*Official February 2011 Half Dollars and Other Coins

[bankmining]

$415 CWR and loose halves, 2 - 40%'s

[BamaJoe]

Half Box #67 - Skunk

Half Box #68 - Skunk

Half Box #69 - Skunk

Believe that's 25 skunks out of the last 30 boxes and 12 out of the last 12.

[beauanderos]

Half Box #67 - Skunk

Half Box #68 - Skunk

Half Box #69 - Skunk

Believe that's 25 skunks out of the last 30 boxes and 12 out of the last 12.

You're searching your own returns back and forth from the pallet they're disbursed from, and will likely see more skunks until someone unwittingly flushes more silver back into circulation. My finds on the West Coast have dried up as well, and I'm starting to encounter entire 2001 rolls, which I've never seen before, which tells me we've taken on more searchers in my area and broken into a new pallet. It's discouraging, but if you don't persevere, someone else will pluck the returns.

[jtlee321]

It does indeed appear to be drying up out there.. It is here as well. Here is a report for the yesterday and today.

2/10/11

Box #1 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #2 $500.00 Halves (1 90% and 1 40%)
(1) 1964
(1) 1968-D

Box #3 $500.00 Halves (1 40%)
(1) 1967-D

Box #4 $500.00 Halves (1 90% and 1 40%)
(1) 1964-D
(1) 1965

$164.00 Halves from coin counter (1 40%)
(1) 1967
(1) Canadian $2.00 Toonie


Today's results 2/11/11

Box #1 $500.00 Halves (1 40%)
(1) 1969-D

Box #2 $500.00 Halves (1 40%)
(1) 1967

Box #3 $500.00 Halves (1 40%)
(1) 1966

Box #4 $500.00 Halves (3 40%)
(1) 1966
(1) 1967
(1) 1968-D

Box #5 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #6 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #7 $500.00 Halves (2 40%)
(1) 1965
(1) 1968-D

Box #8 $500.00 Halves (12 40%)
(1) 1965
(3) 1966
(5) 1967
(3) 1968-D

Box #9 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #10 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #11 $500.00 Halves (1 90% and 6 40%)
(1) 1964
(1) 1965
(2) 1966
(3) 1968-D

Box #12 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #13 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #14 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #15 $500.00 Halves (1 40%)
(1) 1967

Box #16 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #17 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #18 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

I have 6 more boxes tomorrow and 8 more boxes coming in on Monday hopefully I can just plow through these dry boxes and skunks and hit some more pay dirt.. I hope that volume will be key..

[beauanderos]

I have 6 more boxes tomorrow and 8 more boxes coming in on Monday hopefully I can just plow through these dry boxes and skunks and hit some more pay dirt.. I hope that volume will be key..

Volume is indeed key to finding more. However... the "more" that you find means that you will find more of the existing coins in circulation than the other searchers who search fewer boxes than you (odds favor that) and not that your current finds will total more than previous months... no matter how much you search. We are a nationwide forum, and there's only maybe two monster finds per month, the rest are about 50/50 one or two coins/skunk. It's reaching a point in my area where I might decide I have better things to do than search two boxes for one 40%.

[rakattack]

$250 BWR Dimes
1964 Ros
1964 Ros
1961 Ros
1948 Ros
1944S Merc

Best $250 in a while

$500 BWR Dimes
1952 Ros

$.50 Teller Halves
1966 40%er

[scrapper2010]

$5.00 in halves from teller tray
Skunk

1 half dollar roll from teller drawer
(2)1964
(2)1965
(1)1966
(2)1967
(1)1968

$250 CWR halves
Skunk

[Heartkill]

$6.00 teller tray halves - skunk

$500 NF String half box - skunk

[zerocd]

1-Box Niks
1-WN


4-Boxes Halves

Box 1
1-67'
1-69D
2-2002D
1-2004S DCAM


Box 2
1-64'
1-67'
1-68D
1-69D
1-2008P

Box 3
skunk+
1-Obama sticker half!

Box 4
5-67'
5-66'
1-69D
1-1988S DCAM
1-1986 Ellis Island Clad

0CD

[CardsNCoins]

$500 Box #33 - Brink
2 - 1968

$500 Box #34 - Brinks
Skunk

$500 Box #35 - Brinks
1 - 1969

$500 Box #36 - Brinks
Skunk

Luckily when I dumped most of that today I found 4 silver dimes in the reject tray of the coin machine. They were 1952, 1957, 1964 and a 1944 Merc.

[CardsNCoins]

$250 String box of dimes:
1 - 1964

[BamaJoe]

Let the good times roll.

Half Box #70 - Skunk

Half Box #71 - Skunk

Half Box #72 - Skunk

25 of the last 30 boxes came in as skunks and 15 of the last 15.

One possible ray of sunshine in the mix. When I picked up my last 14 boxes on Thursday 8 were out of the same batch all the skunks were coming from. Very light color on the box and no 4 digit number stamped on the box. The other 6 which I'm saving for last were several shades darker on the color and had the a 4 digit number stamped on them. Hopefully those will bring me a change of luck. Just 2 more boxes to go before I hit the different ones.

[jtlee321]

I have 6 more boxes tomorrow and 8 more boxes coming in on Monday hopefully I can just plow through these dry boxes and skunks and hit some more pay dirt.. I hope that volume will be key..

Volume is indeed key to finding more. However... the "more" that you find means that you will find more of the existing coins in circulation than the other searchers who search fewer boxes than you (odds favor that) and not that your current finds will total more than previous months... no matter how much you search. We are a nationwide forum, and there's only maybe two monster finds per month, the rest are about 50/50 one or two coins/skunk. It's reaching a point in my area where I might decide I have better things to do than search two boxes for one 40%.

I realize that I have had some incredible luck with pulling some silver last month. But to keep up some decent numbers I will need to work in volume. Luckily my job affords me time during the day to go to the banks and pick-up the halves as well as the evenings to sort through them. Most of the time when I do road trips it is because of work and therefor the gas and most expenses are on them. So I look at roll searching as a part time job. The hours are flexible and typically the pay has been higher than unemployment.




Didn't get a chance to pickup the 6 boxes today. I did get a couple bags from some coin counters though..

$180.00 Halves CWR and BWR
Skunk

$186.00 Halves from a coin counter.
Skunk

$201.00 Halves from another coin counter (1 90% and 6 40%)
(1) 1964-D
(2) 1965
(1) 1967
(1) 1968-D
(1) 1969-D
(1) 1970-D

I think someone dumped a JFK Album collection. This is the second 70-D I have found this year. The Silver Halves are in AU-BU condition.

The teller told me that they had another bag of halves that had been pulled not too long ago. Said I could call on Monday to pick it up. I will keep my fingers crossed that someone was dumping a collection (Maybe a folder of Walkers and Franklin's are in the other bag!!) .

[gravybro]

One more Loomis box of halves to close the week: '64, '67 x 2, '68D, '69D

Total: one 90% and 4 40%.

[Country]

The latest SILVER stats for February have been posted. Look to the first post of this thread to get the details. Always look to the line just before the Kitco quotes to see the last post that was included in the latest update.

[zerocd]

2-Boxes Niks

Box 1
silver skunk
1-1920S(barely) Buf

Box 2
4-WN
1-1936 Buf

All but one war nickel was in the last two rolls. Never had a roll with two in it before.

0CD

[CardsNCoins]

$250 String box of dimes
1 - 1962

$250 String box of dimes
1 - 1953
1 - 1962

$250 String box of dimes
1 - 1964

[AGCoinHunter]

$2k in bagged halves, both skunks.

[Dano]

My first string box of halves. Not bad!
1 1964
3 40%

Ooops! when rolling these back up, i found one more 40% that i missed. Must be losing my touch!
New total for box is:
1 1964
2 1968-D
2 1969-D

[PreservingThePast]

Report on dimes searched:

$125.00 -- 25 CWRs

Silver dimes found - one -- 1/1956
2009 dimes found - six -- 6/P mint mark
Other found - nine -- 8/2010P US Dimes; 1/1982S Proof Dime--This is the second proof dime I have found while searching rolls since July, 2008, and I found it less than one month after finding the first one. :D


Other stats: One roll shorted ten cents

Overage/shortage total: Shorted ten cents

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.

[zerocd]

1-Box Niks
3-WN

0CD

[gothboi30]

$250 NF String box of dimes

3 silver Roosies

'60, '63D, '64

Only my 2nd box of dimes ever w/ 3 silvers in it

[beauanderos]

Box 1,2,3
skunks

Box 4
1961
1963
1967
1968

Box 5, 6
skunks

Box 7
1967
1969

Box 8
1964
1967 x 4
1968 x 5

Box 9,10
skunks

[jtlee321]

Well I got a little silver today!

Bank #1
$261.00 Halves from coin counter (1 40%)
(1) 1966

Bank #2
$490.50 Halves from coin counter
Skunk

Bank #3
Box #1 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #2 $500.00 Halves (1) 40%)
(1) 1967

Box #3 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #4 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Bank #4
$217.50 Halves from coin counter (1 90%, 18 40% and 1 Clad Proof)
(1) 1964-D
(2) 1966
(8) 1967
(3) 1968-D
(5) 1969-D
(1) 1976-S Clad Proof

Bank #5
$250.00 Box of Dimes (1 Silver Roosie)
(1) 1953-S

Box #1 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #2 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #3 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #4 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Bank #6
$360.00 Halves CWR
Skunk

$60.00 Dimes CWR
Skunk

Bank #7
$201.00 Halves from coin counter (5 40%)
(4) 1967
(1) 1969-D

Bank #8
$500.00 Dimes BWR sealed in a clear plastic bag (2 Silver Roosies)
(1) 1954-S
(1) 1964-D

Bank #9
$500.00 Dimes from coin counter (14 Silver Roosies including my first proof!!)
(1) 1951-D
(1) 1954-D
(1) 1957-D
(2) 1959-D
(1) 1962-D
(1) 1962 Proof
(2) 1963-D
(3) 1964-D
(2) 1964

Bank #10
Box #1 $500.00 Halves
Skunk

Box #2 $500.00 Halves (1 90%)
(1) 1964-D

Box #3 $500.00 Halves (1 90% and 3 40%)
(1) 1964
(3) 1967

Box #4 $500.00 Halves (2 90% and 13 40%)
(1) 1939-D Walker
(1) 1964
(1) 1965
(3) 1966
(5) 1967
(2) 1968-D
(2) 1969-D

Box #5 $500.00 Halves (7 40%)
(1) 1966
(3) 1967
(1) 1968-D
(2) 1969-D

Box #6 $500.00 Halves (1 40%)
(1) 1969-D

[PreservingThePast]

$13.00 Loose Change Searched -- ($8.00 quarters, $4.00 dimes, $1.00 nickels) -- from Teller Tray

Found: ONE SILVER QUARTER -- 1/1964, Yes, I am shouting with excitement!!!

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.