whole set or my '55 but it has eluded ME once again. The 11 more Bens, one Walker, and (3) 40%ers does console ME some though. Nice dozen oz for the weekend.
HH all, Mark :RockOn:

Buyingsilvers 05-18-2009 12:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good show. When I crack open a roll, I love seeing the "old silver" edge of the walkers & franklins. You instantly know it's a walker or franklin. Seems like someone may have dumped an entire collection. Keep it up! :applause_

Ordered another 11 $500 bags from the bank that was producing the silver ore I mentioned earlier. Since I hit the bottom of the "consistent silver boxes" bank, I have a standing weekly order to buy everything that comes into their vault. I've already gotten quite a few 40%s and 90%s out of the small machine rolled $100 - $300 batches this way.

ME CO 05-18-2009 12:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yea love gettin them 90%ers, hope the streak continues I know my '55 is around close. 6 boxes tomarrow from different supply, hope for the best on that.
Hope your bags are loaded. HH Mark

ME CO 05-18-2009 10:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Still on a 90% kick. 4 boxes tonight gave up (1) Walker, (4) Bens, (1) '64, and (1) 40%er. Nice to see the Bens still floating around, these boxes were from different supply than the last ones. May mean I got alot more of them to harvest.
HH all, Mark :RockOn:

DA1984 05-19-2009 02:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked today, 2 in a row.

Totals: 16 Boxes.

90%: 6
40%: 100
Franklins: 3

Buyingsilvers 05-19-2009 10:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 bags produced

23 40%
3 90%
1 Franklin
Bunch of NIFCs



Not too good, but not that bad either. I swear I've never seen so many polished bicentennials in my life. lol

ME CO 05-20-2009 09:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1729638)
4 bags produced

23 40%
3 90%
1 Franklin
Bunch of NIFCs



Not too good, but not that bad either. I swear I've never seen so many polished bicentennials in my life. lol
Did better than ME, two boxes I picked up yesterday gave up (3)40%ers, two boxes left over from Monday were skunks. The two boxes yesterday were stamped with a number, not a date. My boxes have been completely unstamped for many monthes now, may mean Loomis finally had to break down and buy halves from CWI- I shall continue on sos we shall see.
HH all, Mark

EireGoBragh 05-20-2009 06:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1730163)
Did better than ME, two boxes I picked up yesterday gave up (3)40%ers, two boxes left over from Monday were skunks. The two boxes yesterday were stamped with a number, not a date. My boxes have been completely unstamped for many monthes now, may mean Loomis finally had to break down and buy halves from CWI- I shall continue on sos we shall see.
HH all, Mark
Same here...just finished up 2 boxes, results: 3 Lousy 40%ers :36_1_28: Oh well....win some, loose some.....

ME CO 05-20-2009 08:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1731112)
Same here...just finished up 2 boxes, results: 3 Lousy 40%ers :36_1_28: Oh well....win some, loose some.....
Can't win if you don't play- I'm getting into the batters box right now- 4 boxes we shall see. HH Mark :RockOn:

Buyingsilvers 05-20-2009 09:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got another 3 bags along with $1000 of marked prospected skunks. I'm estimating 10-15 silvers per bag. There's a nice looking 1940 walker showing in one of the bags. Guess that offsets the mexican peso coin also showing. lol

The skunks are interesting, as I popped open the roll on the very top, and it had 8 or so silvers. 6 I think were 90% kennedys. maybe a TWR (teller wrapped roll)? Go figure. The rest I'm pretty sure are all skunks. This roll happened to be unmarked.

All in all, May will be a banner month for me in 2009. I already surpassed the totals from the previous months, and there's still 1.5 weeks left in the month. Think I'm over 80 toz by now. Guess I have the "Great Recession" to thank for it.

-----------------

bag 1

6 40%
2 90%

bag 2

17 40%
3 90%
1 Franklin
1987-D
1970-D Silver
1 worthless mexican peso

bag 3

8 40%
4 90%
1 Walker

Skunk bags

2 40%
6 90%

DA1984 05-21-2009 01:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Decent box today, 10 40%ers, and a 1919 Great Britain Large Penny to boot.

Totals: 17 Boxes.

90%: 6
40%: 110
Franklins: 3

ME CO 05-21-2009 08:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My 4 boxes gave ME one 40%er. 6 boxes today. Yesterday one of my tellers gave ME a silver Rosie. HH all, Mark

DA1984 05-21-2009 02:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another ok box today, 11 40%ers

Totals: 18 Boxes.

90%: 6
40%: 121
Franklins: 3


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Buyingsilvers 05-21-2009 03:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Anything more than 10 is great!

And I would have loved to find that GB large penny.

DA1984 05-21-2009 03:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1732432)
Anything more than 10 is great!

And I would have loved to find that GB large penny.
For some reason I am finding those of on somewhat regular basis although the years vary. Interested in purchasing them?

Buyingsilvers 05-21-2009 03:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Naw, I'm more interested in finding stuff, not buying. Still, it's pretty cool that you're actually finding those.

ME CO 05-22-2009 10:17 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
little better last night, got 10 40% and 3 1964 out of 5 boxes. HH all, Mark

BTW I just sold $200FV 90% and over $200FV 40% couple days ago, reason for the nice price spike, damit. :banghead:

DA1984 05-22-2009 02:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Better some than none box, 1-90%er, 3-40%ers.

Totals: 19 Boxes.

90%: 7
40%: 124
Franklins: 3

Buyingsilvers 05-23-2009 11:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got skunked hardcore on around $1300 worht of CWRs.

Got 3 more silver ore bags. Results same as earlier. Good set of bags, too lazy to post totals. This definately pushed me over the 100toz of silver for may though.

Got a couple silver S mintmarked coins too. 2 bicentennials, and a 1998-S. I think the 1998-S is actually 90% silver, as it weighed in at 12.7 grams.

There's a version of the 1998-S with a matte finish that's worth $200 - $300. Unfortunately, mine isn't a matte finish.

Buyingsilvers 05-23-2009 11:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So my dump bank refused the halves for the first time. Apparently, they've choked on the sheer volume of coins I was bringing in. The central vault was compeletely full, so the thousands of halves were backing up at the coin processors and at the regional branches.

Since the bank that produced the "consistent silver boxes" has been dry for 2 weeks, I'm going to throw the lever and start dumping into their vault. Regrettable because I will miss out on whatever comes in to that bank, and the halves from there paid off very well.

The bank that's been producing the silver ore bags is STILL producing lots of silver in the bags, so I'll keep ordering from them. I have about $9k on order next week. Hopefully I can turn it, if not I'm the one who's going to be choking on those halve orders.

Junk Woody 05-24-2009 02:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm interested in purchasing 9-10 Walkers from someone if they are into selling.

Send me a PM if you are game?

Thanks !! :36_3_12:

On Edit:

I found some :)

DA1984 05-26-2009 01:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked on 1 box today.

Totals: 20 Boxes.

90%: 7
40%: 124
Franklins: 3

Buyingsilvers 05-26-2009 07:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got another 4 bags. 3 looks like it might be 10-20 per bag. The 4th bag is crazy. I should have taken a picture of the bag, but was too excited and prospected that bag during my lunch break.

Tally was

30 40%
98 90%
5 Franklins

Probably was my most profitable lunch break ever. lol

Junk Woody 05-26-2009 08:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1739883)
Got another 4 bags. 3 looks like it might be 10-20 per bag. The 4th bag is crazy. I should have taken a picture of the bag, but was too excited and prospected that bag during my lunch break.

Tally was

30 40%
98 90%
5 Franklins

Probably was my most profitable lunch break ever. lol

BRAVO !! :getdown:

Hi Ho SILVER 05-27-2009 07:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So I went through change trays in the snack machines at work..(I made friends with the vending guy) Anyway, I found no silver in the entire bunch over 30 bucks in coins I bet...My question is-- do the newer snack machines accept the silver coins or do they not register as an acceptable coin because of weight or something. I was going to test it but I didn't have a sliver on me....(the snack guy didn't know either) Thanks

DA1984 05-27-2009 11:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hi Ho SILVER (Post 1740493)
So I went through change trays in the snack machines at work..(I made friends with the vending guy) Anyway, I found no silver in the entire bunch over 30 bucks in coins I bet...My question is-- do the newer snack machines accept the silver coins or do they not register as an acceptable coin because of weight or something. I was going to test it but I didn't have a sliver on me....(the snack guy didn't know either) Thanks
My guess is that they cannot differentiate between silver and other coins as long as it is the same size. If the machine can, please send me a schematic so that I can build a machine that will automatically sort silver, lol, which would make my life a hell of a lot easier.

DA1984 05-27-2009 01:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another skunk today, 2 in a row. On another note, my teller told me that some dude is trying to get in on my action at my bank. I guess I will have to devise a plan to stop him.

Totals: 21 Boxes.

90%: 7
40%: 124
Franklins: 3

Buyingsilvers 05-27-2009 02:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hi Ho SILVER (Post 1740493)
So I went through change trays in the snack machines at work..(I made friends with the vending guy) Anyway, I found no silver in the entire bunch over 30 bucks in coins I bet...My question is-- do the newer snack machines accept the silver coins or do they not register as an acceptable coin because of weight or something. I was going to test it but I didn't have a sliver on me....(the snack guy didn't know either) Thanks
I heard on another forum that they do. But the find rate on quarters and dimes tends to be low in the first place, especially for quarters.

CoinHunter53562 05-27-2009 11:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I wasnt at the bank with the purpose of prospecting, and was making a deposit when I spotted a Mercury dime in the change tray. That's my first silver coin find in over a year (last time was finding some 40% halves from $500 half boxes). It was a pretty worn 1917, but hey I'll take it for face value. :RockOn:

DA1984 05-28-2009 03:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another skunk today, 3 in a row.

Totals: 22 Boxes.

90%: 7
40%: 125
Franklins: 3

ME CO 05-29-2009 12:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Been having internet problems- silver still tricklin in, sometimes a little, sometimes alot. I'm at 97oz for the month so this is my best month this year, not bad for 25-30 boxes a week. Last year I frequently passed 100oz a month but I was doing 42 boxes a week then. Going camping tomarrow, scratch around in the dirt and see ifn I can find a little gold- hope to get out early enough to clean out the nearest town of halves tomarrow afternoon.
HH all, Mark :RockOn:

Buyingsilvers 05-29-2009 12:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^

Sounds fun bro. Find a couple nuggets while you're there.

Buyingsilvers 05-29-2009 07:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
holy shit, you guys are going to hate me. Ordered $2000 from a smaller bank. They have their own branded machine wrapped rolls (not the generic N.F strings. Popped open the 10 most promising looking rolls

Roll 1 - 15 silvers, 5 non
Roll 2 - 15 silvers, 5 non
Roll 3 - 14 silvers, 6 non
Roll 4 - 18 silvers, 2 non
Roll 5 - 13 silvers, 7 non
Roll 6 - 1 silver, 19 non
Roll 7 - 16 silvers, 4 non
Roll 8 - 2 silvers, 18 non
Roll 9 - 1 silver, 19 non
Roll 10 - 1 silver, 19 non

Totals were 2 walkers, 31 90% ken, 28 franks, 35 40%. These were recently wrapped too. There's a 2008 NIFC in the bunch.


Looks like there's a pretty good chance I'll break through the 200toz mark for the month of may.

Junk Woody 05-29-2009 09:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No hate here man,them'ze iz some good pickings.

WTG !!!

AGRO 05-30-2009 04:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1744984)
holy shit, you guys are going to hate me. Ordered $2000 from a smaller bank. They have their own branded machine wrapped rolls (not the generic N.F strings. Popped open the 10 most promising looking rolls

Roll 1 - 15 silvers, 5 non
Roll 2 - 15 silvers, 5 non
Roll 3 - 14 silvers, 6 non
Roll 4 - 18 silvers, 2 non
Roll 5 - 13 silvers, 7 non
Roll 6 - 1 silver, 19 non
Roll 7 - 16 silvers, 4 non
Roll 8 - 2 silvers, 18 non
Roll 9 - 1 silver, 19 non
Roll 10 - 1 silver, 19 non

Totals were 2 walkers, 31 90% ken, 28 franks, 35 40%. These were recently wrapped too. There's a 2008 NIFC in the bunch.


Looks like there's a pretty good chance I'll break through the 200toz mark for the month of may.

You are right we do!!!!

JK- NICE NICE NICE NICE!!!!

AGRO 05-30-2009 04:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have a bunch of 1969 and a few 68 Kenny Halves.
They are proofs out of box.

I cannot remember if they were minted 40% or 90%.
Also Could not seem to find a definitive answer online, yet at least.

Have a pic too.
Any thoughts?

THANX
AGRO-

Buyingsilvers 05-30-2009 07:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Off the top of my head, those were 40%. I think 40% was used for proofs throughout the 70s. Only in the 90s I think, they decided to use 90% again for their proofs.Dont quote me on this though.

But there's a way you can tell for sure.

40% proofs should weigh around 11.5g. 90% will weigh 12.5 grams or more.

Ag_man 05-30-2009 09:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1746373)
Off the top of my head, those were 40%. I think 40% was used for proofs throughout the 70s. Only in the 90s I think, they decided to use 90% again for their proofs.Dont quote me on this though.

But there's a way you can tell for sure.

40% proofs should weigh around 11.5g. 90% will weigh 12.5 grams or more.
You're right. The Mint went back to 90% in their Silver Proof Sets, which have a red and white box, as opposed to the regular proof sets which have a blue and white box. Not sure when they were first minted, sometime in the 1990's.

AGRO 05-31-2009 06:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 Attachment(s)
Thanks guys!

Problem is how much are the 40% proofs worth if dinged up.
Let me find a pic.

Going to try coinflation...

They are up for grabs as well.

Ag_man 05-31-2009 08:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1747502)
Thanks guys!

Problem is how much are the 40% proofs worth if dinged up.
Let me find a pic.

Going to try coinflation...

They are up for grabs as well.
Dunno for sure, AGRO, but I don't think dinged-up 40% proofs are going to be worth much more than business strikes. Are you thinking about eBaying them, or taking them to a dealer?

AGRO 05-31-2009 09:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ag_man (Post 1747669)
Dunno for sure, AGRO, but I don't think dinged-up 40% proofs are going to be worth much more than business strikes. Are you thinking about eBaying them, or taking them to a dealer?
Going to post here - then maybe ebay. They won't go to a dealer.

jedemdasseine 05-31-2009 09:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got a yet another '63 Bennie today.

clyderose 06-01-2009 02:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1747760)
Going to post here - then maybe ebay. They won't go to a dealer.
are all those kennedys S mintmarks? I cant tell from the picture.
CR


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AGRO 06-02-2009 02:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by clyderose (Post 1748957)
are all those kennedys S mintmarks? I cant tell from the picture.
CR
Will let you know tomorrow. Interested?

DA1984 06-02-2009 02:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another silver skunk today, 4 in a row, however picked up a 1974 d double-die; I think, my eyes hurt from looking at it so closely.

Totals: 23 Boxes.

Franklins: 3
90%: 7
40%: 125
74DDO: 1

DA1984 06-03-2009 06:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
What a day! Went to work and had serious back spasms which made me feel like I had a hot poker stuck in between my ribs. So I took some sick leave but decided to stop and pick up my box thinking I might feel better later. Well I don't, but I seached the box anyway and it ended up being great. Harvested 21-40%ers, 9-90%ers, 11-Franklins and 8-Liberties.

Totals: 24 Boxes.

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 14
90%: 16
40%: 146
74DDO: 1

Buyingsilvers 06-03-2009 09:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^ Great score. 8 liberties is awesome!

You should get sick more often. haha

DA1984 06-03-2009 10:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
There are 2 more boxes available from the same source, which, unless I absolutely cannot move tomorrow, I am going to get asap. To explain to you how back spasms feel, here is a quote:

"Ischemic cramps in the postural back muscles can be so painful that the patient may feel as if there is a life threatening problem in their spine."

It REALLY sucks!

DA1984 06-04-2009 02:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another 2 boxes today, only 1 40% out of the two, but I will take it. Anything is better than a skunk or two.

Totals: 26 Boxes.

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 14
90%: 16
40%: 147
74DDO: 1

SLV>GLD 06-04-2009 09:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just sorted (2) friggin boxes for a total pull of (4) 40% Coins. All four coins were in one roll and it was the first unwrapped roll so it went from YaY to huuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmm pretty quickly.

1 in 500 coins is 40% Silver. Whoop-tee.
EFF THAT. This job is for the birds.
To date I have landed more silver in a randomly requested HALF roll than I ever scored in sorting through 5000 coins.
Unfortunately, I have 2 more boxes to sort so I can't wait to deliver even more despondent news.

Buyingsilvers 06-04-2009 10:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
the CWRs are hit or miss, but can land some jackpots when you do hit them.

I've been scoring pretty consistently since my last prospecting update. I backed down my searches however to around 10 $500 batches a week. I did almost 20 $500 batches the week prior, and had some trouble turning them around quickly enough. Sorted roughly $2g/day on the weekdays after work. It got too rediculous with thousands worth of half dollars piling up on my floor.

Have another $2g lot coming in from the bank that produced the prior reported score.


Did find a 1923-S walker. I'd guess it might be in VG condition or so.

ME CO 06-06-2009 09:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1754783)
Just sorted (2) friggin boxes for a total pull of (4) 40% Coins. All four coins were in one roll and it was the first unwrapped roll so it went from YaY to huuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmm pretty quickly.

1 in 500 coins is 40% Silver. Whoop-tee.
EFF THAT. This job is for the birds.
To date I have landed more silver in a randomly requested HALF roll than I ever scored in sorting through 5000 coins.
Unfortunately, I have 2 more boxes to sort so I can't wait to deliver even more despondent news.
My experience with multiple boxes is usually one will be considered good (not always great but decent), hope one of your remaining two is better.
Though your last sentence doesn't bode well in the Karma department, this may not be the hobby for you. I always expect every roll to have a silver stripe and we all know that most don't. Good luck with the customer rolls, they are more frustrating for ME than boxes. HH Mark

SLV>GLD 06-06-2009 11:22 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Those 2 boxes yielded (13) 40% Halves and (1) 1975 50 PTAS Spanish Coin somewhat smaller than a half in diameter with edge lettering. It goes in the oddity bin. Best take from boxes to date.

ME CO 06-06-2009 04:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Lucky 13. Congrats, HH Mark

DA1984 06-06-2009 04:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
One box yesterday was a skunk. Better luck next week.

Totals: 27 Boxes.

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 14
90%: 16
40%: 147
74DDO: 1

ME CO 06-06-2009 10:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
did 5 boxes today, one had (3) '64 and one 40%. Other 4 had zippo. Gotta love them 90's though. HH Mark

DA1984 06-09-2009 02:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Excellent box today, 41-40%ers, 5-90%ers and a Franklin to boot.

Totals: 28 Boxes.

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 15
90%: 21
40%: 188
74DDO: 1

ME CO 06-10-2009 01:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have to get new batteries for my camera to get a pic but last night I finally found an old silver Commemmorative. 1893 Columbian Exposition- I will post the pic later. Also in the mix were a couple Bens, and (3) '64, (16) 40%- that was out of 5 boxes. :RockOn: HH Mark

DA1984 06-10-2009 03:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another very good box today, 17-40%ers, 3-90%ers and another Franklin to boot.

Running totals: 29 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 16
90%: 24
40%: 205
74DDO: 1

ME CO 06-11-2009 12:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Here's the commemmorative pics. HH all, Mark
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...orative007.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...orative005.jpg

Junk Woody 06-11-2009 01:28 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice Score !!

DA1984 06-11-2009 12:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yea, really nice. Looks to be in pretty good condition for circulated. According to the red book, about 1.5 million of the 1893 were minted. I'm still looking for my first comm. Keep up the good work.

DA1984 06-11-2009 02:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
3rd very good box of the week, 20-40%ers, 4-90%ers and another Franklin to boot.

Running totals: 30 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 17
90%: 28
40%: 225
74DDO: 1

ME CO 06-11-2009 03:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1764916)
3rd very good box of the week, 20-40%ers, 4-90%ers and another Franklin to boot.

Running totals: 30 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 17
90%: 28
40%: 225
74DDO: 1
Your just crankin them right out this week, good for you. HH Mark

AGRO 06-11-2009 07:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This really sucks. I miss posting on this thread. I have tried one bank a week ( at least)
For rolls. NADA, NOTHING, NUNCA, ZILCH, ZIP, =zer0....

After wasting 10 minutes at Chase the other day, while trying to bank, I was asked to open up new credit (they are VERY aggressive right now. I sat down looking at it as an opportunity for a box connection. Spoke with branch manager, there is a fee the bank pays to get you boxes, this is why they "courtesy"people.

Anyway, after being told I "would be called about this matter" I passed on the card and left. That was a week ago.........

DA1984 06-12-2009 02:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not too bad today for my box, 13-40%ers, 1-90%ers and 2-74' DDOs.

Running totals: 31 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 17
90%: 29
40%: 238
74DDO: 3

Apocalypto 06-12-2009 02:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've said before and I'll say it again, you Americans ARE SO LUCKY to have that free silver floating around down there. Whoa is me in my Canucklehead country having to scrape away at nickels looking for free Ni!!!:SLEEP:

Buyingsilvers 06-12-2009 05:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
havent been prospecting in 2 weeks or so. Found out that my current bank that I've been working on either ran out of halves to sell me or wont sell me any more. So I've been trying to switch to a different bank. Placed 3 orders with them, but 1 order already got canceled (probably was too lazy to put the order in). The other 2 orders should be in soemtime next week. So we'll see how it goes.

After this, I only have my original dump bank left (that's overflowed with my skunks) and another vault that I'll have trouble getting access too. After that, I'd have exhausted all "unsearched" half supplies in my area.

SLV>GLD 06-13-2009 12:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1766856)
Not too bad today for my box, 13-40%ers, 1-90%ers and 2-74' DDOs.
Are you actually sorting through each and every coin?! My method is to strip the roll, inspect the edges and re-roll. Some edges can be misleading and I always check the dates on the cleaner edges (little or no copper showing) but otherwise, I am NOT checking the dates on every coin. That seems like it would take an incredible amount of time. FWIW, I can search and re-roll an entire box in right under 1 hour.

DA1984 06-13-2009 08:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yes, I can search a box, looking at every coin, including magnifying 74Ds in 45 min. i do not re-roll. Then again, I get after it, lol. If I just looked at edges, I would miss half of the 40%ers or more.

ME CO 06-13-2009 11:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1765485)
This really sucks. I miss posting on this thread. I have tried one bank a week ( at least)
For rolls. NADA, NOTHING, NUNCA, ZILCH, ZIP, =zer0....

After wasting 10 minutes at Chase the other day, while trying to bank, I was asked to open up new credit (they are VERY aggressive right now. I sat down looking at it as an opportunity for a box connection. Spoke with branch manager, there is a fee the bank pays to get you boxes, this is why they "courtesy"people.

Anyway, after being told I "would be called about this matter" I passed on the card and left. That was a week ago.........
Sorry about your bad luck AGRO, maybe the banks in NY are close enough to Wall Street to be feeling the pinch more than other areas. Imagine a bank manager who lost 40% in his 401K in short order, has to start pinchin pennies at home to try and recoup some retirement losses and that spills over into business affairs.
Chase is harsh, I get one box a week from one branch and every week my hot lil teller is tryin to sell ME an acct. I keep telling her she is better off letting ME pickup one box a week for my dad, cause if I open an acct I'm gonna want 10 boxes a week. I think next time I get the hard sell I'll say fine, next Friday have $5K in halves here for ME and I'll open an acct haha.
Hope you get to scare up some more loose rolls sometime. HH Mark

JOE SIXPACK 06-14-2009 01:26 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
last weeks results:

2 $500 cwi boxes yielded

1 '64
1 '68
1 '69


still haven't given up though

i remember my first box, lol 6 90%ers and 24 40%ers, ahh, those were the days!


J6P

SLV>GLD 06-14-2009 09:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1768627)
Yes, I can search a box, looking at every coin, including magnifying 74Ds in 45 min. i do not re-roll. Then again, I get after it, lol. If I just looked at edges, I would miss half of the 40%ers or more.
I used that method on my 1st box just to be confident I wouldn't miss any using the edge method. Considering my low 40% ratio relative to you guys I will do it the hard way on the next box just to see if I'm missing anything. I doubt it though. A 40% edge stands out just as much as a 90% edge to me. I'd be more inclined to inspect each date if I didn't have to re-roll them, too.


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AGRO 06-15-2009 06:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 banks in Manhattan today. NOTHING.
And they had a stinking attitude about telling me.

DA1984 06-15-2009 09:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You don't want to know what happened to me yesterday. Full report to come, but, to make a long story short, I had the police called on me at my bank because I refused to deposit my dump coins because the branch manager thought it was too difficult to change the back on the automatic counting machine. I have written a letter to the bank district manager and will post detailing the insane situation. I did not get arrested and the cops were like, "why did you call us for this?" Ha Ha

DA1984 06-16-2009 02:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not a skunk, 1-40%ers, 1-Franklin.

Running totals: 32 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 29
40%: 239
74DDO: 3

rezop 06-16-2009 02:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1771546)
You don't want to know what happened to me yesterday. Full report to come, but, to make a long story short, I had the police called on me at my bank because I refused to deposit my dump coins because the branch manager thought it was too difficult to change the back on the automatic counting machine. I have written a letter to the bank district manager and will post detailing the insane situation. I did not get arrested and the cops were like, "why did you call us for this?" Ha Ha
You refused to deposit your dump coins? Or they refused to take them?

SLV>GLD 06-16-2009 02:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1771546)
You don't want to know what happened to me yesterday.
Actually, we are all slavering with anticipation.

DA1984 06-16-2009 04:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rezop (Post 1772593)
You refused to deposit your dump coins? Or they refused to take them?
I refused to deposit them. I just wanted to you the self-serve coin counter in the lobby which is free to customers (I had 6 accounts). She told me that I could not because it caused here tellers too much of an inconv. and that I would have to deposit the coins, which I refused to do.

DA1984 06-16-2009 04:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ok, here is the letter without personal information, it explains, in detail what happened.

June 16, 2009

Dear Mr. :

First, let me thank you in advance for taking the time to read this letter and consider its content. My name is _____________ my wife and I have been customers of your financial institution for at least five (5) years. We currently have a joint checking account with an overdraft protection account. I have a credit account, a safe deposit box and am the signatory on my two son's minor saving's accounts. My wife, has a checking account and a savings account as well. The U.S. Bank branch that I frequent the most is ____________________.

For several months now I have, as part of a personal endeavor, been using the automatic coin counting machine in the lobby of the ________________ branch approximately four (4) times per week in the mornings. The machine's electronic display states that use of the machine is free for customers and has an 8% service fee for non-customers. On each of these occasions I use the machine to count approximately $500 worth of half-dollar coins. The machine will then issue me a electronic note which I can redeem for cash at the teller's station. I am aware that the security bags located below the machine hold $1000 worth of half-dollars before they must be replaced, therefore it is clear that I am responsible for filing two (2) of these bags per week.

On Friday, June 12, 2009, I entered the bank in the more, as usual, to have my coins counted by the automatic machine. While I was doing this, I was approached by the branch manager, who stated that I should just take the coins to the counter and that I could drop them off each morning and the bank would count them and deposit them in my account because it was an �inconvenience� for the tellers to have to change the bags on the machine for me. After I had finished my transaction that day, I stopped once more to speak with the branch manager to ask several questions. First, I asked the branch manager whether I was prohibited from using the automatic coin counting machine from then on and she relied �no.� I then asked if it was the official bank policy to prohibit use of the machine for some customers merely based upon the inconvenience of the tellers and she replied �yes.� Furthermore, she stated that I could call ahead to use the machine so that they could have someone standing there ready to assist me, but only if I arrived after 9:00 A.M. This seemed rather odd because such would obviously be much more of an inconvenience than just allowing me to use the machine as an other customer would be allowed.

On Saturday, June 13, 2009, I again entered the bank and attempted to use the automatic coin counting machine for approximately $500 worth of half-dollars. After I poured my coins in the machine I was quickly approached by the branch manager who informed me forcefully that I was not supposed to be using the machine, to which I replied that I am a customer and should be able to use the machine. After the machine had stopped, the branch manager began taking my coins out of the tray and placing them in a separate �anti-fraud� bag and saying that they would have to be taken behind the counter to be counted later and deposited into my account. I promptly told here that they were still my coins and that I did not want to handle the transaction in that manner. To which she replied, �I don't care, and I can just close your accounts at this bank then.� I was shocked by this behavior and replied �ok, whatever.� However, after a few moments I stated that I did not want any of my accounts closed and would not consent to such. Regardless of my stated wishes she told me that I had to come to the teller counter so that she could close my accounts at the bank.

I went to the teller counter as requested at which time she requested that I provided my social security number and identification so that she could look up my accounts for closure. I declined due to the fact that I did not want to have my accounts closed. At that time, she threatened to call the Police Department on me, which she did. She told the person that answered there phone that I was demanding money and would not provide my identification. Clearly, this was a misrepresentation of the situation which was initiated and escalated only because she refused to respect my legitimate and routine wishes as the customer. I then produced my identification.

After this, the Police Department arrived and spoke with both of us. They informed both of us that the account dispute was not a police matter. Thereafter, the branch manager attempted to have me sign the account closure slips for both my joint account and those of my two sons. I reiterated my intention to keep the accounts open and that I refused to sign anything that would close the accounts. She then informed me that I was no longer welcome at that U.S. Bank branch. Subsequent to all of this, I was informed by another branch, and have documentation evidencing such that the accounts were then reopened immediately after their closure.

I cannot emphasize enough the utter unprofessionalism and disregard for my business that I have felt through this experience. I further cannot, from a business standpoint, understand why it was worth it for your bank to lose six (6) accounts over an artificially created dispute by this branch manager. I just do not understand why I was treated this way.

Therefore, I am respectfully requesting the following action be taken with regard to this experience.

1) That my accounts and those of my wife and my sons neither be closed nor impeded in any way by this experience.

2) That I be allowed use of the automatic coin counting machine at the branch one time per day, a maximum of $500 dollars use without interference by any employee of U.S. Bank.

3) That I be allowed access to my safe deposit box at the branch upon the same terms as all other customers have such boxes.

4) That the branch manager be compelled to complete additional training in the areas of customer service and professionalism so that no other customers have to experience this type of treatment in the future.

5) That the branch manager apologize, either in person or in writing to me for her unprofessionalism in handling this matter.

Thank you for your careful consideration.

Sincerely,

cc: U.S. Bank, The Office of the Corporate Secretary
cc: State Bar Association

SLV>GLD 06-16-2009 04:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Someone's ass is gonna get reamed.

highroller4321 06-16-2009 06:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1772783)
Ok, here is the letter without personal information, it explains, in detail what happened.

June 16, 2009

Dear Mr. :

First, let me thank you in advance for taking the time to read this letter and consider its content. My name is _____________ my wife and I have been customers of your financial institution for at least five (5) years. We currently have a joint checking account with an overdraft protection account. I have a credit account, a safe deposit box and am the signatory on my two son's minor saving's accounts. My wife, has a checking account and a savings account as well. The U.S. Bank branch that I frequent the most is ____________________.

For several months now I have, as part of a personal endeavor, been using the automatic coin counting machine in the lobby of the ________________ branch approximately four (4) times per week in the mornings. The machine's electronic display states that use of the machine is free for customers and has an 8% service fee for non-customers. On each of these occasions I use the machine to count approximately $500 worth of half-dollar coins. The machine will then issue me a electronic note which I can redeem for cash at the teller's station. I am aware that the security bags located below the machine hold $1000 worth of half-dollars before they must be replaced, therefore it is clear that I am responsible for filing two (2) of these bags per week.

On Friday, June 12, 2009, I entered the bank in the more, as usual, to have my coins counted by the automatic machine. While I was doing this, I was approached by the branch manager, who stated that I should just take the coins to the counter and that I could drop them off each morning and the bank would count them and deposit them in my account because it was an �inconvenience� for the tellers to have to change the bags on the machine for me. After I had finished my transaction that day, I stopped once more to speak with the branch manager to ask several questions. First, I asked the branch manager whether I was prohibited from using the automatic coin counting machine from then on and she relied �no.� I then asked if it was the official bank policy to prohibit use of the machine for some customers merely based upon the inconvenience of the tellers and she replied �yes.� Furthermore, she stated that I could call ahead to use the machine so that they could have someone standing there ready to assist me, but only if I arrived after 9:00 A.M. This seemed rather odd because such would obviously be much more of an inconvenience than just allowing me to use the machine as an other customer would be allowed.

On Saturday, June 13, 2009, I again entered the bank and attempted to use the automatic coin counting machine for approximately $500 worth of half-dollars. After I poured my coins in the machine I was quickly approached by the branch manager who informed me forcefully that I was not supposed to be using the machine, to which I replied that I am a customer and should be able to use the machine. After the machine had stopped, the branch manager began taking my coins out of the tray and placing them in a separate �anti-fraud� bag and saying that they would have to be taken behind the counter to be counted later and deposited into my account. I promptly told here that they were still my coins and that I did not want to handle the transaction in that manner. To which she replied, �I don't care, and I can just close your accounts at this bank then.� I was shocked by this behavior and replied �ok, whatever.� However, after a few moments I stated that I did not want any of my accounts closed and would not consent to such. Regardless of my stated wishes she told me that I had to come to the teller counter so that she could close my accounts at the bank.

I went to the teller counter as requested at which time she requested that I provided my social security number and identification so that she could look up my accounts for closure. I declined due to the fact that I did not want to have my accounts closed. At that time, she threatened to call the Police Department on me, which she did. She told the person that answered there phone that I was demanding money and would not provide my identification. Clearly, this was a misrepresentation of the situation which was initiated and escalated only because she refused to respect my legitimate and routine wishes as the customer. I then produced my identification.

After this, the Police Department arrived and spoke with both of us. They informed both of us that the account dispute was not a police matter. Thereafter, the branch manager attempted to have me sign the account closure slips for both my joint account and those of my two sons. I reiterated my intention to keep the accounts open and that I refused to sign anything that would close the accounts. She then informed me that I was no longer welcome at that U.S. Bank branch. Subsequent to all of this, I was informed by another branch, and have documentation evidencing such that the accounts were then reopened immediately after their closure.

I cannot emphasize enough the utter unprofessionalism and disregard for my business that I have felt through this experience. I further cannot, from a business standpoint, understand why it was worth it for your bank to lose six (6) accounts over an artificially created dispute by this branch manager. I just do not understand why I was treated this way.

Therefore, I am respectfully requesting the following action be taken with regard to this experience.

1) That my accounts and those of my wife and my sons neither be closed nor impeded in any way by this experience.

2) That I be allowed use of the automatic coin counting machine at the branch one time per day, a maximum of $500 dollars use without interference by any employee of U.S. Bank.

3) That I be allowed access to my safe deposit box at the branch upon the same terms as all other customers have such boxes.

4) That the branch manager be compelled to complete additional training in the areas of customer service and professionalism so that no other customers have to experience this type of treatment in the future.

5) That the branch manager apologize, either in person or in writing to me for her unprofessionalism in handling this matter.

Thank you for your careful consideration.

Sincerely,

cc: U.S. Bank, The Office of the Corporate Secretary
cc: State Bar Association
WOW!!! Let us know what happends with this!

ME CO 06-16-2009 06:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sorry about your bad luck with US bank, mine here treat ME like gold. I do have one thought although your piddly $500 dumps should not effect this but the branches here all have counters in the back, none in the lobbies, and they are more like "industrial counters". I have 3 branches that will not order ME halves (they courtesied ME 1 box, 1 time), for them I specifically buy dimes to dump there ($1500 a week each- with the promise of if you get ME 2 boxes of halves a week you will never see another dime from ME- hasn't worked yet, need more dimes LOL). 3 other branches get ME halves every week, for that they get chocolates and flattery from my sick sense of humor. My main dump banks (for halves) have the counters in the lobby, they are more like toys than tools but I feel better about doing the hard work myself cause the bags are heavy, added bonus is Loomis can't get their hands right back onto them and has to buy from CWI from time to time.
On a side note, I'm sure you have a good reason for wanting to keep your accts there but there are other banks and you did not improve a friendship there. Just ME but I try to go with the flow more. If in fact they do have an industrial counter in the back it should only take a few mins to count $500 in halves and give you cash. I am always hit on to deposit my dumps but I need the cash to buy the next round of coins- don't think Wells Fargo is gonna let ME use my US, Chase, Credit Union... debit cards to pay for them. Anyways might wanna ask if the teller can count them right then and give cash, mine have never had a problem. Hope your situation gets resolved.
HH Mark
BTW cops called on ME and I'm pulling my accts and alerting the media.

TheNocturnalEgyptian 06-16-2009 07:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
DA1984, wow what a story! The most striking part is the utter INCAPACITY to handle coin! The only thing still provided to us by the united states MINT, and they are simply unable to handle it. What a racket!

DA1984 06-16-2009 10:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1772975)
Sorry about your bad luck with US bank, mine here treat ME like gold. I do have one thought although your piddly $500 dumps should not effect this but the branches here all have counters in the back, none in the lobbies, and they are more like "industrial counters". I have 3 branches that will not order ME halves (they courtesied ME 1 box, 1 time), for them I specifically buy dimes to dump there ($1500 a week each- with the promise of if you get ME 2 boxes of halves a week you will never see another dime from ME- hasn't worked yet, need more dimes LOL). 3 other branches get ME halves every week, for that they get chocolates and flattery from my sick sense of humor. My main dump banks (for halves) have the counters in the lobby, they are more like toys than tools but I feel better about doing the hard work myself cause the bags are heavy, added bonus is Loomis can't get their hands right back onto them and has to buy from CWI from time to time.
On a side note, I'm sure you have a good reason for wanting to keep your accts there but there are other banks and you did not improve a friendship there. Just ME but I try to go with the flow more. If in fact they do have an industrial counter in the back it should only take a few mins to count $500 in halves and give you cash. I am always hit on to deposit my dumps but I need the cash to buy the next round of coins- don't think Wells Fargo is gonna let ME use my US, Chase, Credit Union... debit cards to pay for them. Anyways might wanna ask if the teller can count them right then and give cash, mine have never had a problem. Hope your situation gets resolved.
HH Mark
BTW cops called on ME and I'm pulling my accts and alerting the media.
I have moved the accounts and the new credit union is paying 4% interest on my checking account. To address the issue of the coin counter not being heavy duty enough; it is really a good one they have in the lobby, can count my 1000 halves in 3 minutes or so, and it is big and hardy, so I'm not sure that was the issue. Furthermore, I have already, in one day, established a relationship with a teller at the credit union who said that she would "set aside" anything unusual that she gets for me, for example the 1894 morgan silver dollar she showed me today (I told her to keep that one for herself) and they told me no problem with the coin counting.

So maybe this is blessing in disguise (not that I believe in such things).

Only one outstanding issue with US Bank is that they still have my safe deposit box with about 20,000 in my wife's jewelry which is kinda difficult to get when your not supposed to go on the premises. Something tells me that I will find a way to get, or else they will buy themselves a nice little lawsuit.

CajunCoin 06-16-2009 11:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The Best way to handle this matter is:

1. Write to the Federal comptroller of the Currency who oversees banking in the USA.
2. Write to the State office of Financial Institutions.

If you don't get a response within 14 days then,

1. Get a lawyer to file suit against US Bank to gain access to your Safety Deposit Box, this will get the attention of the legal dept who will advise the upper Mgmt on how to handle this situation, they do not like having to deal with sticky issues.

Consultation with an attorney would be your best bet at this point to let the bank mngmt you are serious, discriminatory action has consequences.

EireGoBragh 06-16-2009 11:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wow....sounds like a hell of a lot of DRAMA......because I don't use or have access to a lobby coin-counter, why is it you don't want to just take 'em to the window and deposit them into your account? Sounds redundant, but that's what I have to do, then I just make a withdrawal, if need be, and about your SDB, can you wife access the box if your restricted on premisis? If I'd been put in that situation, and the police were called, I'd immediately sever ALL transactions/accounts/SDB with that bank....but that's just me

ME CO 06-16-2009 11:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not allowed on the premises anymore? I didn't catch that part in your other post. BS, I would go right back in and clean out the SD box (sure you know how we feel about them anyways), any hassles go get the sherriff. Your a taxpayer, they can't keep your property from you.
Actually if someone actually told you not to come on the premises again stop by the sherriffs office on the way.
HH Mark

EireGoBragh 06-17-2009 12:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Something to consider, if indeed it's escalated to the point that you were asked not to come on the premisis again, you may want to inquire and find out if a trespassing warrant has been issued, if it has, and you show up to empty your SDB, they could call the police and you would be arrested

clyderose 06-17-2009 05:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
too much hell raisin' there for me.Ive dumped bout a million halves over the years and only had one confrontation with a knucklehead manager but I just closed my account and never darkened the door again.
IMOHO Its easier to get somewhere by swimming downstream than against the current.
CR

Buyingsilvers 06-17-2009 05:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
DA1984 WTF???? They really couldn't have handled this situation in a more diplomatic fasion? I would be furious.


It could be that their vaults are overflowing with your halves, and they are having trouble storing them. I've had this happen to me before, but after this fact was mentioned to me, I laid off dumping at this bank voluntarily (and probably wont dump there again permanently). Why would the bank escalate the situation to a much higher level than need be? WOW...

DA1984 06-17-2009 04:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another very excellent box today, 28-40%ers, 14-90%ers.

Running totals: 33 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 43
40%: 267
74DDO: 3

ME CO 06-17-2009 05:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1774684)
Another very excellent box today, 28-40%ers, 14-90%ers.

Running totals: 33 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 43
40%: 267
74DDO: 3
Ah the good ole days, hope my boxes pick up soon. Last night I actually had 2 boxes with one silver showing apiece and those were the only 2 keepers- what are the odds of that? Congrats. HH Mark

SLV>GLD 06-17-2009 05:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1774705)
Last night I actually had 2 boxes with one silver showing apiece and those were the only 2 keepers- what are the odds of that?
Well, that's a tricky question. Depends on how you approach it. The complicated method requires knowledge of the currently circulating number of silver halves which is an unknown and would require a great deal of calculation to even begin to come remotely close to an approximation. This calculation would be determining the probability that given (2) boxes of halves that each box would only contain (1) silver and then factor in the probability that those coins would be on the visible ends of rolls.

The simplified method would be to calculate the permutation of the known value of silvers (2) and the likelihood that they would be on visible ends of rolls. This assumes (for simplicity's sake!) that we are not trying to determine the probability that the 2 silvers would be divided by the number of boxes and not both appear in just one box. There are two ends to each roll but I am assuming these both appeared on the visible end once the box was opened. There are, in total 2000 coins between the 2 boxes. There are 20 positions in each roll and there are 100 rolls. Given this limited data set we can determine the probability of your occurrence to be roughly 1:3.918^47 which is dramatically small.
This, of course, ignores realistic physical factors such as density of the coins which would affect their placement in the roll once tumbled through a coin wrapping machine. It is entirely possible that this factor might favor end placement.

Hope that helps!

Buyingsilvers 06-18-2009 07:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
yeah, that really sucks. If 1-2 are showing, odds wise, you stand a decent chance of getting 5-10.

ME CO 06-18-2009 08:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1775736)
yeah, that really sucks. If 1-2 are showing, odds wise, you stand a decent chance of getting 5-10.
Yea and it seems to happen to ME alot, maybe SLV>GLD is onto something about the weight putting them onto the ind of the roll. Last night had none showing on 4 boxes but still pulled (3) '64 and (2) 40%. Hope my 8 boxes today will get into a better part of the pallet but I'm still pullin some and 90% is always good.
HH Mark

DA1984 06-18-2009 04:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
On the box today, I ran out of luck, 1-40%er.

Running totals: 34 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 43
40%: 268
74DDO: 3

(Returns: B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09)

beercritic 06-18-2009 05:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1774773)

There are 20 positions in each roll and there are 100 rolls.

Hope that helps!
40 positions in each roll. Heads up allows you to read the date, down does not. Course this assumes just Kennedy halves. Prior stuff is obviously silver.

SLV>GLD 06-18-2009 07:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by beercritic (Post 1776519)
40 positions in each roll. Heads up allows you to read the date, down does not. Course this assumes just Kennedy halves. Prior stuff is obviously silver.
Very nice observation. I would posit only 21 positions in each roll, though. It is immaterial if the silver coin is heads up or tails up if it is not on the visible end. It is a very complicated problem no matter how you try to slice it.

ME CO 06-18-2009 09:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
8 boxes, one silver heads '64 showing. Probly go through 5 or 6 tonight as I only get a couple more boxes tomarrow. We shall see what happens. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 06-18-2009 09:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
:23_30_104:
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1775819)
Yea and it seems to happen to ME alot, maybe SLV>GLD is onto something about the weight putting them onto the ind of the roll. Last night had none showing on 4 boxes but still pulled (3) '64 and (2) 40%. Hope my 8 boxes today will get into a better part of the pallet but I'm still pullin some and 90% is always good.
HH Mark
It's definately possible. I've noticed a lot of the "weird" coins are on the end. I've gotten rolls with bent up, smashed halves or foreign coins on the end. Possible that the machine rejects those, and the employee at the sorting facility is just "forcing" the macine to accept those coins. SO they're at the end. But I really dont know.

So, I did my first box today after a 2 week break. Have 3 more boxes I need to look through. There was only 2 silvers showing. So you really never know. Most of these coins were all concentrated in about 5 of the rolls.

12 40%
5 90%
7 franklins
1 gold plated '82
1 double headed magician coin.

ME CO 06-18-2009 11:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice box BS. I did 5 of the 8 tonight and came up with (8) 40% and the one '64. Not great but the last few nights have been improving, maybe the next layer of the pallet is where the Bonanza boxes are, hope I can get to them before they get burried in dumps again. HH Mark

DA1984 06-19-2009 01:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunk Today.

Running totals: 35 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 43
40%: 268
74DDO: 3


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Buyingsilvers 06-19-2009 09:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
so the regional bank I'm pulling the halves from now told me their vault really wants to get rid of their halves. I was like "oh how convenient, I'm looking to buy a lot more halves". I now have $5000 weekly orders set up with them.

This is from a bank branch that absolutely refused to order halves for me a few months back. I also offered to pay for any transportation or other costs associated with moving the halves, to which they refused. I suggested that I was doing them a favor by taking them off their hands (non circulating currency that no one wants), and after a while, they started to agree with my assessment. Interesting what a little professionalism & bribes (I mean boxes of candies) will do. Pay to play

Buyingsilvers 06-19-2009 10:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1777925)
Skunk Today.

Running totals: 35 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 43
40%: 268
74DDO: 3

impressive IMO that you were able to find 3 DDOs. I used to look for them, but gave up on them.

ME CO 06-19-2009 11:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1778514)
so the regional bank I'm pulling the halves from now told me their vault really wants to get rid of their halves. I was like "oh how convenient, I'm looking to buy a lot more halves". I now have $5000 weekly orders set up with them.

This is from a bank branch that absolutely refused to order halves for me a few months back. I also offered to pay for any transportation or other costs associated with moving the halves, to which they refused. I suggested that I was doing them a favor by taking them off their hands (non circulating currency that no one wants), and after a while, they started to agree with my assessment. Interesting what a little professionalism & bribes (I mean boxes of candies) will do. Pay to play
Nice. I wish the banks here worked like that- they all seem to use the Armoured services as the central vault. My main business bank down town even has to order in the halves every week from Loomis- kindof a pain as I have to drag my cart down the side walk and around the building to the parking lot, always fun getting spare changed from street people while pulling $4K.
Hope your finds get better the deeper you get into the pile. HH Mark

DA1984 06-23-2009 02:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not too bad today, 1-90%er, 4-40%ers and 1-74DDO.

Running totals: 36 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 44
40%: 272
74DDO: 4

ME CO 06-24-2009 10:01 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1782994)
Not too bad today, 1-90%er, 4-40%ers and 1-74DDO.

Running totals: 36 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 44
40%: 272
74DDO: 4
Always good to add a 90% to the pile.
Not much postworthy from ME this month- still searchin and still pullin a little but not like last month. Not complainin still at 45oz so far but far and away from last monthes 110oz. Runs in cycles here so maybe July will be better. Dimes haven't even been fun this month, so I've been doing some pennies- sick I know haha. Did score a box of 09D Rail Splitters yesterday, need to go on ebay. HH Mark

DA1984 06-24-2009 02:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked today; been kinda slow week.

Running totals: 37 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 44
40%: 272
74DDO: 4

ME CO 06-24-2009 08:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got high hopes for tonight. 3 of my 4 boxes have 2 slivers showing apiece, maybe the tide is turning back the other way. I'll update when I get done.
HH all, Mark

ME CO 06-24-2009 11:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1785042)
Got high hopes for tonight. 3 of my 4 boxes have 2 slivers showing apiece, maybe the tide is turning back the other way. I'll update when I get done.
HH all, Mark
Nice night for this month, forgot I had scalped a box earlier today (nothing showing)- so 5 boxes gave up (30) 40%, (4) '64, and one Ben. HH all, Mark

DA1984 06-25-2009 10:53 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1785339)
Nice night for this month, forgot I had scalped a box earlier today (nothing showing)- so 5 boxes gave up (30) 40%, (4) '64, and one Ben. HH all, Mark
Congrats, seems my luck ended and yours began. I'm ok with trading weeks as long as the harvest is good, lol.

DA1984 06-25-2009 12:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another slow day; 2-40%ers is all.

Running totals: 38 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 18
90%: 44
40%: 274
74DDO: 4

TheNocturnalEgyptian 06-25-2009 08:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Man I'm jealous of you guys. I tried to start prospecting but all the banks in my area told me to get out.

Buyingsilvers 06-25-2009 10:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1785339)
Nice night for this month, forgot I had scalped a box earlier today (nothing showing)- so 5 boxes gave up (30) 40%, (4) '64, and one Ben. HH all, Mark
Nice going. Glad to see those 2 showing in the 3 boxes actually panned out!


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My order was delayed until tomorrow. Going to be interesting having to move out 250lbs of coins on my cart. Problem is there's 1 older lady who's somewhat coin savvy and knows about the silver. She's under the impression that since they're rolled by the bank & not boxed, the silv. has been mined out long time ago, and I'm looking to complete sets (not for older silv).

That's the problem when the batches are bagged or shotgun rolled, everyone can see what's in the batch. I've already gotten franklins & a walker on the ends before. I really hope she doesn't catch on.

ME CO 06-26-2009 12:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
8 boxes picked up today (none showing), sorted 6 of them, 3 had nadda but the other 3 gave up (14) 40% and one Walker. Pick up another 4 or 6 boxes tomarrow and 8 on Saturday- hope the silver keeps flowin. HH Mark

DA1984 06-26-2009 02:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Interesting box today, 1-40%er, 1-90%er and 1-Franklin.

Running totals: 39 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 19
90%: 45
40%: 275
74DDO: 4

Buyingsilvers 06-26-2009 05:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So I got my order in today.

Silvers showing

#1 - 2
#2 - 3
#3 - 0
#4 - 0
#5 - 2
#6 - 0
#7 - 0
#8 - 0
#9 - 2
#10 - 1 (with 1 proof showing)

Did a test pull of 20 rolls in box #9, got 12 40%, 2 90%, 1 franklin,1 N/S proof

I reduced my order to 8 boxes for next week. 10 boxes is incredibly heavy. Probably wont post results unless i get something spectacular. Think these boxes have been sitting in their vault for a while. Some of the coins are actually showing rust. I didn't even know that CuNi can rusts like that.

ME CO 06-26-2009 05:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1787801)
Interesting box today, 1-40%er, 1-90%er and 1-Franklin.

Running totals: 39 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 19
90%: 45
40%: 275
74DDO: 4
Love them 90%.
Got 6 more boxes today, 4 from one place- two showing silver and two not, one has one silver showing and one has two showing (both ends of the same roll). I haven't got a dream roll (all silver) from a box yet but I'm always hopeful, haven't found my gold coin (not Kennedy) in a roll yet either but that don't stop ME from dreamin haha. Will update later. HH all, Mark

ME CO 06-26-2009 05:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1788095)
So I got my order in today.

Silvers showing

#1 - 2
#2 - 3
#3 - 0
#4 - 0
#5 - 2
#6 - 0
#7 - 0
#8 - 0
#9 - 2
#10 - 1 (with 1 proof showing)

Did a test pull of 20 rolls in box #9, got 12 40%, 2 90%, 1 franklin,1 N/S proof

I reduced my order to 8 boxes for next week. 10 boxes is incredibly heavy. Probably wont post results unless i get something spectacular. Think these boxes have been sitting in their vault for a while. Some of the coins are actually showing rust. I didn't even know that CuNi can rusts like that.
Dam I've only got 8 boxes sitting here- O yea I get 8 more tomarrow:signs14:
Congrats on the silver showing, I love seein them white ends when I open a box. Hope ya get a bucketfull. HH Mark

AGRO 06-26-2009 07:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1788123)
Dam I've only got 8 boxes sitting here- O yea I get 8 more tomarrow:signs14:
Congrats on the silver showing, I love seein them white ends when I open a box. Hope ya get a bucketfull. HH Mark
GREAT! I can't even get a GOD DAMN BOX!!!! :banghead: :rant: :banghead: :rant: :banghead: :rant: :banghead:

Gonna have to work out a deal with one of you lucky bastards. ( I mean this in a nice way)

1 Box a month. For some kind of fee. Any one near the tri state area? :36_1_32v:

Oh, and the branch manager at chase that was so EAGER to give me MORE CREDIT, has yet to call. I WILL THROW this in his face when I return and they try to suck me into their greasy little trap!!!:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

EDIT - Did score a Walker '43 and a Bennie '49 of a pal for 5 smackers.

Buyingsilvers 06-26-2009 07:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1788123)
Dam I've only got 8 boxes sitting here- O yea I get 8 more tomarrow:signs14:
Congrats on the silver showing, I love seein them white ends when I open a box. Hope ya get a bucketfull. HH Mark
lol... I dont know how you do it man. I was sorting 4 boxes a day for a week or so, and I burned out on them. I have to try and get at least 4 done tonight so I can dump them tomorrow.

AGRO 06-26-2009 07:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1788332)
lol... I dont know how you do it man. I was sorting 4 boxes a day for a week or so, and I burned out on them. I have to try and get at least 4 done tonight so I can dump them tomorrow.
Just pushing the knife in further eh, !!!!!

ME CO 06-26-2009 11:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1788332)
lol... I dont know how you do it man. I was sorting 4 boxes a day for a week or so, and I burned out on them. I have to try and get at least 4 done tonight so I can dump them tomorrow.
I am a creature of habit and after 2 years its a big habit- easy to do when finding something, more like a $hit job when not haha.
Anyways just finished for the night, saved the two showing silver for last- intended to maybe save them for later but didn't. Total for all 8 boxes was (26) 40%ers and (10) '64. BTW the roll with silver on both ends had just that, a silver on both ends- at least one was a '64.
Sorry bout addin the salt to the wound AGRO LOL. HH all, Mark

SLV>GLD 06-27-2009 12:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes yielded (5) 40%. The 1st box was a skunk.
Ho Hum.

ME CO 06-28-2009 12:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another good day for ME. Got my 8 boxes this AM and after checking the roll ends found that 2 showed silvers, one 5 (one roll both ends again) and the other 3. I sorted the one showing 5 which paid out (61) 40%ers and one '64 and 4 other boxes that were dismal. All told I scored (65) 40% and (3) 1964.
I saved the other silver shower and two other boxes for tomarrow sos I can have another good night. Update again tomarrow. HH all, Mark:RockOn:

ME CO 06-28-2009 11:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another decent night. 3 boxes gave up (31) 40%, missed them 90% though.
Tomarrows 6 boxes have been waiting at the bank since Friday so may be more of the same good boxes I been getting lately. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 06-28-2009 11:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
looks like the wind has finally changed directions. Nice to see your boxes are picking up. That one box with 60 something silvers was quite a find!

AGRO 06-28-2009 11:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So no one is close to Tri- State? or just don't wanna help a brother out?! With a box even every 2 months!

I actually relish in all your posts, because it means the 90% and 40% is still out there for the taking!

I have attacked this with several angles (the steady box connection) and seem to still draw blanks.

My next try will be opening an account at TD (old Commerce) BANK, on the condition I get a box a month. If any of you players have some insight as to which banks are better, do tell!!! THANKS!

Seems to me that you guys have smaller community banks that are willing to help out, not large branches...

ME CO 06-29-2009 12:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1791453)
looks like the wind has finally changed directions. Nice to see your boxes are picking up. That one box with 60 something silvers was quite a find!
Definately has helped out what had been weak month. A week ago I was at about 45oz, tonight I passed 77oz. Most importantly the fun factor had gone way UP. HH Mark

ME CO 06-29-2009 12:28 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1791462)
So no one is close to Tri- State? or just don't wanna help a brother out?! With a box even every 2 months!

I actually relish in all your posts, because it means the 90% and 40% is still out there for the taking!

I have attacked this with several angles (the steady box connection) and seem to still draw blanks.

My next try will be opening an account at TD (old Commerce) BANK, on the condition I get a box a month. If any of you players have some insight as to which banks are better, do tell!!! THANKS!

Seems to me that you guys have smaller community banks that are willing to help out, not large branches...
Nope nowhere near tri-state. Lets see, US Bank, Wells Fargo, Chase, BofA, these sound familiar? I don't know what to tell ya, you seem alright on here but either your banks are a$$holes or you are haha. All you can do is keep trying different banks- hope you can come up with some (your coin guy hopes so too LOL). Another thing you might try, is going straight through the armoured service. One of my vault tellers told ME I could do this for a fee of course. I never tried but I did hear of a guy doing it for a bag of Ikes once. If you do try let ME know how it works out, and btw better want more than one box a month haha. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 06-29-2009 04:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finished the 10 boxes.

105 40%
18 90%
8 Franklin
2 WL
1971 proof
1985 proof
1999 proof
1976 proof

Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1791462)
So no one is close to Tri- State? or just don't wanna help a brother out?! With a box even every 2 months!

I actually relish in all your posts, because it means the 90% and 40% is still out there for the taking!

I have attacked this with several angles (the steady box connection) and seem to still draw blanks.

My next try will be opening an account at TD (old Commerce) BANK, on the condition I get a box a month. If any of you players have some insight as to which banks are better, do tell!!! THANKS!

Seems to me that you guys have smaller community banks that are willing to help out, not large branches...
My area seems to be outside the influence of the closest fed bank. To get an idea of how much work I've put into finding silver initially, I pretty much know & visited all the banks are in my area 40 miles out, which is A LOT of bank branches. I've done test pulls 100 miles out, and have found a lot of silvers in those banks. But it makes more sense to concentrate on my area first, tehn move outwards as I deplete the silver.

I know other people who have had trouble getting halves in their area that actually do roadtrips to more rural areas to find silvers, and have hit it big. Need to factor in the cost of gas & time spent.

Just keep trying different banks & different bank branches. Sometimes one bank branch will tell you no, but another branch of the same bank is willing to help you. All it takes is 1 branch that's willing to help you. This particular branch I'm pulling the boxes from now rejected me for months before allowing me to do orders.

SLV>GLD 06-29-2009 08:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Getting boxes is not the issue for me. Getting rid of them is. I'm setting up a bank account today and opening it with several boxes. We'll see how well that flies, lol. I'm sure they'll be glad to add the few grand to their bottom line but they have no idea what is in store for them.


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ME CO 06-29-2009 07:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1791735)
Getting boxes is not the issue for me. Getting rid of them is. I'm setting up a bank account today and opening it with several boxes. We'll see how well that flies, lol. I'm sure they'll be glad to add the few grand to their bottom line but they have no idea what is in store for them.
Well how did it go, did ya look funny takin a wheelbarrow in to open the acct?
Got my 6 boxes today, one has a '67 showing- sure hope theres a bunch hidin, and some 90% this time too. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 06-29-2009 07:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1791735)
Getting boxes is not the issue for me. Getting rid of them is. I'm setting up a bank account today and opening it with several boxes. We'll see how well that flies, lol. I'm sure they'll be glad to add the few grand to their bottom line but they have no idea what is in store for them.
I usually just cite the bad economy & whatnot for the reason I'm bringing in 2k worth of halves. Maybe my banks are more lenient than yours though. It helps to deposit rather than exchanging for $100 notes. Banks like the deposits.

ME CO 06-29-2009 11:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Update from my 6 boxes. Not very good but did get one 90% Ken and added two more 40% to the pile. Hope tomarrows two boxes are better, I feel a road trip coming on. HH all, Mark

AGRO 06-29-2009 11:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1793333)
I feel a road trip coming on. HH all, Mark
This is going to be how I make my next BIG score.

I suppose all and all, my scores have been above average.

Totals: all appx. sorting - true total yield

appx 100 loose rolls
appx 002 boxes

20 - Bennies
18 - Walkers
01 - Barber
09 - Kennies 1964
60 - Kennies 40%ers

Although ME CO likes to make fun of my getting robbed on my 40 % sales!!:111::111::111:

I did wash all that into .999 silver bars and still own the 90%'ers

Has anyone else been "Barber-ized" ? ? ?

Buyingsilvers 06-30-2009 01:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No. I walked after hearing my local coin dealer offer me $2.25x face on 40% or some rubbish deal like that.

DA1984 06-30-2009 02:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Crappy box today where about 35% of halves were marked; it was a skunk.

Running totals: 40 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 19
90%: 45
40%: 275
74DDO: 4

ME CO 06-30-2009 10:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Disappointing end of the month after the last week but I did manage a 90% today- too bad that was all I got from todays 2 boxes- (should have taken that road trip). So I end June with 78ozt, real good considering a week ago I was at 45ozt. I seem to be back in the slim pickins boxes again, hope I can scrounge some more of them good boxes before the drought comes in earnest. HH all, Mark

BTW AGRO, I was just trying to point out there were other options when selling, but when you continued to do it... well then it became a Roast haha.
I just sold another batch- thas why I mention it.

AGRO 07-01-2009 12:24 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1795227)
BTW AGRO, I was just trying to point out there were other options when selling, but when you continued to do it... well then it became a Roast haha.
I just sold another batch- thas why I mention it.
N0 problem bud!!! You are right!
(just trying to poke a little fun at myself)

I know and I thank you for pointing it out. It was only those couple times.
The problem was I did not have enough to send out. Also I don't know of many who buy 40%.

In retrospect, it would have been smarter to save. BUT, I don't pull in nearly the amount you guys do. So to try selling 30 or 40 - 40%ers, not even sure who might want em' besides ebay!

jersey devl 07-01-2009 08:43 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well guys I havent had much time for CRH in the past few months (havent been out since the teller saved me those barber dimes)(I think I posted that on a different forums,ooops) so I drug the wife out yesterday (on vacation) we hit about 10 banks around town pulled 21-40% ,3 bennies and the rest were '64's ,pulled 30 all together not bad for a 1/4 tank of gas and what...$13 FRN's. total about 6.5 ozt. HH

ME CO 07-01-2009 10:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jersey devl (Post 1795809)
Well guys I havent had much time for CRH in the past few months (havent been out since the teller saved me those barber dimes)(I think I posted that on a different forums,ooops) so I drug the wife out yesterday (on vacation) we hit about 10 banks around town pulled 21-40% ,3 bennies and the rest were '64's ,pulled 30 all together not bad for a 1/4 tank of gas and what...$13 FRN's. total about 6.5 ozt. HH
nice, I think I need a vacation. HH Mark

ME CO 07-01-2009 10:32 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1795409)
N0 problem bud!!! You are right!
(just trying to poke a little fun at myself)

I know and I thank you for pointing it out. It was only those couple times.
The problem was I did not have enough to send out. Also I don't know of many who buy 40%.

In retrospect, it would have been smarter to save. BUT, I don't pull in nearly the amount you guys do. So to try selling 30 or 40 - 40%ers, not even sure who might want em' besides ebay!
:111::111::111::111::111::111:
As long as ya know I'm laughing with and not at haha. HH Mark

DA1984 07-01-2009 02:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not a skunk, so much better than yesterday, 4 - 40%ers.

Running totals: 41 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Liberties: 8
Franklins: 19
90%: 45
40%: 279
74DDO: 4

DA1984 07-02-2009 07:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Well, a very interesting day, 2 boxes - Box 1 was a skunk, Box 2 was very nice, so I will post a pic. Picked up 20-40%ers, 2-90%ers, 6-Franklins, 5-Liberties and 1-Barber (my first ever, a 1913-S).

Running totals: 43 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 13
Franklins: 25
90%: 47
40%: 299
74DDO: 4

Buyingsilvers 07-02-2009 07:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
WOW... Great job with old coinage, especially the barber. Those are extremely hard to find. I've never found one in a machine box yet, only found 1 ever.

-------

Got a 10 box order coming in tomorrow. Also going to try and do a small road trip tomorrow, nothing too crazy. Just a drive 60 miles out and goign to try to hit this one region with 13 branches or so for CWRs.

SLV>GLD 07-02-2009 09:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1798416)
Droool..... that is a wet dream one box take!

ME CO 07-03-2009 12:48 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1798416)
Well, a very interesting day, 2 boxes - Box 1 was a skunk, Box 2 was very nice, so I will post a pic. Picked up 20-40%ers, 2-90%ers, 6-Franklins, 5-Liberties and 1-Barber (my first ever, a 1913-S).

Running totals: 43 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 13
Franklins: 25
90%: 47
40%: 299
74DDO: 4
Very nice. Well since you hit the big times again you can guess what happened to my finds, (9) 40% yesterday from 4 boxes and (3) 40% tonight from 6. I'm still hoping for a straggler good box to find ME with all these skunks. Congrats on the haircutter. HH Mark

DA1984 07-03-2009 05:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another nice box today, 18-40%ers and 2-90%ers (all silver came from two rolls).

Running totals: 44 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 13
Franklins: 25
90%: 49
40%: 317
74DDO: 4

ME CO 07-03-2009 07:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1799660)
Another nice box today, 18-40%ers and 2-90%ers (all silver came from two rolls).

Running totals: 44 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 13
Franklins: 25
90%: 49
40%: 317
74DDO: 4
You better get it while ya can, my turns comin haha.
20 out of two rolls is mighty nice, hope those weren't the first two rolls though or the other 48 would really suck. Congrats, HH Mark
I picked up 8 more boxes today to tide ME over the holiday weekend and 2 boxes have A silver showing so at least I will get something.

ME CO 07-04-2009 12:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was able to sneak a few out of 3 boxes tonight and save the silver showers for later.
I got a '46 Walker (upgraded that spot in my Dansco), (2) '64, and (8) 40%ers. Always feels good to get some 90%. HH Mark

ME CO 07-04-2009 11:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Did 6 boxes tonight, got (19) 40%ers and (3)'64. One more left for tomarrow with a silver showin- like to add some every day. Happy 4th all, Mark

ME CO 07-05-2009 10:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well I squeezed another (13) 40%ers out of the last box from that batch. Another 8 boxes coming tomarrow- hope for one or two of them 50-60 keeper boxes. HH all, Mark :RockOn:

12345abc 07-06-2009 02:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
hi all!!!

very inspiring thread!!! i have been lurking for a while and finally got the chance to make an account......

i have been doing silver hunting myself since reading this thread and have not been dissappointed yet :D

a couple questions for the more exp hunters:

1. what exactly are you looking for in a '74 DDO? can someone post a picture?
2. proofs, how do you know you have one?

keep up the good work!!!!

many thanks

ME CO 07-06-2009 11:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1802867)
hi all!!!

very inspiring thread!!! i have been lurking for a while and finally got the chance to make an account......

i have been doing silver hunting myself since reading this thread and have not been dissappointed yet :D

a couple questions for the more exp hunters:

1. what exactly are you looking for in a '74 DDO? can someone post a picture?
2. proofs, how do you know you have one?

keep up the good work!!!!

many thanks
As for your questions do a google search to find pics.

Good night for ME, picked up my 8 boxes and 3 had silver showing, one showed 4 and 2 show one apiece. I sorted the one showing 4 and 4 other boxes and came up with (52) 40%ers and (5) 1964's- nice almost 10oz.
HH all, Mark

SLV>GLD 07-07-2009 09:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Two boxes yielded (4) 40% Kens. One of the boxes was a skunk.

DA1984 07-07-2009 02:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
On the box today, not too much, 2-40%ers.

Running totals: 45 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 13
Franklins: 25
90%: 49
40%: 319
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09
B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09;
B30, 06-11-09

silvertooth 07-07-2009 02:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I have had no luck in my search. I don't actively buy rolls to look through but I still can't help peeking at the change I receive in from a cashier. Maybe someday....

DA1984 07-07-2009 02:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by silvertooth (Post 1805443)
I have had no luck in my search. I don't actively buy rolls to look through but I still can't help peeking at the change I receive in from a cashier. Maybe someday....
Its all about volume and consistency, keep going.

Hi Ho SILVER 07-07-2009 05:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I am wondering do snack machines kick out silver coins due to the weight. I have literally gone through hundreds of coins in a few snack machines my friend stocks and I have found no silver. i have found plenty of 1965 quarters but never silver...thanks

Buyingsilvers 07-07-2009 06:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
got huge skunkage on the last 10 box batch. Funny how you can go from every $500 batch having no less than 5 silvers for the last 20 boxes or so to NADA in 10 boxes. These look a lot newer packed, so it could be that they started pulling from another stack in the vault. These were probably someone's dumps as well.

the mini road trip only netted 1 90% and 7 40%. Apparently someone else had hit most of the banks I went to earlier that week.

Win some - lose some. At least the mini road trip silvers paid for gas (but not the time spent).

ME CO 07-08-2009 12:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by silvertooth (Post 1805443)
I have had no luck in my search. I don't actively buy rolls to look through but I still can't help peeking at the change I receive in from a cashier. Maybe someday....
Check out this link http://lynncoins.com/proofcoin_article.htm . Maybe DA can get a pic of his double dies to answer the other question.

Another good night, 5 boxes produced 1 Walker, 1 Ben, 1 '64, and 21 40%ers.
Also just passed 500oz for the year. HH Mark :coolbeer:


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DA1984 07-08-2009 01:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1806418)
Check out this link http://lynncoins.com/proofcoin_article.htm . Maybe DA can get a pic of his double dies to answer the other question.

Another good night, 5 boxes produced 1 Walker, 1 Ben, 1 '64, and 21 40%ers.
Also just passed 500oz for the year. HH Mark :coolbeer:
I recommend on the DDOs just going to ebay and searching. There are a lot of them for sale and some very good pics, which would be better than I can do. The most evident double is usually on the RUS in TRUST on the front of the half dollar.

DA1984 07-08-2009 02:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pretty good box today, 12-40%ers, 3-90%ers, 2-Franklins and 1-Liberty.

Running totals: 46 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 27
90%: 52
40%: 331
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09
B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09;
B30, 06-11-09

ME CO 07-09-2009 12:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Added a few more to the pile. (2) '64, and (6) 40%ers came from 4 boxes. Not alot but always good to add a 90%. HH Mark

DA1984 07-09-2009 02:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just a little bit today 2-40%ers.

Running totals: 47 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 27
90%: 52
40%: 333
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09
B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09;
B30, 06-11-09

DA1984 07-09-2009 02:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Question: I noticed and pulled out a 1981-D Half Dollar which has the reeded edge extending slightly onto the obverse of about 1/5 of the coin. Anyone have any info. on this or know if its even worth keeping? Thanks.

ME CO 07-10-2009 12:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pulled out (7) 40%ers and one '64 out of the 6 boxes I did tonight. HH Mark

AGRO 07-10-2009 02:46 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1810149)
Pulled out (7) 40%ers and one '64 out of the 6 boxes I did tonight. HH Mark
Your perseverance is unbelievable. I guess you take the good with the bad right? Almost to the effect of any "sort" that yields silver is a win.

Like the new avatar GREAT BAR - NICE FIND!

ME CO 07-10-2009 09:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1810278)
Your perseverance is unbelievable. I guess you take the good with the bad right? Almost to the effect of any "sort" that yields silver is a win.

Like the new avatar GREAT BAR - NICE FIND!
Can't win if you don't play. Like my lil 5oz loaf huh. Local guy at the coin show had a pile of Prospectors that loaf and a 10oz loaf, I had already spent my allowance the day before but wanted some Prospectors and while I was figuring how many I could get for $100 I spied the lil chunk and couldn't resist, went over budget and got 5 Prospectors anyways. Here's a bigger pic. HH Mark
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...gelhard001.jpg

DA1984 07-10-2009 02:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another, just a little bit today 2-40%ers.

Running totals: 48 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 27
90%: 52
40%: 335
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09
B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09;
B30, 06-11-09
B48 = B19-3, 05-22-09; B20-5, 5-26-09

AGRO 07-10-2009 06:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
what is the returns section about DA?

AGRO 07-10-2009 06:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by silvertooth (Post 1805443)
I have had no luck in my search. I don't actively buy rolls to look through but I still can't help peeking at the change I receive in from a cashier. Maybe someday....
How many banks have you gone to?

seek and you shall find.... it may take a lot of seeking though.....

SLV>GLD 07-10-2009 06:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1811473)
what is the returns section about DA?
Yeah!? I gather there are box numbers and dates but what does it mean?

AGRO 07-10-2009 07:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1811483)
Yeah!? I gather there are box numbers and dates but what does it mean?
:111: yeah, i don't know!

It reads to me at least,
box 34 = B21 - 2 returns on May ..... nevermind,
DA you there?

Buyingsilvers 07-10-2009 10:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
hmm... seems like the vault i'm pulling from was someone's old dump. i prolly got lucky with the other batches. Looking like another 10 box skunk. At least 5 of the boxes were from another vault, rolls all opened & rewrapped. horray!

DA1984 07-10-2009 10:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It means, for instance, B34 = B21-2, 5-11-09. This would mean that when I opened box 34 I found 2 coins which i had marked from box 21 on 5-11-09. Just my own way of tracking what I have seen.

DA1984 07-10-2009 10:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2nd box of the day, 3-40%ers.

Running totals: 49 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 27
90%: 52
40%: 338
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09
B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09;
B30, 06-11-09
B48 = B19-3, 05-22-09; B20-5, 5-26-09

ME CO 07-10-2009 11:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1811751)
It means, for instance, B34 = B21-2, 5-11-09. This would mean that when I opened box 34 I found 2 coins which i had marked from box 21 on 5-11-09. Just my own way of tracking what I have seen.
That would probly scare the $hit out of ME if I did that haha, I see enough coins that I recognize. One time I saved all the marked coins I found (let the competition think they're in virgin territory) and then dumped them all at once (like $500 worth). I didn't get the load back all at once so I'm sure somebody had a bad day.
Today was a good day, of course I searched 8 boxes to get what I got. (1) Walker, (2) Bens, (5) 1964, and (20) 40%ers including one of them 40% '76S.
HH all, Mark

SLV>GLD 07-11-2009 03:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'd flip if I got a return. I'm dumping the halves 2 states over at an entirely different bank so it should be a miracle for them to come back to me. I don't mark them so I wouldn't know, however.

DA: Thx for the explanation, it makes your tallies all the more interesting.

EireGoBragh 07-11-2009 04:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1812438)
I'd flip if I got a return. I'm dumping the halves 2 states over at an entirely different bank so it should be a miracle for them to come back to me. I don't mark them so I wouldn't know, however.

DA: Thx for the explanation, it makes your tallies all the more interesting.
2 states over? Damn....hell of a road trip,...speaking about marking coins, I did that once maybe a couple months ago, edge-marked 'em so as not to be so obvious, and I'm still getting some back in new boxes, and my "order" bank and "dump" bank are different, so it leads me to believe that the coins are all going into a central pool, and then being distributed when ordered

Curious: how'd you mark 'em DA?

SLV>GLD 07-11-2009 08:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EireGoBragh (Post 1812446)
2 states over? Damn....hell of a road trip
Yeah, I do a lot of travel for work and currently and for a while into the future I am 2 states away from home. Sorting halves kills the lonely time in the evenings. I order the halves at home and bring them with me. I'm certainly not making the drive just to insulate myself from my sorted halves, LOL.

ME CO (late response):The new bank in the work state has a counting machine so I no longer have to re-roll them. I just hope I don't get into some straits like DA1984 did for filling the bags up too many times for their comfort.

Funny story (and shows how nice the bank is):
I was depositing a couple boxes of halves into this coin machine and about 100 dollars in it crapped out. After troubleshooting the machine multiple times and restarting several times the teller concluded the bag holding mechanism was the issue (specifically for the halves chute). The solution was to remove the bag and operate the sorter with the side open. This dear teller was on her hands and knees catching the halves as they spewed out the bottom of the machine and threatened to roll all over the lobby floor. It was like some sick game of jacks, LOL. To top it off, the machine began to count some of the halves as random other coins including quarters, pennies and sac-dollars. Luckily I knew precisely how many coins there were and my number worked out when the false counts were converted back to halves. The lady told me to tell her the next time I came in with more halves and she'd do the hands and knees coin snatch routine again, so she knows I'm coming back with more and is okay with playing in the floor for me.
:553:

ME CO 07-12-2009 12:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Silver still flowin here. did 5 boxes tonight and got (29) 40%ers and (2) '64. Got 3 more boxes left for tomarrow- 2 with a silver end so hopin for good results from them two too.
July 17 marks the 2 year anniversary of my first box of halves. Man I've gone through alot of boxes since then. HH all, Mark
SLV>GLD, glad you found something to occupy your down time and keep ya out of mischief. Its cheap entertainment if you enjoy findin some.

Buyingsilvers 07-12-2009 06:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1811745)
hmm... seems like the vault i'm pulling from was someone's old dump. i prolly got lucky with the other batches. Looking like another 10 box skunk. At least 5 of the boxes were from another vault, rolls all opened & rewrapped. horray!

So it wasn't a total loss. 4 boxes were "new" machine wrapped.

Out of that

4 90%
1 walker
1 israeli 5 (something)
1 '62 canadian half.
1989 S proof


I never realized how much detail the canadian silvers halves have. This picture actually doesn't do the coin justice. It has an amazing amount of detail.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6489/img0218jrt.jpg

Buyingsilvers 07-12-2009 06:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1813016)
Silver still flowin here. did 5 boxes tonight and got (29) 40%ers and (2) '64. Got 3 more boxes left for tomarrow- 2 with a silver end so hopin for good results from them two too.
July 17 marks the 2 year anniversary of my first box of halves. Man I've gone through alot of boxes since then. HH all, Mark
SLV>GLD, glad you found something to occupy your down time and keep ya out of mischief. Its cheap entertainment if you enjoy findin some.
congrats. seems like the silver faucet turned on for you and off for me. Always good to add to the stack cheaply!

ME CO 07-12-2009 08:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice snag on the Canadian, I have yet to find a silver one myself. HH Mark

AGRO 07-12-2009 11:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Why is it so hard to get boxes in NY - NYC to Long Island is my search area.

these are some of the banks

Chase
CitiBank
Bank of America
HSBC
CNB - Community National Bank
TD Bank - Formerly Commerce
Roslyn Savings Bank
Astoria Federal

thinking of some more....

Honestly I have not been to all of these but, the ones I have, have not been "box friendly."

ME CO 07-13-2009 07:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Don't know what to tell ya AGRO, I pickup at a couple of those mentioned. Must be New York thing.
Last 3 boxes last night were uneventful, (3) 40% and (1)'64. Thats with 2 of the boxes showing a silver, still more for the pile. Have 7 new boxes to play with tonight only one has a silver showing, hope I need my rain gear cause it starts raining silver. HH all, Mark

clyderose 07-14-2009 06:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
what are the odds of this?
my two weekly boxes came on friday and each had only one silver coin showing on the end of the rolls.
box #1 had a '67 showing and we opened that one first,twas the only silver in that whole box.
box #2 had one franklin showing and hidden inside were 20 walkers,6 bens,14 1964 kennedys and 38 40%ers.wow! not my best box by far but I was happy.
now there are 1000 coins in a box and and by looking at both ends of all rolls you can see 100 of them or 10% of the box so logic would dictate that if you can see 1 AG there should be an average of 10 coins in that box.
I've been doing this for a few years and it seems that the 10% thing is pretty consistant over the long term in that if you can see 4 on the ends you got somewhere around 40 silvers in the box.I guess this is not always the case.
anyone else ever see a pattern with this?
CR

Buyingsilvers 07-14-2009 07:48 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
not always the case. I've found it to be widely varying as you've just pointed out. Generally, if 1 is showing, then up to 10 in the box. A lot of times, I'd find multiple silvers in single rolls, while the rest of the box contains nothing.

beercritic 07-14-2009 08:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by clyderose (Post 1816328)
now there are 1000 coins in a box and and by looking at both ends of all rolls you can see 100 of them or 10% of the box so logic would dictate that if you can see 1 AG there should be an average of 10 coins in that box.
I've been doing this for a few years and it seems that the 10% thing is pretty consistant over the long term in that if you can see 4 on the ends you got somewhere around 40 silvers in the box.I guess this is not always the case.
anyone else ever see a pattern with this?
CR
I dunno. Seems it would be higher - - as silver Kennedy's need to be "face-up" to tell if they are silver...

ME CO 07-14-2009 08:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by beercritic (Post 1816391)
I dunno. Seems it would be higher - - as silver Kennedy's need to be "face-up" to tell if they are silver...
they don't have to be face up unless your colorblind.
I think we've deducted that the silver gets spun to the ends during the rolling process- Sunday night I had saved 2 boxes with a silver showing apiece and got a total of 4. My personal theory is that the silver is trying to escape the rolls therefore when you catch one on the end it was right before the "Great Escape". HH all, Mark


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clyderose 07-14-2009 09:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by beercritic (Post 1816391)
I dunno. Seems it would be higher - - as silver Kennedy's need to be "face-up" to tell if they are silver...
not for me,I can tell a silver half reguardless which side is up.
CR

clyderose 07-14-2009 09:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
sometimes just for the hellofit when I get a box with silver showing me and wife weigh the rolls to try to predict how much AG is in the box.
any roll that weighs over 227 grams has a high probability of of being a winner.rolls that weigh 229+ will have 90% or multiple 40's.
this works well with CWI and brinks rolls but not if the box has alot of newish BU coins.anyone else weigh rolls?
CR

GB1980 07-14-2009 09:43 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Great stuff. I have been doing this for the last 6+ years. I try and get 2 boxes a week. I have found well over 2000 40%, 800 90% Kennedy's and about 200 Walkers and Franklins. I love finding them. I have had weeks where I haven't found any but continue because I know they are out there. It is fun and profitable. Good hunting to all.

DA1984 07-14-2009 02:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today I had one of the strangest boxes. First it had some # on the outside (207). When I opened it I found 3 of my marks, 5 of someone else's marks and 1 bicentennial clad proof starring at me. From the box I found many, many marked coins including more of my own, but I also found 2-40%ers, 2-90%ers, 3-Franklins, 3-bicentennial silver proofs and 4-bicentennial clad proofs. Very odd. Still getting my returns included with silver also.

Running totals: 50 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 30
90%: 54
40%: 343
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09;
B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3, 05-22-09; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09.

Buyingsilvers 07-14-2009 03:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
just means that some fresh stuff is getting turned in at the banks and mixed with the skunk returns. Good for you, as it's a good sign people continue to dump their collections.

ME CO 07-15-2009 12:23 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pretty good night tonight, (14) 40%ers, two Bens and two '64. Did 3 boxes. HH all, Mark

DA1984 07-15-2009 03:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked today with lots of returns.

Running totals: 51 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 30
90%: 54
40%: 343
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20.

AGRO 07-15-2009 07:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
DA - I am very curious about the new "returns" section...

I knowYou told us a little bit about how to decipher it, but I am still unsure.

Do you mark every coin? If b = box? Why does it say B34 = B21 -2(2 being 2 return coins>?

Buyingsilvers 07-15-2009 07:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
im guessing he found 2 coins from box 21 in box 34 or something. pretty cool system to kep track IMO. I just sharpie 10 coins or so per box and see if I get any back. When I return in rolls, I mark the rolls.

SLV>GLD 07-15-2009 07:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I can't imagine how you'd mark coins to keep up with what box they came from. I suppose by color and striping pattern. Seems like you'd run out of colors and patterns at the rate DA1984 is moving though.

DA1984 07-15-2009 11:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I mark five percent or so and I mark them with the box #. Therefore if I have say B34 = B21-5, then I am saying that in Box 34 I received 5 returns from Box 21 which I can determine the date of since I post what I found in each box each day. After a certain sample size I can then extrapolate with a little number crunching the overall # of returns based upon the percentage of the return pool that I get. I am hoping that once the sample size gets very large that I will be to identify specific patterns beyond just overall percentage of return, however, I do not yet have a big enough sample nor have I determined the method I will use for this analysis. Hope this helps.

ME CO 07-15-2009 11:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Interesting evening tonight, not alot of silver (1) 90% and (7) 40% but I did find something special. Not very often these days do I get to fill a hole in my Dansco folder, since I mainly only need half of the silver proofs. So the 90% I got was a 1994S silver Proof. Here's a couple pics. HH Mark
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...proof001-1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...erproof003.jpg

DA1984 07-16-2009 02:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a great and interesting box today. 65 total silvers, of which 62 came from 7 rolls which were all on the bottom half and all showing silver only on their top side. The breakdown is 41-40%ers, 20-90%ers and 4 Franklins.

Running totals: 52 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 74
40%: 384
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20.

ME CO 07-17-2009 12:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 boxes tonight produced (3) Bens, one '64, and (6) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

DA1984 07-17-2009 02:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not spectacular like yesterday but still pulled in some silver, 3-40%ers and 1-90%er.

Running totals: 53 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 75
40%: 387
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20.

ME CO 07-18-2009 06:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well yesterday marked the 2 year anniversary of my first box of halves, looking back it has been a wild roller coaster ride but all in all still worthwhile.
I was hoping for a massive silver harvest last night to mark the occasion but instead I got (8) 40%ers and (2) '64 out of about 5 boxes, always good to get some 90% though. I remember times over the last two year when I didn't see a 90% for weeks so I always appreciate them extra special.
BTW my signature is how I keep score, first # is YTD/ second is lifetime (2 yrs). HH all, Mark

ME CO 07-18-2009 11:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Slim pickins tonight but I got another '64 along with (3) 40%ers- thas from 4 boxes. Saving the other 4 boxes for tomarrow, one has a '64 showing sos I know I won't get skunked for the day. HH Mark

ME CO 07-20-2009 01:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Added this to the stash tonight, finally got one to sit down. Other than that I got one '64 and (4) 40%ers out of 4 boxes. HH all, Mark
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...yHalf002-1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...yHalf007-1.jpg

SLV>GLD 07-20-2009 09:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ME CO, that is an awesome find. While the rest sounds disappointing that one coin would redeem it all for me.

Buyingsilvers 07-20-2009 09:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1825962)
Added this to the stash tonight, finally got one to sit down. Other than that I got one '64 and (4) 40%ers out of 4 boxes. HH all, Mark
holy crap, that's an incredible find, and in pretty good condition too. Dont think I've ever heard of anyone finding one of those before.

ME CO 07-20-2009 04:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1826185)
ME CO, that is an awesome find. While the rest sounds disappointing that one coin would redeem it all for me.
Amazing thing is that saved a box from being a skunk. I'm perty stoked. HH Mark

ME CO 07-20-2009 04:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1826231)
holy crap, that's an incredible find, and in pretty good condition too. Dont think I've ever heard of anyone finding one of those before.
There's been a few found this year over on Tnet, guy found a 1843 Friday but you could almost shave with it. I got half a mind to take it and trade for silver as I want to do with all my numies. HH Mark

JOE SIXPACK 07-21-2009 12:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 Attachment(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1826231)
holy crap, that's an incredible find, and in pretty good condition too. Dont think I've ever heard of anyone finding one of those before.
http://goldismoney.info/forums/showt...76#post1427376


:smile:
JOE SIXPACK

p.s. today's results out of 2 boxes of cwi wrapped dated jul 8 2009

3 '68's
1 '69

a mere pittance

i found a weird oriental looking coin, i might get a pic of it posted some day. this coin was found in the end of a roll. the only characters on it that i could make out were "20 38". on one side are a bunch of symbols surrounding a three-forked trident. the other side has more symbols with a sword at the center. this coin was a freebie as it didn't change the total when the halves were dumped.
i did see an awful lot of brand spanking new, uncirculated 1971 d's probably 75 of them. i saw a lot of wide red-marked edge coins too.


http://goldismoney.info/forums/attac...1&d=1248314696

http://goldismoney.info/forums/attac...1&d=1248314696

Buyingsilvers 07-21-2009 03:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^

Whoops! And now I remember that post. Jogged the old memory. :)

DA1984 07-21-2009 11:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked today, but what makes it really bad is that I received 50 return coins (the same amount I mark in a box) from just last week, and yes I do use 2 different banks about 12 miles apart. Very strange development, I will keep you updated.

Running totals: 54 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 75
40%: 387
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09.

Buyingsilvers 07-22-2009 12:42 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^

They could be sharing a central vault. One may not have their own vault, therefore offloads any coinage to the other bank's vault.

There's a few regional banks in my area that have this arrangement. You could try asking the bank managerm.

DA1984 07-22-2009 05:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1829491)
^

They could be sharing a central vault. One may not have their own vault, therefore offloads any coinage to the other bank's vault.

There's a few regional banks in my area that have this arrangement. You could try asking the bank managerm.
I have seen the Brinks truck at my dump bank. which is really a credit union, picking up coin, so I don't think so.

DA1984 07-22-2009 05:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today was another skunk (2 in a row), however, I received 0 returns, which to me makes yesterday all that more mysterious.

Running totals: 55 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 75
40%: 387
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09.

ME CO 07-22-2009 11:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I found a coin with a 45 in red on it the other day, sound familiar? Seem to be going through the valley here as well, that seated was the only keeper in that box. Almost like Loomis has a silver hopper metering into the main hopper, boxes been having ones or nones. Got (2) 40% out of 4 boxes tonight. May have to give the tellers the hard sell and buy their silver if I wanna get an amount. HH all, Mark

Thin Shadow 07-23-2009 01:42 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 1827565)
http://goldismoney.info/forums/showt...76#post1427376


:smile:
JOE SIXPACK

p.s. today's results out of 2 boxes of cwi wrapped dated jul 8 2009

3 '68's
1 '69

a mere pittance

i found a weird oriental looking coin, i might get a pic of it posted some day. this coin was found in the end of a roll. the only characters on it that i could make out were "20 38". on one side are a bunch of symbols surrounding a three-forked trident. the other side has more symbols with a sword at the center. this coin was a freebie as it didn't change the total when the halves were dumped.
i did see an awful lot of brand spanking new, uncirculated 1971 d's probably 75 of them. i saw a lot of wide red-marked edge coins too.


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http://goldismoney.info/forums/attac...1&d=1248314696

Joe, the coin you have is from Nepal and the "numbers" at the bottom - "20" and "38" are dates in Nepali. They do not mean 20 and 38. You will have to do a little research on that. I picked up a few of them when in Nepal several years ago. Also, a lot of Tibetan silver coins that I let a collector in Iceland talk me out of. The silver content is probably around 50 to 60%. For many years the silversmith class in Nepal made coins for Tibet from Tibetan silver; ie .999. The Nepalis would return the coins they had made in a lesser percentage, keeping the difference as a profit. An interesting area of study in numismatics. I have no idea what its numismatic value is. For that, you need to consult a coin guide.

Probably just best to keep it as a curiosity.

Shadow


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Buyingsilvers 07-23-2009 04:24 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
if its silver it's more than a curiosity :)

Raoul Duke 07-23-2009 10:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My first ever post at GIM, this is a big day. Been registered for a while but I've still just been lurking around.

I've been reading this thread and it got me inspired to try prospecting again. A few years ago I sorted about $2000 in halves and did pretty good (one $20 roll I found had 36 90%) I exhausted most of the banks in my area in a few weeks and I thought I was done....until now.

I'm back in the prospecting game and its even more fun than I remember!

My results so far this week:

Tuesday:

First bank I went to had 16 rolls in the vault, all CWR which looked freshly wrapped. They turned out great. (64) 40% and most of them BU, every roll had at least 1.

Wednesday:

Went out in the morning and got $430 in rolls. Skunk

Cashed in my CuNi and went to a few more banks. Bought $3 face from a teller and got (1) '64 and (1) '67. The best part (besides getting 2 coins) was the conversation I had with the teller:

Him: The one on top is silver, it's worth more than .50 (the '64 was on top gleaming white)
Me: Really? How much are those worth?
Him: Dollar or two, some people collect them
Me: Why don't you keep them yourself when they come in?
Him: It's not worth the trouble
Me: Nice doing business with you, see you next time!

Picked up $50 from tellers drawers, 2 rolls from the supermarket and 6 rolls from the Chase bank in the same plaza. The 6 rolls from Chase were very odd, all 6 were in different wrappers. 3 were re-wrapped bank rolls the other 3 CWR. Found (14) 40% in one roll from Chase. Skunked on the rest, but I'm not complaining.

2 Day total in my return to prospecting:

$720 Searched

(79) 40%
(1) '64

Going back out again today, I'll probably get skunked all day after posting this. Good luck everyone.

SLV>GLD 07-23-2009 10:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Welcome to GIM. I dig your handle and your avatar, although there is/was another user running around with the same avatar.

Raoul Duke 07-23-2009 10:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1831809)
Welcome to GIM. I dig your handle and your avatar, although there is/was another user running around with the same avatar.
Thanks SLV. I couldn't believe Raoul Duke was available as a handle. I've seen a few good HST avatars on this site and others. I'd love to meet my twin!

DA1984 07-23-2009 12:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1831229)
I found a coin with a 45 in red on it the other day, sound familiar? Seem to be going through the valley here as well, that seated was the only keeper in that box. Almost like Loomis has a silver hopper metering into the main hopper, boxes been having ones or nones. Got (2) 40% out of 4 boxes tonight. May have to give the tellers the hard sell and buy their silver if I wanna get an amount. HH all, Mark
no, definitely not me

DA1984 07-23-2009 08:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today was another skunk (3 in a row).

Running totals: 56 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009)

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 75
40%: 387
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09.

JOE SIXPACK 07-24-2009 01:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
thanks shadow!!

i hit it with tarn-x to test the silver idea, it had no effect, leading me to think it's lacking silver. also, it doesn't ring much.


J6P

Raoul Duke 07-24-2009 10:24 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My lucky streak ran out yesterday. Managed to find $330 in rolls plus a few loose halves from teller drawers. The first bank I went to gave me a '67 from the drawer. I said to myself either this will be another good day or this is all I'll get all day. At the end of the day I still only had the '67. I'm not complaining, adding to the stash is always good.

Heading back out this morning. Good luck everyone!

Out of Retirement totals:

$1050+ searched

(80) 40%
(1) '64

DA1984 07-24-2009 03:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Searched 2 boxes today, the first had 1-40%er, the 2nd had 13-40%ers and 4-90%ers, not bad.

Running totals: 58 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 79
40%: 401
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09.

ME CO 07-25-2009 12:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A little more for the pile. 6 boxes gave up one Ben and (9) 40%ers, hope tomarrows boxes are better but always good to get a 90%. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 07-25-2009 10:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm still on the losing streak with this bank vault. ~ $25k of skunks & counting. Of course there's still silvers mixed in here and there though.

This batch was 10 $500 bags of rewrapped NF&String halves. I checked only a portion of those rolls. There were a couple CWRs that produced 2 90% and 2 40%.

Still plugging away trying to dig beneath anohter prospector's dumps.

ME CO 07-26-2009 12:32 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Rough night, did 6 of the 8 boxes and got (2) 40%ers for my trouble. Hopefully I'm 6 boxes closer to getting back to the good ones. Talked the vault teller into upping my Saturday pickups from $4K to $5K, she had been telling ME there was only room for 8 boxes in the safe. Gotta take it easy with the winches, last time I seriousely wanted to up an order I lost out completely. Last month I jokingly commented about letting a teller use my cart if she would order ME 4 or 6 instead of 2- the look on her face was hillarious, I think she was hyperventilating so I had to calm her down and say I was just kidding, I'll try that one again in a month or so haha. HH all, Mark

SLV>GLD 07-26-2009 01:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes yielded zero silver. Double skunked. Will be a couple weeks before I can try again so it is a tad depressing.

Raoul Duke 07-27-2009 10:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Managed to round up $230 worth of halves on Fri. and Sat.....Skunked. On the good side I've set up a couple box deliveries this week. They'll be my first boxes, I'm excited.

Went to a bank inside the supermarket Saturday looking for halves, they didn't have any...but...I signed up for an account and got a $75 gift card for the supermarket! What a deal! I was thinking of getting an account there anyway because another one of their nearby branches has a nice coincounter in the lobby.

Heading out this morning to hunt for more silver. Good luck everyone!

Out of Retirement totals:

$1280+ searched

(80) 40%
(1) '64

ME CO 07-27-2009 11:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pi$$ poor weekend but today kindof made up for it. 6 boxes yielded (6) '64 and (12) 40%ers. Love them 90%. Roller coaster is getting bumpy, better buckle up. HH all, Mark

DA1984 07-28-2009 02:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked today.

Running totals: 59 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 79
40%: 401
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09.

ME CO 07-28-2009 11:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No silver tonight for ME. First day in a long time without my fix. Hope tomarrow is better. HH Mark

AGRO 07-28-2009 11:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
SLV>GLD - Sorry to hear that, believe me I feel your pain...

Good luck ME CO,
Just for the heck of it I will call 2 or 3 banks and surely strike out if that makes you feel any better!

ME CO 07-29-2009 07:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1840867)
SLV>GLD - Sorry to hear that, believe me I feel your pain...

Good luck ME CO,
Just for the heck of it I will call 2 or 3 banks and surely strike out if that makes you feel any better!
Maybe you'll find a dream roll and rub salt in the wound. Good luck, Mark

Raoul Duke 07-29-2009 10:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Picked up my first box ever yesterday. Found (2) 40%, both in the same roll. Also searched $320 in CWR...skunked on those. Managed to set up three more boxes for next week.

I'm thinking about trying dimes this week...any suggestions?

Good luck everyone!

Out of Retirement totals:

(82) 40%
(1) '64

SLV>GLD 07-29-2009 10:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke (Post 1841313)
I'm thinking about trying dimes this week...any suggestions?
Yeah, stick with halves! The downsides to dimes are that they are considerably harder to handle and sort. The size of the halves really helps with sorting and handling. Also, in my experience, the returns are equal to or lesser than that of halves... in volume, not face value. So imagine, the work you put into sorting halves becoming more difficult and the actual payout being divided by 5. There are no 40% dimes. Personally, I'd rather sort pennies for copper than sort dimes for silver. I've done both and the pennies are far more rewarding. I need the occasional "Easter egg" to stay motivated to keep sorting. "Easter eggs" are few and far between with dimes (IME).

Go ahead and give it a try and let us know what you think, though.

DA1984 07-29-2009 12:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1841343)
Yeah, stick with halves! The downsides to dimes are that they are considerably harder to handle and sort. The size of the halves really helps with sorting and handling. Also, in my experience, the returns are equal to or lesser than that of halves... in volume, not face value. So imagine, the work you put into sorting halves becoming more difficult and the actual payout being divided by 5. There are no 40% dimes. Personally, I'd rather sort pennies for copper than sort dimes for silver. I've done both and the pennies are far more rewarding. I need the occasional "Easter egg" to stay motivated to keep sorting. "Easter eggs" are few and far between with dimes (IME).

Go ahead and give it a try and let us know what you think, though.
I agree with this except for the sorting part. Since all silver dimes are 90%, then you only have to edge sort the rolls because the silver sticks out like a sore thumb, unlike 40% halves which can often be difficult to identify by their edge. Try it, you will see what I mean.

DA1984 07-29-2009 02:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another crappy day, 1-40%er and about 100 returns, not kidding.

Running totals: 60 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 79
40%: 402
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09.

ME CO 07-30-2009 12:25 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got dream boxes compared to yesterdays. 4 boxes produced (2) '64 and (10) 40%ers. I was a little worried when I checked the roll ends and didn't see nothin, glad I got some. HH all, Mark

Raoul Duke 07-30-2009 10:10 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Couldn't get any halves yesterday. Bought a box of dimes...skunked. The dimes weren't too bad to sort through, but I don't know if I'll add dimes to the hunt.

Thanks everyone for the input on dime sorting.

I've been doing pennies lately, they're fun, lots of rewards. (although minimal value) I love finding those wheat cents! My big score yesterday was a full roll of dimes hiding inside a pennies wrapper.

Still trying to get my box deliveries set up on some kind of consistent schedule so I can play with the big boys.

Good luck everyone!

Out of Retirement totals:

$2100+ searched

(82) 40%
(1) '64

SLV>GLD 07-30-2009 10:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wow, a whole roll of dimes wrapped as pennies?! IINM, a $5 roll of dimes is not the same length as a $0.50 roll of pennies. I'm curious how many dimes were actually disguised as pennies. I have certainly found a dime in a roll of pennies but your find takes the cake!

DA1984 07-30-2009 02:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Still slow going, box today had 2-90%ers.

Running totals: 61 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 34
90%: 81
40%: 402
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2.

ME CO 07-30-2009 02:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
[QUOTE=DA1984;1843598]Still slow going, box today had 2-90%ers.

QUOTE]

Thats better than two 40%, congrats.
After last nights boxes I have high hopes for todays 8, high hopes that I get something and not a repeat of the smelly day before. HH all, Mark

Raoul Duke 07-30-2009 03:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1843211)
Wow, a whole roll of dimes wrapped as pennies?! IINM, a $5 roll of dimes is not the same length as a $0.50 roll of pennies. I'm curious how many dimes were actually disguised as pennies. I have certainly found a dime in a roll of pennies but your find takes the cake!
There were actually 50 dimes in there! When I picked up the roll it seemed a couple sizes too big, poured it out on the table and I initially thought "Silver!" I quickly regained my senses and realized they were all CuNi dimes.

The bank didn't have a full unopened box so they gave me $25 in CWR. I also had 8 rolls of 100% copper in that box. Funny thing was none of the all copper rolls had any wheats.

ME CO 07-31-2009 12:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
7 boxes gave up one '64 and one 40%er. I'll do the 8th box along with tomarrows. HH all, Mark


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ME CO 07-31-2009 01:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Somebody had a gooooooooooooood day- wish it had been ME. HH Mark
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,261512.0.html

Buyingsilvers 07-31-2009 06:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
god damn.... that's worth at least $3000 in silver.

ME CO 07-31-2009 08:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I know, I'm green with envy. Just goes to show, ya never know when the big one comes. HH Mark

Raoul Duke 07-31-2009 10:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1844749)
Somebody had a gooooooooooooood day- wish it had been ME. HH Mark
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,261512.0.html
That is incredible! Thanks for the link. Any idea where that gentleman is from? I'm thinking road trip!

DA1984 07-31-2009 11:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That dude is High Powered Mutant!

DA1984 07-31-2009 11:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That dude is High Powered Mutant!

Junk Woody 07-31-2009 01:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
W:clap2:W that's defiantly a banner find.

DA1984 07-31-2009 02:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Much better box today, 10-40%ers, 1-90%er and 1-Franklin.

Running totals: 62 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 35
90%: 82
40%: 412
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2.

ME CO 07-31-2009 10:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good day today. One box had (17) nice and shiny '64 and (12) 40%ers. Others gave out (4) 40%ers. The good box came from one of my single Friday pickups where they used to give ME 2 but since I still came by every Friday they cut ME down to one a week even though I know the boxes are delivered 2 at a time. Imagine all that silver sitting in the dark vault all week waiting for me to rescue it. Quite a boost for my monthly total, ended up with 77oz for the month. HH all, Mark:beer:

Buyingsilvers 07-31-2009 10:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
hit about 12 branches for CWRs today. Got

6 franklins
5 90%
4 40%

Got another $5k in rewrapped NF&String skunks. This shit has to end sometime... I'm already $30k into the skunks.

GrandMasterMelon 08-01-2009 10:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I scored a 1 Krona Swedish coin in a coke machine yesterday but that's about the only luck I've had in months.

SLV>GLD 08-01-2009 10:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by GrandMasterMelon (Post 1847521)
I scored a 1 Krona Swedish coin in a coke machine yesterday but that's about the only luck I've had in months.
If you expect to catch you fish you have to keep your line wet.

Pyramid 08-01-2009 11:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1844749)
Somebody had a gooooooooooooood day- wish it had been ME. HH Mark
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,261512.0.html
Absolutely ridiculous. Talk about a jackpot box that we all wish we got but never have. This was jackpot box 20 times over.

Absolutely ridiculous. A 60% KEEPER rate? That's like $3K in silver.

Absolutely ridiculous. He was pulling more KEEPERS per roll than I've gotten in 13 boxes.

Absolutely ridiculous. Somebody cashed in grandpa's coin collection, if they only knew what they had.

Absolutely ridiculous. I'm really happy for the guy, but sheesh, save some for the rest of us.

Absolutely ridiculous. If it weren't for the pics and because the guy was a respected regular on another forum, I wouldn't believe it.

Did I say absolutely rediculous? Good luck GIMers.
:36_1_25:

ME CO 08-01-2009 11:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not much luck today. Same pickup as last Saturday which was pretty barren, I did however have the foresight to beg 10 boxes for this week- figure the faster I can get through the dumps the sooner I get to something good. Went through 6 boxes tonight and got (6) 40%ers for my trouble. Have one of the remaining 4 showing a '67 sos I know I'll get silver tomarrow too. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 08-02-2009 12:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1847523)
If you expect to catch you fish you have to keep your line wet.
Nice quote

DA1984 08-03-2009 03:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked on my box today.

Running totals: 63 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 35
90%: 82
40%: 412
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09.

ME CO 08-03-2009 11:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
6 boxes tonight, gave up (9) 40%ers. Had a box of dimes and got (3) Roos so I did manage some 90% too. HH all, Mark

DA1984 08-04-2009 02:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Slightly below average day, 6-40%ers.

Running totals: 64 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 14
Franklins: 35
90%: 82
40%: 418
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09.

ME CO 08-04-2009 11:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
5 more 40%ers and one '64 today out of 2 boxes. HH Mark

DA1984 08-05-2009 01:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Forgot to mention that today, when I dumped my coins at the auto machine in my bank I found one of the these sitting in the tray, the teller said to just keep it, so now its mine. In a little bit worse shape than the one pictured.

DA1984 08-05-2009 02:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice box today, 19-40%ers, 5-90%ers, 6-Franklins and 1-Liberty. On a side note, it is obvious that people continue to dump silver considering that many of the rolls in which I found silver also contained returns of mine from very recent boxes; hard to explain.

Running totals: 65 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 41
90%: 87
40%: 437
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09.

ME CO 08-06-2009 12:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good day today. I got a silver Rosie out of the reject tray at the coin counter, that always tickles the $hit out of ME. My tellers think I'm crazy but I hadn't found one in quite awhile, I used to find one every other week.
Then 4 boxes gave up one Ben, (2) '64, and (13) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

JOE SIXPACK 08-06-2009 12:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
lousy day today. 1 crummy 1969. one box had a roll that was 3 coins short, second box had 1 roll that was 1 coin short. i guess the qc dept at c.w.i. was laid off(lol). $1000 sorted-1 crummy 40%er.

grrrrrrrrr


J6P

DA1984 08-06-2009 03:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ok box today, 3-40%ers, 1-90%er.

Running totals: 66 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 41
90%: 88
40%: 440
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3.

ME CO 08-07-2009 02:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Last night was good, got a Ben, (2) '64, and (20) 40%ers but took 8 boxes to get it. HH Mark

Raoul Duke 08-07-2009 11:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Searched $810 in halves the last few days.

$500 box- Skunk
$90 CWR- (4) 40%
$220 Brinks Rolls- (3) '64

I was happy with the 90%. All in different rolls, two were showing at the end.

Good luck everyone!

Out of Retirement Totals:

$2900+ searched

(86) 40%
(4) '64

DA1984 08-07-2009 03:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Fairly crappy 2 boxes today, 1st had 2-40%ers, 2nd was a skunk.

Running totals: 68 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 41
90%: 88
40%: 442
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3.

Roadgold 08-07-2009 06:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So i am at the bank in line and decide to ask if they have any half dollars. My teller said He only had 4 but the teller next to him popped up and said I have a roll. I took them all i had already seen that dull look on 2 1969 of the 4 loose coins my teller had. I get out to the car and open the roll first coin out 1964.
total
1-1964
2-1969

ME CO 08-08-2009 12:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Between work and CRH this has been a busy week- and it ain't over yet, CRH nor the work. Went to my every other Friday pickup this morning- got hit with the F word, not a very pleasant way to start the day and it continued downhill from there till I made my last stop on the way home. Had to help the guys work today sos I could get a job done so I was running late. So late in fact my regular teller was gone. Guy says yea we got halves, wanna thousand, sounds good to ME, Jen has been stingy only giving ME one box a week. I count out the K and he comes back with 2 boxes and says there's another box in the vault if you want it- I try to never leave boxes to sit in a vault over a weekend haha. Jen is gonna be pi$$ed when I see her next Friday though- I'll take her some special candy. So I get home and out of 6.5 boxes, 4 have silver showing. All told I got (1) Ben, (2) '64, and (35) 40%ers. Nice addition to the stash. HH all, Mark

Raoul Duke 08-08-2009 09:43 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good day yesterday. Picked up 2 boxes of halves.

Box 1: (4) 40%, (1) '64

Box 2: (7) 40%, (4) '64, (9) Franklins, (13) Walkers

The second box was lots of fun. Two Franklins and a Walker were showing. No more than 2 coins in any roll. Probably half the rolls had at least one silver.

I also found (21) 2009 Kennedys in the same box. Are you guys finding a lot of 2009's?

Good luck everyone!

Out of Retirement Totals:

$3900+ searched

(101) 40%
(10) '64
(9) Franklins
(13) Walkers


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ME CO 08-09-2009 01:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I found quite a few (20 or 30) '09s awhile back, I dumped them and only a half dozen have trickled back since. Congrats on the 90%, I miss them kind of boxes.
I had another good night at the silver mine. Went through 6 boxes and got a Ben, (3) '64, and (38) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

ME CO 08-10-2009 12:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Silver still flowin. Had 4 boxes left from yesterday, put out (1) Ben, (2) '64, and (25) 40%ers- one of which is a '70D. Hadn't found one of those yet this year. HH all, Mark

DA1984 08-10-2009 02:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice and relaxed silverful box today, 36-40%ers and 2-90%ers.

Running totals: 69 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 41
90%: 90
40%: 478
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3.

ME CO 08-10-2009 02:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1861428)
Nice and relaxed silverful box today, 36-40%ers and 2-90%ers.
Nice. Makes you wish you were gettin 10 boxes at once huh. Hope I get one like that out of today's 6. HH Mark

DA1984 08-10-2009 02:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1861463)
Nice. Makes you wish you were gettin 10 boxes at once huh. Hope I get one like that out of today's 6. HH Mark
I actually increased my order from 4 to 6 boxes a week, as of last week. Not sure I have time to do any more but the bank I am working with seems to be willing to order more if I wanted it. Remember folks, always take care of your tellers (candies, flowers, cards etc.), it can really pay off.

ME CO 08-10-2009 11:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well not as good as DA but out of 6 only 1 box was a skunk, grand total (11) 40%ers. I really miss them 90% when they don't show up LOL. HH all, Mark

AGRO 08-10-2009 11:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
DA you are half Way to a 500 face bag of 40%ers!!! NICE

Sorry to hear about that ME CO.

Always be happy that you can GET boxes. ALWAYS take care of tellers -

"A smile first and always, no matter what mood you are in, ALWAYS goes a LONG way"
AGRO-

SLV>GLD 08-11-2009 08:01 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked Again :(
Another 2 week wait for the next box. :(

DA1984 08-11-2009 10:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1862367)
DA you are half Way to a 500 face bag of 40%ers!!! NICE

Sorry to hear about that ME CO.

Always be happy that you can GET boxes. ALWAYS take care of tellers -

"A smile first and always, no matter what mood you are in, ALWAYS goes a LONG way"
AGRO-
Since I started its been pretty steady at about 1% of searched coins have some silver in them, or on average 10 per box. I can definitely deal with that.

DA1984 08-11-2009 02:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunked today.

Running totals: 70 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 41
90%: 90
40%: 478
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09

ME CO 08-11-2009 11:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Interesting day. Not alot of silver but some. I stopped by a bank that occasionally has a box in the vault, no box but a teller had $7, got (3) 40%ers out of that. And the vault teller offered to order some for ME for next week, no acct neither. Todays 2 boxes gave up a whopping two 40% for a grand total of 5 for the day. HH Mark

DA1984 08-12-2009 02:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another skunk today, 2 in a row.

Running totals: 71 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 41
90%: 90
40%: 478
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54.

ME CO 08-13-2009 12:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 boxes= (4) lowly 40%ers. HH Mark

DA1984 08-13-2009 02:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Slightly above average today, 12-40%ers, 1-90%er.

Running totals: 72 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 41
90%: 91
40%: 490
74DDO: 4

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09.

CajunCoin 08-13-2009 09:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$740.00 in halves searched, 2 90% 1943 & 1960 NO 40%.

ME CO 08-14-2009 12:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had some 90% come back around today, 5 boxes gave up (2) Walkers, (2) '64, and (7) 40%ers. Saving 3 boxes for tomarrow, all 3 have one or two showing. HH all, Mark

DA1984 08-14-2009 02:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A tale of two boxes, 1st box a total skunk, 2nd box yielded 50-40%ers, 3-90%ers, a Franklin and a 74 DDO.

Running totals: 74 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 42
90%: 94
40%: 540
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09.

ME CO 08-14-2009 08:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Very nice DA. I'm having a pretty good run today as well (not that good yet though), one more box to go with 2 showing. HH Mark
OK tonights update. 6 boxes today put out (2) Walkers, (2) Bens, (2) '64, and (16) 40%ers. not a bad day, 5oz for $11.

ME CO 08-16-2009 12:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
6 boxes of halves today put out (5) '64 and (14) 40%ers. Saved 2 boxes for tomarrow, one has 2 slivers showing. Also did 4 boxes of dimes today for nothin- I only need 4 or 5 more Roos to finish a roll so may try some more tomarrow. HH all, Mark

Raoul Duke 08-17-2009 11:19 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes over the weekend. Both skunks. I should be picking up a box today and tomorrow, hopefully they'll be more productive.

Good luck everyone!

Raoul Duke 08-17-2009 11:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Out of Retirement Totals:

$4900+ searched

(101) 40%
(10) '64
(9) Franklins
(13) Walkers

DA1984 08-17-2009 02:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Below average box today, 3-40%ers and 1-90%er. Also got a 1898 Great Britain one penny.

Running totals: 75 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 42
90%: 95
40%: 543
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3.

BigGoldenSack 08-17-2009 07:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1870781)
6 boxes of halves today put out (5) '64 and (14) 40%ers. Saved 2 boxes for tomarrow, one has 2 slivers showing. Also did 4 boxes of dimes today for nothin- I only need 4 or 5 more Roos to finish a roll so may try some more tomarrow. HH all, Mark


how do you sort your dimes ?

ME CO 08-17-2009 11:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigGoldenSack (Post 1873159)
how do you sort your dimes ?
I just edge search them and I wear bifocals to save my eyes, clear on top and 2X on the bottom.
6 boxes of halves tonight gave up (7) 40%. HH Mark

Jake 08-17-2009 11:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Alright Guys,

I had to give this a try... picked up my first box today and I will narrate. I start with nothing through the first 23 rolls and I'm thinking, "two more rolls and I'm gonna go upstairs and tell those GIMers what a waste of time this is. Then, on the 24th roll I pull out a 1964. Beautiful - I'm hooked. I proceed to finish the box, pulling 4 - 40%.

The way I see it, I pulled out an ounce of silver for $2.50. It's quicker than pennies and the reward (if you get one) is immediate. I think I'll try sorting a box a week from now on.

Peace, Jake

:bath:

AGRO 08-17-2009 11:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Jake, if you don't mind my asking, what bank?

SLV>GLD 08-18-2009 07:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake (Post 1873505)
Alright Guys,

I had to give this a try... picked up my first box today and I will narrate. I start with nothing through the first 23 rolls and I'm thinking, "two more rolls and I'm gonna go upstairs and tell those GIMers what a waste of time this is. Then, on the 24th roll I pull out a 1964. Beautiful - I'm hooked. I proceed to finish the box, pulling 4 - 40%.

The way I see it, I pulled out an ounce of silver for $2.50. It's quicker than pennies and the reward (if you get one) is immediate. I think I'll try sorting a box a week from now on.

Peace, Jake

:bath:
Rock on, welcome to the club.

Jake 08-18-2009 08:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1873519)
Jake, if you don't mind my asking, what bank?
I'll tell you if you promise not to go out and buy their whole inventory. :wink:

It's the green bank around the corner - M&T Bank.

~Jake

ME CO 08-18-2009 09:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Welcome to the club, one thing I can say it sure beats pennies for ME anyway, and as long as I'm finding something. No silver= not so much fun. Happy Hunting, Mark

Raoul Duke 08-18-2009 10:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Welcome to the club Jake! Be careful, it's very addicting.

Searched $200 in halves yesterday, skunk.

Picking up another box today (hopefully) good luck everyone!


Out of Retirement Totals:

$5100+ searched

(101) 40%
(10) '64
(9) Franklins
(13) Walkers


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DA1984 08-18-2009 01:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Box today had a single Franklin at the end of a roll.

Running totals: 76 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 43
90%: 95
40%: 543
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3.

Jake 08-18-2009 02:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1874239)
Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3.
I took back $120 woth of halves just now and wonder if that could become a problem down the road. How and what are you guys tracking on these returns? Let me know.

Thanks, Jake

SLV>GLD 08-18-2009 03:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Jake, If I expect returns I just mark my rolls.
If they are busting the rolls then my mark is lost.
Others here edge mark the coins.
Currently I am picking up in one state and dumping 2 states over.

I'd love to hear a convenient system that allows for sophisticated identification like DA1984 is obviously achieving.

ME CO 08-19-2009 12:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 boxes gave up (1) Ben, (2) '64, and (11) 40%ers, glad to get back into some 90%. HH all, Mark

DA1984 08-19-2009 07:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Two rather boring boxes today, 1st had 4-40%ers, 2nd had 1-90%er.

Running totals: 78 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 43
90%: 96
40%: 547
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29.

ME CO 08-20-2009 12:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Tonights 4 boxes gave up a couple of z's, one in 40% and one in '64. 8 boxes tomarrow. HH all, Mark

Roadgold 08-20-2009 06:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So the girlfriend was going to the bank I asked her to check on half rolls. Well she came home with one roll I open it up and score 2 1964s. This is better than the lotto.



total for 2 rolls + 4 coins
3 1964
2 1969

jedemdasseine 08-20-2009 06:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You guys ever find any Barber halves?

DA1984 08-20-2009 07:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jedemdasseine (Post 1878239)
You guys ever find any Barber halves?
yes 1 of about 80,000 so far

SLV>GLD 08-20-2009 07:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jedemdasseine (Post 1878239)
You guys ever find any Barber halves?
ME CO Page 9 of this thread.
http://goldismoney.info/forums/showp...&postcount=339

ME CO 08-20-2009 11:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jedemdasseine (Post 1878239)
You guys ever find any Barber halves?
Yea I've found 3 in my 2 years of hunting. Beat that a month or so ago with a Seated Liberty.
Tonights 8 boxes all produced something, total was (3) 1964's and (26) 40%ers. Not alot for so many coins but they add up quick, consistancy is key.
HH all, Mark

DA1984 08-21-2009 04:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Two boxes today, 1st had 32-40%ers, 2-90%ers and a Franklin, 2nd was a skunk.

Running totals: 80 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 98
40%: 579
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50.

ME CO 08-21-2009 07:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1879786)
Two boxes today, 1st had 32-40%ers, 2-90%ers and a Franklin, 2nd was a skunk.

.
OOw OOw I want one like the first one. HH Mark

ME CO 08-21-2009 11:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Can't complain. 5 boxes netted (2) Bens, (1) '64, and (10) 40%ers. Pick up 10 boxes tomarrow for the weekend. HH all, Mark

jedemdasseine 08-22-2009 12:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That's awesome! I've only ever found one Barber half, although I did find a SLQ once. I'm just an amateur---ask for halves every time I go to the bank. Occasionally I pick up a box or two, or if they can't get any, I'll search dimes. I've almost completed a roll's worth, including 2 mercs.

Keep up the great finds, everyone, and Happy Hunting.

SLV>GLD 08-23-2009 11:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Broke the skunk streak.
One box yielded (5) 40% and (1) '64 Ken

Interesting observation: At least 85% of the box was bright and shiny almost uncirculated 1995 halves. The edges were very shiny copper. It lead me to wonder just how quickly does the edge lose its white color or is a MS70 specimen going to have a shiny copper edge?

Raoul Duke 08-23-2009 11:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've had a good week despite 2 of my banks not having my boxes. Ended up with 2 boxes, they were both productive.

Box #1

(4) 40%

Box #2

(17) 40%
(1) '64
(1) Walker

I also searched $355 in dimes and found (10) Roosevelts. I love those little silver coins.

One of my banks has a coin machine in the lobby that charges 4%. I asked if I could purchase the bag of halves when it fills and they agreed. They said it only fills up every few months. The dimes fill up every couple weeks and they said I could purchase those as well. I'm thinking those bags could be productive. Anyone else buy bags from coin machines? What are your experiences with these bags?

Good luck everyone!

Raoul Duke 08-23-2009 11:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Out of Retirement Totals:

$6100+ searched

(122) 40%
(11) '64
(9) Franklins
(14) Walkers

ME CO 08-23-2009 05:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1881907)
Broke the skunk streak.
One box yielded (5) 40% and (1) '64 Ken

Interesting observation: At least 85% of the box was bright and shiny almost uncirculated 1995 halves. The edges were very shiny copper. It lead me to wonder just how quickly does the edge lose its white color or is a MS70 specimen going to have a shiny copper edge?
He shoots, he scores! Congrats. You all will have to hold down the fort, I am going on a much needed camping/gold prospecting trip for a week or so. Problem is I didn't cancel my orders so I will be very busy when I get back playing catchup, might have to sell the hoard to buy all the boxes waiting for ME haha. HH all, Mark

DA1984 08-24-2009 01:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Decent box today, 9-40%ers.

Running totals: 81 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 98
40%: 588
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50.

DA1984 08-25-2009 02:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A very pleasant box today, 31-40%ers and 9-90%ers.

Running totals: 82 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 107
40%: 619
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50.

DA1984 08-26-2009 02:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Where is everyone? Had another good box today, 25-40%ers and 1-90%er.

Running totals: 83 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 108
40%: 644
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50.

madfranks 08-26-2009 02:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I decided to give it another shot - I gave up on roll hunting for a while because I just never seem to get anything. Got one box from my bank - nothing, all clad. The last decent thing I got out of circulation was a 1920-D Buffalo Nickel from a bank roll of nickels. Nice, but not silver.

Pyramid 08-27-2009 11:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
[QUOTE=DA1984;1887624]Where is everyone? Had another good box today, 25-40%ers and 1-90%er.

Everyone else is probably embarassed to post their results in comparison to yours, at least I am. I feel lucky if I get 1 KEEPER per box, the rate your pulling them is crazy.:confused_ma: At least this is worthwile for someone.:banana:
HH

DA1984 08-27-2009 11:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I think I just may not have much competition in this area, plus I am spreading my dumps out among 3 different branches of the same bank. I think this really helps to keep boxes flowing without seeing much of the same (although my return list may end up killing this theory.)

Like everyone else I have had skunk streaks but each time I do I change either dump banks or other methods, please keep posting and keep going, it will pay off soon.

[quote=Pyramid;1889241]
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1887624)
Where is everyone? Had another good box today, 25-40%ers and 1-90%er.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1887624)

Everyone else is probably embarassed to post their results in comparison to yours, at least I am. I feel lucky if I get 1 KEEPER per box, the rate your pulling them is crazy.:confused_ma: At least this is worthwile for someone.:banana:
HH

Raoul Duke 08-27-2009 12:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Haven't found anything yet this week...no fun. $260 in rolls and a NF String box produced nothing. Picking up a box today, I'm hoping my luck will change.

Good luck everyone!

Out of Retirement Totals:

$6900+ searched

(122) 40%
(11) '64
(9) Franklins
(14) Walkers

DA1984 08-27-2009 02:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My week continues to be really good, 18-40%ers and 6-90%ers.

Running totals: 84 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 662
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50.

Roadgold 08-27-2009 02:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I had my bank order 2 boxes for me picked them up this morning looked through them an did well i think 1 Franklin 1954 and 18 40%

total for 2 boxes 2 rolls + 4 coins
1 Franklin 1954
3 1964
1 1965
1 1966
4 1967
8 1968
6 1969

PacificAg 08-27-2009 03:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Is there a method to weight the rolls before opening them to weed out ones without silver?

DA1984 08-27-2009 05:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by PacificAg (Post 1889640)
Is there a method to weight the rolls before opening them to weed out ones without silver?
You could probably not eliminate non-silver rolls due to the inability to account for the ware factor, however, you could definitely count on silver in any rolls which exceed 226.8 grams or 8.000135 ounces (+ weight of wrapper?).


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Pyramid 08-27-2009 10:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A pair of SKUNKS this week for me, which is not good karma for next week considering that my SKUNKS have a tendency to run 4 in a row in my limited experience of about 20 boxes now. Hope the rest of you are doing better, much better.
HH

SLV>GLD 08-27-2009 10:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You know what? If everyone quit dumping their stupid clads we'd all get more silver in our boxes! Just kidding but still somewhat serious because it is true.

DA1984 08-28-2009 03:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 Attachment(s)
My luck finally ran out this week, 1st box a skunk, 2nd had 2-40%ers. The most interesting part of the day was the counterfeit half which I found. It was very good and was actually Mexican currency inside a fake half which has snapped together, what gave it away was the sound it made, then I popped it open. Attached are a few pics (taken with my phone).

Running totals: 86 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 664
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50.

SilverBullie 08-28-2009 03:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That is pretty freaking cool. You lucked out to find that, someone went through alot of trouble to hollow it out.

Good hunting.

DA1984 08-28-2009 03:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverBullie (Post 1891506)
That is pretty freaking cool. You lucked out to find that, someone went through alot of trouble to hollow it out.

Good hunting.
Its not hollowed out, it is actually a fake, as the Mexican coin is actually the back half of the coin plated in something then stamped. Its really weird.

SLV>GLD 08-28-2009 06:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That may be the oddest coin-thing I've seen.

Junk Woody 08-29-2009 12:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pretty cool find

Roadgold 08-29-2009 12:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice find a lot of work for 50 cents at first i thought it was a smugglers coin. I had read about them a few years ago.

clyderose 08-29-2009 07:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1891514)
Its not hollowed out, it is actually a fake, as the Mexican coin is actually the back half of the coin plated in something then stamped. Its really weird.
it is actually two seperate half dollars that have been machined to mate up as front and back.the mexican coin is also real and is bonded to one half.
this is a magicians coin and can be purchaced for about $20.the trick is called "scotch and soda".google it.
CR

SLV>GLD 08-29-2009 07:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So, in other words, he found a coin worth $20 were it to be in MS70 condition. :)

BTW, clyde, I got the honors of giving you your first thanks. Much deserved as your posts tend to be top notch.

Jake 08-29-2009 07:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went through a box this week... one '64... better than nothing. I think it's a good relaxing way to spend time in the same room as my wife, while she's doing homework. Another box ordered for pickup on Monday - will keep you posted.

~Jake

:shine:

Roadgold 08-31-2009 06:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was making a deposit today (Well trying to) I didn't have my bank card on me so i gave the teller my state id and she asked for my SS# i told her it was not for identification purposes. So she call the manager and he asked for it and I Denied giving it again stating it was not for identification purposes. in the end they did look up my acct using the info on my ID. After i was done making my deposit i asked about halves I got 2 rolls total from all the tellers combined out of 2 rolls i got 19 40% and 1 90% That helped me forget the SS# hassle


total for 2 boxes 4 rolls + 4 coins
1 Franklin 1954
4 1964
2 1965
3 1966
11 1967
12 1968
10 1969

jersey devl 08-31-2009 07:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Havent done any roll hunting in quite a while-rich folks need their Criss Crafts and RV's and my limited available time Ive been out with the Tesoro...but I did score a 1943 war nickel in change yesterday...maybe Ill get out after Labor day...HH all!:553:

Jake 08-31-2009 09:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Worked my way through half a box tonight... nothing yet.

I did want to ask you all about one coin that stuck out. It's probably a reject, but I just can't let it go without asking. It's a copper-colored 1990 half. Its sound "clinks" different than the other rejects. Of course it's not silver, but I'm not sure that it's not something else.

Has anybody come accross something similar? Please let me know.

Thanks, Jake

:coolbeer:

DA1984 09-01-2009 02:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Dull day, 1st box a skunk, 2nd found 1-40%er.

Running totals: 88 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17.

SLV>GLD 09-01-2009 02:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake (Post 1896734)
It's a copper-colored 1990 half. Its sound "clinks" different than the other rejects. Of course it's not silver, but I'm not sure that it's not something else.
Can you post a pic?

Jake 09-01-2009 04:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 Attachment(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1897929)
Can you post a pic?
Attachment 78326

I'm not saying that it is something weird. I just can't rule it out by myself.

Attachment 78327

Thanks for taking a look.

~Jake

Jake 09-01-2009 10:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hi Fellas,

First skunk box tonight... oh well. Back to the penny boxes until my next halves come in on Monday.

By the way, I'm keeping the half pictured above for now, just because I like the coloring.

Peace, Jake

:sleep:

SLV>GLD 09-01-2009 10:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks for the pic, Jake.
Strangely enough, in all the halves I've sorted I've not seen such until tonight. About 3 rolls into a box I found one. The copper coloring isn't quite as uniform as your specimen but it is distinctly similar. Just as the edges wear to a bright copper sheen with use and age it seems the face can as well. I wonder if a coin such as this was slid across a table many times or maybe saw the inside of a washing machine/dryer? I can think of many scenarios including chemical exposure that might strip the cladding from the face.

I am surprised to discover that the entire interior of a post '69 half dollar appears to be a copper slug.

AGRO 09-01-2009 11:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1897896)
Running totals: 88 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1

Are we the only 2 that have been "Barberized?":ok:

DA1984 09-02-2009 12:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1898908)
Are we the only 2 that have been "Barberized?":ok:
Looks that way, hoping to go to the Barber again soon!

DA1984 09-02-2009 02:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hauled balls and got through 2 boxes in an hour today, but that was because both were skunks, lol.

Running totals: 90 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2.

ME CO 09-03-2009 12:24 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1898908)
Are we the only 2 that have been "Barberized?":ok:
I got another "haircutter" tonight, my 4th this year.

Anyways got back from vacation and only one bank had double boxes for ME even though I asked for them. Works for ME though as I am trying to recouporate haha. Got 12 or 14 oz bankhopping a few days last week but that was much more hassle than staying home and doing my boxes.
Total for tonight 6 boxes= (1) Barber (1903O), (1) Ben, (4) 1964, and (9) 40%ers. I'll post more often when I feel more caught up. HH Mark

JOE SIXPACK 09-03-2009 01:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
tonight's results:

2 $500 cwi boxes

box 1:
2 '67's, a '69, and an '83-S circulated proof(silver clad) what is the silver content on the silver clad proof?

box 2:
1 '69 and a 1985-P gold plated stamped with 1960 above IN GOD, and 1985 stamped above WE TRUST. it was stamped so hard that the reverse side is deformed where the stampings are.


slim pickings but better than a sharp stick in the eye... lol


J6P

DA1984 09-03-2009 02:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another 2 boxes this week, another 2 skunks, hit the skids, 4 in a row.

Running totals: 92 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09.

Roadgold 09-03-2009 09:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The Girlfriend and I took a ride this afternoon and hit 6-7 banks. We left the house with $300 and got 2 good hits at 2 banks one bank had 28 rolls out of those we pulled $66 face and at another bank they had 10 rolls and we pulled $14 face out of that total for the day was $3 of 90 ^ $84 of 40^ for a total of $87 face for all banks:565::565::565::banana::banana:





total for 2 boxes 49 rolls + 4 coins
1 Franklin 1954
10 1964
24 1965
24 1966
76 1967
51 1968
30 1969

eat_beef 09-03-2009 10:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Been a long dry run for me, nothing for a couple of months. This week one of the friendly tellers tells me she saved me a roll, and they're all silver. Why she didn't keep them for herself I don't know, probably has something to do with my dashing good looks or charming personality.:bear_tongue:

Anyway, 18 40s, a Franklin, and a 64. Probably more than I've scored in the last 6 months combined.



BTW, Joesixpack, that proof should be 40%.

SLV>GLD 09-03-2009 10:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This week's box proved to be a skunk.

Found another half with all the nickel cladding missing on one side making for a goldish/copperish face.

DA1984 09-04-2009 08:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another 2 boxes, another 2 skunks, horrible week (7/8 boxes skunks).

Running totals: 94 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3.

Roadgold 09-04-2009 08:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I did some bank runs today hit about 12 banks scored 4-90% and 29-40%


total for 2 boxes 69 rolls + 4 coins
1 Franklin 1954
14 1964
28 1965
30 1966
86 1967
56 1968
34 1969


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Raoul Duke 09-05-2009 11:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not too bad these last few days. 3 boxes and $300 in rolls produced 24 keepers.

19 (40%)
3 ('64)
2 (Franklins)

Unfortunately I have to go back to work full time next week and I won't have much time for searching rolls. I'm hoping to still do a box a week.

Good luck everyone!


Out of Retirement Totals:

$8700+ searched

(141) 40%
(14) '64
(11) Franklins
(14) Walkers

DA1984 09-08-2009 02:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
More skunkage, that makes 7 boxes in a row.

Running totals: 95 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09.

Roadgold 09-08-2009 03:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 box today got 3 40%. I have a MRI appointment this afternoon I will try to hit a few banks on the way home.



total for 3 boxes 69 rolls + 4 coins
1 Franklin 1954
14 1964
29 1965
30 1966
87 1967
57 1968
34 1969

Pyramid 09-08-2009 05:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Broke the skunk streak at 3 with my 2 boxes from last week. The bad news is only 1-40%er in the second box.

Jake 09-09-2009 12:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hi Fellas,

I got skunked last week for the first time. So I prayed, "God, guide that teller's hand to a good box next week". I know that sounds cheesy, but aparently it worked.

1-90%
32-40%

5.5 ounces of silver for $16.50... not too shaby... thank you Lord.

Have a good night, Jake

:4_8_4v:

AGRO 09-09-2009 12:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I just opened up a second account with my bank that has been good towards me with prospecting.....
I am thinking of making the deal for boxes on swapping out a CC with them and adding Direct deposit
FOR a BOX A MONTH!!!! Wish me luck.

ME CO 09-09-2009 09:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 1911446)
I just opened up a second account with my bank that has been good towards me with prospecting.....
I am thinking of making the deal for boxes on swapping out a CC with them and adding Direct deposit
FOR a BOX A MONTH!!!! Wish me luck.
Fingers crossed for ya buddy.

I haven't had much time for posting since I got home from vacation but I'm at 25ozt so far for Sept- hoping for a good month. That said last nights 2 boxes gave up one 40%. HH all, Mark

DA1984 09-09-2009 02:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The silver train has had a breakdown out of town, skunked - 8 boxes in a row.

Running totals: 96 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6.

ME CO 09-10-2009 12:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Did 3 boxes tonight, got (4) 40% and one '64. At least I got a 90%. HH Mark

ME CO 09-11-2009 12:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good night tonight. Got (2) Bens and (40) 40%ers but it took 8 boxes to get em. HH Mark

Roadgold 09-11-2009 12:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hit a few banks today
9 90% 3 Bens
15 40%

total for 3 boxes 108 rolls + 4 coins
1 Ben 1954
1 Ben 1958
1 Ben 1960
1 Ben 1963
20 1964
34 1965
30 1966
92 1967
57 1968
39 1969

Buyingsilvers 09-11-2009 11:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
havenlt been prospecgtinv much recently, but plan to start up again soon when I get the chance. I'm on a trip on business and picked up a roll from one of the local banks. Entire roll was 40% silver.

Glad to see that a lot of you still are finding a lot of silver. prices are high too :)

Pyramid 09-11-2009 03:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Double skunked this week, this is getting depressing. I'm starting to think the only reason I do this is so I can get more pennies when dumping 50 pounds of clad halves every week.:s15:

Roadgold 09-11-2009 04:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
another day of bank runs
27 40%
3 bens
1 walker 1942
2 1964

total for 3 boxes 111 rolls + 7 coins
7 Bens
1 Walker
22 1964
37 1965
37 1966
103 1967
63 1968
39 1969

DA1984 09-11-2009 09:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yesterday's box more of the same, a skunk, 9 in a row.

Running totals: 97 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66.

DA1984 09-11-2009 09:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 more skunks today, 11 in a row.

Running totals: 99 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2.

ME CO 09-11-2009 10:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$800 in customer rolls and 3 boxes gave up (3) Bens, (4) '64, and (21) 40% (one a 40% Bicentenial). HH all, Mark

SLV>GLD 09-12-2009 01:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1916750)
2 more skunks today, 11 in a row.
Wow, until I top this I shall never snivel about a skunk again. Your persistence is deserving of an entire box of 90%.
Got a 1952 Rosie in my change today!

ME CO 09-13-2009 11:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well Saturdays 8 boxes wasn't great but I got (2) '64 and (3) 40%ers. Hopefully tomarrows 6 will pay better. HH all, Mark

DA1984 09-14-2009 02:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My 100th box of the year, wish it was worth celebrating, another skunk, 12 in a row.

Running totals: 100 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09.

SLV>GLD 09-14-2009 04:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
DA1984, you are paying what I'm going to dub the "Barber Tax".

You are averaging 1.74 90% coins per box and 6.65 40% coins per box.
Perfectly average and respectable numbers. Considering the number of skunks you're seeing that means you've also had some pretty exciting boxes.

KENKEN 09-14-2009 04:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm starting to do it but most banks don't have halves or they don't want to order for their customers...

Jake 09-14-2009 09:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hey Fellas,

I'm sorting a decent box right now and listening to The Temptations... Ain't to Proud to Beg. I've come across a 1975-1976 Half that definately appears to be silver. I did a quick web search and found that there were proof sets issued.

I just need a quick confirmation that this could be the case.... 90% or 40%.

Thanks, Jake

:coolbeer:

ME CO 09-14-2009 10:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake (Post 1921042)
Hey Fellas,

I'm sorting a decent box right now and listening to The Temptations... Ain't to Proud to Beg. I've come across a 1975-1976 Half that definately appears to be silver. I did a quick web search and found that there were proof sets issued.

I just need a quick confirmation that this could be the case.... 90% or 40%.

Thanks, Jake

:coolbeer:
If it is in fact silver it will have an S mint mark and the composition is 40% silver. I been begging my boxes for awhile haha- seem to be nickel and diming lately.
Tonights 5 boxes gave up one Ben, one '64 and (7) 40%ers. HH Mark

Jake 09-15-2009 12:05 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks ME,

Nope... that doesn't have an s mint-mark on it... oh well.

Totals for the night: 1 - 64, 8 - 40%... better than a sharp stick in the eye.

Have a good one, Jake

:bulride:

DA1984 09-15-2009 01:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The Barber tax just keeps on getting higher, lol. Skunked again, 13 in a row. Taking an involuntary 1 week vacation as my teller forgot to order my halves this week (hopefully a blessing in disguise.)

Running totals: 101 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 665
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09.

ME CO 09-15-2009 02:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hope the short sabatical helps you out- last time I took one the silver flowed again. I picked up todays 2 boxes and they have CWI stamps, quite a surprise as I haven't had any stamped boxes for monthes and monthes. BTW one has 2 silvers showing.
HH all, Mark

ME CO 09-16-2009 01:01 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
3 boxes tonight gave up one Ben, one '64 and (11) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

DA1984 09-16-2009 12:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well, at my dump back I asked for some rolls last night, 5 rolls yielded 2-40%ers and then I went to the grocery store and the kid at the First Bank counter sold me 10 halves from his tray, 5 of which were 40%ers. I still consider my skunk streak active until my regular boxes start panning out again.

Running totals: 101 Boxes + 5 1/2 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 672
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09.

DA1984 09-16-2009 01:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Scored another fix of 5 rolls at a random bank, nothing.

Running totals: 101 Boxes + 10 1/2 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 672
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09.


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ME CO 09-16-2009 04:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good to hear someone is able to snype some silver that way. I have made a couple of scores that way but that is out of hundreds of tries- I still sometimes "make" myself stop in and see but not very often. Congrats, Mark

ME CO 09-17-2009 12:48 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 boxes gave up (4) Bens and (9) 40%ers. Gotta love them 90%. HH all, Mark

rodzm 09-17-2009 07:23 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Only 3 halves at my local bank....one was 69 Kennedy

ME CO 09-17-2009 11:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
6 boxes tonight= (3) '64 and (3) 40%ers. HH Mark

Pyramid 09-18-2009 09:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My 2 boxes for the week were 1 skunk and the other had 1 measly 40%. These clad coins are still in circulation, they are just circulating from one prospector to the next. The gubbermint is still making these, I got several 2009's recently.

DA1984 09-18-2009 12:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
[QUOTE=Pyramid;1927562]My 2 boxes for the week were 1 skunk and the other had 1 measly 40%. These clad coins are still in circulation, they are just circulating from one prospector to the next. The gubbermint is still making these, I got several 2009's recently.[/QUOTE

I'm sure many of you have spare change jars or jugs or tubs or swimming pools at home; What I have been doing for some time now when mine gets full is to cash them in and replace them fully with my dumps from my next few boxes, in order to get some of the clads out of circulation. If we all do this it might make some small amount of difference. What do you think?

Buyingsilvers 09-18-2009 08:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
well, I'm back into prospecting. Picked up a couple grand in halves.

Pulled open 10 of the most promising rolls.

8 franklins 8 '64s


Rest of the batch probably isn't anywhere near as good. lol

Pyramid 09-18-2009 10:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got screwed today, I'm pretty certain.

I was dumping my $999.50 in clad halves for the week plus another $36 in holdovers from last week for a total deposit of $1036, give or take a FRN or 2. This is 1 branch of 4-5 that I occasionally dump at. The teller came back from the coin counter and said the total was $933.50, which is approximately $100.00 less than it SHOULD have been. I politely asked her if there was anyway she could double-check the amount, as it SHOULD have been about 100 FRN's higher. She went back to the coin counter (I assume she rechecked the amount), brought back something that appeared to be a paper log of some sort, checked something on the computer, then said "it is off by $52.05, you had all halves, right?" I honestly said "yes, I don't believe there were any nickels in there." So she then credited me the $52.00.

I once again politely said that I dont understand why it should be "off" and that I should have about $100.00 more in change, or another ~$50.00 credited to my account. She of course had no satisfying answer and I didn't want to ask for a manager or make a scene (which I'm now regretting to some degree for not speaking to a manager). Not knowing what else to do or say, or any way to prove I had more coinage, I walked out with a deposit of $933.50 and 52 FRN's, which is ~50 FRN's short of what I should have had. I left with that sick feeling of eating a sh!t sandwhich and paying $50.00 for it.

So, my questions for you folks are:
1. Has this happened to you and what did you do about it?
2. Do you think the bank screwed me? This is what I think happened. I would think there is some regulatory agency that checks and calibrates these machines regularly.
3. Or, do you think my boxes were woefully short in coins?. I've never bothered counting, as all my other dumps have been at amounts as expected. I could see there being a roll here and there that are short, but this seems excessive.

Thanx for your input.

ME CO 09-18-2009 11:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Should have spoken to the manager, made them recount all the halves. Sounds like the bag needed about $50 to fill when she started and when she changed it and cleared the half bag count she cleared your count too and started over. Maybe not though, some machines are terrible counters. I have also had alot of boxes with alot of short rolls but not $50 out of $1K. You could go back Monday before the full bag is shipped off and make them do a full accounting- go ahead and pi$$ em off, if the counter is that bad you don't want to dump there anymore anyways. Good luck. Mark

ME CO 09-18-2009 11:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Busy day today. Did 9 boxes worth which is a neat trick when hunting with $4K. Anyways for my efforts I got (2) Bens and (28) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

sneak 09-20-2009 10:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went by a few banks yesterday morning that were open till noon and got 8 rolls at one bank, 48 rolls at another and a few loose halves at the other banks. (less than a roll of the loose.) I ended up with 12 40% halves and no 90%. Oh well, I guess that is 12 more than I had.

ME CO 09-20-2009 10:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not a very exciting batch of 8 boxes from yesterday but I was able to upgrade the '53 in my Franklin book with a much nicer specimen. Total take, one Ben, (3) '64, and (5) 40%ers. Got 3 silver Rosies from 3 boxes of dimes today, sick I know but I needed a fix.
HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 09-21-2009 05:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1928639)
well, I'm back into prospecting. Picked up a couple grand in halves.

Pulled open 10 of the most promising rolls.

8 franklins 8 '64s


Rest of the batch probably isn't anywhere near as good. lol
Batch wastn't too bad, makes me wonder why I went on prospecting vacation in teh first place. :5_1_120:

#1

15 40%, 10 '64s, 8 franklins, 1 lib

#2
13 40%, 5 '64s, 6 franklins, 4 lib

#3
3 40%, 1 lib

#4
11 40%, 5 '64s

ME CO 09-21-2009 09:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1931869)
Batch wastn't too bad, makes me wonder why I went on prospecting vacation in teh first place. :5_1_120:

#1

15 40%, 10 '64s, 8 franklins, 1 lib

#2
13 40%, 5 '64s, 6 franklins, 4 lib

#3
3 40%, 1 lib

#4
11 40%, 5 '64s
Not "bad" at all. Congrats on all the 90% and every box had something, better than I can say for mine- most don't but I hope for one good one or two haha. HH Mark

ME CO 09-22-2009 09:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
5 boxes last night put out (2) '64, and (7) 40%ers. HH Mark

DA1984 09-22-2009 02:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Back in the saddle and back on the skunk train (14 in a row).

Running totals: 102 Boxes + 11. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 672
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09.

ME CO 09-22-2009 11:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I had one good box tonight that helped averages. 5 boxes= 1 Walker, (3)'64, and (21) 40%ers. ME like. HH all, Mark

DA1984 09-23-2009 02:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Broke the skunk streak with 1-40%, oh boy.

Running totals: 103 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 673
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3.

DA1984 09-24-2009 01:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A skunk today, change of strategy starting Oct. 19.

Running totals: 104 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 673
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09.

Pyramid 09-24-2009 09:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
For my usual 2 boxes for the week, the first was a SKUNK, the second had 1 Ben and 2 40%'ers. This was my best box to date, which isn't saying much, but this dog will take any bone thrown to him, perhaps my luck will turn for the better now.

Totals:
25.28 boxes (23 boxes + 114 rolls)
90%: 2 Bens + 1 1964
40%: 10

HH all.

ME CO 09-24-2009 11:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 1938879)
For my usual 2 boxes for the week, the first was a SKUNK, the second had 1 Ben and 2 40%'ers. This was my best box to date, which isn't saying much, but this dog will take any bone thrown to him, perhaps my luck will turn for the better now.

Totals:
25.28 boxes (23 boxes + 114 rolls)
90%: 2 Bens + 1 1964
40%: 10

HH all.
Gotta love them 90%.
6 boxes tonight got ME (1) '64 and (12) 40%ers, not great but no skunks. Two more boxes sitting here, one has a 40% showing- will do those with tomarrows boxes. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 09-25-2009 03:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
hmm... another "not bad" set of 4 boxes.

67 40%
10 '64s
7 franklin
2 walkers

These boxes were stamped 5/05, so hopefully it means that I'm digging deeper and deeper into the pile.

Raoul Duke 09-25-2009 08:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Haven't posted in a while, I have nothing good to report. Used my prospecting money to pay some bills (no fun) so I'm out of the game until I get paid.

Good luck everyone! Hopefully I'll be posting results again shortly.

SLV>GLD 09-25-2009 08:53 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Damn, Buyingsilvers, "not bad" is right. I'd be very excited to pull that kind of ratio.

My 2nd box for the month yielded (3) 40% and I felt "not bad" about that!

Speaking of dates, I would love to see my date stamps decrement but they are always stamped less than a week from the date I received them. That cannot be good news for me. Maybe I should find another source bank in hopes of getting older boxes?

DA1984 09-25-2009 02:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes today, 1st was the best in a while, 11-40%ers, 2nd was a skunk.

Running totals: 106 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68.

jersey devl 09-25-2009 03:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finally got out for a small road trip with the wife today (first serious hunt since June)...

11-40%
2 Bens (one is a 1949 "S" in pretty good shape!)
1 Walker (1944)
6 1964 Kens...one looks like it was minted last week.
1 2007 Silver proof (almost forgot that one)
...not so great but better than skunks,next Friday may be better! HH

Buyingsilvers 09-25-2009 05:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice finds. The 1949s is worth some decent money in BU state, correct? The 2007 silver proof is a catch as well.

jersey devl 09-25-2009 08:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1940269)
Nice finds. The 1949s is worth some decent money in BU state, correct? The 2007 silver proof is a catch as well.
Yes it is, I wouldnt call it BU be shes going into a sleeve for sure...I'd post a pic but the wife killed my camera.

ME CO 09-25-2009 08:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congrats on the '49 and the silver proof- amazing them things get spent and not picked off right away. HH Mark

ME CO 09-26-2009 12:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
got (9) 40%ers out of $1800 worth tonight. HH all, Mark


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ME CO 09-27-2009 10:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went through 7 boxes last night, got two 40%ers for my trouble. One more box left for today- may better pick up some dimes if I want to see new silver today. HH all, Mark

Jake 09-27-2009 03:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hey All,

Just wondering today... what do you do (or plan to do) with all your 40% silver? I'm thinking of bringing it down to my local guy, but I know it is the least desireable of silver coins, so maybe there's a better way that you know about.

Thanks, Jake

:bath:

Buyingsilvers 09-28-2009 06:22 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I sold a bunch to bulliondirect recently. I shipped it registered/insured in a usps medium box. Might have cost $25 or so. BD charges a 1% commission on gross sale.

I got around 4.4x face. It was up to 4.5x face recently. I'm guessing it's around 4.3x face right now.

My local guy offered something rediculous for them. Maybe 2.25x face or something.

ME CO 09-28-2009 09:25 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I know a guy who shipped his to Kitco, locked in at the recent peak. He was happy and had his money right away. Unfortunately I think my buyer is feeling burried, been having to "bribe" him with lil bits of gold or 90% to keep him buying the 40's so I may have to find an alternate myself. HH all, Mark
BTW my last box of halves yesterday had (2) 40%ers. 12 boxes of dimes gave up 10 Rosies- sick I know but couldn't help it haha.

DA1984 09-28-2009 03:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sold some recently with good results to APMEX, 4.25x face. Two things to keep in mind are that typically the more you sell to them the better the price they give you and that the price is always negotiable.

DA1984 09-28-2009 03:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunk today, 2 in a row.

Running totals: 107 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22.

ME CO 09-29-2009 12:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Much better tonight than Saturdays disappointing scores. 6 boxes gave up (1) Walker, (1) Ben, (4) '64, and (24) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

supn9 09-29-2009 02:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 1928875)
I got screwed today, I'm pretty certain.

I was dumping my $999.50 in clad halves for the week plus another $36 in holdovers from last week for a total deposit of $1036, give or take a FRN or 2. This is 1 branch of 4-5 that I occasionally dump at. The teller came back from the coin counter and said the total was $933.50, which is approximately $100.00 less than it SHOULD have been. I politely asked her if there was anyway she could double-check the amount, as it SHOULD have been about 100 FRN's higher. She went back to the coin counter (I assume she rechecked the amount), brought back something that appeared to be a paper log of some sort, checked something on the computer, then said "it is off by $52.05, you had all halves, right?" I honestly said "yes, I don't believe there were any nickels in there." So she then credited me the $52.00.

I once again politely said that I dont understand why it should be "off" and that I should have about $100.00 more in change, or another ~$50.00 credited to my account. She of course had no satisfying answer and I didn't want to ask for a manager or make a scene (which I'm now regretting to some degree for not speaking to a manager). Not knowing what else to do or say, or any way to prove I had more coinage, I walked out with a deposit of $933.50 and 52 FRN's, which is ~50 FRN's short of what I should have had. I left with that sick feeling of eating a sh!t sandwhich and paying $50.00 for it.

So, my questions for you folks are:
1. Has this happened to you and what did you do about it?
2. Do you think the bank screwed me? This is what I think happened. I would think there is some regulatory agency that checks and calibrates these machines regularly.
3. Or, do you think my boxes were woefully short in coins?. I've never bothered counting, as all my other dumps have been at amounts as expected. I could see there being a roll here and there that are short, but this seems excessive.

Thanx for your input.


Will start prospecting tomorrow. Very excited so far. I read through most of the pages here, and will be sure to avoid Pyramids case. Thanks for sharing :smile: And, I guess I can expect the 13 or so skunks in a row that DA1984 had as well. And to just keep movin..

ME CO 09-29-2009 09:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Work into it slow and figure a system that fits your schedule when you get serious (boxes). The main thing is to not dump where you buy- they tire quickly of handling both ends and will hit you with fees to get rid of you. Happy Hunting, Mark

SLV>GLD 09-29-2009 09:58 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I missed Pyramid's post when it happened. I would have left a "raincheck" with the bank to be credited when they double checked the coins. One time, I the machine told me I had put in a dollar more than I actually had. A couple days later while I was in there I happened to overhear a conversation in the back about how the coin machine had come up a dollar short. I immediately let them know and gave them the dollar back. I had initially assumed that some coins had remained in the chute.

The moral of the story is that there is a verification of the amoun in the machine and if the amount were of by some $50 and you laid claim to it the day it got in there they'd get it back to you.

DA1984 09-29-2009 02:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Skunk today, 3 in a row.

Running totals: 108 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92.

supn9 09-29-2009 07:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a nice first run. Went to 6 banks today. From 5 banks i got only one box of dimes and 44 rolls of dimes and quarters. Which kind of worked out, because now i know who i can go to and what rolls i can get from where. For half dollars, from my bank, its a 70buk fee for the truck. So what do i do now? And most of them want business account for more than 50$ in dimes. The box i got may be my only shot. Ill try not to wear them out..

On the coin returns, the machine miscalculated about a dollar..and i had to debate with the teller. In the end i got my 500 back :) Beers are on me Pyramid.

All in all, spent about 4 hours on this whole process, with lunch break, and got a cool, nice 4 Roosevelt dimes. They are very dirty thought, and one has some gum. Years are 1950, 1953, 1963 and 1964. Two of them are from a random roll i picked up from a bank.

Totals: 1 box + 54 rolls

Rosies: 4


Heres a pic: http://imgur.com/QvZD0.jpg ( too big for board )

ME CO 09-29-2009 09:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a 90% day today. 4 boxes gave up (1) Walker, (9) '64, and (6) 40%ers, Love them 90%. :banana::banana::banana: HH all, Mark

DA1984 09-30-2009 02:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
More of the same, WTF another skunk, 4 in a row.

Running totals: 109 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23, 02-29-09; B66.

ME CO 10-01-2009 01:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not as good as last night but out of 4 boxes one paid (1) Ben, (1) '64, and (2) 40%ers. Added another oz so I finished the month just shy of 80z's. HH all, Mark
8 more tomarrow- hopefully one or two will have the rest of them 90% I'm wanting.

DA1984 10-01-2009 04:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes today, double skunk = 6 in a row.

Running totals: 111 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23, 02-29-09; B66. B110 = B62; B90, 09-01-09. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6.

ME CO 10-02-2009 12:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good start for Oct., got some specials too. 8 boxes gave up (1) Walker, (1) Ben (looks BU), (6) '64, and (23) 40%ers (including a '70D and another 40% '76S).
Also tonight I hit the 2K oz mark from CRH. HH all, Mark
BTW, DA I hope you get back to something good, your skunks are depressing even ME.

Buyingsilvers 10-02-2009 02:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice, I haven't gotten any proofs in a long time. Really good to see the '70.

Picked up about $4000 skunk rolls along with the "unsearched" ones. Probably pulling up some dude's skunks from 5 years ago. Hope tomorrow's better.

$5000 gave up 1 ben, 1 lib, 9 40%.

12345abc 10-02-2009 11:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Greetings!

I picked up 2 boxes yesterday that yielded (1) 90% (10) 40% and 2 proofs years '05 and '72. not bad....

how do i find the value of the proofs? is there a source anywhere on the web?

SLV>GLD 10-02-2009 01:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1951492)
Greetings!

I picked up 2 boxes yesterday that yielded (1) 90% (10) 40% and 2 proofs years '05 and '72. not bad....

how do i find the value of the proofs? is there a source anywhere on the web?
Nice take!
Question:
Are there clad proofs or are all late-year proofs s-marked 40% pieces? I've found a few clad, p/d-marked coins that looked proofish but I assumed them to be nothing more than high MS6X specimens.

12345abc 10-02-2009 01:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1951736)
Nice take!
Question:
Are there clad proofs or are all late-year proofs s-marked 40% pieces? I've found a few clad, p/d-marked coins that looked proofish but I assumed them to be nothing more than high MS6X specimens.
hmmm I cant answer that. Im still learning new things everday. Both of my coins have the s mint mark on them and the characteristic mirror finish background.....does this mean they are 40%?

jersey devl 10-02-2009 03:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1951757)
hmmm I cant answer that. Im still learning new things everday. Both of my coins have the s mint mark on them and the characteristic mirror finish background.....does this mean they are 40%?
If it's 40% it'll look like a 40%er (silver edge) there are clad S mintmark proofs too.
Another road trip with the wife today ...went the opposite direction as last week,yielded 16-40% and 5 90's,one was a Benny...Oh and one of my "girlfriends" (thats what the wife calls em) saved a 1942 quarter for me and I did $100 in dimes and picked 1-1959 rosie.

Buyingsilvers 10-02-2009 03:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
you could weigh them. If they weight the same as a 40%, then they're silver. Other than that, you can tell by just looking at the edge.

SLV>GLD 10-02-2009 04:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1951888)
you could weigh them. If they weight the same as a 40%, then they're silver. Other than that, you can tell by just looking at the edge.
I am aware of how to visually and physically detect silver coinage, otherwise I would not be an active participant in this thread. The question is whether or not non-silver halves appear as proof varieties. Orn in other words, do all proofs contain silver?

Buyingsilvers 10-02-2009 05:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
no. there are clad proofs & silver proofs. I think the silver proofs were 40% in the '70s. Then in the 90s, the silver proofs are 90%.

SLV>GLD 10-02-2009 06:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1952019)
no. there are clad proofs & silver proofs. I think the silver proofs were 40% in the '70s. Then in the 90s, the silver proofs are 90%.
Okay, then, my fears are confirmed. Most likely I have let some CuNi proofs slip through my fingers. Other than a sneaking suspicion how does one positively ID a CuNi proof? Mirror finishes and exceptional relief are too often found for me to be seeing that many CuNi proofs.

jersey devl 10-02-2009 06:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1952138)
Okay, then, my fears are confirmed. Most likely I have let some CuNi proofs slip through my fingers. Other than a sneaking suspicion how does one positively ID a CuNi proof? Mirror finishes and exceptional relief are too often found for me to be seeing that many CuNi proofs.
They too will have the "S" mm, I have found around 40 since I started CRH,usually you can tell by edge searching from a REALLY crisp edge and then just check the mark.

Buyingsilvers 10-03-2009 12:25 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$2500, lots of skunk rolls. Still managed to pull

30 40%
8 90%
8 franklins
1 lib
1 barber (1906-G)


Pretty happy about the barber. Wish it was in better condition, but I can't complain. Bad news from the head teller - I'm scraping the bottom of the bank vault. I hope she's just lying because she's sick of seeing all my half orders. We'll see next week when I put in another order or two from a different branch.

HH everyone.

ME CO 10-03-2009 12:28 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
To clear up any confusion the only silver proofs from the 70's is the '70S and they did make some 40% '76S's, all others are clad. All the '70S's are 40% but they also made clad '76S's so not all of them are silver. Then in 1992 they started making silver proof sets again in 90% but that was in addition to the clad proof sets.

Busy day today, don't even know what all I did- lets see ifn I can retrace my journey.
Bank #1- Dumped $3800
Bank #2- picked up $1K bag
Bank #3- picked up 4 boxes halves
Bank #4- dumped $1500
Bank #5- picked up $750
Bank #6- dumped $700
Bank #7- picked up Mondays 6 boxes
Bank #8- dumped $1500
came home searched another $2200 to dump in the morning on my way to pick up tomarrows 8 boxes.
Lot of work for what seems little return but I'm happy, got (1) Walker, (1) Ben, (5) '64, and (20) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

ME CO 10-03-2009 12:32 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1952648)
$2500, lots of skunk rolls. Still managed to pull

30 40%
8 90%
8 franklins
1 lib
1 barber (1906-G)


Pretty happy about the barber. Wish it was in better condition, but I can't complain. Bad news from the head teller - I'm scraping the bottom of the bank vault. I hope she's just lying because she's sick of seeing all my half orders. We'll see next week when I put in another order or two from a different branch.

HH everyone.
Congrats on the Barber, those are a rare treat. HH Mark


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Buyingsilvers 10-03-2009 03:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1952651)
came home searched another $2200 to dump in the morning on my way to pick up tomarrows 8 boxes.
Lot of work for what seems little return but I'm happy, got (1) Walker, (1) Ben, (5) '64, and (20) 40%ers. HH all, Mark
That's a good return for $2200. Any silver is better than nothing. I remember when I went on my $30k+ losing streak. I stopped counting after $30k, the total had to be close to $50k of marked skunks.

ME CO 10-03-2009 09:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1952743)
That's a good return for $2200. Any silver is better than nothing. I remember when I went on my $30k+ losing streak. I stopped counting after $30k, the total had to be close to $50k of marked skunks.
That return was from the whole day= $5750 searched. I'm still happy though, I seem to be on a cycle with a few in most every box with a 90% thrown in here and there. HH Mark

SLV>GLD 10-03-2009 06:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This week's box yielded a single 40% in EF condition and a very circulated '74 DDO (my first).

supn9 10-03-2009 08:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Managed to score 25 rolls and an envelope of half dollars :) Very happy about this

Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 54 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 0 + 25 rolls + 1 envelope )
Totals:
1 box + 79 rolls + 1 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 6
90%JFK: 1
Franklin : 1

ME CO 10-04-2009 12:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm likin these boxes but if I wasn't doing so many I wouldn't be getting much- makes ME wonder what my competition is pulling, I know I'm greedy- I want them all haha. Did 7.5 boxes tonight and pulled (1) Walker, (2) Bens, (1) '64, and (11) 40%ers. As I was putting my 90% up in the respective tubes I realized this makes 3 days in a row I've got a Walker, better yet last night I filled a spot in my Dansco and tonight I filled another, no keys but pluggin a hole is always a good thang. Ben has visited the last 4 days, no '55 yet but it will come. '64's are on a roll since last Monday. Saved 2.5 boxes for tomarrow, the 2 have a silver showing apiece so know I won't be getting skunked- hopefully the old 90%ers will continue also.
HH all, Mark:RockOn:

12345abc 10-04-2009 08:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ME CO,

serious question..........how the hell do you go through the boxes so quick?!? :lol:

I think it took me 4 hours to go through $1000 worth of rolls

ME CO 10-05-2009 01:18 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I slice the roll lengthways, pull the paper off, edge search, then let the coins slide off my hand one by one into a pile (silver ones sound different). repeat adinfinitum. Takes about 30 mins to do a box- I have had alot of practice.
Kept the streak going today with a Walker and a Ben but alas no '64, also got (6) 40%ers. Tomarrow is iffy, I have a funeral to go to so I picked up tomarrows boxes Friday, vault teller said she had $600 in rolls if I want them- I will get them in the morn (likely dumps). Then the funeral is in a small town, one bank. I haven't been out there for several months because they make ME wait while they cherrypick and recount. They rarely let a Ben get past but they don't seem to care about the kennedy's silver or not so if I can swing it maybe I will get lucky. HH all, Mark

SLV>GLD 10-05-2009 08:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I get through a box in right at 40 minutes.
My time is equally divided between getting the paper off and edge searching.
I face check coins with iffy edges although I've only had that pay off once.
I stack the naked rolls back in the box.
I use no tools in getting the paper off.

Pyramid 10-05-2009 11:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes + 6 rolls = 1 trip to Skunkville for last week.

SLV>GLD: "I would have left a "raincheck" with the bank to be credited when they double checked the coins. The moral of the story is that there is a verification of the amoun in the machine and if the amount were of by some $50 and you laid claim to it the day it got in there they'd get it back to you."

>>>Thanx for the tip, I and others will be better prepared if this happens again. I will also take your advice and not dump here anymore, except for maybe 1 small last "test dump."

supn9: "On the coin returns, the machine miscalculated about a dollar..and i had to debate with the teller. In the end i got my 500 back :) Beers are on me Pyramid.

>>> I could use a cold one about now, make mine a bock.

supn9 10-05-2009 06:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got a box of halfs today :D Nothing in it, but still very happy. Finally got a box!

Heres a cold one for ya Pyramid:

http://imgur.com/drpDp.jpg

I might actually go get one of these now.

The machines really need special attention. The coins either get stuck in the corners or under the metal baskets or the machine by mistake take some coins for others. So if its dirty or something or discolored it may confuse it based on color. As far as size i think its all square. I already had two issues with the machines. On this drop off im hoping it will be smooth.

Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 44 rolls + 0 )
Quarters( 1 box + 10 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 1 + 25 rolls + 1 envelope )
Totals:
2 box + 79 rolls + 1 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 6
90%JFK: 1
Franklin : 1

madfranks 10-05-2009 07:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
So far most of the banks in my area are not stocking halves, but got lucky over the weekend and landed a box. One 40%, could have been better but won't complain.

Supn9, if you're going to get serious with the CRH, you might like a copy of the silver value calculator I put together for the GIM crowd. Link - http://goldismoney.info/forums/showp...4&postcount=11

HH! :wavey:

ME CO 10-05-2009 10:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well no silver for ME today, nothing at the other bank and the $600 was dumps as suspected. Hope tomarrows (2) $1K pickups are more of what I got last few days.
HH all, Mark

Biggman 10-06-2009 12:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I go around to a number of banks asking for their halves. Occasionally I get lucky, only problem is I can't find anyone who will order boxes for me. I have two friends who are tellers at other banks and they don't order halves neither does the bank where I have an account. Frustrating......any ideas?

JOE SIXPACK 10-06-2009 12:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
latest results:

2 $500 cwi boxes yielded 1 lousy(lol) 1967 40%er

i'm going to have to branch out.

HH all


J6P

indieangler 10-06-2009 04:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was thinking an interesting idea would be if you could lease/franchise a CoinStar machine in a good location. Not only would you turn a small profit from the small royalty the machine charges but it would really give you some interesting prospecting choices and lots of coins to work through over time. Sadly it doesn't appear CoinStar leases/franchises any of their machines and I can't find any similar machines elsewhere.

supn9 10-06-2009 06:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1976-S half dollar

Came across one today. Wasnt sure if it was silver or not, because the edge looked clad. Based on: http://coinfacts.com/half_dollars/ke...lar_silver.htm There are two types of 1976-s Some are proof and some are not. Is it possible for me to get a 1976-s in a regular roll of halfs?

What will the edge look like?

supn9 10-06-2009 06:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Biggman (Post 1957378)
I go around to a number of banks asking for their halves. Occasionally I get lucky, only problem is I can't find anyone who will order boxes for me. I have two friends who are tellers at other banks and they don't order halves neither does the bank where I have an account. Frustrating......any ideas?
Biggman: Digg through this site http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...0c&board=224.0

You will learn a lot there. A few posters discuss what banks are helpful. There are banks that will order, for free. Be careful not to pay fees. Well unless you want to. It is also possible that some will need you to open an account with them. If the terms suit you, this is the best option at times.

Biggman 10-06-2009 07:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks supn9 .........will do.

quantumparticle 10-06-2009 09:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1958073)
1976-S half dollar

Is it possible for me to get a 1976-s in a regular roll of halfs?

What will the edge look like?
Yes it is possible to find 40% silver 1976-S in rolls. I've found both the clad 1976-S and the 40% silver one while roll hunting. However, both are rare, the 40% silver ones more so.

The edge looks much like a 1965-69 40% silver half.

Good luck!

ME CO 10-06-2009 11:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1958073)
1976-S half dollar

Came across one today. Wasnt sure if it was silver or not, because the edge looked clad. Based on: http://coinfacts.com/half_dollars/ke...lar_silver.htm There are two types of 1976-s Some are proof and some are not. Is it possible for me to get a 1976-s in a regular roll of halfs?

What will the edge look like?
The edge would almost look like a 90% due to lack of circulation- they are found though, I have 10 or 15. HH Mark

ME CO 10-06-2009 11:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Biggman (Post 1957378)
I go around to a number of banks asking for their halves. Occasionally I get lucky, only problem is I can't find anyone who will order boxes for me. I have two friends who are tellers at other banks and they don't order halves neither does the bank where I have an account. Frustrating......any ideas?
Some banks just flat won't- but when they say they can't its BS. They all CAN its just a matter if they will. I would go to the bank and ask them to specifically order a box of halves for you every week. Personally its just as easy for ME to carry two so that is my minimum. Also some banks can only get coin on a biweekly basis. All you can do is ask and if they refuse, mention that the bank accross the street said they would be happy to if only I would move my accts over there.
Lots of places are offering free checking, go in and talk to someone about it and tell them you would like to have a recurring coin order- if they say no tell them to pi$$ off. I have more bank accts than I can count- and they all order coin for ME. HH Mark

ME CO 10-06-2009 11:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Another wrinkle in the hunt today. Both $1K pickups today were dated boxes, dated yesterday. So I got 3 skunks and one produced a '64 and a '68. I hate it when my good boxes get burried by a new shipment coming in. HH all, Mark

supn9 10-07-2009 01:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1958699)
Another wrinkle in the hunt today. Both $1K pickups today were dated boxes, dated yesterday. So I got 3 skunks and one produced a '64 and a '68. I hate it when my good boxes get burried by a new shipment coming in. HH all, Mark
What does it mean if the box is dated? The box i got was also dated...and a skunk btw

ME CO 10-07-2009 09:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1958831)
What does it mean if the box is dated? The box i got was also dated...and a skunk btw
Where I'm at Loomis boxes up all the halves they take in and they don't stamp the boxes. Since my dumps don't get to Loomis they run out of halves and have to buy from CWI (Coin Wrap Inc.) from time to time, they however stamp the boxes with CWI, the date and inspector #. There is still silver to be found but I was doin pretty good with them other boxes recently. HH Mark

Buyingsilvers 10-07-2009 09:58 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1958690)
Some banks just flat won't- but when they say they can't its BS. They all CAN its just a matter if they will. I would go to the bank and ask them to specifically order a box of halves for you every week. Personally its just as easy for ME to carry two so that is my minimum. Also some banks can only get coin on a biweekly basis. All you can do is ask and if they refuse, mention that the bank accross the street said they would be happy to if only I would move my accts over there.
Lots of places are offering free checking, go in and talk to someone about it and tell them you would like to have a recurring coin order- if they say no tell them to pi$$ off. I have more bank accts than I can count- and they all order coin for ME. HH Mark
well said...

I've also gone to one branch that refused to do orders, and went to another branch (same bank) and they were fine with it. If youre serious about it, you just gotta do the legwork.

DA1984 10-07-2009 11:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Searched 5 more boxes since my last post, new strategy coming soon as I have apparently taken all the silver from Brinks in my area considering my recent results = 11 skunks in a row.

Running totals: 115 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23, 02-29-09; B66. B110 = B62; B90, 09-01-09. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6.

ME CO 10-07-2009 02:09 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1959247)
well said...

I've also gone to one branch that refused to do orders, and went to another branch (same bank) and they were fine with it. If youre serious about it, you just gotta do the legwork.
Yea ain't it funny how one branch will and another won't- don't make the mistake of saying well such and such branch orders for me. I stopped at an offbeat branch this morn to see if they had any, bought the one they had and asked if I could order some. NO!!!!!!!!! She was so rude about it almost makes ME want to take them some dumps haha. HH Mark

DA1984 10-07-2009 02:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 more skunk today, 12 in a row.

Running totals: 115 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23, 05-29-09; B66. B110 = B62; B90, 09-01-09. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24, 06-01-09; B25, 06-02-09.

supn9 10-07-2009 08:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
DA1984, love your persistence. Hopefully your strategy change will work for you :ok:

ME CO 10-08-2009 12:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Two undated boxes today, one gave up (2) 40%ers. Two more dated boxes today, both skunks. HH Mark


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davehorus 10-08-2009 08:18 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had my best results in years yesterday. got 13 rolls and 12 were all clad but one roll had a dozen 40% strangely it was a marked roll that I had first assumed was pre-sorted glad I looked anyway - that's almost 2 ounces of silver for my trouble

ME CO 10-08-2009 03:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Always gotta buy them all and always gotta look. I have heard of people buying obvious dumps and getting a solid roll that was dumped by accident. I'm not so lucky but once I did clean out the vault at one of my pickups (as a favor to the vault teller), an extra $1100 I had to dump somewhere else but I came up with the prettiest 40% bicentenial I ever seen. Some people don't know everything there is to know. HH Mark

newmisty 10-08-2009 07:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Well, I just had to post my first post here!

Yesterday after my score I thought, "I wish the registration on GIM would open up! I really want to share this!!!" Funny enough, when I checked I was able to sign up!!

So, I've been searching through penny boxes for about 2 weeks. (recently got the prospecting bug) I went through some dimes and nickles and found a few 40% keepers(good luck considering how few rolls I went though).

After having been to 5 different banks looking for half dollar rolls, I tried my branche's main building. The teller said that she had some but needed to check the vault.

I thought, "Great, that's a good sign!" After a 15 wait due to the security precasion of a delay on the vault door, she came back with the bad news... NO half dollar rolls! As in NONE...after she was acting like she had several rolls though not enough for a box! I'm like, WTF?

SO at this point I was disapointed, but she then says, "But we do have some of those big silver dollars and the smaller gold one's"

I said, "You have the big silver dollars?"

She says, "Yes"

I say, "How many do you have?"

"Only 180." She says

"I'll take them!" I said. :shine:

Needless to say I ended getting over the disapointing news that there weren't any halves!

Now I have 180 Ike Dollars!!! :tongue_ma: That I got for a buck a piece! They aren't in the best shape, but they ARE there!

Good deal?

SCORE! :565:

supn9 10-08-2009 07:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a real good run this week. Got a hold of 25 rolls and 3 boxes of halfs. Netted (21) 40%JFKs (1) 90%JFK (2) Franklins and (1) Liberty. The Franklin is a proof. Not sure what grade.

Im going to start logging the amount of change i get by accident or find and the amount of change i loose. This is by either accidentally getting pennies, quarters or tokens in half rolls. Ive come across this already. And, miscounts in the machines that im experiencing. Its possible that the machines aren't counting well.

Im doing my best to compensate the silver halfs that i pull out by putting back .50 in dimes, quarters or pennies that i have. But so far it seems that im down 4 dollars on the machines. And about a dollar to non halfs in rolls.



Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 44 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 3 + 50 rolls + 1 envelope )
Quarters ( 0 + 10 + 0 )
Totals:
4 box + 104 rolls + 1 envelope

Roosevelt: (4)
40%JFK: 27=6+(21)
90%JFK: 2=1+(1)
Franklin : 3=1+(2)
Liberty : (1)

Change Found: .40 + .64 = $1.04
Change Lost : .49 + .25 + 1.00 + 3.50 = $5.24

supn9 10-08-2009 07:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice job Newmisty!

Buyingsilvers 10-08-2009 09:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 1962583)
Well, I just had to post my first post here!

Yesterday after my score I thought, "I wish the registration on GIM would open up! I really want to share this!!!" Funny enough, when I checked I was able to sign up!!

So, I've been searching through penny boxes for about 2 weeks. (recently got the prospecting bug) I went through some dimes and nickles and found a few 40% keepers(good luck considering how few rolls I went though).

After having been to 5 different banks looking for half dollar rolls, I tried my branche's main building. The teller said that she had some but needed to check the vault.

I thought, "Great, that's a good sign!" After a 15 wait due to the security precasion of a delay on the vault door, she came back with the bad news... NO half dollar rolls! As in NONE...after she was acting like she had several rolls though not enough for a box! I'm like, WTF?

SO at this point I was disapointed, but she then says, "But we do have some of those big silver dollars and the smaller gold one's"

I said, "You have the big silver dollars?"

She says, "Yes"

I say, "How many do you have?"

"Only 180." She says

"I'll take them!" I said. :shine:

Needless to say I ended getting over the disapointing news that there weren't any halves!

Now I have 180 Ike Dollars!!! :tongue_ma: That I got for a buck a piece! They aren't in the best shape, but they ARE there!

Good deal?

SCORE! :565:
No offense, but there are TONS of ike dollars sitting in the vaults in my area. I do understand that they are rare in other areas of the country though. You can actually make a small profit selling them on ebay, even after the fees.

Think I've only found 1 40% Ike before.

newmisty 10-08-2009 10:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ok, now I feel embarrased!

I'm getting conflicting information about which Ike's are 40%

Can someone please clear this up for me?

Buyingsilvers 10-08-2009 10:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
no need to feel embarrassed.

1971S, 1972S, 1973S, some 1974S, some 1776-1976S

silver ike dollars are rare to find in circulation. The silver ones should be fairly obvious because they wont have the copper sandwich look on the rims.

YOu really never know with large dollar coins either. I've heard of people that bought all the large dollars from the bank, opened them up and found that the rolls were solid peace or morgan dollars.

Pyramid 10-08-2009 10:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Double SKUNKED again this week, 4 in a row. Other than a couple of positive reports, it seems like us prospectors as a group are in a bit of a slump. I for one have not contributed anything to the silver pile lately.:4_1_72:

On a positive note, my penny prospecting is going better as of late. I've gotten good boxes recently and have improved my KEEPER rate to back above 31% Cu and my last box had 22 Wheaties. (I know, "another lame penny hand-sorter," but I'm trying to diversify and keep up the morale...I need it).

HH

Buyingsilvers 10-08-2009 11:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I like pennies. I just found my 2nd zinc blank ever. Not worth much, but still fun.

ME CO 10-09-2009 12:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Still slumpin here. On a positive note out of todays 8 boxes only 1 was dated, sadly the unmarked ones weren't anything like the good ones from several days back. Total take was (6) 40%ers- least I got something and upped the ounces in my signature. HH all, Mark

ME CO 10-09-2009 12:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 1962583)
Well, I just had to post my first post here!

Yesterday after my score I thought, "I wish the registration on GIM would open up! I really want to share this!!!" Funny enough, when I checked I was able to sign up!!

So, I've been searching through penny boxes for about 2 weeks. (recently got the prospecting bug) I went through some dimes and nickles and found a few 40% keepers(good luck considering how few rolls I went though).

After having been to 5 different banks looking for half dollar rolls, I tried my branche's main building. The teller said that she had some but needed to check the vault.

I thought, "Great, that's a good sign!" After a 15 wait due to the security precasion of a delay on the vault door, she came back with the bad news... NO half dollar rolls! As in NONE...after she was acting like she had several rolls though not enough for a box! I'm like, WTF?

SO at this point I was disapointed, but she then says, "But we do have some of those big silver dollars and the smaller gold one's"

I said, "You have the big silver dollars?"

She says, "Yes"

I say, "How many do you have?"

"Only 180." She says

"I'll take them!" I said. :shine:

Needless to say I ended getting over the disapointing news that there weren't any halves!

Now I have 180 Ike Dollars!!! :tongue_ma: That I got for a buck a piece! They aren't in the best shape, but they ARE there!

Good deal?

SCORE! :565:
I don't see how you found 40%ers in dimes and nickels. Think you need to check out www.coinflation.com it will tell you what years had what silver. HH Mark

12345abc 10-09-2009 12:43 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Greetings all!

Interesting take through 3 boxes. Finished with (7) 40%ers including a bicentennial! Also found a '88-s Proof but in pretty bad shape. And one oddity, the coin is a 1985-p. The strange thing about this coin is its goldish sheen AND two dates stamped on each side of Kennedy bust. Above IN GOD is the date 1960 and above WE TRUST is the date 1985.:confused_ma: ...I dont believe its clad either, the edge doesnt lie. Its a very shiny coin and as i stated above has a goldish sheen. I wish i had a scale. Any ideas?

Also I have a question for the experienced collectors: Do you clean you junk/proofs? If so is there a different method to cleaning junk/proofs?

:RockOn:

newmisty 10-09-2009 02:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
I don't see how you found 40%ers in dimes and nickels. Think you need to check out www.coinflation.com it will tell you what years had what silver. HH Mark
Ha! I guess I should have done more reading before I posted. Apparently I got some misinformation and did some mixing up of my own as well! Sorry for tainting the thread!

So what I found was
2 1939 Jefferson nickles ( I guess they aren't silver at all?)
2 1941 Nickle (not silver either?)
1 1962 Dime 90% (Rechecked fact)
1 1964 Quarter 90% (rechecked fact)

I'll have to check the dollars to see what I actually got. I thought they were all 40% for some reason. Oh well, a good lesson in humility. :OP

jersey devl 10-09-2009 01:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well today was one of those days when you doubt this hobby,lol. We hit about 13 banks and only pulled 1-1968 Ken...only found about $350 worth to even look through...:coolbeer:heres to next week! HH

SLV>GLD 10-09-2009 02:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today's box proved to be a skunk. I should be picking up another box today so I'll have a report early next week.

SLV>GLD 10-09-2009 02:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1963054)
Also I have a question for the experienced collectors: Do you clean you junk/proofs? If so is there a different method to cleaning junk/proofs?
Never clean coins. Simple rule. As my dealer says, "Dirt is Money".

SLV>GLD 10-09-2009 02:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Interesting, I found a 2009-P today. I make a habit of holding onto any halves dated past 2000 as they seem to be pretty rare. I had no idea a 2009 would have been circulated but this one obviously was. It's not a proof? Also, I spotted tons of marked dumps as well as very crisp edges on several 1995-2000 halves. Beats me if any were proofs, though. Spotting proofs is terribly difficult if you ask me. Clean, sharp edges, mirror finish... is the relief high enough? Who knows? For all I know I have a box with about 50 proofs in it that I'm about to dump.

Apocalypto 10-09-2009 03:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1959742)
1 more skunk today, 12 in a row.

Running totals: 115 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23, 05-29-09; B66. B110 = B62; B90, 09-01-09. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24, 06-01-09; B25, 06-02-09.
Amazing. You're a good man!

ME CO 10-10-2009 12:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A bit of improvement today. Got (5) '64 and (13) 40%ers but I searched 9 boxes to get them. HH all, Mark

ME CO 10-10-2009 11:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Feel like I scored today- though I did brave a small ice storm to pick up my boxes, "Hey, this is what I do". Picked up 8 boxes, 5 had silver showing (4X(1), 1X(2)). Did 6 boxes tonight and got (2) Bens, (3) '64, and (34) 40%ers. Have 3 boxes left for tomarrow, 2 with a silver showing and one without. No banking Monday, may have to load up on dimes to get my fix haha. HH all, Mark

supn9 10-11-2009 04:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Great results ME CO :ok:

How do you drop them off? Machines counts or teller?

ME CO 10-11-2009 11:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1966438)
Great results ME CO :ok:

How do you drop them off? Machines counts or teller?
Thanks, I use multiple coin counters to dump, different branch every day. After all its not about the money, I just go for the tellers haha. I asked one the other day, "Why are you called tellers? Who and what are you telling?" HH Mark

12345abc 10-11-2009 04:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1963054)
Greetings all!

one oddity, the coin is a 1985-p. The strange thing about this coin is its goldish sheen AND two dates stamped on each side of Kennedy bust. Above IN GOD is the date 1960 and above WE TRUST is the date 1985.:confused_ma: ...I dont believe its clad either, the edge doesnt lie. Its a very shiny coin and as i stated above has a goldish sheen. I wish i had a scale. Any ideas?

:RockOn:
does anyone have any idea what this coin is?

12345abc 10-11-2009 05:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...tavius/142.jpg

sorry bout the poor quality but you can basically make it out

ME CO 10-11-2009 11:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It is just a gold plated half dollar, some outfit counterstamped the '60 & '85 as some anniversary for Kennedy. They sold those in magazine ads for like $20 or something. I've also seen them chromed. HH Mark

12345abc 10-12-2009 12:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 1967888)
It is just a gold plated half dollar, some outfit counterstamped the '60 & '85 as some anniversary for Kennedy. They sold those in magazine ads for like $20 or something. I've also seen them chromed. HH Mark
Very interesting! thanks ME CO.

ME CO 10-12-2009 12:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finished up my weekend with a little variety. While dumping halves today I picked up 5 boxes of dimes and one box of quarters. Quarters put out (1) '64. Dimes gave up a 1919 Merc and (4) Roos. Three boxes of halves produced (1) '64 and (9) 40%ers. Another couple oz's for the pile sos I'm happy. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 10-12-2009 03:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^
Great job n the 1919 merc.

--------

I dipped my feet in the nickel & dime prospecting for fun.

1 box dimes - 2 roos
3 boxes nickel - 5 wn

Payoff is low, but kinda fun. Silver dimes stick out like a sore thumb, as do WNs.

supn9 10-12-2009 04:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I liked this vid:
Its a comparisong of salary wages from 1800s. Its a nice perspective into how much you are earning a week prospecting. Its possible to make more prospecting than some office job.


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ME CO 10-13-2009 12:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well since todays pickup was picked up early cause of the holiday, I did what I do. Since I had success yesterday finding a silver quarter in a box I bought another box today, and 4 boxes of dimes to make sure I would find something haha. And what do ya know if I didn't find two silver quarters today- gonna have to get a box every day as long as this trend continues. Dimes gave up 3 Roos and another Merc. Not bad for a day off at the real silver mine. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 10-13-2009 06:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
wow, that's great going with the quarters. I'm guessing more silver coin continues to enter circulation, and since they aren't easily recognizable to most people as silver, aren't pulled out of circulation.

supn9 10-13-2009 06:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just went through a box. Got (3) 40%'s :ok:

Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 44 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 1 + 50 rolls + 1 envelope )
Quarters ( 0 + 10 + 0 )
Totals:
5 box + 104 rolls + 1 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 30=27+(3)
90%JFK: 2=1+1
Franklin : 3=1+2
Liberty : 1

Change Found: .40 + .64 = $1.04
Change Lost : .49 + .25 + 1.00 + 3.00 = $4.74

ME CO 10-13-2009 10:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well the silver quarter train hopped the track today, did a box this AM- no luck so I got another this afternoon again no luck. I got a couple other branches to hit tomarrow, if I don't get any 1/4 love out of them I quit them again.
2 boxes of halves tonight gave up (1) 40%er, close call haha. HH Mark

SLV>GLD 10-13-2009 10:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Tonight's Box-O-Halves proffered (1) 40% half that I found in the final roll... close call for me, too!

ME CO 10-13-2009 10:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1970970)
wow, that's great going with the quarters. I'm guessing more silver coin continues to enter circulation, and since they aren't easily recognizable to most people as silver, aren't pulled out of circulation.
I think them plastic 5 gallon water bottles people have been puting change into for years are hitting the banks. HH Mark

ME CO 10-14-2009 03:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
OK, I give up:Surrender:, no more quarters for awhile. Just did 3 boxes and no silver slivers for ME:thumpdown. Hopefully my halves got ordered and came in for tonight. HH all, Mark

supn9 10-14-2009 06:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice try ME CO. I like the dimes and quarters. They can be really attractive. And shiny! I will definitely give quarters a go sometime. Need some for the collection. I did only 10 quarter rolls so far.

Went through 3 boxes of half's. Got (1) Franklin (2) 40%'s (1) 90% :smile:

Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 44 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 8 + 50 rolls + 1 envelope )
Quarters ( 0 + 10 + 0 )

Totals:
9 box + 104 rolls + 1 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 32=30+(2)
90%JFK: 3=2+(1)
Franklin : 4=3+(1)
Liberty : 1

Change Found: .40 + .64 = $1.04
Change Lost : .49 + .25 + 1.00 + 3.00 = $4.74

Buyingsilvers 10-14-2009 10:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hmm...

Ran to a local bank today and picked up a single CWR from the teller. She mentioned how much trouble she's had gettting rid of the halves, she opened up the roll to examine the coins, and all I saw was WHITE.

8 40%
4 90%

Not sure when I can start up searching boxes of halves again. Depleted another vault. I have to try and start pulling from my original dump bank now (that I never pulled halves from ever). Hoping 2 smaller regionals banks in my area maintain vaults. Guess I'll be opening another 2 bank accounts.

supn9 10-14-2009 11:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Awesome :ok: !! Im still waiting for a roll like that.

ME CO 10-15-2009 01:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Funny how that works, I've had lots of tellers glad to get rid of them rolls but only really scored once- solid roll of Walkers, Bens, '64's and (1) 40%er. Other than that I don't remember ever pulling much of anything from CWR's. Felt like I scored today, stopped at a bank and was told if I left my # they would call ME and sell ME the bag off the coin counter when it fills. Of course I asked how much does it need cause I could top it off- with that she kind of snarled and said "NO- I'll call you when its full". Maybe I need to send a bunch of people in with change haha.
4 boxes tonight gave up (1) '64 and (4) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

Pyramid 10-15-2009 09:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
An ok week for me, at least by my standards of being a SKUNK magnet. The usual 2 boxes had 1 silver showing, so I busted through that one first, it yielded a 1964 and three 40%'ers and broke the SKUNK streak at 4. The second box was a skunk unless you include proofs, of which it had one (see below and assist if you can, the '74).

Totals: 31.4 boxes (29 boxes + 120 rolls)

90%: 2 Franklins + 2 Kennedys
40%: 13
Proofs (need some assistance here):
1972: Sure as heck looks like a proof AND a silver, but I can't tell what this thing is according to the Red Book (A little help here please!)
1974S: According to Red Book and the look of this coin, this is a clad proof (?)
1994S: According to Red Book and the look of this coin, this is a clad proof (?)

Thanx for your assistance and good luck!!!

Buyingsilvers 10-15-2009 11:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
For the proofs, you can simply weigh them. Or look at the edges. If they look like a '65-'69's edge it is probably silver. Or you can drop them on a table & compare the sound. Or if the coins aren't dirty, lay a kleenix over them. If the coin shines through, it's silver.

SLV>GLD 10-15-2009 11:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1975314)
For the proofs, you can simply weigh them. Or look at the edges. If they look like a '65-'69's edge it is probably silver. Or you can drop them on a table & compare the sound. Or if the coins aren't dirty, lay a kleenix over them. If the coin shines through, it's silver.
I thought we already discussed that proofs are both silver and CuNi. I hate this topic and the fact that I have let untold amounts of proofs go back to the vault. If every proof was silver then I would know I had managed to hang onto every proof.

Buyingsilvers 10-15-2009 11:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
well 99% of proofs in circulation are impaired anyways (below PF-60), and not really worth much except as a "cool I found a proof" for the prospector to add to his set.

12345abc 10-16-2009 12:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was a little hesitant to post this but I hit the proverbial jackpot today. I made a huge dent in the junk silver out there. Here's the story.

Went to the bank to pick up 3 boxes o'halves. As i was putting the boxes in the car one literally exploded. The few rolls that flew out showed silver! A glimpse of what was to come.:s9:

I get home to start tearing through the exploded box and oh my dear lord the excitement had begun

I cant explain the feeling of exhilaration and joy bancha

The exploded box was the best, 2nd box was well above average and the 3rd box was a skunk

Totals.............(82) 90%, (91) 40%, (7) Franklins, (3) Walking Liberties, (3) Barbers {1986-O Vgood condition, 1911 AG, 1906 Good}, as well as a '64 Kennedy Proof

Buyingsilvers 10-16-2009 12:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congratulations! You've found more barbers in 1 box than I did all year. And that 1896-O barber might be worht some money.

You're probalby looking at $800 of silver.

ME CO 10-16-2009 01:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congrats on that 123, been a long time since I got a box even halfway close- mine never had near that many 90%.
Tonight I feel like a junkie without a fix, did 6 boxes and got nadda. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 10-16-2009 05:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
wow... I just pulled 2 $500 bags from this new local bank vault. All rolls except 1 of the first bag were obviously prospected. The 1 roll that wasn't had 8 franklins, 2 walkers, and the rest '64s.

Easy $120 of silver. I'm finally back in action. :5_1_120:

ME CO 10-16-2009 06:52 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1976423)
wow... I just pulled 2 $500 bags from this new local bank vault. All rolls except 1 of the first bag were obviously prospected. The 1 roll that wasn't had 8 franklins, 2 walkers, and the rest '64s.

Easy $120 of silver. I'm finally back in action. :5_1_120:
Nice Dream Roll! That is why I always buy them all, just because its someones dumps doesn't mean a roll or 10 from a lil ole lady isn't sittin in there too. HH Mark

ME CO 10-16-2009 11:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Picked up a little today. Got (25) 40%ers out of 8 boxes worth. Much improved over the last few days. HH all, Mark

supn9 10-17-2009 08:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Picked up a roll of half's and got (1) 40% Definitely not some of the rolls ive read about here, but still pretty neat :ok:


Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 44 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 8 + 51 rolls + 1 envelope )
Quarters ( 0 + 10 + 0 )

Totals:
9 box + 105 rolls + 1 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 33=32+(1)
90%JFK: 3
Franklin : 4
Liberty : 1

Change Found: .40 + .64 = $1.04
Change Lost : .49 + .25 + 1.00 + 3.00 = $4.74

ME CO 10-18-2009 01:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wish every roll had a 40%er in them, I'd be rich. I went through 4.5 boxes tonight and got (1) Ben and (1) 40%er. One of my other boxes has a '64 showing so I know I'll get something tomarrow too. HH all, Mark

supn9 10-18-2009 02:25 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Cool, nice job ME CO. BTW ive been meaning to ask. What are those figures in your signature? I see other users use a format like that too.

Buyingsilvers 10-18-2009 06:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Cool stuff... found a silver phillipines 20 cent piece dated 1918 in a nickel box.

ME CO 10-18-2009 09:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1978301)
Cool, nice job ME CO. BTW ive been meaning to ask. What are those figures in your signature? I see other users use a format like that too.
Those ar oz's, month, year to date, and lifetime (since July '07). Just my way of keeping score. HH Mark

Talah 10-18-2009 06:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1968968)
I liked this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxjjJJ4Kaw0

Its a comparisong of salary wages from 1800s. Its a nice perspective into how much you are earning a week prospecting. Its possible to make more prospecting than some office job.
Nice Video...anyone know what coins those are by any chance? I don't think he shows the other side, but I like the side I do see.

ME CO 10-18-2009 09:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well I was pleasantly surprised with the ramainder of yesterdays 8 boxes- racall I got (1) Ben and (1) 40%er from 4 1/2 boxes yesterday. The other 3 1/2 today was better producing (4) more Bens, (5) '64, and (5) more 40%ers. Still the '55 eludes ME but it will come haha. HH all, Mark
BTW 8 more boxes come tomarrow

DA1984 10-19-2009 02:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
5 more skunks since last post, 17 in a row.

Running totals: 120 Boxes + 11 rolls. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2, 05-27-09; B22, 05-28-09. B45 = B16, 05-19-09; B17, 05-21-09; B18-4, 05-21-09; B19-3, 05-22-09; B30, 06-11-09. B48 = B19-3; B20-5, 05-26-09. B50 = B27, 06-06-09; B28-3, 06-09-09; B29, 06-10-09. B51 = B15-2, 05-14-09; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22, 07-11-09; B50-25, 07-14-09; B51-3, 07-15-09. B58 = B36-2, 06-23-09. B60 = B45-31, 07-07-09; B46-27, 07-08-09; B47, 07-09-09. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31, 06-12-09. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2, 07-17-09; B54-4, 07-21-09. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2, 07-24-09; B58-3, 07-24-09. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43, 07-04-09; B53-5; B55-5, 07-22-09; B56-5, 07-23-09. B75 = B35, 06-19-09; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66, 08-06-09; B69, 08-10-09. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2, 06-18-09. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3, 08-11-09; B71, 08-12-09. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33, 06-17-09; B35; B74-11, 08-13-09; B76-4, 08-18-09. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73, 08-14-09; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60, 07-29-09; B64, 08-04-09; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62, 07-27-09; B63, 07-28-09; B64-5; B66; B68-2, 08-11-09. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3, 08-13-09. B102 = B84-9, 08-25-09; B92-2, 09-03-09. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75, 08-14-09. B105 = B84-3; B92-2, 09-02-09. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23, 05-29-09; B66. B110 = B62; B90, 09-01-09. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24, 06-01-09; B25, 06-02-09. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2.

csrobbins 10-19-2009 06:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
well sorted my first batch, went to 8 banks, all of them in my area, and recieved a total of 13.50 in halves, they said this was all they had, and found 1 40 percent, I also sorted some copper pennies, and got a few rolls of nickel to hoard,


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newmisty 10-19-2009 09:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went through my first box of halves today(was bankrolled). Had to order it as none of my banks branches carries more than a roll or two.

big fat 0

Seems around here the silver has been sorted out of the bank rolls.

Also my friend turned nothing up in a box of q's

ME CO 10-20-2009 12:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 1981161)
Went through my first box of halves today(was bankrolled). Had to order it as none of my banks branches carries more than a roll or two.

big fat 0

Seems around here the silver has been sorted out of the bank rolls.

Also my friend turned nothing up in a box of q's
At least your not out anything but time. Change jars are being dumped all the time, if you want to you can always try again. Quarters are a really hard way to go, circulate continuously and big enough to see the silver, silver dimes are small enough that they will get past most people. Good luck to ya.

I did 4 of my 8 boxes tonight, got a new puppy- trying to make her feel at home. Anyways got (1) '64 and (7) 40%ers for my trouble. HH all, Mark

newmisty 10-20-2009 01:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm under the understanding that the bankrolls in my area are sorted by machine.

I tried to get some halves that were in the bags below the "penny arcade" when the teller was fussing around with it, and when she asked she was told that it didn't belong to the bank. It's my understanding that the company who picks them up, rolls them and seels them back to the bacnks. Also, I'm told that our "penny arcade" sorts out *valuble coins.


My only luck has been a small handfull of home rolled rolls from a local bank near me, of which I do not belong. The bigger banks who can actually get the halves(only found one so far) have these "bank rolled" ones that I was told, and have thought myself to be machine sorted somewhere.

What are your thoughts on this?

Buyingsilvers 10-20-2009 09:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It's possible. However, one box is too small a sample to make this assumption. It's also possible that another prospector is using that bank as a dump for their coins. Increase your volume, try different banks.

Quarters are hard, nickels & dimes are easier. Rate of finds of dimes or nickels are roughly 1 per box. It's up to you if that's "worth it".

supn9 10-20-2009 06:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good Luck NewMisty. I myself came across a what appears to be a proof 1776-1976 kennedy. NO mint mark. Im not sure what kind of metal it is. The edge looks silver. But the reverse is so shiny and has some type of metal bars on it. And the obverse looks grainy and non silver to me. So its hard for me to tell. Anyway hope someone can help. Three pics included.

Obverse: http://imgur.com/xjwJa
Reverse: http://imgur.com/MYiiQ
Edge: http://imgur.com/FOSZd

newmisty 10-20-2009 07:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks!
Sry, can't help you on the 76.

Gonna pick up another $300 in halves this week from a different bank, the same one that I scored from before. Fingers crossed.

SLV>GLD 10-20-2009 07:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1982939)
NO mint mark.
Coins lacking a mint mark were minted in Philadelphia. Obviously, coins marked with a "P" were as well.

BullionVince 10-20-2009 07:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My eagle eye snagged a '64 dime out of a customers deposit today.

Nothing compared to another teller who got 7 64' halves from a guy last week.

I love this job!!!! We are finding silver every week!!!

:565:

supn9 10-20-2009 07:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1983027)
Coins lacking a mint mark were minted in Philadelphia. Obviously, coins marked with a "P" were as well.
No Problem NewMisty, HH!

Thanks SLV. Do you know what those bars on the reverse are?

SLV>GLD 10-20-2009 08:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1983082)
No Problem NewMisty, HH!

Thanks SLV. Do you know what those bars on the reverse are?
The bars look like damage. I suppose they could be a mint error but it's nothing like I've ever seen before. Maybe somebody put it on a grill? Anyways, a silver proof dated past 1969 would have to bear a "S" mint mark.

sneak 10-20-2009 09:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I stopped by 3 banks today on my lunch hour to check for halves and only one bank had any. 3 rolls gave up 45 40% and 1 90%. :applause_ The best score I have had in a while. I also got 9 Ike dollars from the same teller. They were probably brought in by the same customer. I got so excited I went back to my office and called another bank and ordered a box of halves that will be in next Tuesday! :wink:

supn9 10-21-2009 02:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1983141)
The bars look like damage. I suppose they could be a mint error but it's nothing like I've ever seen before. Maybe somebody put it on a grill? Anyways, a silver proof dated past 1969 would have to bear a "S" mint mark.
Ok, thanks SLV. I did a magnet test on it. Didn't pick up. Ill look a little more into it

SLV>GLD 10-21-2009 08:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1983747)
Ok, thanks SLV. I did a magnet test on it. Didn't pick up. Ill look a little more into it
Magnets attract iron. Halves are composed of Copper and Nickel and, if you're lucky, Silver. None of which should be attracted to a magnet.

supn9 10-21-2009 08:28 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1983887)
Magnets attract iron. Halves are composed of Copper and Nickel and, if you're lucky, Silver. None of which should be attracted to a magnet.
Im not sure what it is, so im just trying to get a sense of it. I understand there are plated, decorative and edges painted on coins. So its possible some sort of commemorative set coin that might have had its edges painted or something.

Im not sure its silver. The colors are so off. Its too metallic looking. Too much luster.

DA1984 10-21-2009 11:46 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 more skunks yesterday, 19 in a row.

Running totals: 122 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70.

Apocalypto 10-21-2009 02:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1984167)
2 more skunks yesterday, 19 in a row.
Keep it up. I wish you well as your search continues...

Just wanted to mention, up here in Canada I search nickel boxes. Last week I hit the "DREAM BOX", 19 full rolls of 12-sided nickels in very good shape, including 31 MS condition 1967 rabbits, a 1922 in VG condition and 5 1944, 45 Victory nickels.

Maybe your next box will be a huge success. Don't give up.

Heads_Up 10-21-2009 03:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Apocalypto (Post 1984435)
Keep it up. I wish you well as your search continues...

Just wanted to mention, up here in Canada I search nickel boxes. Last week I hit the "DREAM BOX", 19 full rolls of 12-sided nickels in very good shape, including 31 MS condition 1967 rabbits, a 1922 in VG condition and 5 1944, 45 Victory nickels.

Maybe your next box will be a huge success. Don't give up.
You wouldn't happen to have found '52', '55', or '59' nickels. 3 of about 18 canadian nickels I'm missing for my 1900's group. Also don't have a '44' V.

Happy hunting.:coolbeer:

12345abc 10-21-2009 03:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1983907)
Im not sure what it is, so im just trying to get a sense of it. I understand there are plated, decorative and edges painted on coins. So its possible some sort of commemorative set coin that might have had its edges painted or something.

Im not sure its silver. The colors are so off. Its too metallic looking. Too much luster.
I found a bicentennial 40% a few weeks ago.....cant remember the mintmark but I believe is was "s". I think the fool proof way to know if you have silver is to weigh your coin. Silver will weigh slightly more.

Edit: 40% should weigh 11.5 grams, while clad will weigh 11.34 grams

DA1984 10-21-2009 04:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pray for me, another skunk = 20 in a row.

Running totals: 123 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113.

supn9 10-22-2009 03:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1984527)
I found a bicentennial 40% a few weeks ago.....cant remember the mintmark but I believe is was "s". I think the fool proof way to know if you have silver is to weigh your coin. Silver will weigh slightly more.

Edit: 40% should weigh 11.5 grams, while clad will weigh 11.34 grams
Im getting 11.4 for it. Two grams more than a clad bicentennial that i weighted as well. Just to make sure i also popped on a 40% and it weighted 11.4

Now i just need to find out if those .2 grams are coming from those little bars on it. Cause i know even some wear on a coin can take the weight down, so i wouldnt be surprised if those little bars can add .2 grams.

Reverse
http://imgur.com/2vYug.jpg
Obverse: http://i.imgur.com/g969a
Edge: http://i.imgur.com/IM09c

Buyingsilvers 10-22-2009 03:18 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
drop it on the table and compare it with a known 40% and a known clad. the difference should be unmistakable. if your hearing is going, then ask your kids to listen. Their hearing is much sharp;er.

just by the fact htat there's no S mintmark leads me to believe that it probably iwsn't silver. It HAS to be an S unless the mint makes a mistake and punches a supposed-to-be clad coin on a silver blank.

Pyramid 10-22-2009 10:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1984629)
Pray for me, another skunk = 20 in a row.

Running totals: 123 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113.
Wow, that sux and may be a record number of skunks in row. No offense, but I'm an athiest and can't pray for you, but I truly hope your luck changes for the better. The volume that you're dealing with is very impressive and clearly demonstrates that you are working your tail off which is commendable. Good people are good people and deserve good luck.

My week was less than impressive. I traded about 50 pounds of Zincolns for 6 rolls of halves, got one 40%er. Otherwise, my usual 2 boxes for the week netted one 40% in the first box, the second was a skunk.

SLV>GLD 10-22-2009 10:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just a little FYI, was hauling a $1,000 face bag of clad halves to the dump bank and was guesstimating how much the bag weighed to be right around 50#. Sure enough, I did some calculations a thousand halves weigh right at 25#. Not sure of I'll ever need a clad CuNi reference weight but thought it worth noting that the lots convert so well into whole pound weights.

Pyramid 10-22-2009 10:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1986981)
Just a little FYI, was hauling a $1,000 face bag of clad halves to the dump bank and was guesstimating how much the bag weighed to be right around 50#. Sure enough, I did some calculations a thousand halves weigh right at 25#. Not sure of I'll ever need a clad CuNi reference weight but thought it worth noting that the lots convert so well into whole pound weights.
Yep, according to the printing on the plastic bank bags that I occasionally get $50 in cents from, here are the offcial #'s that are supposed to be sealed in them when they are picked up by the armored truck.

$50 pennies = 30 lbs
$200 nickels = 44 lbs
$1000 dimes = 50 lbs
$1000 quarters = 50 lbs
$1000 halves = 50 lbs
$2000 dollars = 36 lbs

Hope this is helpful.

newmisty 10-22-2009 10:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My friend pulled a MERCURY DIME out of a bank rolled box of dimes today. I think he said 41 but I can't remember!!

It was his first- and last box too!

Junk Woody 10-22-2009 11:27 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Picked up a $25 box of pennies today and got one 1967 silver Canadian dime as a bonus in one of the rolls :biggrin:

12345abc 10-23-2009 01:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I dont think I will ever again live up to last weeks box but this week was pretty good too.

Picked up 3 boxes + $180 in rolls that were obvious dumps.
The boxes yielded (30) 40%, (3) 90%, (1) Franklin and (1) 1902 AG Barber

Just realized i had a 2006 Silver Proof!!

DA1984 10-23-2009 06:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yesterday a skunk = 21 in a row.

Running totals: 124 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 684
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115.

DA1984 10-23-2009 06:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today 2 boxes, box 1 - 3-40%ers, box 2 was a skunk. Hopefully things are turning around.

Running totals: 126 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 687
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6.

jersey devl 10-23-2009 06:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1987683)
I dont think I will ever again live up to last weeks box but this week was pretty good too.

Picked up 3 boxes + $180 in rolls that were obvious dumps.
The boxes yielded (30) 40%, (3) 90%, (1) Franklin and (1) 1902 AG Barber

Just realized i had a 2006 Silver Proof!!

Ive still never pulled a Barber OR a commemorative...congrats!


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silvertooth 10-23-2009 07:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Finally. Found a '56 quarter in one of the rolls I got today.:applause_ I was thinking of giving prospecting up.

SLV>GLD 10-23-2009 08:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by silvertooth (Post 1987916)
Finally. Found a '56 quarter in one of the rolls I got today.:applause_ I was thinking of giving prospecting up.
**gasp**
Seriously, just when you are ready to throw in the towel is when the prospecting gods throw you a bone. When you've reached a zen state nearing callous, masochistic resolve you are rewarded with enough to commit you for another decade or so.

Buyingsilvers 10-23-2009 09:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 1987832)
Today 2 boxes, box 1 - 3-40%ers, box 2 was a skunk. Hopefully things are turning around.

Running totals: 126 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 687
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6.
your persistance is admiral.

Would you mind providing an analysis of what you found with your return boxes? Are you seeing A LOT of the same coins?

Buyingsilvers 10-23-2009 09:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1987683)
I dont think I will ever again live up to last weeks box but this week was pretty good too.

Picked up 3 boxes + $180 in rolls that were obvious dumps.
The boxes yielded (30) 40%, (3) 90%, (1) Franklin and (1) 1902 AG Barber

Just realized i had a 2006 Silver Proof!!
Newbie luck, what can I say. :wink:

Keep plugging away while the going is good.

newmisty 10-23-2009 10:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
OK, Question.

Are the Boxes of Halves you guys are getting bank rolled?

SLV>GLD 10-23-2009 10:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 1988269)
OK, Question.

Are the Boxes of Halves you guys are getting bank rolled?
Yes, and sealed and dated.

Buyingsilvers 10-24-2009 12:22 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Holy crap. I decided to pull 2 boxes from one of my dump banks. The didn't even have that much in the vault. The teller said she was lucky to get 1. Apparently there are a lot of people asking for halves in my area. I opened it, and it has tons of silver in it. Crazy stuff. Makes me wonder how much silver I've been missing out on from this bank.... How much silver is actually entering circulation... This was one of the banks that I dropped to zero

37 40%
2 90%
2 franklins

3 of the 40% are showing signs they might pick up some nice rainbow toning eventually. yellow & orange hues right now. In AU/BU condition.

SLV>GLD 10-24-2009 09:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Persistence pays off. So does changing tactics.

newmisty 10-24-2009 12:22 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 1988371)
Holy crap. I decided to pull 2 boxes from one of my dump banks. The didn't even have that much in the vault. The teller said she was lucky to get 1. Apparently there are a lot of people asking for halves in my area. I opened it, and it has tons of silver in it. Crazy stuff. Makes me wonder how much silver I've been missing out on from this bank.... How much silver is actually entering circulation... This was one of the banks that I dropped to zero

37 40%
2 90%
2 franklins

3 of the 40% are showing signs they might pick up some nice rainbow toning eventually. yellow & orange hues right now. In AU/BU condition.

Wow, congratulations! Great score!

Were those bank rolled boxes?

Buyingsilvers 10-25-2009 09:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
for this particular bank, they never roll them. The coins are in bank bags. I'm wondering if these bags are being sold to this bank by credit unions.

supn9 10-25-2009 10:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a good run last week. A combo of boxes, rolls and envelopes yielded: (7) JFK90%'s (11) JFK40%'s (1) Franklin (15) Walking Liberties :ok:

Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 44 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 10 + 76 rolls + 3 envelope )
Quarters ( 0 + 10 + 0 )

Totals:
10 box + 130 rolls + 3 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 44=33+(11)
90%JFK: 10=3+(7)
Franklin : 5=4+(1)
Liberty : 16=1+(15)

Change Found: .40 + .64 = $1.04
Change Lost : .49 + .25 + 1.00 + 3.00 = $4.74

newmisty 10-25-2009 03:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Very nice!

newmisty 10-26-2009 01:04 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ok, what are these envelopes of halves you guys mention?

supn9 10-26-2009 08:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The envelopes are usually just a few dollars worth of halfs that the tellers have. It can be just one half dollar or ten to thirteen of them. Usually they put it in the envelope not to confuse it. If you want one, they will give you one, but if you buy all of them, which isnt alot, then the bank envelope comes with it.

newmisty 10-26-2009 09:13 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
oh. lol!

Until you said that it didnt click! :signs14:

supn9 10-26-2009 10:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No prob. You might notice that sometimes the envelopes will have not only 40% or 90% Kennedy halfs, but also Franklin's and Liberties.

Buyingsilvers 10-26-2009 01:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
They usually do that & list the dollar AMount on the outside, so they dont have to look at & count the things every single day. Tellers hate halves & dollar coins.

DA1984 10-27-2009 05:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today another 2 boxes, both skunks - 3 in a row.

Running totals: 128 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 687
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103.

DA1984 10-29-2009 11:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yesterday, 1-40%er

Running totals: 129 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 114
40%: 688
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2.

DA1984 10-29-2009 05:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today's box was a skunk but scored a 90% from the teller.

Running totals: 130 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 15
Franklins: 44
90%: 115
40%: 688
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107.

Tang 10-29-2009 05:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
:banana: after a few years of going through halves from my credit union (they rarely have any) I found a 64 quarter outside of target where I just purchased a $41.99 toaster oven on clearance for 10 bucks. Feeling pretty lucky.

supn9 10-29-2009 05:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went through 15 rolls and 4 boxes. Got (32) JFK40%'s (2) JFK90% and (2) Franklin's :ok:

Im getting really desperate for some 90% Quarters and Dimes. How do you guys average with Quarters and Dimes? Can i expect maybe 2 per $500? Seeing how the halves are, i know better than to ask, but would like to know how you guys do.

Searched:
Dimes( 1 box + 44 rolls + 0 )
Half's ( 14 + 91 rolls + 3 envelope )
Quarters ( 0 + 10 + 0 )

Totals as of (Sept 29, 2009):
14 box + 145 rolls + 3 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 76=44+(32)
90%JFK: 12=10+(2)
Franklin : 7=5+(2)
Liberty : 16

Change Found: .40 + .64 + .25= $1.29
Change Lost : .49 + .25 + 1.00 + 3.00 + .50= $5.24

Junk Woody 10-29-2009 06:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1997515)
Im getting really desperate for some 90% Quarters and Dimes.
If you're real desperate I find that copper penny sorting provides a cheap fix.

makes your hands smell though

Buyingsilvers 10-29-2009 07:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1997515)
Went through 15 rolls and 4 boxes. Got (32) JFK40%'s (2) JFK90% and (2) Franklin's :ok:

Im getting really desperate for some 90% Quarters and Dimes. How do you guys average with Quarters and Dimes? Can i expect maybe 2 per $500? Seeing how the halves are, i know better than to ask, but would like to know how you guys do.
normal is one per box for dimes. Quarters may be lower. And you're right. You should know better than to ask. :smile:

One 90% half = searching through 5 dime boxes.

SLV>GLD 10-29-2009 07:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got (4) boxes coming this weekend. Gonna be a fun week next week!

Pyramid 10-29-2009 08:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1997515)
Went through 15 rolls and 4 boxes. Got (32) JFK40%'s (2) JFK90% and (2) Franklin's :ok:
Jeez, you just got more silver in 4 boxes than I've gotten in 33+.:banghead: You must be in a "hot spot," good for you.:ok:

For my usual 2 boxes for the week, I got a 1964 in the first, the second was a SKUNK. My area must be pretty well skunked out, as I'm getting a measly 1 KEEPER every 2 boxes on average, also getting a lot of marked coins.:bear_angry:

I'll keep going, hoping that my luck changes or that I find that JACKPOT box that's loaded and I can quit while I'm ahead. I hate to have a "glass half empty" outlook, but this is no get-rich-quick scheme, and I obviously am just limping along with the occasional silver. That family of SKUNKS living in the back yard is going to need a bigger den.

HH

SLV>GLD 10-29-2009 09:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
No way to get rich quick. Just a way to while away time and maybe add tiny amounts to the stack when you got no dry powder to buy it in earnest.

Edit: Gives us something to talk about and commiserate over too.

Buyingsilvers 10-29-2009 09:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I like finding interesting things almost as much as silver like foreign coins.

That silver philipines coin is going to have me hooked on nickels for a while.

Jake 10-29-2009 11:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hi All,

I had plenty of time to think tonight as I sorted through a skunk box that was obviously sorted before. So, here's my thesis for discussion...

I'm not going to dump any more boxes with an even $500. I don't want the bank recycling that box back to me or anybody else. I think it will decrease the banks ability to send it back out again if I just pull one roll.

That's it. I'm not depositing any more full boxes, only $490.

Let me know your thoughts. I'd be glad to hear what this may or may not work.

Peace, Jake

:shine:

P.S. I did find my first Walker on Monday.

12345abc 10-29-2009 11:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
3 boxes today yielded (20) 40%, (6) 90%, (17) Franklins, (5) Liberties, and (4) "S" PROOFS.......

1 more box to pick up tomorrow


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12345abc 10-29-2009 11:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake (Post 1997956)
Hi All,

I had plenty of time to think tonight as I sorted through a skunk box that was obviously sorted before. So, here's my thesis for discussion...

I'm not going to dump any more boxes with an even $500. I don't want the bank recycling that box back to me or anybody else. I think it will decrease the banks ability to send it back out again if I just pull one roll.

That's it. I'm not depositing any more full boxes, only $490.

Let me know your thoughts. I'd be glad to hear what this may or may not work.

Peace, Jake

:shine:

P.S. I did find my first Walker on Monday.
I dont see how dumping $490 rather than a full box would make any difference...I dont exactly know how the dumps are being restocked by the banks though. I assume since the rolls are opened they have to be recounted the rerolled before they are ever recirculated....

While we are on the subject, do you just re-roll the coins in their original wrapper? This is what i do (I am very careful not to tear the wrapping).

GL

Jake 10-29-2009 11:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1997971)
I dont see how dumping $490 rather than a full box would make any difference...
I got this box directly from the bank, but it was not bank rolled. Someone had obviously dumped it and I was lucky enough to be the next person in line.

I think if you pull a roll, it should go, as you say, back to the factory to be counted and re-rolled. Just a working thesis... that's all.

By the way, I do use the original wrapper. It would be crazy to do it any other way.

Take care, Jake

:coolbeer:

supn9 10-30-2009 09:24 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pyramid, try to start marking your coins as well.. See if your getting some of yours back. If you are..then this will clue you in on change of strategy or what. Im not sure how many you should mark.. Ive started marking mine. Will be interesting if i start getting my own back heh

With the coins rolls...if i can remember, i Just try to ask the teller if these are bank rolls, ordered, or did someone return them? I picked up someones dumps the other day. But they were rolled and had markings on the inside. So im not sure how it works. Im still learning this as i go.

If its a box, they cant reseal it can they? this is an order from a factory.. And if rolls are dumped they, just reuse them i think..So this is when you ask them.

supn9 10-30-2009 09:41 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 12345abc (Post 1997961)
3 boxes today yielded (20) 40%, (6) 90%, (17) Franklins, (5) Liberties, and (4) "S" PROOFS.......

1 more box to pick up tomorrow
Nice job !!

newmisty 10-30-2009 10:41 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Well, I hit 9-10 Banks yesterday.

I got $5.50 from another bank, one had $3.50, (I passed them up after review) Many/most banks around here had 0 halves and a couple had just 2-3 halves in the bank.

Got $70.50 worth of halves from one bank and found this intruder hiding inside-

1966 Bahamas Half Dollar! (ebay - example link )

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=220500281522

newmisty 10-30-2009 10:42 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Oh yeah, my friend found a 1941 Merc VF++ in a box of bank rolled dimes the other day! But that was his last box lol!

supn9 10-30-2009 12:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice looking coin.

newmisty 10-30-2009 12:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks! Funny at first I was like, oh WTH, a quarter in my $.50 roll! Then I was like, 'hmmmm, what's this?" lol

Pretty neat picture for a half IMO.

Sorry I don't have better lighting. In a couple weeks it will be improved.

jersey devl 10-30-2009 02:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
22-40% from a 50 mile road trip with the family today + 2-1968 S AU proofs (sorry no pics), and 2-2004 P+D,first time out in 3 weeks...Ill take it.

DA1984 10-30-2009 03:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 Boxes today, 1st had 1-40%er, 1-90%er and 1-Liberty. 2nd was a skunk.

Running totals: 132 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 16
Franklins: 44
90%: 116
40%: 689
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2.

Pyramid 10-30-2009 03:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1998342)
Pyramid, try to start marking your coins as well.. See if your getting some of yours back. If you are..then this will clue you in on change of strategy or what. Im not sure how many you should mark.. Ive started marking mine. Will be interesting if i start getting my own back heh

With the coins rolls...if i can remember, i Just try to ask the teller if these are bank rolls, ordered, or did someone return them? I picked up someones dumps the other day. But they were rolled and had markings on the inside. So im not sure how it works. Im still learning this as i go.

If its a box, they cant reseal it can they? this is an order from a factory.. And if rolls are dumped they, just reuse them i think..So this is when you ask them.

I honestly don't think my "strategy" is the problem, I just think that I'm in dead zone that's been prospected to death. I'm also a pretty small fish with 2 boxes per week, so maybe too small of a sample size (33+ boxes so far) to tell for certain.

I say this for several reasons. My local bank orders the 2 boxes every week for me, they are always sealed NF String & Sons, as are all of the other coins I've ever gotten where I live. I only dump in very small increments in my home state, at branches that give up the penny booty. I dump the vast majority after work, which is in a different state, where all the coins are Brinks. Thus, I'm reasonably certain that most of the dumps have little chance of coming back to me. In addition, most of the boxes I've gotten that have had dates stamped on them are 8-10 months old, quite a bit longer than I've been prospecting.

Short of better luck or "getting deeper into the pallet" (which I'm not sure I believe in), I don't think there's much I can do. I suppose I could open an account with another bank or CU that may have a different source, but I doubt that would help much either, as they are all probably serviced by the same distributer locally. Don't really have the FRN's or time to be messing around with additional bank accounts.

Thanx for the suggestions, however.

Buyingsilvers 10-30-2009 04:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^ Start marking your coins, and you will know for sure.

Jake 10-30-2009 09:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 1998342)
If its a box, they cant reseal it can they? this is an order from a factory.. And if rolls are dumped they, just reuse them i think..So this is when you ask them.
The box I got last week was taped shut and the rolls were all loosey-goosey... not a good sign. I was pretty pissed, but figured it was worth inspection. Shouldn't have wasted the time.

I'm thinking if people dumping sorted boxes would just pull one roll, it would enforce the banks and coin rolling factory to do something rather than what they done to me. I don't know how often it happens, but I didn't like it.

I'll be sending a box back to Bank of Amerca with $490 in it tomorrow.

Peace, Jake

:bath:

12345abc 10-31-2009 12:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 lone box yielded (5) 40%, (2) Franklins, (2) Liberties, and (1) "S" PROOF

its raining Benjamins :bear_thumb:

newmisty 10-31-2009 04:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
WO! That's awesome!
What part of the country are you in my I ask?

jersey devl 11-01-2009 01:54 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 1997646)
Got (4) boxes coming this weekend. Gonna be a fun week next week!
So,how'd you do?

SLV>GLD 11-01-2009 06:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jersey devl (Post 2001965)
So,how'd you do?
Well, I drove 400mi, met my wife Friday, put the halves in my trunk and then proceeded to party non stop getting a whopping total of 6hrs sleep for the weekend. Currently, I am 257mi into the 400mi drive back; halves still in trunk. Never fear, full report coming soon, though, as I will require the dumps for rent and groceries.

newmisty 11-01-2009 07:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Here's to a safe return!

:553:

Looking forward to your results!

SLV>GLD 11-02-2009 10:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
It was an exciting night at the CRH roulette wheel.
Box 1: (8) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 2: (3) 40%
Box 3: (4) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 4: (9) 40%
Totals: (24) 40% and (2) 90%

Definitely the best I have done at this. A couple rolls had silver showing (a first) and a few rolls contained multiple silvers (another first).

supn9 11-02-2009 11:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice job SLV :ok:

DA1984 11-03-2009 12:10 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 box today, 6-40%ers.

Running totals: 133 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 16
Franklins: 44
90%: 116
40%: 695
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3.

newmisty 11-03-2009 12:11 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sweet! Glad it was worth your while. Could have been a long sad evening!

Apocalypto 11-03-2009 12:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2004310)
It was an exciting night at the CRH roulette wheel.
Box 1: (8) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 2: (3) 40%
Box 3: (4) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 4: (9) 40%
Totals: (24) 40% and (2) 90%

Definitely the best I have done at this. A couple rolls had silver showing (a first) and a few rolls contained multiple silvers (another first).
Niiiiiice! You da free silver man. I truly envy you Americans, being able to hunt silver. I'll go back to my nickel now... :confused_ma:

And DA1984, congratulations on 6 more!

Buyingsilvers 11-03-2009 01:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2004310)
It was an exciting night at the CRH roulette wheel.
Box 1: (8) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 2: (3) 40%
Box 3: (4) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 4: (9) 40%
Totals: (24) 40% and (2) 90%

Definitely the best I have done at this. A couple rolls had silver showing (a first) and a few rolls contained multiple silvers (another first).

congratulations. finally your preserverence has paid off. :clap2:

supn9 11-03-2009 10:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 2004441)
1 box today, 6-40%ers.
Alright DA :ok:

jersey devl 11-03-2009 03:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2004310)
It was an exciting night at the CRH roulette wheel.
Box 1: (8) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 2: (3) 40%
Box 3: (4) 40% and (1) 90% 1964
Box 4: (9) 40%
Totals: (24) 40% and (2) 90%

Definitely the best I have done at this. A couple rolls had silver showing (a first) and a few rolls contained multiple silvers (another first).
Right on! To bad you couldnt incorporate some CRH into those road trips too,I prefer road trips to boxes anyway!

DA1984 11-03-2009 10:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 more boxes today. 1st had 7-40%ers; 2nd had 17-40%ers, 1-90%er and 1 Liberty.

Running totals: 135 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 17
Franklins: 44
90%: 117
40%: 719
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44.

SLV>GLD 11-03-2009 11:07 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Right on, DA1984, very nice score!

supn9 11-04-2009 11:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Walker Mania!!

http://imgur.com/k2p7W.jpg

A pic off an eBay listing. Cool huh.. 1000 of them

newmisty 11-05-2009 12:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wowzers!:36_1_25:


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JOE SIXPACK 11-05-2009 12:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

2 $500 cwi wrapped boxes.

yield: 1 1992 S proof-unsure if it has any silver or not, it has a copper edge.

internet info is weird on this year, it might be a non-silver proof, i don't know.
it looks somewhat circulated, but has the definite frosted features and shine of a proof.
that was all i found.

this is starting to make me ggrrrrrrr.


J6P

supn9 11-05-2009 02:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Can you post a pic of the edge?

Based on coinfacts.com there are two 1992-s One is a non-silver proof and is a silver proof. The edge should be silver.


link in ref: http://coinfacts.com/half_dollars/ke...f_dollars.html

12345abc 11-05-2009 05:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 more boxes

(10) 40%, (4) 90%, (6) Liberties, (3) Franks

newmisty 11-05-2009 06:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Damn you! Great score!

DA1984 11-05-2009 10:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yesterday's box was skunk. Today's had 1-40%er; 2-90%ers and 2 Franklins.

Running totals: 137 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 17
Franklins: 46
90%: 118
40%: 720
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44.

Apocalypto 11-05-2009 11:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice, nice. You lucky American buggers... tomorrow I am off to buy a box of dimes, to pray for 1 or 2 - 80% dimes.:hissyfit_m:

ME CO 11-06-2009 12:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just to let you all know I'm still kickin it, just not much puter time these days. Had some real work come in and I've always got this work. Then a week ago I rescued a lil puppy from going to the pound- she is really cramping my style but it will be worth it all once she's trained. As fast as she is growing I'm opting to train her now while young sos I don't have to break her like a horse later. She is black lab and something else- at 10 weeks she weighs 15 lbs. and her paws are big as silver dollars haha.
Anyways as for the hunt I finished off last month with 63 ozt, still takin the good with the bad. Tonight I did 6 boxes and got a Walker, Ben, '64, and (17) 40%ers.
HH all, Mark

JOE SIXPACK 11-06-2009 01:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
will try to snap a pic of it tomorrow night.
thanks supn9

J6P

the pix:
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davehorus 11-06-2009 01:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
just got $90 in halves - no silver

at least last time out of $130 I got 12 40%

Pyramid 11-06-2009 09:12 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes for the week netted 1 measly 40%'er.

I also got a "gold plated" bicentenial, do you folks keep these or throw them back? I think this is my third, the others went back. I'm not sure I see the point in keeping them other than as a novelty item.

supn9 11-06-2009 01:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 2010926)
2 boxes for the week netted 1 measly 40%'er.

I also got a "gold plated" bicentenial, do you folks keep these or throw them back? I think this is my third, the others went back. I'm not sure I see the point in keeping them other than as a novelty item.
Id try and collect a batch of gold plated ones. Maybe get some years going and could be a nice start up collection for you or someone.

Ive gotten about 7-8 already..And now think i should have hung on to them..

Bicentennial gold plated, might be a little bit more rarer.

newmisty 11-06-2009 01:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$100 in halves = 0 Today.

DA1984 11-06-2009 03:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Today's had 1-40%er; and 1 Franklin.

Running totals: 138 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 17
Franklins: 47
90%: 118
40%: 721
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44.

jersey devl 11-06-2009 04:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Mark ,good to see your ok I was wondering where you were!

bancha SCORE bancha...
Went out for a drive thinkin on going to a small town south of me for some dimes,when I decided to stop at a somewhat usual bank for me to see if they had a bag O halves or dimes and they had a bag of halves for me,so I turned around home instead of going south and man was I glad I stopped,I slit the bag open and saw white edges everywhere...total pull

19-40% (mixed yrs)
15-90% kens
25-Franklins!

The best part is that this bank will call me whenever a bag of dimes or halves fills up from the counter to pick up from now on too!

Got greedy and still headed out for dimes close to home and got 2 Rosies and a 1968 Canadian (50%)...I bought 2 lotto tickets too,LOL HH all!

ME CO 11-06-2009 06:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Gotta love them 90%'s, congrats. This is the month last year that I took a sabatical, can't do that this year- I would sorely miss the $1K/month. Figure the dog will break the monotony haha. I been reading posts but at this stage she wants to be on my lap and typing is a problem. I've got a silver apiece showing on three of 6 boxes for tonight sos I know I got something- hopefully alot. HH all, Mark

ShortJohnSilver 11-06-2009 06:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Decided to get some Ikes and halves (I hold onto Ikes because they are not really making them anymore and they are part of the emergency cash hoard)... teller says, "let me check the vault" comes back with $200 mixed Ike/halves and 18 SBA (spit).

I took them all, ended up with 3 1967 halves (40%).

ME CO 11-06-2009 11:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got (2) Bens, (2) '64, and (11) 40%ers. Gotta love them 90's. HH Mark

JOE SIXPACK 11-07-2009 12:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
pix are up

http://goldismoney.info/forums/showp...postcount=1418

tia,
J6P

Apocalypto 11-07-2009 01:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Apocalypto (Post 2010510)
Nice, nice. You lucky American buggers... tomorrow I am off to buy a box of dimes, to pray for 1 or 2 - 80% dimes.:hissyfit_m:
Quoting myself here. A man of my word, went ahead and got a box of dimes today, and guess how many I found? 2! I kid you not. One was 50% and the other 80%. Talk about scraping, but there you go. You guys are really luck you've got those halves to go through.

ME CO 11-07-2009 08:58 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Apocalypto (Post 2012391)
Quoting myself here. A man of my word, went ahead and got a box of dimes today, and guess how many I found? 2! I kid you not. One was 50% and the other 80%. Talk about scraping, but there you go. You guys are really luck you've got those halves to go through.
Dimes are a hard way to go here too. I would consider 2 out of a box a good one. I ordered $2K in dimes for this Sunday just for $hits and giggles, I find the more I order at one time the better overall- hope to come up with one box with 10 or 12. HH Mark

12345abc 11-07-2009 11:42 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 2012379)
the 3rd pic shows pretty conclusively a clad rim :signs14:

JOE SIXPACK 11-07-2009 01:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ok, thanks

think there is any point in taking it to the coin shop for redemption at a value greater than 50 cents?


J6P

ShortJohnSilver 11-07-2009 02:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 2012929)
ok, thanks

think there is any point in taking it to the coin shop for redemption at a value greater than 50 cents?


J6P

According to the "Red Book of US Coins 2010"

1992S, mintage 2,858,981 PF-65 $8
1992S SILVER, mintage 1,317,579 PF-65 $13

My guess is you have the first one. I would hold onto it, even though it may not be worth $8 (retail price) given the marks on it.

supn9 11-07-2009 11:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 2012929)
ok, thanks

think there is any point in taking it to the coin shop for redemption at a value greater than 50 cents?


J6P
Yep, give em a call see what they will say. I think i know where you got confused with the edges. Its not even half clad. I see those sometimes and mistake them for 40% sometimes..

Apocalypto 11-08-2009 01:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2012600)
Dimes are a hard way to go here too. I would consider 2 out of a box a good one. I ordered $2K in dimes for this Sunday just for $hits and giggles, I find the more I order at one time the better overall- hope to come up with one box with 10 or 12. HH Mark
$2K, wow. Okay, maybe that tactic is worth a try. I'll give that a go next week and let you know how much I hit. If I get 10 or 12 in one box I'll buy you a beer. :ARMS1:

ME CO 11-09-2009 09:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not a very good weekend silverwise, 10 boxes of halves paid out one 40%er and my 8 boxes of dimes gave up (2) Mercs and (2) Roos. Hope I got all the bad out of the way at once and lookin forward to some more good. 6 boxes halves coming today from different carrier. HH all, Mark

DA1984 11-09-2009 04:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes today, 1st had 15-40%ers, 2-90%ers and 1-Franklin. 2nd was skunk.

Running totals: 140 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 17
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 736
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2.

SLV>GLD 11-09-2009 08:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This week's box was a winner:

(20) 40%
(1) 2001
(6) 2003
(8) 2004
(1) 2009

I have NEVER seen so many >2000 halves in a box. I hang onto these although this deluge made me think it was not worth the effort. Their mintages are much lower than the pre-2000 halves, they are generally easy to spot by the edge and until now I'd rarely find them at all.

WilliamC 11-09-2009 09:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went penny buying today to get $200 worth to sort for the coppers.

One of the first banks I went to didn't have any pennies so I asked for 1/2 dollars.

Turns out they had $190 worth so I bought them not expecting much.

What do you know but I got two 40% coins! A 1967 and a 1968!

Didn't take any time at all to look through them so I took the other $189 worth of clad to my primary bank, turned them in for FRNs, and was still able to get my $200 worth of pennies to sort!

Not bad for a first attempt eh?

I might have to start getting a box or two of 1/2's a week, they are easy to sort and easy to return.

ME CO 11-09-2009 11:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got some good tonight. 6 boxes gave up (4) '64 and (11) 40%ers, one of the 40% is a very nice bicentenial proof that may upgrade my Dansco. HH all, Mark


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newmisty 11-09-2009 11:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice ones all!

My $300 of halves coughed up 4-40% ers

I'm happy!

supn9 11-10-2009 01:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice job Newmisty!

DA1984 11-10-2009 05:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes today, 1st was a skunk. 2nd had 4-40%ers.

Running totals: 142 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 17
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 740
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52.

supn9 11-11-2009 12:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
DA, have you noticed anything about the skunk boxes you were getting?

Specific markings, coins types in the rolls, years, returned coins and re-rolled or maybe the delivery of them?

DA1984 11-12-2009 04:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 2018970)
DA, have you noticed anything about the skunk boxes you were getting?

Specific markings, coins types in the rolls, years, returned coins and re-rolled or maybe the delivery of them?
Yes, during my long dry spell the coins had a black sharpie mark on the eagle's shield very frequently, however, here lately I have not seen it, hopefully the person gave up, lol.

DA1984 11-12-2009 04:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes today, 1st had 1-40%er and 1-Liberty; 2nd had 2-40%ers.

Running totals: 144 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 743
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8.

SLV>GLD 11-12-2009 05:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Most of the marks I have seen have been as follows:

Grren or black marks no the rim, usually alternating colors sometimes all the way around the rim but drawn as if a whole roll was struipped from end to end.

Red sharpie colorizing of Kennedy's face or just his ear.

Black sharpie colorizing of the word "liberty".

supn9 11-12-2009 09:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 2022320)
black sharpie mark on the eagle's shield very frequently

That sounds like one specific person. I havent seen those. EDIT: Actually i remember one like that.


Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2022320)
usually alternating colors sometimes all the way around the rim but drawn as if a whole roll was stripped from end to end
I get those sometimes. Must be an old timer.

I was experimenting a few boxes and noticed the the average weight of the rolls is 226.3 grams. Basically a lot of: 226.2g 226.3g 226.4g 226.5g 226.7g and 226.8g

Now, anything below 226.0 Was either short a half dollar or had a foreign coin which was a lot lighter than the US half. And, anything above 227.0 either had an extra half dollar or maybe more than one silver. Which made me curious to see if all rolls are like this, and only silver is in 227 and above.

Initially it was a way to see which had silvers, but because nearly all the coins are worn out a bit the weight is thrown off. So its not very accurate for silvers. The experiment fails :Surrender: So i did find silvers in the 226.2g-226.8g rolls. And in some, did not.

But the below 226.0g and above 227.0g varies a lot. So its something to look into if you got a scale. Theres definitely a good chance of some variation in those rolls. :emotions16:

Pyramid 11-12-2009 10:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A pretty good week for me. The first of 2 boxes had a '64 and nine 40%'ers, easily my best box ever. The second box was a SKUNK. I may have had some good karma going, as I gave my teller surplus Halloween candy, it apparently paid off. Good luck folks.

supn9 11-13-2009 03:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice job Pyramid! That is a good box. Hope theres more for you where you got 'em.

CAVU 11-13-2009 11:42 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Was in a bank the other day and there was a "prospector" in front of me asking the teller for 100 in halves. Thought it could be someone from GIM. Never have seen another prospector in a bank before.

Going to try rolls of dimes, as imagine they have the best odds for finding 90% as the halves are picked over pretty well and one has more incentive because they are worth more.

Balj89 11-13-2009 11:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You all convinced me to try out all the banks in my area with your luck. Unfortunately out of the 8 or so banks I went to only one had any halves. I bought the 20 they had with no luck :Surrender: Do most of you have them order the halves for you or do you just live in a better area for halves?

newmisty 11-13-2009 12:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
The banks in my area are 99% halfless.

I had my bank order the one box I've gone through and one bank ordered me $300, while the others only had a few/several dollars worth at best.

SLV>GLD 11-13-2009 02:20 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CAVU (Post 2023761)
Going to try rolls of dimes, as imagine they have the best odds for finding 90% as the halves are picked over pretty well and one has more incentive because they are worth more.
I think you are mistaken. Halves are targeted primarily because the returns are higher not only in terms of the amount of silver per coin but also in the number of coins you are likely to find.

DA1984 11-13-2009 02:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 more boxes today, 1st had 1-40%er. 2nd was skunk.

Running totals: 146 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 744
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82.

DA1984 11-13-2009 03:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Interested in doing a statistical analysis over time for my returns but I have neither the statistics background nor the software to do so. Can anyone here help; any math wizards around?

tallbassguy 11-13-2009 05:16 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I stopped by a bank that I've never been to today.
I asked if they had any uncirculated dollars or quarters, and got a roll of each. (I use these to keep some of the kids in my life excited about coins)
Then asked if she had any halves, she said no....BUT the teller next her overheard me and said she had 30 of them all loose, so I said yeah I'll take em. She went back behind her to the drive-thru teller desk and I heard that ching-a-ling sound that we all love so much.
She put the halves in an envelope, and I left.
Got to the car, and found 18 of 30 were 40% silver! Yeah I was giggling a bit.

SLV>GLD 11-13-2009 05:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Yes, the random little piles of halves that just get dropped at the bank tend to be full of silver. Boxes are so much more convenient for me but if I had the time and the schedule I'd definitely put more effort into bank-hopping for loose halves.

Buyingsilvers 11-13-2009 05:57 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
prospecting activity is WAY up in my area. Before banks used to tell me "no one wants these thing, glad to get rid of it". Now they tell me that they have regulars that come around every week or two.

Halves are drawn way down at the various vaults, even for the dump banks.

newmisty 11-13-2009 06:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 2022988)
A pretty good week for me. The first of 2 boxes had a '64 and nine 40%'ers, easily my best box ever. The second box was a SKUNK. I may have had some good karma going, as I gave my teller surplus Halloween candy, it apparently paid off. Good luck folks.
That's excellent! Way to go.

Jake 11-13-2009 07:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 2024405)
prospecting activity is WAY up in my area. Before banks used to tell me "no one wants these thing, glad to get rid of it". Now they tell me that they have regulars that come around every week or two.

Halves are drawn way down at the various vaults, even for the dump banks.
Yeah, I was scolded this week at a bank I sometimes dump at. The lead teller raised her voice at me and told me that they don't have room in their small vault for the boxes of halves coming in. Apparently it's one or two other guys as well.

I asked, "can't you return them? They ARE federal reserve currency". She kinda scoffed and said, "I'm not disputing that. We're just a small little branch, that's all".

Anyways, Buyingsilvers, do you think the increased demand is giving us access to older inventory? Or how does that work? I'd be interested to hear thoughts on that.

Peace, Jake

:bear_tongue:

ME CO 11-13-2009 10:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A good day and a bad day all rolled into one. Went to my first bank to pick up my $1K bag- cool another free canvas bag. Went to second bank, vault teller switched shifts to Monday instead of Friday, great there's 2 boxes I can't get till Monday. In that case I better pick up the bulk of Mondays today- CU called and said they were'nt able to get them today, great there's 6 boxes shorted for the week. One more shot, nope. Enough of the bad, I'm ready for some good. The 1K bag had (23) 40%ers in it, my other bags had been slim sos that was a nice surprise. Some boxes I had left over from Thur gave up a '64 and another 40% so roughly 4 oz for the day (just hit 800 for the year). HH all, Mark

newmisty 11-13-2009 10:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wow, nice.

SLV>GLD 11-14-2009 11:01 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
FWIW, a local coin shop sells the canvas bags for $1 and will give you one free if your there to pick up some metal. I got a hold of a couple bags and it has made the sorting process quite a bit easier. No more stacking the coins back in the box and having them slop out in the car when taking sharp corners. Also, when dumping into the counting machine you just tip and pour instead of grabbing handfuls as fast as you can to keep up with the machine and getting your hands filthy. Also, you look way cooler walking into the bank with sacks of money instead of sagging cardboard boxes.

12345abc 11-14-2009 11:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Variance is kicking in :(

Thursday picked up 2 boxes that were taped up and thought uh oh, but coins were all rolled. Got 2-90% and 4-40% out. Friday picked up 2 more that came with Thursdays order and both boxes were SKUNKED!! ouch

I think I may be getting my dumps back...

EDIT: oh and when i picked up my boxes teller tells me she has some loose rolls so i picked those up too. Sure enough they are rolled up in the original box roll AKA one of my dumps. I'm thinking someone picked em up at one of my dumps and dumped em at my pickup bank.

ME CO 11-14-2009 11:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I've got lots of canvas bags but always welcome more. Once on a road trip a teller had $300+ in hand rolls and I had forgot to bring in a bag- she put them in a currency bag, its huge, the size of a large pillow case.
Got my 8 boxes today, one has one showing and one had 2 showing. Did 3 boxes tonight and got (2) '64 and (9) 40%. HH all, Mark

supn9 11-15-2009 03:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 2024100)
Interested in doing a statistical analysis over time for my returns but I have neither the statistics background nor the software to do so. Can anyone here help; any math wizards around?
Are you trying to find returns in silver or just amounts per box?

Here are a few melt value calculators:
http://meltvalue.silvermonthly.com/
http://www.coinnews.net/tools/automa...coin-valuator/

To find percentage per box:
Take the finds and divide them by the amount searched. 100 keepers for one box is 100/1000=.1 So the finds is .1%

If you want to calculate your 936 keepers for the 146 Boxes you searched. Then its 936/146000=.0064% lol

For the silver finds, not keepers per box..Just apply the silver OZ numbers in the same formula..or Silver Keepers/boxes searched

Well anyway: I think the numbers get a little confusing like that. Your stat that you keep at each post are good. I actually started keep my stats based on what i saw from you :ok: I like ME CO sig as well.

SLV>GLD 11-16-2009 09:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This week's box produced (5) 40%.

Supn9; DA1984 is wanting some statistical analysis on the big block of data at the bottom of his posts which indicate dumped coins from a given box number reappearing in a later box number.

DA1984 needs to pose specific questions he wants an analysis to answer. Also, a quick explanation of what those numbers mean (again) would help.

DA1984 11-16-2009 05:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 box today had 4-40%ers.

Running totals: 147 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 748
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46.

DA1984 11-16-2009 05:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2027842)
This week's box produced (5) 40%.

Supn9; DA1984 is wanting some statistical analysis on the big block of data at the bottom of his posts which indicate dumped coins from a given box number reappearing in a later box number.

DA1984 needs to pose specific questions he wants an analysis to answer. Also, a quick explanation of what those numbers mean (again) would help.
I will answer the 2nd question 1st, it is the easier of the 2. If I type B147 = B45-3; B46. Then B147 is the 147th box, which contained 3 coins from box 45 and one coin from box 46.

As far as what I would like to know with the amassed data:

1) Graphical representation over a time axis as to just the sheer # of returns.
2) Comparison representation of time between returns.
3) Silver yield vs. returns over time.

Note: I can provide the date and silver amounts for every box. (just as easy as a post search limited to this forum.)

Thanks.


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Apocalypto 11-16-2009 06:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 2028617)
1 box today had 4-40%ers.
Nice job. I hear silver is going up. :wavey:

supn9 11-16-2009 07:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That sounds like a simple graphing program where you just plot numbers and box numbers. Something an on-line bar or line graph generator. Theres a lot of these graphing applets online.

Heres one:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/

The limit seemed to be 50..and you have more boxes.

Another one:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_as...pen=activities

This one has a 12 column limit for the online generator. But it does have percentage and totals. Its possible the download version will have more columns,....and there you can put in more columns.

That site has instructions for the graph.


This one is really good:

http://chartpart.com/

lots of options where you can change things up. It will even host the graph for you.

haha
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?c...ay|jun|&chxt=x

Let me know if you like any of them, need some help or something

SLV>GLD 11-16-2009 08:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
if you can provide the following:

--The date each box was procured/searched
--The # of ounces each box yielded

then your answers could be ascertained by a fairly straightforward spreadsheet

ME CO 11-16-2009 11:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 boxes tonight gave up (9) 40%. HH all, Mark

Apocalypto 11-16-2009 11:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Bring on that silver. Mine it! MINE IT! 90% - You lucky Americans.

I got another Canadian dime box today. I'll be lucky to get 2 more 80%ers. (Maybe a 50%er!) But fight the fight I must! And I ordered another box of quarters from the bank, and specified that I needed old ones. The woman at the this bank seems to really want to help me now, so maybe she likes me.:s9:

I also went to another bank and asked for a box and the fellow at that bank actually GAVE me a 1944 Victory nickel! He asked me what the heck I'm doing with a box of dimes and I told him that I go through boxes looking for old coins and he goes, "well I've had this thing in my drawer for ages now, here..." and pops it onto the counter! Cool guy. It's in a high AU state, probably worth $8 or so. So I gave him a dime to thank him. Now I feel like a huge cheapo, so I better bring him a chocolate bar or something next time I hit that bank. :4_1_72:

The money is where you find it. The only way to find it is keep looking. So keep looking. Won't be long before all coinage is history.

SirSilverOzzyyzzO 11-16-2009 11:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
500 bucks worth from TD bank within one of the Five Boroughs of Nueva Yourk Sit-ee and notta one Silver anything!

This is my third box in a row of nothings from the same bank!

I think a lot of people use the TD Bank as a filtering source. They order halves from their local yokle bank and then dump the Clads in at a close-by TD bank, stand on-line for the cash and go back and do it again... And, I'm ordering boxes from them, getting all the sorted halves that they wrap up...

Not no moe! FWIW
:confused_ma:

DA1984 11-17-2009 12:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SirSilverOzzyyzzO (Post 2029324)
500 bucks worth from TD bank within one of the Five Boroughs of Nueva Yourk Sit-ee and notta one Silver anything!

This is my third box in a row of nothings from the same bank!

I think a lot of people use the TD Bank as a filtering source. They order halves from their local yokle bank and then dump the Clads in at a close-by TD bank, stand on-line for the cash and go back and do it again... And, I'm ordering boxes from them, getting all the sorted halves that they wrap up...

Not no moe! FWIW
:confused_ma:
Don't worry yet, look at my record of skunks, I had 30 something in a row.

DA1984 11-17-2009 02:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 box today was a skunk.

Running totals: 148 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 748
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46. B148 = B60.

Apocalypto 11-17-2009 03:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I found 1 lowly 50% dime in my box from yesterday. And 63 American dimes. So I got some exchange profit.:cry1:

Also found a 5 Pence, which I like, and in an interesting twist of fate, the guy at the bank gave me a 1944 Victory nickel in great shape, so that's worth around $8. He said he'd been keeping it in his drawer for months and didn't know what to do with it so he passed it to me. :ARMS1:

SirSilverOzzyyzzO 11-17-2009 05:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DA1984 (Post 2029995)
Don't worry yet, look at my record of skunks, I had 30 something in a row.
Thank You DA!

I didn't mean that I was giving up. I just meant that I was giving up getting boxes from TD Bank, and offering my findings to anyone else maybe thinking of ordering a box from them. TD Bank has exploded onto the scene up & down America's East coast and they offer a coin counting machine in every bank. The thing of it is, you don't even need an account to cash in & use them. So, I think savvy Silver coin seekers are using them to their advantage... I know I will be...

jersey devl 11-17-2009 06:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SirSilverOzzyyzzO (Post 2030478)
they offer a coin counting machine in every bank.
FORGET BOXES...GET THOSE BAGS FROM THE COUNTERS!

supn9 11-17-2009 06:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Careful with the edges guys. Got this one earlier today.

http://imgur.com/3aJ0C.jpg

ME CO 11-18-2009 12:08 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
6 boxes tonight gave up (4) 40%ers and (2) '64. Gotta love them 90's. HH all, Mark

Apocalypto 11-18-2009 01:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2031028)
6 boxes tonight gave up (4) 40%ers and (2) '64. Gotta love them 90's. HH all, Mark
Nice. Just remember, guys like me have to buy those coins. I just have to go back to my nickels, I guess...

newmisty 11-18-2009 10:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jersey devl (Post 2030516)
FORGET BOXES...GET THOSE BAGS FROM THE COUNTERS!
They aren't the banks property, but supposedly belong to whoever rolls the coins. I tried that once while dumping pennies and saw a couple bags of halves. The girl even tried to hook me up but was told that they arent their property.

newmisty 11-18-2009 10:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I feel your pain Apocalypto.

I have started to ask various cashiers(food/gas/etc) about any halves in thier drawers in an attempt to help increase my odds of finding anything!

Good luck man!

DA1984 11-18-2009 06:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes today, both were skunks (3 in a row).

Running totals: 150 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 748
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46. B148 = B60. B149 = B17; B51-5; B52-8; B53. B150 = B23-7; B24-3; B24; B63; B69; B111.

ME CO 11-19-2009 08:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
4 boxes last night, one silver showing. Total take (1) 40%er. HH Mark

Pyramid 11-19-2009 10:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nothing extravagant to post here, but something is better than nothing. Two boxes for the week netted 3 -40%'s. A ton of marked coins, so I'm glad I got anything, as somehow a couple of silvers sneaked their way in. Good luck folks.

ME CO 11-20-2009 07:52 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
6 boxes last night gave up (3) Bens, and (7) 40%ers. Gotta love them non-Kennedy's. HH all, Mark

newmisty 11-20-2009 05:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Impressive. I'd jump for joy for days if I found anything other thatn a 90%!!!

ME CO 11-20-2009 11:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
9.5 boxes today gave up plenty of variety. A 1908D Barber, a Walker, (5) Bens, (2) '64, and (14) 40%ers. Gotta love them 90%. The 5 Bens came from 2 boxes I had left from last night, everything else was picked up today. 8 more boxes tomarrow. HH all, Mark

newmisty 11-21-2009 12:05 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
All I can say is wow.

DA1984 11-21-2009 03:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 boxes Thursday, both were skunks (5 in a row). 2 boxes yesterday, 1st had 2-40%ers, 2nd was skunk

Running totals: 154 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 750
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46. B148 = B60. B149 = B17; B51-5; B52-8; B53. B150 = B23-7; B24-3; B24; B63; B69; B111. B151 = B22. B152 = B20; B65. B153 = B13; B66; B67; B90. B154 = B16; B26; B50; B91; B100-5.

ME CO 11-21-2009 11:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Variety is the spice of life they say. Had a bit of luck today. Picked up 8 boxes of halves and two had a sliver showing, I let my gramma open them rolls and the first had (3) 40%ers the other had only the one. Decided to search enough to make a quick dump and pester my tellers where I picked up a box of quarters and 2 boxes of dimes, total take from those and 4.5 boxes of the halves was (5) silver Rosies, (1) silver Washington, (2) '64 Kens and (14) 40%ers. Not a bad day, I'll get another box of quarters and some more dimes tomarrow. HH all, Mark

AGRO 11-21-2009 11:58 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hey Buddies,
seems like the days of 5 Walkers are all but gone lately?
Any Frankies lately?

AGRO 11-22-2009 12:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sticks out like a sore thumb, WOW that CuNi Clad sandwhich is UGLY IMO!
:thumb.aspx:
Nice PIC!
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 2030530)
Careful with the edges guys. Got this one earlier today.

ME CO 11-22-2009 08:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGRO (Post 2038307)
Hey Buddies,
seems like the days of 5 Walkers are all but gone lately?
Any Frankies lately?
None yesterday but the couple days before netted 8 of them- no '55 yet dangit. HH Mark

jersey devl 11-22-2009 01:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2038602)
None yesterday but the couple days before netted 8 of them- no '55 yet dangit. HH Mark
Im still waiting for one too!

ME CO 11-22-2009 11:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice day today, got 6 more boxes of dimes and scored (8) Rosies. One box of quarters which skunked ME. 3.5 boxes of halves left from yesterday paid (3) Bens, (2) '64, and (14) 40%ers. Been doing above average last few days. HH all, Mark


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DA1984 11-23-2009 03:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
1 box today, it was a skunk (2 in a row).

Running totals: 155 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 48
90%: 120
40%: 750
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46. B148 = B60. B149 = B17; B51-5; B52-8; B53. B150 = B23-7; B24-3; B24; B63; B69; B111. B151 = B22. B152 = B20; B65. B153 = B13; B66; B67; B90. B154 = B16; B26; B50; B91; B100-5. B155 = B23-3; B24-6; B26; B63; B67; B111-3.

ME CO 11-24-2009 12:16 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not a great score but at least I didn't get completely skunked. 6 boxes of halves eked out (2) 40%. 2 dime boxes gave up one Rosie and 1 quarter box skunked ME. Busy day tomarrow, dump $4K, then buy, sort and dump $2K sos I can pick up another $4K at 3 oclock. HH all, Mark

DA1984 11-24-2009 06:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
3 boxes today, 1st had 1 Franklin Proof, 2nd had 5-40%ers and 1-90%er and 3rd was skunk.

Running totals: 158 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 18
Franklins: 49
90%: 121
40%: 755
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46. B148 = B60. B149 = B17; B51-5; B52-8; B53. B150 = B23-7; B24-3; B24; B63; B69; B111. B151 = B22. B152 = B20; B65. B153 = B13; B66; B67; B90. B154 = B16; B26; B50; B91; B100-5. B155 = B23-3; B24-6; B26; B63; B67; B111-3. B156 = B89-2; B90. B157 = B131-3; B132-7; B138-10. B158 = B42; B57; B75; B80; B95; B96; B107; B126-2.

supn9 11-24-2009 07:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Cool. Can you post a pic of the proof?

Buyingsilvers 11-26-2009 12:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
pulled 11 40%, 2 90%, a torn up proof, and a 1970-D out of a bag of halves.

I have one of the bank managers always asking for halves from the vault for me as soon as they get them in. Pretty good deal, as there always seems to be silver coming out of these.

BullionVince 11-29-2009 12:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Guys I found a 1968 Canadian Quarter. It looks silver (sort of).

Coinflation says, could be silver, could be not silver, could be 50% silver.

What is it?

ME CO 11-29-2009 12:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BullionVince (Post 2048848)
Guys I found a 1968 Canadian Quarter. It looks silver (sort of).

Coinflation says, could be silver, could be not silver, could be 50% silver.

What is it?
Hit it with a magnet- if it don't stick its a 50%er. HH Mark

supn9 11-30-2009 08:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Updates for November.

Not a bad month. Did a lot of road trips and tried to see what the tellers have to offer. Had keepers on the trips but nothing too fancy. Had four rolls give up three 40%ers, found a 40%er in a 20$ bag of halfs and a few other minimal loose pick-ups like this that gave up some keepers.

Ive tried to play the field a little with dimes and quarters. Found some Brinks boxes for dimes, quarters and halves. Kinda cool, cause the dimes and quarters are clear wrapped. Makes the edges easy to see, but not the rest until its open. Found an extra quarter like that.

The halves where the main thing i was picking up and asking for. Went through a total of 23 half boxes(1 of which had a marked coin of mine,) 115 rolls and 27 loose halfs. Which yielded (71) 40%JFK (15) 90%JFK (5) Liberties and (3) Franklin's The dimes was just two boxes and 2 rolls. And, quarters was 21 rolls and 1 loose tray pick up. Seemed like a keeper to me, but it wasn't. Not bad results :ok:

Here are a few pic's I thought you guys might enjoy:

This is a roll with 6 coins in it. It was from a good box. Had about 40 keepers in it.
http://imgur.com/3mQdL.jpg

And this pic is a challenge. Guess which coin is a 1968 JFK40% Heavily circulated coin.
http://imgur.com/kbQY6.jpg

Searched:
Dimes( 3 box + 42 roll + 0 loose )
Half's ( 37 box + 206 roll + 30 envelope )
Quarters ( 0 box + 31 + 1 loose )

Totals as of (Sept 29, 2009):
40 box + 279 roll + 31 envelope

Roosevelt: 4
40%JFK: 147=76+(71)
90%JFK: 27=12+(15)
Franklin : 10=7+(3)
Liberty : 21=16+(5)

Change Found: .40 +.64 +.25 +.28 +.5 + $1 +.75 +.25 +.50 +$1 +.51 +.25= $6.33
Change Lost : .49 +.25 +$1 +$3 +.50 +.50 +.50 +.50 +1.50 +.75 +.50= $9.49

ME CO 11-30-2009 11:10 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
6th from the left. Glad your havin some fun with it. HH Mark
The last week has been a challenge for ME- lots of skunks, unordered boxes... Oct was short with only 63 oz, Nov stands at 49.5 oz. Sure hope Silver Santa makes up for it next month.

SLV>GLD 12-01-2009 09:26 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Box #1 = (1) 40%
Box #2 = (2) 40%

Also pulled a BU clad 1972.

newmisty 12-01-2009 01:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
You guys rule.

I also guess 6th from left.

ME CO 12-01-2009 11:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Silver Santa must have felt bad about the beatin I took last week cause he slipped ME a goodun today. One box out of 4 had (5) '64 and (35) 40%, only eeked out one more 40% out of the other 3 boxes. Hope for more of the same or better tomarrow.
HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 12-02-2009 09:32 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
it's likely you're right. The tarnish is greenish, as is the case with the heavily worn silver clads.

ME CO 12-02-2009 06:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I am in a quandary. Since this involves hunting money I am soliciting opinions from my fellow prospectors. I have always hunted with everything I have so I am no stranger to skrimping to keep the ball rolling. Right now I have two pickups at the max, other days a K less but as this year has progressed I had to rely on sales of 40% to help pay bills and restore the hunting funds. Considering I don't care for the 40% anyways I never minded. But at this time to keep X amount to hunt with and spend what I need to there would be some 90% going away too. I always seem to do better the more I can pickup at once but at this stage of the USD game I wonder if I should knock $1K off of X and hunt with less- like I said before it would only be two pickups a week that would be shorted 2 boxes each or should I toss a few rolls of 90% and continue on as is for awhile longer.
I always had in my mind that there would be a time to kill the hunt and sink the money into metal but I'm not done yet, maybe starting to wein off a little at a time is prudent though. What says yous?
BTW I've already decided to flip a coin to decide, just can't decide if I want to use a two headed Kennedy or a heads/tails one LOL.
HH all, Mark

DA1984 12-02-2009 06:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Been a while since I've posted, 3 boxes on 11/25, 1st and 2nd skunks, 3rd had 40%-2, 90%-3 and 1 Franklin. 1 box on 11/30 had 40%-25, 90%-4 and 1 Liberty. 1 box yesterday and 2 boxes today were all skunks.

Running totals: 165 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 19
Franklins: 50
90%: 128
40%: 782
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46. B148 = B60. B149 = B17; B51-5; B52-8; B53. B150 = B23-7; B24-3; B24; B63; B69; B111. B151 = B22. B152 = B20; B65. B153 = B13; B66; B67; B90. B154 = B16; B26; B50; B91; B100-5. B155 = B23-3; B24-6; B26; B63; B67; B111-3. B156 = B89-2; B90. B157 = B131-3; B132-7; B138-10. B158 = B42; B57; B75; B80; B95; B96; B107; B126-2. B160 = B58; B67; B68; B80; B87; B88-2. B161 = B118. B162 = B109. B163 = B23; B24; B100-2; B101-14; B109; B110-3. B164 = B20. B165 = B61; B69; B93-5.

supn9 12-02-2009 07:04 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2056266)
I am in a quandary. Since this involves hunting money I am soliciting opinions from my fellow prospectors. I have always hunted with everything I have so I am no stranger to skrimping to keep the ball rolling. Right now I have two pickups at the max, other days a K less but as this year has progressed I had to rely on sales of 40% to help pay bills and restore the hunting funds. Considering I don't care for the 40% anyways I never minded. But at this time to keep X amount to hunt with and spend what I need to there would be some 90% going away too. I always seem to do better the more I can pickup at once but at this stage of the USD game I wonder if I should knock $1K off of X and hunt with less- like I said before it would only be two pickups a week that would be shorted 2 boxes each or should I toss a few rolls of 90% and continue on as is for awhile longer.
I always had in my mind that there would be a time to kill the hunt and sink the money into metal but I'm not done yet, maybe starting to wein off a little at a time is prudent though. What says yous?
BTW I've already decided to flip a coin to decide, just can't decide if I want to use a two headed Kennedy or a heads/tails one LOL.
HH all, Mark
If i understand correctly. Your in a bind and low funds are cutting your orders. So your trying to keep the orders steady by selling off your found 90%ers or 40%ers. If this is the case i dont think you should do it. Just minimize your orders. Your in the win either way, your getting nice keepers and can also profit off that if you want. Anytime! But if your selling of your keepers to keep a few more boxes a week going, of which some can be skunks or have just two to three keepers. Your just cycling yourself. Its not worth it.

Just like it isnt worth losing a dump bank to a loose envelope with oNe keeper. Dump banks are scares and one keeper is not worth. Either the keeper or 8.9 fee at coinstar. :wavey: Ive realized this just a week ago as most tellers remember half dumps even two weeks or one week apart.

So my advice is let the orders go down a few, dont sell off your keepers. And keep an eye out on ways to re-supply your funds. You still got your hobby. Its still as enjoyable with a few boxes less. Dont sell of your trophies.

Try and take more bank trips if you can, and pick up loose halfs and stuff like that. Ask for more hand rolls. Ask for two dollar bills or try hunting for silver certificates. Those get circulated sometime. Little things like this are also fun. And dont require a lot of start up money.

The keepers you find should be more valuable to you for many reason. So hang on to 'em! :ok:

Hope this helped a bit.

Barrettone 12-02-2009 07:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2056266)
I am in a quandary. Since this involves hunting money I am soliciting opinions from my fellow prospectors. I have always hunted with everything I have so I am no stranger to skrimping to keep the ball rolling. Right now I have two pickups at the max, other days a K less but as this year has progressed I had to rely on sales of 40% to help pay bills and restore the hunting funds. Considering I don't care for the 40% anyways I never minded. But at this time to keep X amount to hunt with and spend what I need to there would be some 90% going away too. I always seem to do better the more I can pickup at once but at this stage of the USD game I wonder if I should knock $1K off of X and hunt with less- like I said before it would only be two pickups a week that would be shorted 2 boxes each or should I toss a few rolls of 90% and continue on as is for awhile longer.
I always had in my mind that there would be a time to kill the hunt and sink the money into metal but I'm not done yet, maybe starting to wein off a little at a time is prudent though. What says yous?
BTW I've already decided to flip a coin to decide, just can't decide if I want to use a two headed Kennedy or a heads/tails one LOL.
HH all, Mark

ME CO,

I would NOT cash in your 90%. I would do one of two things. I would either do as you suggested above and scale back, OR, I would just make an extra trip or two to the bank that week and cash in/take out the halves you couldn't afford on the first purchase. That way, you still get to roll the same volume per week, but can lay out less FRN's/dumps. I can't imagine the bank would have a problem with you picking up twice a week and taking half of your order each time. A little extra chocolate might grease the wheels in that department. I am ASSuming your banks are relatively close, and you can combine this extra trip with some errands to allow for the extra pick-up/drop-off. But, those are the ONLY two options I would reccomend as your 90% is something you should not get rid of until you HAVE TO.

Warmest Regards

newmisty 12-02-2009 11:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^ I Agree, sounds good.

I myself have had to part with some .999 to pay bills and don't like it one bit.

If you can avoid selling...DO!

ME CO 12-02-2009 11:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks for the input, I am often amazed at what I still find and you have to wonder "how long it will last". Competition here is fierce, most boxes have nothing but when I get 8 most times I get a decent one out of the mix. Anyways I sent out a call to sell the 40%, should keep ME going at this level for another couple weeks anyways, maybe a month, that'll give me some time to make more choices. 90% is scarce sometimes and I hate to part with them.
BTW 4 boxes tonight gave up (1) '64 and (2) 40%, far cry from last nights 7 oz but at least I got another 90%. HH all, Mark

LukeNM 12-03-2009 01:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got a 1946 Roosevelt Dime in my change at Quick Mart today...

Pyramid 12-03-2009 10:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2056908)
Thanks for the input, I am often amazed at what I still find and you have to wonder "how long it will last". Competition here is fierce, most boxes have nothing but when I get 8 most times I get a decent one out of the mix. Anyways I sent out a call to sell the 40%, should keep ME going at this level for another couple weeks anyways, maybe a month, that'll give me some time to make more choices. 90% is scarce sometimes and I hate to part with them.
BTW 4 boxes tonight gave up (1) '64 and (2) 40%, far cry from last nights 7 oz but at least I got another 90%. HH all, Mark
You have a good problem to have ME CO, whatever you decide, it will still be a win-win situation. At the current POS, cashing in a few 90% wouldn't be that bad of an idea considering it was at $9 just over a year ago. Just think of it as "reinvesting" if that's what you decide.

On the other hand, I believe you posted that you were searching something crazy like 30+ boxes a week. If you slightly scaled back, you probably wouldn't miss those 2 boxes a week. Because of your good relationships with your pickup banks, you could always add them back when feasible. Sounds like you've got a good system going with pickups and dumps.

This probably isn't much help:signs14:, but for context, I only get 2 boxes per week. That's about all I can "float" at one time as I keep my account balances at the minimum and throw as many FRN's as possible into physical PM's, IRA, other investments etc. I may add a box or 2 a week temporarily come tax refund time, but I'm ok with only 2 boxes per week as my keeper rate is low (~1 per box), and I'm really not having as much fun with this as I thought I might.

Good luck folks.

Pyramid 12-03-2009 11:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just finished up my 2 boxes for the week that I picked up today, they were quite productive except that there were no 90%'ers. Beggars can't be choosers I guess. The first had 2-40%'ers, the second had 7-40'%'ers.

The second box was kinda wierd. One roll was cospicuously tall, it had an extra half plus a dollar coin to boot. Also had 1 roll with a nickel in it, so I should come out ahead altogether. Also got a British New Pence 50, not a great specimen, but pretty cool in that's heptagonal (7-sided) with Britainia and lion on it.

Also "pushed the envelope" a bit with my teller and asked if she could sell me the bag of halves from the coin counter when full. Yes was the answer, so I might be getting a surprise $1K in halves at some point. DA1984 is correct; keep at it and eventually your luck will change for the better if you're not doing well, at least this is starting to prove true with me.

Good luck folks.

ME CO 12-04-2009 12:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Interesting day today, first off todays pickup when I called said Loomis changed their schedule and my halves won't be in till Monday- I hate it when they pull that, cause now I'll have to pickup Mondays tomarrow. So I thought I would ease tomarrows pain a little by making two of tomarrows small pickups- also gave ME something to search tonight. Get home, check the mail, my package arrived (guy traded me (68) 40%ers for 68 magic coins, only he mistakenly sent (2) '64 in the mix). Anyways so to the boxes, 4 boxes put out one '64 and (10) 40%ers. All in all I think Silver Santa treated ME pretty good today.

BTW I've decided the 40% is gone but holding the 90% for a higher peak, maybe Everest haha.

HH all, Mark :RockOn:

supn9 12-04-2009 01:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well that was too easy for you guys. You all guess the coin correctly. It was the 6th from the right. Now this coin is a little harder to spot. If it wasnt for the date check id probably let it go. :emotions16:

http://imgur.com/UVJpm.jpg


I've also noticed a few marking on coins that don't really stick out as keepers but partially look like a keeper. Just like the coins im showing you. And it turns out they are not keepers and get marked. So, i saw a few of these already..

JOE SIXPACK 12-04-2009 02:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

2 $500 boxes cwi wrapped halves-skunkola, nada, nothing, zip, zilch.
GRRRRRRRR


J6P

SLV>GLD 12-04-2009 02:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
supn9: I guess 2nd from the right.

newmisty 12-04-2009 03:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LukeNM (Post 2057011)
Got a 1946 Roosevelt Dime in my change at Quick Mart today...
Zgood eye LUKE! Those dimes are easy to ignore with such timy dates.

newmisty 12-04-2009 03:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2059762)
supn9: I guess 2nd from the right.
Yeah, it's gotta be... second guess is 1st from right.

ME CO 12-05-2009 01:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Feels like its been raining silver here the last couple days. Picked up 8 boxes today and got a good one, it paid out (39) 40%ers. Only got (3) 40% out of the other boxes but I'll take 1/2 troy lb. anyday and call it a very good day.
Interesting developement at my one pickup, couple weeks ago my shipment didn't come in and they asked ME if I wanted to double up for the next week and I said NO- well aparantly they did anyways. Wish they had told ME as I would have already picked them up, now I have to scramble Monday and juggle work to try to pickup $3K in the morning and $4K in the afternoon- don't see how thas gonna work out. Work has picked up so now finding time to pick up and dump is getting harder. HH all, Mark

Buyingsilvers 12-05-2009 01:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
34 40%
5 90%
2 franklin
1 walker

Not bad, the teller procured another bag for me. Almost a full roll of AU/BU '67s


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newmisty 12-05-2009 05:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I hate you both.











:)

supn9 12-05-2009 10:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by supn9 (Post 2059678)
Well that was too easy for you guys. You all guess the coin correctly. It was the 6th from the right. Now this coin is a little harder to spot. If it wasnt for the date check id probably let it go. :emotions16:

http://imgur.com/UVJpm.jpg


I've also noticed a few marking on coins that don't really stick out as keepers but partially look like a keeper. Just like the coins im showing you. And it turns out they are not keepers and get marked. So, i saw a few of these already..


Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2059762)
supn9: I guess 2nd from the right.


Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 2059902)
Yeah, it's gotta be... second guess is 1st from right.



haha, how did you guys know?? I was really surprised that i picked it up. I generally check the dates and most of the time its a 1974 or 1971. But, these last few boxes had a lot of heavily circulated 40%ers. So, im glad i checked the dates and got these few at least. Also, im sure ive missed a few 40%ers to the dirty or clad looking edges. But oh well *shrugs*

ME CO nice to see you getting good boxes. Seems like you made the smarter move :ok:

Buyingsilvers 12-06-2009 05:22 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
after looking at tons of halves, you get the knack for it. The greenish tarnish is what makes those coins stand out.

Dark brown stripe or golden (fresh copper look) means clad. A blackish color could indicate a heavily dirty, tarnished 40% or 90%

ME CO 12-06-2009 10:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 2061519)
I hate you both.











:)
I'm jealous too, I had to go through $4K to not do that well. I did however accululate 2 more rolls of 40% last night and a Walker out of $3K.:565:
HH all, Mark :beer:

newmisty 12-06-2009 02:42 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 Rolls!!!!

I really need to get in on this action.

JOE SIXPACK 12-09-2009 01:38 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^ yeah! me too!


J6P

ME CO 12-09-2009 09:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 2066293)
^ yeah! me too!


J6P
You guys are too late, I got it all yesterday J/K. Silver Santa did ME some justice yesterday but I had to work for it, I dumped twice and picked up thrice. Total take from 15 boxes was almost a troy lb. Got an 1892 Barber, a Walker, (8) Bens, (3) '64 and (48) 40%ers. BTW the weather was really bad so that may account for some- perseverence pays off. Hope there's more to come. HH all, Mark

newmisty 12-09-2009 11:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Amazing score. I sense a halo of light following you around...

ME CO 12-09-2009 06:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 2066739)
Amazing score. I sense a halo of light following you around...
My Christmas angel maybe?:23_30_104: HH Mark
BTW I picked up 2 boxes each at three banks today, one of each set has silver showing. One has 1, one has 2 and one has 3. Gotta love it.

Buyingsilvers 12-09-2009 08:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2066532)
You guys are too late, I got it all yesterday J/K. Silver Santa did ME some justice yesterday but I had to work for it, I dumped twice and picked up thrice. Total take from 15 boxes was almost a troy lb. Got an 1892 Barber, a Walker, (8) Bens, (3) '64 and (48) 40%ers. BTW the weather was really bad so that may account for some- perseverence pays off. Hope there's more to come. HH all, Mark
Great score, and good job on the barber. How many does that make this year?

ME CO 12-10-2009 12:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Buyingsilvers (Post 2067709)
Great score, and good job on the barber. How many does that make this year?
That one was #6, I keep telling myself the next one I get I will have to get a folder haha.
Another good night- 6 boxes paid out (2) Walkers, (1) Ben, (4) '64 and (30) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

Pyramid 12-10-2009 10:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
ME CO is doing quite well right now, but we can't let him have all the fun. Nothing to brag about, but I got 6-40%'ers in the first box, the second was a SKUNK for my usual 2 boxes per week.

Better yet, I received my GIM rounds today. Stacking up the silver a few ounces at a time. I hold them, therefore, I own them.

Good luck folks and may Silver Santa pay a visit to all.

Speaking of Santa, a good joke (stolen from someone else on GIM in case you didn't see it):
Q: What's the difference between Tiger Woods and Santa?
A: Santa stops at 3 Ho's.

Storm Chaser 12-11-2009 12:53 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hi everyone, I have been lurking here for a few months now and I got the chance to finally join on of all days my birthday. I have been following this thread with great interest and took up half prospecting for my self. There's about fifteen banks in my immediate area and since I don't have the funds to get boxes I buy loose half's and rolls whenever I can. Thus far my efforts have been hampered by another large scale prospector I keep finding his or her marks on half rolls I find. Not to say I have not had good luck. One bank I stopped at I got 2 rolls, one was a skunk and the other had $5 in walkers(in not to shabby a shape either) and $2in 40%. I just wanted to thank the big boys here for introducing me to a great hobby!

newmisty 12-11-2009 01:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice job Storm Chaser and welcome to the boards!

supn9 12-11-2009 01:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$5 in Walkers is awesome! Nice job

Storm Chaser 12-11-2009 01:53 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
^Thats about the only luck I have had recently. I think the big guy in my area made a few dumps. i keep finding his halves with his three points on it. One ray of hope is that the bank I scored the walkers from has a bunch in a tellers safe who is on vacation. I think $50 worth. They are supposed to call me when she returns.

On another note what are the most common years you guys come across in your search? I get ALOT of 71'and 72's

gilmoujr 12-11-2009 07:07 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I know this is somewhat unbelieveable for a first post (I've been trying to register for months now), but about 4 weeks ago, I went prospecting at a small town about 30 miles from my house and opened a whole roll or 64's (looks to be uncirculated). I haven't taken the time to check their grade yet, but thought it was the find of the century when I got it. Since then, I've had tremendous luck in that area. My average is around 1.3 (40%ers or 90%ers) per roll since I started prospecting a few months ago but pickings are getting slim because they don't have the bulk they had when I first started. The other day I went one more town over (on the way to the airport) and out of one roll + 2 coins, I got 11 (40%ers) and 1 Franklin - even picked up a silver nickel in pocket change that day... it was a good day for sure.

SLV>GLD 12-11-2009 08:18 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm Chaser (Post 2069839)
On another note what are the most common years you guys come across in your search? I get ALOT of 71'and 72's
Welcome to GIM and hopefully you join our discussion group!

I, too, see mostly early seventies and mid-nineties halves.

SLV>GLD 12-11-2009 08:19 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gilmoujr (Post 2070074)
My average is around 1.3 (40%ers or 90%ers) per roll since I started prospecting a few months ago but pickings are getting slim because they don't have the bulk they had when I first started. The other day I went one more town over (on the way to the airport) and out of one roll + 2 coins, I got 11 (40%ers) and 1 Franklin - even picked up a silver nickel in pocket change that day... it was a good day for sure.
That is incredible yield!

ME CO 12-11-2009 09:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Late night last night but 8 boxes put out (1) Ben, (2) '64 and (14) 40%ers.
HH all, Mark

Apocalypto 12-11-2009 10:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm Chaser (Post 2069756)
Hi everyone, I have been lurking here for a few months now and I got the chance to finally join on of all days my birthday. I have been following this thread with great interest and took up half prospecting for my self. There's about fifteen banks in my immediate area and since I don't have the funds to get boxes I buy loose half's and rolls whenever I can. Thus far my efforts have been hampered by another large scale prospector I keep finding his or her marks on half rolls I find. Not to say I have not had good luck. One bank I stopped at I got 2 rolls, one was a skunk and the other had $5 in walkers(in not to shabby a shape either) and $2in 40%. I just wanted to thank the big boys here for introducing me to a great hobby!
Good job! Keep it up, and Welcome to GIM! :getdown:

Storm Chaser 12-11-2009 01:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Meco, isn't 8 boxes of halves like $8000 dollars?

newmisty 12-11-2009 04:17 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$500 a box @ 8 boxes = $4000

Storm Chaser 12-11-2009 04:33 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
foiled again by simple math....:thumb.aspx:

ME CO 12-12-2009 01:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
6.5 boxes worth tonight put out (2) Bens, (2) '64 and (21) 40%ers. Still on a roll, hope the streak continues till Christmas or New Years. Already got more this month than all of November. HH all, Mark
Stormchaser if you have a paycheck or something coming over $500 order a box, search it and dump it then pay bills- next time do the same. That is what I did when I started, that and a major change in my spending habits carried me for a good while. Seems too slow at first but it all adds up. Later I sold something dear to me to finance what I'm doing now and I been rolling that money over and over for two years. Good luck to ya.

jersey devl 12-12-2009 07:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I HATE DIMES...just had to say that.

The bank that calls me when the bags are full had another bag-o-dimes yesterday...took me like 5 hrs to look through it,all for 4 silvers (same as last bag) 1 merc and 3 rosies...Im thinkin' about cancelling the dimes from the list.
I havent done any halves since that bag with all the Franklins...I have 2 weeks off at Christmas from one job maybe Ill get a haul then. HH everyone!

Storm Chaser 12-12-2009 01:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went out lookin' today with $40 and not a effing thing! all the banks are cleared out, somebody went on a buying spree. One bank did have something, but they blatantly told me a prospector had dropped them off so I politely declined. I think I am going to have till the 28 when a teller comes back from vacation and I can get at her stash in her safe. That or buy a box next paycheck.

DA1984 12-12-2009 05:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Life has been busy so posts have been suffering out of 9 boxes I have pulled 15-40%ers and 3-90%ers

Running totals: 174 Boxes. (Since April 1, 2009).

Barbers: 1
Liberties: 19
Franklins: 50
90%: 131
40%: 797
74DDO: 5

Returns:
B34 = B21-2; B22. B45 = B16; B17; B18-4; B19-3; B30. B48 = B19-3; B20-5. B50 = B27; B28-3; B29. B51 = B15-2; B16; B17; B18-3; B19-3; B20. B54 = B49-22; B50-25; B51-3. B58 = B36-2. B60 = B45-31; B46-27; B47. B61 = B17-2. B63 = B16; B27-5; B28-6; B29-3; B30; B31. B65 = B16; B17-2; B53-2; B54-4. B66 = B54-3. B70 = B30; B31; B50; B57-2; B58-3. B71 = B54. B72 = B28; B43; B53-5; B55-5; B56-5. B75 = B35; B36-3. B77 = B29. B79 = B18; B20; B35, B36. B80 = B50. B85 = B17; B30; B66; B69. B86 = B49-3; B50. B87 = B69. B88 = B17; B53-7; B54-17. B89 = B34-2. B90 = B15; B17; B49-2. B91 = B15; B28. B92 = B15, B70-3; B71. B93 = B69; B70-8; B71-3. B95 = B15; B33; B35; B74-11; B76-4. B96 = B18; B19; B33; B34-2; B35-2; B73; B74; B76-6. B97 = B30; B60; B64; B66. B98 = B16; B33-2; B34; B36-2; B73; B74-4; B76-4. B99 = B74; B76-2. B100 = B60; B62; B63; B64-5; B66; B68-2. B101 = B27; B30; B72-3. B102 = B84-9; B92-2. B103 = B27; B33-3; B34-3. B104 = B20; B75. B105 = B84-3; B92-2. B106 = B35; B53; B68. B107 = B22. B108 = B60-3; B62; B84; B92. B109 = B23; B66. B110 = B62; B90. B111 = B28-2; 53-9; B54-31; B55-4; B56-6. B116 = B23-3; B24; B25. B120 = B11; B12-3; B13; B23-4; B24-2. B121 = B24-2; B70. B123 = B110-6; B111-16; B112-2; B113. B124 = B24; B25; B89; B71; B115. B125 = B108-18; B116-39. B126 = B19; B66; B102; B103; B107-6; B111; B115-6. B127 = B17; B22; B33; B37-2. B128 = B26; B57; B77; B78-2; B103. B129 = B69; B91-2; B100-2. B130 = B53; B60; B66; B77; B78; B107. B131 = B60-3; B100-2. B133 = B59-9; B97-6; B99-3. B134 = B44. B140 = B97; B98-3; B99-2. B141 = B12; B51-7; B52. B143 = B45-9; B46-8. B145 = B76; B81; B83; B94-3; B95; B96; B102; B107-2. B146 = B49; B71; B75-4; B77; B80; B82. B147 = B45-3; B46. B148 = B60. B149 = B17; B51-5; B52-8; B53. B150 = B23-7; B24-3; B24; B63; B69; B111. B151 = B22. B152 = B20; B65. B153 = B13; B66; B67; B90. B154 = B16; B26; B50; B91; B100-5. B155 = B23-3; B24-6; B26; B63; B67; B111-3. B156 = B89-2; B90. B157 = B131-3; B132-7; B138-10. B158 = B42; B57; B75; B80; B95; B96; B107; B126-2. B160 = B58; B67; B68; B80; B87; B88-2. B161 = B118. B162 = B109. B163 = B23; B24; B100-2; B101-14; B109; B110-3. B164 = B20. B165 = B61; B69; B93-5. B166 - B79; B85; B96-2; B115-3; B126; B129. B167 - B30; B75; B100; B101; B109; B110-2. B168 - B85; B86; B95-2; B115; B129. B169 - B61; B159-3; B160. B170 - B68-2; B79; B81; B114. B171 - B25-2; B26-2; B27; B77-3; B78-4. B173 - B69; B93-2; B94-2; B96-2; B112-2; B123-2. B174 - B96; B99.

bonaparte 12-12-2009 05:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
OK I just read the last few pages here, and what the heck I might as well give it a try.

So it sounds like you buy boxes at one bank and drop off at another. Cool. Is there a way to get a lot of boxes at one time (think 40 or so). Or better yet could I just go to a Federal Reserve bank and ask for 100 boxes?

And then drop off. I guess you open a bank account (maybe in a city a few miles away?) and deposit them over time and then repeat the process again and again?

So do you just ask your source bank to order boxes for you? Will they willingly do this for you again and again, or will they eventually ask you to leave?

Just curious.

P.S. I got $50 in halves yesterday for a Christmas fundraiser and looked at them before I gave them up. 4-40% in there. How I wish now I had looked at halves when I was a kid instead of going through thousands of dollars in pennies looking for the wheaties.

newmisty 12-12-2009 06:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
With questions like those, I'd start reading at the beginning of the thread.

If only I had known as well when I was a kid. :( But better late then never! :)


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Storm Chaser 12-13-2009 12:33 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I guess this doesn't count as prospecting, but I did have a costumer come in and get some food. He asked if we took dollar coins. "Of course I said, we take all forms of us money" He drops 2 Eisenhower silver dollars on the counter, I heard that silver cling and looked, wouldn't ya know it a 1971 S and a 1971 D! I figured it was at least 40%. I asked the guy if he really wanted to spend them and he said yes he did not need them. So without trying I scored a 40% Dollar!
Heres the two I picked up, if only he had a 1971 P. I had to scan them because my camera is charging.http://goldismoney.info/forums/pictu...682272&thumb=1

ME CO 12-13-2009 10:23 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congrats on that- anything you get at face value counts in my book. I have probly bought $1K Ikes looking for silver and only found 1 myself so ya done good. HH Mark

newmisty 12-13-2009 01:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thats great SC.

You at a resteraunt/deli or Convienience store? I know some of them end up seeing all sorts of crazy money.

Talked to a Resteraunt manager friend the other day and he told me about some guy that paid with 3 $5 silver certificates. Of course he snatched them right up!

ALWAYS be on the look-out. ;)

Storm Chaser 12-13-2009 02:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I work at a pizza shop actually. I see alot of 2's and such. The Ikes were a first, even if they were not silver I probably would have snagged them.

ME CO 12-13-2009 10:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bonaparte (Post 2072587)
OK I just read the last few pages here, and what the heck I might as well give it a try.

So it sounds like you buy boxes at one bank and drop off at another. Cool. Is there a way to get a lot of boxes at one time (think 40 or so). Or better yet could I just go to a Federal Reserve bank and ask for 100 boxes?

And then drop off. I guess you open a bank account (maybe in a city a few miles away?) and deposit them over time and then repeat the process again and again?

So do you just ask your source bank to order boxes for you? Will they willingly do this for you again and again, or will they eventually ask you to leave?

Just curious.

P.S. I got $50 in halves yesterday for a Christmas fundraiser and looked at them before I gave them up. 4-40% in there. How I wish now I had looked at halves when I was a kid instead of going through thousands of dollars in pennies looking for the wheaties.
In answer to your questions I would say to go to your main bank and ask them to order you a couple boxes-test the waters. And since you mention getting 100 boxes sounds like $$$ isn't an object- an envious position to be in. You can generally get your main bank to do major favors for major account holders. Also nobody gets near the "Federal Reserve" banks but the Armored car services, you can theoretically order straight from some Armored car services and pay their fees. If I could afford 100 boxes at once I would love to get a whole pallet, but if I was just startin out I would start out slow and do some more research. Every area is different. Let me know whats on the bottom of that pallet. HH Mark

BobtheTomato 12-14-2009 04:38 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Found a war nickel in the soda change at work today. I am now about 92 cents richer. Yippie!

SLV>GLD 12-14-2009 04:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This week's box was a skunk. Hopefully my christmas box will have some gifts from the silver santa in it.

Storm Chaser 12-15-2009 01:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Picked up a roll from one of my banks. Had less silver in it gold in fort Knox.

ME CO 12-15-2009 09:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Not a lot but some. 6 boxes put out (1) Walker (Filled a hole in my book), (2) '64 and (10) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

newmisty 12-15-2009 09:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice ones.

77shovelhead 12-17-2009 06:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I went to a bank today that I haven't been to in 5 months. Used to ask for halves every week. After they didn't have any for several weeks, I stopped asking. I didn't even ask today and the usual teller handed me a roll and 7 singles. Got a 1945,1964 and a 1968. Not bad for not even asking.

ME CO 12-18-2009 07:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good night last night. Picked up 8 boxes, 2 had one sliver showing apiece and 1 had 5 showing, it produced (38) 40%ers- got 15 more out of the others for a total of (53). No 90% but still makin silver. HH all, Mark

Pyramid 12-18-2009 09:19 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Double-SKUNKED this week, 3 in a row. I guess I'm due to go back on the SKUNK wagon for awhile, as I had a pretty decent run the past few weeks. I did get a nice 2000 clad proof for what it's worth. Good luck folks.

newmisty 12-18-2009 11:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2082520)
Good night last night. Picked up 8 boxes, 2 had one sliver showing apiece and 1 had 5 showing, it produced (38) 40%ers- got 15 more out of the others for a total of (53). No 90% but still makin silver. HH all, Mark
A thing of beauty! :RockOn:

ME CO 12-19-2009 01:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Silver Santa is till around. About 5.5 boxes tonight paid out (2) Bens and (18) 40%ers. Gotta love them 90%'s. HH all, Mark

Storm Chaser 12-19-2009 01:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Okay, so you big timers, what do you do with your finds? I remember at one point someone on here kept the 90's and sold the 40's. Do refiners but them, or do you just keep them stashed somewhere?

77shovelhead 12-19-2009 02:34 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm not a big timer, but if it's silver or unusual, I keep it.

lumpOgold 12-19-2009 03:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
What do you do with those clad coins? Do you just dump them back on th bank? Or do you spend them at th supermarket? I would like to spend them at the local beer emporium...

SLV>GLD 12-19-2009 09:26 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I keep all the silver. I plan to sell the 40% when it will garner 10X face. The 90% is in the forever hold department.
The clads I mostly dump because spending a thousand every week or so in halves would be a PITA if for no more reason than having to carry them around. I do, however, always have $20-$30 of them and spend them as tips.

ME CO 12-19-2009 03:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I sell my 40%ers when I get 4 or 500. I been lucky to have a guy who buys them all at melt since the local shops here don't even want them. Some guys have good local shops that will pay $2 so check around. Some refiners buy them, APMEX buys in $1Kfv lots, Bullion Direct Nucleo Exchange. Lots of places, the higher quantity the better.
As for the dumps I am blessed with 7 branches w/ coin counter in the lobby, I have to dump 2-4K a day to keep this perpetual motion machine going. That would be more beer than even I could drink.
HH all, Mark

ME CO 12-22-2009 01:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Rough night tonight- 6 boxes, nada silva. Hope for better tomarrow. HH Mark

jersey devl 12-22-2009 04:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Happy birfday to me...went out for a small road trip with the wife and picked up 17-40% and 3-90%,2-'64 and a walker that is so worn I cant read the date...and the best part (I never thought it would happen to me) is I picked up a 1921 Morgan in almost AU shape,the teller said the typical old lady brought them in and didnt have time to bother going to a coin shop,she had about 10 but would only give me the one...Im not a member at that bank so I couldnt complain...pics later but Im goin' out to drink now!HH

Storm Chaser 12-22-2009 11:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Hot diggity damn dude!^^
Scored a Morgan how bout' that?

ME CO 12-23-2009 12:10 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congrats on the Morgan and the other silva. Road trips are so frustrating for ME here, too much competition. I still make myself stop sometimes but never very fruitful and now that I pick up boxes 6 days a week I don't take the trips I used too.
Had a little luck tonight, 1 box out of 4 gave up (2) '64 and (5) 40%ers. HH Mark

gilmoujr 12-23-2009 03:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I got (1) 40%er out of $120 today from the local bank... Brings my ratio down a bit but, Meh... I'll take it... At least it wasn't a total skunk.

Loved the way it sounded when I dropped it into the box with the rest.

Does anyone else feel like a pirate when hoarding the silver like this... I told my wife today that I loved "staring at me booty..."

Apocalypto 12-23-2009 03:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gilmoujr (Post 2091225)
I told my wife today that I loved "staring at me booty..."
That's funny, because I told my wife today that I love staring at her booty!


:cry1:

jingles 12-23-2009 05:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Some of you sound discouraged, I would say, "Don't give up!" Don't chat much here, but I check in almost every day.
I used to do the prospecting thing years ago, back then there was lots of silver in them. I stopped because of the hassles and returns.
Well two days ago thought I would try it again. Yesterday I tried three banks: $125.00, yielded 2 90's(1 was a Ben), and 5 40's.
Today: 5 banks, $36.00 yielded 3 90's, and 5 40's. One bank had $300.00 that had already been checked.
Seems like there is still lots out there. Keep in mind law of averages. 433.5 mil 90, and 849 mil 40's coined. Still lots out there I think.

ME CO 12-24-2009 08:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got some last night, out of 6 boxes 2 paid out about evenly for a total of (2) '64, a Ben and (12) 40%ers. Still got 2 boxes to go through and dump sos I can pickup 10 more boxes this Christmas Eve- Silver Santa can't show up if the boxes arent here.
HH all, Mark

jersey devl 12-24-2009 08:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Sorry no pics on the morgan but the wife made me pick up and I put her away...you've all seen them anyways sooooooo,made my day anyways!
I never stopped the dime orders so they called me last night to get a $1000 bag from the machine=10 silver Rosies... better than the last 2 bags and I had nothing better to do while the wife was watching "A Christmas Carol"


Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

ME CO 12-25-2009 09:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well one of my vault tellers went on vacation so I only got 8 boxes on the Eve, did 2 boxes last night and got (1) 40%. Did the other 6 boxes tonight and Silver Santa showed up! One box had (28) 40%ers and a '64, a couple others held a few for a total of (3) '64 and (36) 40%ers. Brings ME to within 3 ozt of my goal for the year. HH all, Mark


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SLV>GLD 12-26-2009 10:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
2 Christmas boxes:

1st yielded (4) '64 Kens and (18) 40% - What a fun box!
2nd = Skunk

Looking forward to another box next week.

ME CO 12-27-2009 09:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2094608)
2 Christmas boxes:

1st yielded (4) '64 Kens and (18) 40% - What a fun box!
2nd = Skunk

Looking forward to another box next week.
See, Silver Santa can't show up if we don't do our part and buy the boxes. Glad you got a fun one, congrats. Every time I get skunked I just think I'm that much closer to the next "fun" one, I "have" to look at it that way or I would quit. Again congrats, Mark

ME CO 12-27-2009 09:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Silver Santa is still showing up at my house- think I was real high on the "Nice List" this year haha. Last night was alot of fun, picked up my 8 boxes yesterday and 4 had one or two slivers showing. I went through 7 of them and only one was a skunk, one I saved for today is showing. Nice totals with (2) Walkers (one for my Dansco), (5) '64 and (54) 40%ers.
Surpassed my "settle for" goal for the year (920), now to see how close I can come to the "K" goal.
Hope everyone had a good Christmas, now get out there and make a last ditch effort to finish out the year with a bang. I myself have 24 more boxes to pickup before the stroke of midnight at the years end. HH all, Mark

ME CO 12-27-2009 10:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good last box for the weekend paid out another Walker, Ben, (3) '64 and (14) 40%ers. Also did 6 dime boxes and got (4) Rosies and a Merc for my trouble. So turned out to be a 15 ozt weekend. HH all, Mark

ME CO 12-29-2009 12:54 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
A few oz closer today. 8 boxes put out (2) Bens, (2) '64, and (9) 40%ers. 16 boxes to go. HH all, Mark

ME CO 12-29-2009 11:19 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nother good night- wish I had doubled some orders for today. 4 boxes gave up (28) 40%ers and (5) '64. Two more days to hunt this year, 12 boxes and see whatever else I can scrounge up. HH all, Mark

newmisty 12-29-2009 11:50 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
GL>....


Just got an account at BOA....gonna order a box tomorrow.

ME CO 12-30-2009 08:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by newmisty (Post 2100022)
GL>....


Just got an account at BOA....gonna order a box tomorrow.
May beginners luck shine down on you. I remember my first box, it had one '64 and (4) 40% and I was stoked. HH Mark

Pyramid 12-31-2009 09:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Evidently I was not "good" this year, as no visit from Silver Santa here. My 2 boxes did not show up last week and this weeks' boxes didn't make up for it. I got 1-40% in the last roll of box 1, the second was a skunk. Happy hunting and happy New Year all...time to have a cold one, maybe 2, maybe more, many more. Cheers to a better year of prospecting in 2010.

ME CO 01-01-2010 09:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
:beer: to you as well Pyramid. Yesterday was kindof a let down, happy with what I got just expected more after looking at the roll ends. One box had 3 Bens showing (2 were on one roll), that box put out 6 Bens. Another box had 1 Ben showing and that was all that was in the box. Did 4 other boxes= skunks, save 2 boxes for today maybe I'll find something in them to start the year. So I ended the year with 946ozt. I plan to play the game till we go cashless so we shall see what 2010 brings.
Happy New Year everyone & HH, Mark

SLV>GLD 01-01-2010 11:50 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
My New Year's box was the best ever: (16) 40%, (6) '64 90% and (2) Franklins. Woot!

luft97 01-01-2010 12:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2103699)
My New Year's box was the best ever: (16) 40%, (6) '64 90% and (2) Franklins. Woot!
Nice find! I haven't done any prospecting since the move, I need to get back into the game.

ME CO 01-02-2010 11:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
First silva of 2010, 3 boxes put out one Ben and (4) 40%ers. Have to do the other 5 boxes tomarrow. HH all, Mark:coolbeer:

ME CO 01-05-2010 12:02 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
5 boxes yesterday= NADA!
8 boxes tonight, a few held some goodies. Came up with a Walker, (4) Bens and (6) 40%ers. HH all, Mark

ME CO 01-05-2010 11:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I knew Santa was holding out on ME. 2 boxes each from 2 different banks today, one bank always has tape on the ends don't know if the bank is doing it. But opened one and had 6 slivers showing, flipped it over and had 5 more showing on the bottom (3 rolls had both ends). That box had (3) '64 and (70) 40%ers, the other 3 boxes gave up another half dozen 40%. I remember last Tuesday I got one pretty good box from that bank, very strange as both banks use Loomis. Hope there's some more of them cause thems the fun ones.
I likes gettin a troy LB a day.
HH all, Mark

ME CO 01-07-2010 12:38 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I must have Santa by the short hairs cause he's payin ME good tryin to get away. Todays good box looked like yesterdays and paid out (4) '64 and (111) 40%ers, 3 other boxes gave up (3) Bens and (15) more 40%ers. 8 more boxes tomarrow (1 bank), wonder ifn I can get another goodun. HH all, Mark

newmisty 01-07-2010 01:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Holy F@!K!!

Shouldn't even bother posting after that...but I was at the bank the other day and spotted a 1944 quarter set aside inside the coin holder at the teller station. I asked the guy handling my transaction if I could get the quarter. He said no because it wasn't his station! It was the vault tellers and she was at lunch.

So i ran a few more errands and went back 40 min later and she still wasn't there! So I went home with my tail between my legs so to speak.

It was bugging me so much that that little bugger would go to someone else that I made another trip a while later with the great excuse of picking up a registered parcel at the nearby PO that is right across the street.

I walked into the bank and up to the teller and said, "I'd like that 1944 quarter please."

She said, "How did you know about my 44?!"

Turns out she pulls them aside for a customer but gave it to ome for two dimes and a nickle!

SHe also said that she hasn't seen a silver half in a long time and that bank doesn;t order them for the reasons posted above by ME CO. LOL

newmisty 01-07-2010 01:12 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Oh, and I didn;t get my box yet as I ended up scooping up a couple good deals on the Fee-bay.

Going to part with some PM's to get a few boxes however as reading ME CO's posts is prooving too much for me to be a casual observer!

JOE SIXPACK 01-07-2010 06:25 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

2 $500 boxes of cwi wrapped rolls yielded,

1 '64 and 1 '91-s commemorative mount rushmore golden anniversary proof half dollar. http://goldismoney.info/forums/showp...1&postcount=12


J6P

Pyramid 01-07-2010 08:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nothing great to report here, but it was nice to add a small amount of Ag to the stack and get off the skunk wagon, at least temporarily. My 50th career box gave up my very first Walking Liberty and one 40%er. Box 2 of 2 for the week had one '64 and one 40%er.

A far cry from what ME CO is pulling right now, but above average for me, so I'm pleased with this week's take. Silver is coming down faster on ME CO than the snow is where I'm at. Maybe I should give him my weekly allocation of $1K to get an extra 2 boxes and split the proceeds.

supn9 01-08-2010 12:01 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 2113952)
today's results:

2 $500 boxes of cwi wrapped rolls yielded,

1 '64 and 1 '91-s commemorative mount rushmore golden anniversary proof half dollar. http://goldismoney.info/forums/showp...1&postcount=12


J6P
Wow, nice find. Congrats!

supn9 01-08-2010 01:41 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Found a 1945 war nickel today in change. Its got a big S on the reverse. The reverse is a little bit worn. But hey! Ill take it.

Was pretty excited. This is my first one. I gave it a ring test and it checked, And, it made for a nice chat during meal time.

ME CO 01-08-2010 08:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
8 boxes yesterday, not alot but got some. (2) '64 and (14) 40%ers. See ifn I can find another of them real good ones today. HH all, Mark

newmisty 01-08-2010 01:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
G/L

Joe, great score on the s- Commemorative!! Sweet score!

ME CO 01-09-2010 12:49 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
$4K today done ME pretty good again. (2) Walkers, (6) Bens, (7) '64 and (26) 40%ers. Gotta love them 90%. Hard to believe 8 days into 2010 and I've almost got 50 oz already. HH all, Mark

ME CO 01-11-2010 12:21 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had a good weekend, don't remember specifically what I got but added 5 ozt to the pile. One of my lil teller gfs gave ME a silver dime she found on Saturday, that was a nice way to start it off. HH all, Mark

supn9 01-13-2010 06:45 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Interesting thread:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,293366.0.html

newmisty 01-13-2010 01:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Vewy Intewesting.

Pyramid 01-13-2010 04:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I'm not sure what to make of this other than the gubbermint can and will follow your every move for "suspicious" behavior. Prospecting/hoarding/collecting coins = suspicious, give me a break.

I think this guy was targeted by the NCIS only because he's in the Navy and most in the military don't make much money and probably don't make a lot of bank transactions. The military is on high alert because of that guy that went postal a few months ago for suspected terrorists and submersives. However, a couple of good lessons that apply from this:
--$10K in currency transactions are red flags to the gubbermint, as are apparently frequent transactions less that $10K. Keep those dumps small if possible.
--Proper recycling and disposal of boxes and rolls is a must. Burn, shred, or recycle them well hidden in another nondescript bag or box. Take them somewhere else to recycle or throw away, not your house or place of work.

supn9 01-13-2010 04:51 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 2124512)
Prospecting/hoarding/collecting coins = suspicious, give me a break.
Yep. Sometimes the banks want proof that its for a business or something. They think that no one today collects half dollars or will want half dollars in 1k-2k amounts. And as a result because theres no paper work for this or you cannot provide proof of business...they think its suspicious. And saying its for coin collecting, can sometimes not work with some bankers.

It also plays on how the tellers will re-act. Some tellers know its for coin collecting and even help out. And some just get too suspicious easily. http://imgur.com/pNJlW.gif This is exactly why ill break the rules of CRHing sometimes and just say its for coin collecting. Because if i don't they just go :wub:


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ME CO 01-13-2010 05:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I wondered about that black Suburban parked out by my trash cans. I told my tellers the Gubermint didn't want ME giving them candy anymore- that didn't go over very well now that they're all chocolate junkies. Guess I'll just have to take my chances. HH Mark

Barrettone 01-13-2010 09:59 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Two boxes tonight...skunked...

Pyramid 01-14-2010 08:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Back on the road to Skunkville, double-skunked this week.

FYI, those of you planning on picking up and/or dumping on Monday, you will not be able to do so as it's an official bank holiday (Dr. MLK Jr. Day). Enjoy the day off from work and/or prospecting duties, whichever may apply. Good luck folks.

CajunCoin 01-15-2010 05:49 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just stopped off at the bank, got 2 40% in a 60 dollar dump. Not bad.

SLV>GLD 01-17-2010 10:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
This week's box produced (3) 90% ('64 Kens)

I'm upset because I was supposed to have 4 boxes waiting on me and I was to get 2 of those. My pet teller quit. She was the one who ordered my boxes. She had also told me they did not do this for anyone else and I was an exception to the rule. I'm trying to butter up the new head teller and get her to follow the same idea but it remains to be seen if she will continue to order boxes for me. This could be a big problem.

newmisty 01-17-2010 11:35 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That sucks. Good luck.

occamsrazor 01-24-2010 09:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just went to my local Chase and asked if I could order a 500$ box of Kennedy halves. They said I have to go to the Federal Reserve to get them but I can dump them at the Chase (I`m in NYC). Could anyone say where I could order halves besides that foul place?

PS. I saw 2 teenagers of brownish complexion depositing about 2k worth of the new small dollar coins. My guess is they broke into a Metro North ticket machine which gives change in these coins.

ME CO 01-24-2010 11:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
NY must be a tough place to CRH, I believe AGRO was having trouble getting any orders there as well.
Been slim pickins for the most part here. On Dec 6 I dumped 150 nice proofs and over 60 1987 p&d's, they started showing up last week, pulled out 20 or 30 proofs and I've seen at least a dozen '87 in the last week. Hope the down cycle don't last too long. HH Mark

Pyramid 01-25-2010 01:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Slow going here as well. Last week produced 2 "tease" boxes. You know, the ones with 1 measly 40% in each...enough to keep you going but barely enough to justify the time and gas. Better than skunks though.

Better yet, I just finished a truly exceptional $50 bag of cents that was loaded with coppers, mostly from the 70's. Somebody must have cashed in a collection to my benefit. Not very many Wheaties, but with 47.4% Cu I'm not complaining! This puts me over the 1/4 ton mark.
:beer:

ME CO 01-27-2010 12:36 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Feel like I hit the lottery today. One box had two showing sos I saved that one for last, got (12) 40%ers and (11) '64's, almost forgot what silver looked like haha. Then at the coin club meeting tonight I won a 1992 Silver proof set, I don't know what them things cost but I bet that Kennedy would look sweet in my Dansco haha. Also another plus at the meeting I auctioned off $4 worth of pennies for $8.75 and about $5 worth of clad that went for $20, granted there were a couple IH and two Buffalo nicks but come on, the rest were just proofs and junk. So I'm feelin pretty good tonight. HH all, Mark

answer2me 02-01-2010 07:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
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Found this in a box the other day, I dont think it is anything special, just thought it was interesting. The entire coin is colored in gold, (looks like it has been plated), its not a magic marker. It has the dates 1960 on the left and 1985 on the right. Has anyone ever seen one like this before?

SLV>GLD 02-01-2010 08:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
3 boxes this weekend. Looks like my bank connection isn't totally broken yet. Remains to be seen if they automatically order for me as in the past.

First and last boxes were skunks. Funny thing, I could tell they were going to be skunks by the types of edges I was seeing.

The 2nd box turned out (19) 40% and (3) 90% making the average of the 3 boxes fairly standard stuff.

newmisty 02-01-2010 09:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Very interesting...I seem to remember seeing the double dates stamped on a half before(on-line) but don't remember what it was for.

I'm curious to hear others opinions.
Quote:
Originally Posted by answer2me (Post 2157779)
Found this in a box the other day, I dont think it is anything special, just thought it was interesting. The entire coin is colored in gold, (looks like it has been plated), its not a magic marker. It has the dates 1960 on the left and 1985 on the right. Has anyone ever seen one like this before?

Red_Leg 02-01-2010 10:45 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by answer2me (Post 2157779)
Found this in a box the other day, I dont think it is anything special, just thought it was interesting. The entire coin is colored in gold, (looks like it has been plated), its not a magic marker. It has the dates 1960 on the left and 1985 on the right. Has anyone ever seen one like this before?
It's probably an advertising gimmick by a private individual(s). I've never found any halves stamped like that but I did find a clad quarter stamped similar to that.

In my penny sorting I have found several of the Lincoln facing Kennedy pennies. They supposedly were attached to cards sometime in the 70's with a listing of "Astonishing Coincidences" about the similarities of the two presidents. Just a bust of Kennedy stamped into the penny facing Lincoln. Oh, and there would be an advertisement for a local business at the bottom of the card.

I'll keep researching your coin to see if I can find an origin.

ME CO 02-01-2010 10:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of something to do with Kennedy- actually just a scam for some a-holes to charge $24.95 for a gold plated .50 cent piece.

Still plugging away here, just busy busy trying to juggle everything. Had a good month to start the New year- ended up a 1/4oz shy of 100. 100oz monthes are rare as hens teeth these day so it was a nice way to start the year. HH all, Mark

JOE SIXPACK 02-02-2010 01:09 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by answer2me (Post 2157779)
Found this in a box the other day, I dont think it is anything special, just thought it was interesting. The entire coin is colored in gold, (looks like it has been plated), its not a magic marker. It has the dates 1960 on the left and 1985 on the right. Has anyone ever seen one like this before?
yep, i have one too. nothing special IMO but, i hung onto the one i found. yes, i believe it's gold-plated as mine is wearing thin in spots.


J6P

madfranks 02-02-2010 02:28 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Stopped at the local bank to cash a check, lo and behold the bright shiny glisten of silver reflected from the teller's coin holder into my eyes. Blinded by the light, I asked if I could have the three shiny halves; she complied, and I walked out the door with a 66, 67, & 68 40% half. Not a lot, but it made my day!

newmisty 02-02-2010 03:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Awesome. Love it. :)

Pyramid 02-02-2010 07:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2148498)
Feel like I hit the lottery today. One box had two showing sos I saved that one for last, got (12) 40%ers and (11) '64's, almost forgot what silver looked like haha. Then at the coin club meeting tonight I won a 1992 Silver proof set, I don't know what them things cost but I bet that Kennedy would look sweet in my Dansco haha. Also another plus at the meeting I auctioned off $4 worth of pennies for $8.75 and about $5 worth of clad that went for $20, granted there were a couple IH and two Buffalo nicks but come on, the rest were just proofs and junk. So I'm feelin pretty good tonight. HH all, Mark
Hi ME CO:
Congrats on the great scores! According to Red Book (2010), the 1992 silver proof set had a mintage of 1,009,586 sets and the Issue Price was 21 FRN's. As of press (2009), the value was 17 FRN's based on silver at 16 per oz. As of this writing, the POS is 16.75, so your set is "worth" about 17.75 FRN's. Hope this is useful. Good luck folks.

Barrettone 02-02-2010 09:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Two boxes 2nite...got (3) 40%...kinda slow, but better than a sharp stick in the eye...gonna switch to buying nickels for a while with the new composition changes coming...at least it is a sure thing...

answer2me 02-02-2010 11:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Thanks guys! I will keep it and sell it on ebay! we will see how much this is worth on the open market. Should interesting...................

Pyramid 02-04-2010 09:29 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
As usual, nothing great to report as I continue to stink up the joint. Box 1 of 2 for the week was a SKUNK, box 2 of 2 had two 40%'ers, which kept my KEEPER rate at a precarious 1.01 silvers per box. I've now sorted 61.5 boxes over several months, so I feel I have enough of a sample size to validate that I'm pretty much in a "dead zone" for silver halves. Hope the rest of you are doing better; good luck folks.

SLV>GLD 02-04-2010 09:41 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 2163174)
my KEEPER rate at a precarious 1.01 silvers per box. I've now sorted 61.5 boxes over several months, so I feel I have enough of a sample size to validate that I'm pretty much in a "dead zone" for silver halves. Hope the rest of you are doing better
Here's my numbers so far:
36 boxes
Avg 90% per box - 0.6666
Avg 40% per box - 4.0277
Avg keeper per box - 4.6944
Avg SKUNK per box - .3333

Pyramid 02-04-2010 10:03 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
SLV>GLD:
You're obviously doing a lot better than me, so congrats and keep it up as long as it's working for you. Did you vote on the poll "how many half keepers per box" that I started awhile back. If not please do so, it's probably deep in the prospecting thread by now.
Thanx. P

SLV>GLD 02-04-2010 10:08 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I think I voted on a gut feeling and that poll prompted me to actually make a spreadsheet to track my progress. Fortunately, I had posted every find in this thread and a couple hours reading it (time well spent) allowed me to build a spreadsheet I now keep updated.

JOE SIXPACK 02-05-2010 01:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:

2 $500 cwi wrapped boxes yielded no silver but, i got an 1863 one penny coin like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/Coin-Great-Brita...02209015r23817

it is very heavily worn with the date and denomination and a few other features being readable, otherwise it is worn smooth and is black with toning. from what i've been able to ascertain, it's a bronze composition coin. i'll post pix later. oh well, i can put it with my other weird coins found... lol

I would've taken a 90% instead :s1:


J6P

cpthnsolo 02-05-2010 09:56 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 2163174)
I've now sorted 61.5 boxes over several months, so I feel I have enough of a sample size to validate that I'm pretty much in a "dead zone" for silver halves.
If you don't mind me asking, what area do you live in?

Pyramid 02-05-2010 12:36 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cpthnsolo (Post 2163856)
If you don't mind me asking, what area do you live in?
Upper Midwest, good for copper cents, apparently not so good for silver...maybe it's just my local region and CWI distributer(s)

CajunCoin 02-05-2010 05:21 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today, went to the bank and the teller had a silver quarter, two halves and two red seal fives, tellers gave me a good day and I rewarded them with a box of chocolates!

newmisty 02-05-2010 06:06 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
WOW...never thought of red seals being found today.

Did they pull them aside for you personally, or how did you become aware that they were there?


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CQC McDuck 02-06-2010 05:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by answer2me (Post 2157779)
Found this in a box the other day, I dont think it is anything special, just thought it was interesting. The entire coin is colored in gold, (looks like it has been plated), its not a magic marker. It has the dates 1960 on the left and 1985 on the right. Has anyone ever seen one like this before?
I have a clad dime that looks like that. I got it back as change when I made a cash purchase from my local PM dealer about a year ago.

It looks like that because he accidentally dropped it into a jar of cleaning compound that he uses to clean up gold.

Date stamps excluded, my guess is this half dollar suffered a similar fate (and gained some value in the process).

Cheers. :beer:

Hellsbane 02-09-2010 05:02 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Didn't find a 90%er but i did get this glorious 1973s Kennedy Proof Half Dollar, Sunday. I believe that makes it a 40%er. Hate it when folks do that to such beutiful coins, bust them out of their protective cases and spend them like regular coins.

newmisty 02-11-2010 12:31 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Got my 2nd and 3rd box ever today. First boxes from the new area I moved to (far outside of NE)

Have only been through one so far and just HAD to post before breaking into the other box!

27- 40% and 3-90% including a Franklin!

One roll had 6 40%'s !

I've been singing the silver song(basically hooting and hollaring) all night long!!!

What a rush. :)


Thanks for letting me share my glory with yall'

SLV>GLD 02-11-2010 08:03 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Rock on, newmisty!!
Sounds like you're in the right zone for the hobby.
Or... it's just beginner's luck.
Welcome to the addiction.

newmisty 02-11-2010 11:30 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
TY, one secret addiction I'm proud of! ; )

Right, I'm wondering if it's the zone or not too...the 40's were very consistant throughout the rolls so I have a pretty good feeling.

Boxes are not stamped BTW, just the NF and SONS, PA logo printed on the box.

The Q's and Pennies I got were stamped with a Serial # though.

newmisty 02-12-2010 01:20 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Went through the 2nd box tonight!

S K U N K E D!!! Had a feeling it would go like that after the ends showed a few markings. Came across several marked coins throughout the box.

I noted that THIS box had a stamp within the circle mentioned earlier. 5198



Looking forward to the next attempt

Pyramid 02-12-2010 01:26 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Only SEVERAL marked coins per box? I'd consider that a good sign! I sometimes get several marked coins PER ROLL and nearly every roll I've ever searched probably has had at least 1 marked coin. Probably why I stink at this, others beat me to the party. BTW, 1 measly 40% for this weeks 2 boxes.

newmisty 02-12-2010 03:18 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Actually my version of several was more like an average of 1 per roll/

Better luck next box!

Shoota 02-12-2010 09:00 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wow! I just recently became interested in old silver US coins so today I decided to check my stash of change to see if I could find anything.

After looking through two coffee mugs and a small tin can full of change I found a war nickel minted in 1945!
Front view
Rear view

According to coinflation, it is worth 86 cents in silver value! Can anybody estimate how much is its numismatic value? For some reason, finding this coin made my day. I'll start hitting up local banks to see if I can find some halves. Hooah! :5_1_120:

SLV>GLD 02-27-2010 10:27 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Five Boxes:

(3) - S K U N K

(1) - 40%

(1) - 40%

Hard times...

Jake 02-27-2010 07:24 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2201635)
[B]Hard times...
I feel for ya man. It's a labour of love. My wife encouraged me the other day while I was packaging up some 40% for ebay. That's free-time well spent.

By the way, have you noticed that there is some very competative bidding for 40% going on at ebay lately?

Go well, Jake

:shine:

ME CO 02-28-2010 09:44 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SLV>GLD (Post 2201635)
Five Boxes:

(3) - S K U N K

(1) - 40%

(1) - 40%

Hard times...
And the cycle continues. One week (cycle) your eatin steak, next week (cycle) beans.

I lost two banks to fees, that -10 boxes last week really hurt, 8 other boxes didn't come in Friday cause Loomis said they were out of halves- hope they get some good ones in the next shipment from CWI.
Don't know how this will play out, as it was I was searching as much as my competition combined and dumping away (competition all dumps right back into the stream). So if I can't search enough and dump away enough that Loomis doesn't have to order anymore I see the END GAME is near. Still wonder at what point I let the hunting $$$ dwindle and hold all the metal as metal sales pays some bills and recoups $$$.

As to them two banks- they are still online, if I see a real good batch of boxes come in I just have to pony up $5/ and hope its worth it.

4 boxes last night gave up a single 40% albeit a '68S right out of a proof set. HH Mark

Pyramid 03-04-2010 11:53 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Haven't posted in awhile, chiefly b/c there was nothing to report other than living on the edge of Skunk City. I assume others are in the same sinking boat (where is everybody, especially the big boys?)

Anyway, a couple of above-average boxes this week for me. I snatched 1-90% and 6-40% to add a tiny amount of "junk to the trunk," so I'm pleased with this weeks score.

ME CO 03-05-2010 08:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Juggling work and hobby. Had my best box in a week or so yesterday too, had (3) '64 and (9) 40%. The other 7 boxes only added (1) Ben and (2) 40%- I do hope this cycle is short lived. HH Mark

newmisty 03-05-2010 09:39 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Feast or famine eh'?

9- 40's is a good box. I know I was super suprised to find a Ben, that's always a good feeling!

gilmoujr 03-05-2010 05:14 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Somebody cashed in $300 in halves at my local bank some time recently. They all had the same sleeve but there were two different markings on them (one had "E" and the other had "A"). Looked like child's writing. I ran though about half of them only to be skunked (one roll only had 17 halves in it - needless to say I was angry). Anyway, it started to "brighten" up (pardon the intended pun) about half way through. I ended up with (5) 40%ers and (2) 90%ers - one of which was a Franklin. Pretty good haul for only $300 plus it gave the wife and I something to do while we got the oil changed in her car. Off to the bank tomorrow to turn them in and get my money back... Gotta love spending $3.50 and getting $20+ in silver for my troubles.

Free Silver FTW!!!

newmisty 03-05-2010 05:55 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Very nice one!

cpthnsolo 03-05-2010 09:32 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Congrats gilmoujr!

I'm 10 rolls into my first $500 box and so far it's a skunk so hopefully reading your post will change my luck <crosses fingers> :yes:.

JOE SIXPACK 03-06-2010 12:00 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
today's results:
2 $500 boxes of cwi halves...

first box was a total skunk, second box yielded 2 '66s, 1 '67, and 1 '96 proof somewhat circulated.

tough way to make a living, but i'll take it
J6P

gypsybiker45 03-06-2010 06:51 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JOE SIXPACK (Post 2213115)
today's results:
2 $500 boxes of cwi halves...

first box was a total skunk, second box yielded 2 '66s, 1 '67, and 1 '96 proof somewhat circulated.

tough way to make a living, but i'll take it
J6P
I bought a roll of dimes from the bank yesterday that someone had turned in.....5 Mercs!

JOE SIXPACK 03-06-2010 07:37 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gypsybiker45 (Post 2213366)
I bought a roll of dimes from the bank yesterday that someone had turned in.....5 Mercs!

keep on plugging away at it! it's still out there, a bit more scarce though.


J6P

cpthnsolo 03-06-2010 09:29 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I finally ordered my first box of halves this week. It was a total skunk but I'm going to give it one more try before quitting. It will be fun paying for everything this week using halves :).

newmisty 03-06-2010 01:23 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gypsybiker45 (Post 2213366)
I bought a roll of dimes from the bank yesterday that someone had turned in.....5 Mercs!
That's phenomenal!

gilmoujr 03-06-2010 02:47 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Lovely to see how many prospectors we have here... as long as none of you cross into my "territory" it will all be just fine... LOL

It is addicting getting free silver.

Merlin 03-07-2010 10:47 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I know this isn't 90% and you guys who get rolls and boxes of change from the bank probably don't consider sorting through pocket change as legitimate prospecting, but I found a 1944 nickel in my pocket this morning. lt's 35% silver and worth $0.98 at silver's 3/5/2010 price. Yahoo! I feel just like a little kid with presents on Christmas morning.

SLV>GLD 03-07-2010 10:55 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Pocket sorting is prospecting. In fact, it is the first mark of a coin prospector. No matter what degree of coin prospector you are we are all pocket searchers. Also, during the search for 90% silver you may encounter finds of a lower purity. These are not to be ignored or left uncelebrated. Any find is a good find.

gilmoujr 03-07-2010 08:43 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Agreed. I've been "pocket prospecting" since I was about 12 years old but only recently began goingout of my way to get free silver. My kids even "pocket prospect" for me. The other day, my daughter brought home a Buffalo Nickel... not great shape and no silver conent but it is a story she'll have for life.

77shovelhead 03-10-2010 03:46 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I picked up an old cast aluminum pressure canner off the side of the road 3 months ago. I was going to use the wingnuts for a project. Finally got round to taking it apart today and I opened it up. It was full of funky water and corrosion. Just before I chunked it in the scrap pile I thought "what's that cap for?" I took off the cap and it looked like a dime. Looking a little closer I noticed it was a dime. But it didn't look right. It was a silver dime. :applause_

Someone must have used the dime to build up the pressure.

ME CO 03-10-2010 04:39 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Love them free silver dimes. Grats, Mark

Biggman 03-11-2010 02:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Anyone notice a difference between boxes delivered by Loomis vs those by Brinks? I've had fair success with Brinks boxes, but I have been skunked everytime by Loomis, albeit I've only been through 6 or 8 Loomis boxes.


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ME CO 03-11-2010 06:11 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Could be that Loomis is getting all the hunters dumps. Here it doesn't matter, Brinks quit rolling, boxing some time ago and now buys from Loomis to deliver so I get the same boxes from both. HH Mark

WilliamC 03-16-2010 10:06 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I currently have some spare time and am going to do bank drive-buys for the 1/2 dollars.

Yesterday was crazy successful, I purchased $700 of customer wrapped coins from a single branch and found 101 40% half-dollars and 3 1964 90% halves!

Today I am going to dump the remaining halves (~$650) at my old penny-dump bank so I don't have to re-roll them, just bring in a plastic sealed Bank bag. Then I'll get the FRNs from that and hit up new banks all morning/afternoon.

There is a coin store in Memphis fairly close by, Mid-South Coin Co., so I'll run up there this afternoon and see what I can get for 100 40% halves. Current melt value for the silver is $2.52 per coin, I'm going to hold out for 80% of that at least or $2.00 per coin.

Again, yesterday was probably a fluke, I swear at least two of the rolls were nothing but pre-1970 coins! And that is odd in that I found 1965's, 66's, 67's, 68's, and 69's but no 1970 coins. Are they less common?

I'm sure today I'll get completely skunked though!

Pyramid 03-16-2010 10:35 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Wow, that's very impressive.

Yes, the 1970 half dollars are rare. Only 2,150,000 minted, and I believe these were all proofs if I remember correctly.

newmisty 03-16-2010 10:57 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Jeezum William!

Way to go!

JOE SIXPACK 03-16-2010 11:15 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
:23_30_104:


J6P

WilliamC 03-17-2010 07:59 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Ended up getting $1.50 each for the 40% halves at the coin store, not too bad.

Only 60% of melt, but it is just 40% silver and can't easily be refined back to pure.

Went through another ~$800 worth yesterday and only got 4 more 40%.

I knew that the percentages Monday were a fluke, but it was fun while it lasted!

supn9 03-18-2010 08:30 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by WilliamC (Post 2230420)
Ended up getting $1.50 each for the 40% halves at the coin store, not too bad.

Only 60% of melt, but it is just 40% silver and can't easily be refined back to pure.

Went through another ~$800 worth yesterday and only got 4 more 40%.

I knew that the percentages Monday were a fluke, but it was fun while it lasted!
Nice job on the finds. Maybe more in your area.

supn9 03-18-2010 09:13 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Biggman (Post 2222073)
Anyone notice a difference between boxes delivered by Loomis vs those by Brinks? I've had fair success with Brinks boxes, but I have been skunked everytime by Loomis, albeit I've only been through 6 or 8 Loomis boxes.
Brinks boxes are a bit more rare than loomis type boxes. Loomis has String and Sons boxes and they are more common. A lot more.

Brinks boxs might give up a lot of keepers, but so can some loomis boxes. After a while maybe there might not be any differences between the two. They can be skunks or producers. And most of the time brinks will have skunk boxes just as some loomis type boxes.

Brinks might have a different set of coins that they roll though. Because the dumps from loomis type boxes can end up in the String and Sons wrappers again. Unless they all ran out and order some place else.

Biggman 03-22-2010 12:56 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Regarding my previous post about getting skunked with Loomis boxes, well, last week I got two from Loomis and they were the best boxes I have ever gotten. Found a number of Kennedy clad proofs w/cameo, some 6 or 7 Franklins that look proof, plus a good pot of 40 and 90%ers including 4 or 5 walkers. Got more coming this week.....man I hope this holds up, but I have been at it long enough to know it is just a numbers game.

ME CO 03-26-2010 08:15 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Well this month has been nothing to write home about til recently, about a week ago I had a 4 oz night which finally brought my average up to just a hair over an oz/day (wohoo). Then last Tuesday I had a strange box, one roll with silver on each end (Walker & Ken). That roll had the Walker, (3) Bens, and (3) '64, the rest of the box was completely silverless. Of yesterdays 4 boxes 2 showed silver, one had a Ben showing and the other had 7 assorted Kens showing, that was fun. Total take was (12) Bens, (18) '64, and (27) 40%ers, all from them 2 boxes, the other two skunked out. Almost makes ME want to pony up for the fee and get 10 extras for next week and see if I can snag some more. One more thing, few nights ago I got a 1913S Half, pretty smooth but still very readable.
Anyways thats what I have to report, been juggling work and play for the last week and since the play wasn't paying out it was a struggle. I needed a boost to keep ME going. HH all, Mark :RockOn:

ME CO 03-29-2010 12:38 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Had an awesome day today. Sunday is dimes day if I feel like it (still need a '49 for my book), went to every branch in town and was getting shorted so had $$$ to spare so the last two stops I picked up a box of quarters too, rare to find a silver but fun when ya do. Also I like to mix dimes with something else when dumping, so I did a box and a half of dimes and got a box of quarters to do $380 in the same bag. When I openned the quarter box I had a silver showing, when I openned the first roll in the corner there was a silver in there as well. All told 25 of the 50 rolls paid out in silver, several rolls had 4 apiece- total take was 46 silver Washingtons and 2 dateless Standing Liberties (first SLQ's from the wild). Thing was that the first roll had silver and the last one did too, think I will make my rounds again tomarrow and try to get some more boxes, second box today was a dud though. BTW 6 boxes of dimes today paid out 7 Roos.
HH all, Mark

supn9 03-29-2010 01:40 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME CO (Post 2248774)
Had an awesome day today. Sunday is dimes day if I feel like it (still need a '49 for my book), went to every branch in town and was getting shorted so had $$$ to spare so the last two stops I picked up a box of quarters too, rare to find a silver but fun when ya do. Also I like to mix dimes with something else when dumping, so I did a box and a half of dimes and got a box of quarters to do $380 in the same bag. When I openned the quarter box I had a silver showing, when I openned the first roll in the corner there was a silver in there as well. All told 25 of the 50 rolls paid out in silver, several rolls had 4 apiece- total take was 46 silver Washingtons and 2 dateless Standing Liberties (first SLQ's from the wild). Thing was that the first roll had silver and the last one did too, think I will make my rounds again tomarrow and try to get some more boxes, second box today was a dud though. BTW 6 boxes of dimes today paid out 7 Roos.
HH all, Mark

Score on the Quarters. Nice job!

Dimes and Nickles ive gotten. No quarters yet. Not too happy with that. Sooner or later. It'll come up.

Pyramid 03-29-2010 04:37 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
I was depositing some halves at one of my dump banks that I can usually score a bag of cents from, as was the case today. After completing my deposit ticket with 50 FRN's subtracted for the cents, the teller is about to hand me the cash. I told her she already gave it to me. She said "oh, you're right, I would have been looking for that, thank you for being honest."

As much as I would have liked to screw the bank, I would have felt bad because she probably would have had to pony up the till difference personally. Not worth losing a good dump (and pickup) bank over. Good karma for the day.

gilmoujr 03-29-2010 04:44 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Good score on the quarters!

newmisty 03-29-2010 05:34 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That's a crazy score on the Quarters!

SLV>GLD 03-29-2010 08:31 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
(3) Boxes:

(1) 1954 Ben
(1) 1964 Ken
(5) 40%

(2) Skunks

ME CO 03-29-2010 09:01 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyramid (Post 2249645)
I was depositing some halves at one of my dump banks that I can usually score a bag of cents from, as was the case today. After completing my deposit ticket with 50 FRN's subtracted for the cents, the teller is about to hand me the cash. I told her she already gave it to me. She said "oh, you're right, I would have been looking for that, thank you for being honest."

As much as I would have liked to screw the bank, I would have felt bad because she probably would have had to pony up the till difference personally. Not worth losing a good dump (and pickup) bank over. Good karma for the day.
Kudos for that. The teller always has to make up for short drawers. HH Mark

j-son 03-29-2010 09:05 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
i got a 1946 quarter today at walmart.

a good day.

ME CO 03-30-2010 07:48 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Just now got the pics downloaded on the quarters and thought I would share. I took pics of two of the rolls with 4 after that I was too excited to see the total take. HH Mark :RockOn:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...uarters002.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...uarters004.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...uarters006.jpg

newmisty 03-30-2010 08:40 PM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
That is so cool.

gilmoujr 03-31-2010 10:14 AM
Re: Prospecting for 90% silver coins.
 
Nice...:36_1_32v:


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