First Ever CRH

[Jpwheelin07]

Bought a box of pennies for my 5 year old son and myself to go through. We metal detect but never CRHed before. Ended up with 158 wheats and 4 Canadians and 6 2009 cents. Had fun! Still trying to figure out exactly what specific key dates I'm supposed to look for, but we are hooked.

 

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[Quin]

Steller box!

 

[ltd063]

That's awesome. The time spent with your son is the real treasure. Congratulations!

 

[Argentium]

That's quite a haul for one box ! Back in 2012 my girlfriend picked up a few (9) rolls of half dollars ,to try CRH for the first time- all 9 were loaded with Franklins,Walkers ,less Kennedy's . At that time silver was close to $40.an ounce .

 

[GB1]

great job welcome to tnet

 

[port ewen ace]

buy a Redbook-- AND---

go back & check for ERRORS on all 2500 cents

greasers, O/C's, Cuds, cracks, DD's, Lams, clashes & more


AND-- Canada '96 & older are 98% copper-- worth 2 cents. no more being made--- & errors are plentiful from 1922 & up. OLD foreign coppers can be $$

I still like pennies even after half a MIL. $ searched of all denom's

 

[dibdab]

Go back for more cent boxes from that bank to "mine the vein" that box had at least 10x the wheat you will normally find. And there could be brother/sister boxes with similarly good results.

What dates from the thirties or earlier did you find?

 

[Jpwheelin07]

Went through the wheats and the Canadians. Not sure what to look for on the 2009 Lincoln cents. Don't mind the spelling error on ment oops "mint"!

 

[enamel7]

Congrats! Now you're hooked. Don't expect those numbers as the norm.

 

[scruggs]

You did really good on the wheats in that box!

 

[ArkieBassMan]

My best box ever contained 8 wheats. That's a fantastic box!

 

[TwoYewts]

Congrats! Now you're hooked. Don't expect those numbers as the norm.

The 2009s are known for Doubled Die errors. Do a quick google search and you will find several websites that will show you the varieties.

and great haul on those wheats!

 

[Dozer D]

Have you thought about saving "COPPERS", those dated 1981 and prior, plus the 1982 but you need a gram scale to determine the difference from zincs on the '82s. You had a very good Wheaties box, I normally find 10-15 per box. Nice find.

 

[Jpwheelin07]

Well went back for another box and found 6 wheat. Definitely was spoiled with that first box!