2015: Hunting Is a Harsh Mistress

[TheMastermind]

Picked up three boxes of halves over the weekend, skunked on all three.

Picked up a box of halves + $2 in loose halves today on my lunch break, loose halves were all keepers:

1964
1967 x 3



Will search the box of halves tonight.

 

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[TheMastermind]

I ran out of coin bags, so I had to dump the dimes from the other day in the coin machine on my lunch break yesterday. Didn't find anything in the reject tray, but I did find some silver...

I heard something clanging around in the machine after it finished counting my dimes, so I fished it out. To my surprise it was a sterling earring with what looks like black onyx in the center:



Sorry for the blurry pics. The stamp on the back of the earring is:

925
MAN

And the same thing is stamped on the shepards hook ear wire thingy that you put through your ear, just on opposite sides rather than one under the other like on the back of the earring itself. Altogether, it weighs just under four grams.

I also picked up a box of dimes yesterday, which gave up two Roosies:

1947D
1963D

 

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[BuffaloBoy]

Awesome find! More free silver was given up from the coin machine... Too bad it wasn't a matching pair.
HH
Buff

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up a box of dimes on my lunch break yesterday, it gave up one Roosie: 1956.

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up a box of dimes today, snagged one Roosie: 1954.

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up a box of halves today, it gave up one 40%er: 1967.

 

[TheMastermind]

Another box of halves, another lone 40%er: 1967.

 

[Avago]

Hey Mastermind, my half dollar finds have been pretty poor so far this year. Have you noticed below average numbers so far this year as well?

 

[TheMastermind]

My half dollar finds for November, December, and January have historically been low. So, I can't say my numbers are below average. Starting in the end of February, my half dollar finds begin to pick up. March is by far my best month, April and May are usually pretty good for me as well.

Dimes, on the other hand, are usually really good for me at the beginning of the year and then my finds taper off as the year progresses.

 

[TheMastermind]

Another box of halves... ANOTHER lone 40%er... ANOTHER 1967.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Haha nice, glad to see your boxes are at least producing something

 

[TheMastermind]

That's true, one keeper per is certainly better than nothing. Especially with the amount of your marks I've been seeing. I must've seen like $100 face value worth of your marks out of the last three boxes. Haha.

I kid, I kid. It wasn't that high.

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up three boxes of halves today, one of them was a skunk. The other two boxes gave up five keepers between them, two 90%ers and three 40%ers:

1964 x 2
1966 x 2
1968D

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up two boxes of dimes today on my lunch break, one was solid 2014 and the other gave up two Roosies:

1961
1964D

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I tell ya, sometimes I dump on big piles of silver, but there is no way for me to get the teller to swap out the coins for me, they have to seal what is in the bag and send it out to be counted... So don't be discouraged when you see my coins in the mix!!

 

[Avago]

Nice half box, Mastermind. I'm glad the silver is still coming in.

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up $280 in MWR of halves + $140 in CWR of halves today on my lunch break, skunked on the MWR.

The CWR gave up eight keepers, four 90%ers and four 40%ers:

1949 Ben
1964 x 3
1967 x 2
1968D x 2

All four 90%ers and one 40%er came from a single roll! It was nice to hear them clink as I poured them into my hand!

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Wow great find!!! The Ben looks like it is in fantastic shape!
HH
Buff

 

[Zero]

Nice finds!

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up a total of $929 in half dollars today on my lunch break, all from one bank and as follows: one box + $400 in MWR + $29 in loose halves sealed in an envelope.

I go up to the teller who I talked to earlier over the phone about the halves, and she gets the box and MWR. She comes back and I pay and say thanks, and when I'm about to turn to leave she says, "Oh wait, I have some loose halves! You want them too?"... Of course I do, but I don't have the bankroll on me...

So I go, "How about I trade you three of these rolls for the envelope?", and she obliges and gives me a dollar back. The $400 in MWR of halves originally being $430.

The teller whips the envelope out of her drawer and I instantly know this was the right decision. As she's handling it all I hear is CLINK! CLINK! CLINK! CLINK! I have to jet to make it back to work before my lunch hour is over, so I open the envelope in the car and just peek inside. I see nothing but 40%ers!

I get home after work and immediately dump out the envelope, 46 40%ers out of 58 total coins!!!

1965 x 2
1966 x 6
1967 x 21
1968D x 9
1969D x 8



The pile that isn't stacked in the above pictures is the non-silver clad. Not much at that in the envelope!

The box was a skunk, but the $400 in MWR gave up one 40%er: 1969D!

Altogether, 47 40%ers today! Feels good, man!

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Wow, amazing!!! Looks like you found yourself a new little honey hole!