What percentage silver finds per box would you consider dream percentages ?

[Argentium]

...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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[Coins4Cheese]

Well, a mix of about 100+ 40 and 90 percenters would be a dream box for me!

 

[Daniel964]

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.

 

[d2arcing]

would agree 10% to be a dream, and 10+ coins to be very satisfying/enjoying

 

[AGCoinHunter]

Dream for me would be either a quarter 90's or half 40's. Anything less is a let down.

 

[obediah]

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.

 

[Argentium]

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.

 

[voodoo13]

Heck, one 40%er would make it a dream box for me! Stopped doing boxes a few weeks ago, due to nothing but skunks.

 

[Rich Hartford]

400 plus keepers would be a dream box for me. Closest I've come to that was 32.

HH

Rich

 

[golden silver]

200 plus 40% would be dream box or 100 plus 90%.

Golden Silver

 

[mountainman 2]

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.

 

[AGCoinHunter]

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.

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

The way my boxes have been lately 2 or more in a box would be a dream box!!!