Hot Streak

[Hawkeye]

I'm a small time hand sorter and I usually pick up around $10 in nickels and $5-10 in pennies every week. I have had some great luck the last few weeks and I thought I'd brag a little. For 3 weeks straight, I managed 1 war nickel out of $10. 3 war nickels out of $30 total is pretty good, I think. This week, I got no silver, but I did get a full date Buffalo, which was cool. And, the even better score: in my $5 of pennies, I got not one but two Indian heads. A slightly rough looking 1900 and a nice looking 1896. It must have been a freak thing, because they were in different rolls and the rolls weren't anything great - a couple wheats and an average amount of copper. Anyway, maybe I should have bought a powerball ticket a few weeks ago.

[inflationhawk]

Congrats! Hand sorting takes a great deal of patience and dedication...you deserve your finds!

[jacer333]

Congrats on the finds....those old timer coins must band together when they meet up in the wild

[dakota1955]

Are you saving any pre-60 nickles also?

[Diggin4copper]

Congrats! Over the past few weeks Ihave snagged 2 Mercs in rolls of dimes, a 40% Kennedy from a teller, and a 1909 Lincoln in a reject tray...

[Hawkeye]

Are you saving any pre-60 nickles also?

I save all my nickels, but I do separate everything pre 64.

[twentybux]

Nice finds especially those wild injuns!

[Dave]

Very nice finds, makes the hand sorting worthwhile with finds like this.

[SilverDragon72]

Sorted a box of pennies tonight. The theme of the 2012 penny is in this latest batch. I still have 2 more boxes left to sort. Interestingly enough, although more than 50 percent of the pennies are 2012, I'm still finding a decent amount of coppers. I found 5 wheats and 5 Canadians in this box. I've nearly filled up one tube full of wheat pennies so far