4+ SOLID silver rolls! Half dollar find of a lifetime! (for me)

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Tenderfoot
Jun 20, 2013
9
11
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I am a brand new member, but long time lurker. For the last 1+ years I've really enjoyed reading about everyone's finds. I search about 4-6 boxes a week and find the same stuff everyone here normally finds. I average about 1 coin per box, have long skunk streaks but also find a 10+ silver box every now and then. But I never felt like I had anything to share. Until now...

So I just moved to a new town so I thought I'd stop by all the nearby banks and ask around for some halves. I wasn't having any luck. No one seemed to have any. Then I stopped by a credit union. There were 3 women working. I walked up and asked if they had any half dollars. She said she didn't, but one of the other women piped up "I do. I've got $45.50 in halves." Following the TNet credo I said "I'll take them all." At that point, all three women gathered around to count out that $5.50 loose halves and as soon as I saw them I knew they were silver. They started clanking them and asked me "Now what years are silver?" I was terrified they would learn the truth and keep them for themselves! So I did the only reasonable thing...I lied. I said "Everything 1964 and before is silver." Which is true...just not the whole truth :) They finally handed them to me with 4 customer wrapper rolls, I stuffed them in my pockets and hopped in my car. I was pumped to see that all 11 loose coins were 40% making it by far my best teller find ever (2 40%ers was my previous record). Then I opened the first roll and sure enough, an ender!! Poured them into my hand and sure enough, a SOLID SILVER ROLL!!! I called my bro (a fellow CRHer) and proceeded to freak out and open the last 3 rolls with the same result. My heart was racing, hands were shaking...it was AWESOME!! In total I scored 91 40% half dollars! More than I'd usually find in 6+ months of hunting! I doubt I'll ever do better, but that's just fine by me :)

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D1MES_101

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Aug 7, 2012
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its always the new people finding solid rolls :( ive been crhing for 2years and never found a solid roll
 

Owassokie

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Jun 28, 2012
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dimes101-He's not new. Most aren't new. Most of the time, people just don't create an account until they have something really good to show.

USA, Congrats Man (or woman). Can I ask where you live? Lived? You don't have to give your address or anything but we'll all be curious what part of the USA you had success in. I'm curious what part you didn't have success at too.
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Tenderfoot
Jun 20, 2013
9
11
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Owassokie - I will say that I was in Seattle doing about 6 boxes a week and was averaging about 0.3 silvers per box. Pickings were slim. Not ready to divulge my current locale, but Im still out west.
 

weighit

Hero Member
Feb 17, 2007
550
242
Northern Arizona
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Whites DFX with a Big Foot coil
Gold Bug 2
How exciting for you, I know everyone on this forum would be shouting if they found what you did. See, there are still coins to be found out there!! I keep looking but no jumbo finds like you got.
 

GarouLady

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Sep 6, 2012
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ok, I'm sickenly jealous of you!! LOL, congrats on the find and welcome to the Family.

sincerely, GarouLady
 

baddbluff

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Apr 22, 2011
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Sweet score! Now go sell em before they aren't worth anything! Lol
 

Twitch

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Feb 1, 2010
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Amazing. I'll be hunting the pacific northwest most of July. If I walk away with a handful of solid rolls I'll be happy.

Great find, welcome to the site.
 

DaytonaRacer

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May 21, 2013
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HOLY COW!!!! SWEET! Like GarouLady, I'm sickeningly jealous of you, too. Welcome aboard!!!!
 

CC-Hunter

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Sep 18, 2012
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Way to go USA!!! Awesome score.

When you told the tellers about the silver halves, did they snipe any or were all their halves 40%?
 

izer54

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May 9, 2013
99
45
Illinois
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Great score! I'm still waiting for my first solid roll as all my banks and CU in my area do not take CWR and everything is run through the sorters:(
 

Infowarrior

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Oct 12, 2012
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Very nice score!!!

I too have said that about 40%ers.... "Nahh silver are 64 and older, this one is just shiny"

HH
 

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Tenderfoot
Jun 20, 2013
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Thanks everyone. The tellers didn't snipe any, luckily. Probably since there weren't any 64's.
 

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