Searched are first two boxes of half dollars Today

[THEDUKE]

finally went to the bank and ordered first two boxes, I have been reading post on this board for sometime.
picked the boxes up today 11/28/07
only took me & my wife little over 1 hr to search through the 2,000 half dollars.
here is what we found

1 - 1964 90%
1 - 1965 40%
2 - 1966 40%
1 - 1969 D 40%

going too order two more first thing tomorrow

[Silver Stripe]

Welcome to the addiction. HH Mark

[sneak]

Congrats and Welcome!

[vegasmtl]

Another victim of the silver fever. It only gets worse.

Congrats!
And welcome to the madness....

HH
vegasmtl

[THEDUKE]

thanks for the replys

[cyberdan]

only took me & my wife little over 1 hr to search through the 2,000 half dollars

That is pretty fast. Do you just do a quick edge scan?

I am no speed demon but it takes me 50-60 min for one box. I do an edge scan and most 40% and all 90% come out then I also do a quick glance at the flat side on the rest of the roll. It does not matter which side, I do not date search. I look for the reflection the coin gives from a light source. I have found some 40% that way, a lot of proofs and a clad commerative I never would have picked out by edge scanning.

[Silver_Fox]

only took me & my wife little over 1 hr to search through the 2,000 half dollars

That is pretty fast. Do you just do a quick edge scan?

I am no speed demon but it takes me 50-60 min for one box. I do an edge scan and most 40% and all 90% come out then I also do a quick glance at the flat side on the rest of the roll. It does not matter which side, I do not date search. I look for the reflection the coin gives from a light source. I have found some 40% that way, a lot of proofs and a clad commemorative I never would have picked out by edge scanning.

That's my technique also cyberdan.