Anyone EVER have any luck with Brinks dimes?

[fistfulladirt]

Like an idiot i bought a Brinks dime box again. TOTAL waste of time as usual. In the 15 boxes or so that i've searched i think i've pulled one silver dime, a well-worn merc.
Anyone ever have any luck with those? Mine are almost always clear wrapped. FFD

 

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[Pirate Hunter]

I did a mixed box of Brinks dimes and I got 1 silver. I think I will avoid them in the future.

 

[Detectingfreak]

I picked up a box of brinks from a really small bank. They told me they just had come in. Well yeah Brinks are a total waste of time for dimes. Only had dimes 1965 and up. No silver. This was a week ago. I never bought brink dimes again.

 

[phrostie]

I agree with avoiding them, I never find anything in them. On the contrary I bought $75 in CWI dimes (I think they were CWI, white wrapper with green writing) and found 2 silvers. I pretty much always refuse brinks rolls other than halves, which are hit or miss.

 

[Diver_Down]

I don't do them too often, but I've had some good luck between skunk boxes. My last Brinks dime box netted 4 Rosies (earliest was a 46) and a 48 Cuban centavo. The Cuban is worth over $10. I prefer the clear "condoms" as it makes it easier to edge search without breaking the rolls. My dump bank requires the coins to be rolled. Now, the halves I won't touch as I put $4000/wk in the Brinks Jacksonville branch. On occasion, I will spread the wealth to the Brinks Daytona branch.

 

[mistergee]

in the past i have found 1-merc and 3- roosies in clear brinks rolls....this is a little less than my average for other type rolls.....they do make it easier to search but i feel takes the fun and surprise out of opening a roll.

 

[tank014]

I find the clear wrappers make it very easy to search through. Granted most of my boxes are CWI (or whatever) but I have had some luck with them around my area.
HH,
Frank

 

[treasurefiend]

I think I have only come across like 4 or 5 Brinks boxes that were mixed in with my CWI boxes and they had string wrapers. If I could find a source that has plastic wrapers I would be doing like 10 dime boxes a day + my normal 2-4 CWI dime boxes!!!!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Thanx for the replies all, but the point i am trying to make is that in a year's time of dime searching, i have found Brinks boxes to be unreliable. ONE keeper out of 15 boxes or so. I have lots of confidence when searching CWI boxes.

Clear wrappers are great, but why bother when they just don't produce?

 

[Diver_Down]

Just searched a Brinks box of dimes last night. Took about 10 minutes. Pulled 2 silver Rosies. Out of my 8 boxes (cwi) of halves, I pulled 3 40%. I think I'm going to start hitting the dimes hard. As far as the clear "condoms" taking the fun out of the hunt, it is a sacrifice that I'll make as I have to roll all my coin. No silver edge, I don't need to open the roll. It goes back to the bank in the condom.

 

[Troy Ounce]

Did 2 boxes last nite. Got 1 rosie

 

[Bluegill]

No, I have had the worst results with Brinks wrapped dimes. I avoid them. I do well with CWI dimes. Oddly, just the opposite is true for me when it comes to nickels...

 

[jim4silver]

During the short period of time I was searching dimes I found a few in Brinks boxes. About the same rate that I found in hand rolls.

I gave up dimes because of the low reward to time ratio and because on 2/3s of my dumps I got ripped off by the coin counting machine- counting them as pennies or not counting them at all I guess. I had no recourse so I never argued about it with the bank tellers.

All in all I lost money on the dime CRHing experience, despite the few keepers I got.

Halves are the way to go for me.

Jim