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Nov 14, 2009, 08:58 PM
#1
What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
...Or per bag for that matter -- I know this question has come up before , and I'm sure that
personal experience has a lot to do with your perception of dream numbers. I would think 10%
and greater could be called dream. By the way , I tend toward half hunting - and only silvers,
no NIFC or any other cupro-nickel halves. Argentium.
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Nov 14, 2009, 09:11 PM
#2
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
Well, a mix of about 100+ 40 and 90 percenters would be a dream box for me!
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Nov 14, 2009, 09:16 PM
#3
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
10% is about where I set my standard for a dream box. I've had 2 in the last 2 months that meet that standard.
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Nov 14, 2009, 09:26 PM
#4
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
would agree 10% to be a dream, and 10+ coins to be very satisfying/enjoying
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Nov 14, 2009, 10:10 PM
#5
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
Dream for me would be either a quarter 90's or half 40's. Anything less is a let down.
Month (April)/Year
2012 CRH Totals:
War Nickel: 0/0 Roos: 0/0 Merc: 0/0 WLH: 0/0 Bens: 0/6
90% JFK: 0/25 40% JFK: 0/107
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Nov 15, 2009, 06:43 AM
#6
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
 Originally Posted by d2arcing
would agree 10% to be a dream, and 10+ coins to be very satisfying/enjoying
%10 I'd consider nice Box but not a dream find, really; we have had 2 over 500 and 9 over 100. If memory is aright our bestest ever find was a 20 Box search that had one skunk in it, the other 19 yielded 758, 338 were %90's too (162 ounces), in that batch there were 3 boxes over 100 .
I'd be happy just getting an average of 20 or 30 per box really with a real dream (few hundred or more) every so often.
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Nov 15, 2009, 07:54 AM
#7
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
Thanks Obediah, (and the other respondants so far) I've been giving this some thought
lately because I'm in a position to do some volume hunting . I figured my 10% based on
the amount of pay I would need to have a day off of work with pay. I've been hunting
3k in boxes or bags (halves only) And my 10% figure is not the number of coins
yanked, rather it's the melt value of all silver pulled ,as a percentage of face value searched.
My last hunt yielded $ 291.00 silver melt from 3k searched (nearly 10%)-- after my cost
of 50c apiece on 86 keepers - the net silver is $ 248.00 - If I work all day - I generally
dont make that much - I like that some of you are clearly differentiating between what
it would take to make you happy -- and what you call dream finds ---Thanks All ...
Argentium.
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Nov 16, 2009, 06:44 PM
#8
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
Heck, one 40%er would make it a dream box for me! Stopped doing boxes a few weeks ago, due to nothing but skunks.
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Nov 16, 2009, 10:27 PM
#9
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
400 plus keepers would be a dream box for me. Closest I've come to that was 32.
HH
Rich
2011 Finds
6x War Nickels
1x Buffalo Nickel
1x Mercury Dimes
66x Roosevelt Dimes
2x Canadian Dimes
0x Washington Quarters
15x WLH
12x Franklin
46x 1964 Kennedy
161 x 40% Kennedy
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Nov 17, 2009, 12:08 AM
#10
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
200 plus 40% would be dream box or 100 plus 90%.
Golden Silver
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Nov 17, 2009, 05:27 AM
#11
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
10% in 90%ers or 25% in 40%ers would be a dream box for me. Of course, one rare coin would also make any box a dream box IMO.
R.I.P Rich Hartford (We will miss you)
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Nov 17, 2009, 09:11 AM
#12
Re: What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?
 Originally Posted by Rich Hartford
400 plus keepers would be a dream box for me. Closest I've come to that was 32.
HH
Rich
Ouch Rich, you are falling way short of a dream box. You are due for a good one.
Month (April)/Year
2012 CRH Totals:
War Nickel: 0/0 Roos: 0/0 Merc: 0/0 WLH: 0/0 Bens: 0/6
90% JFK: 0/25 40% JFK: 0/107
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Nov 17, 2009, 01:16 PM
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