ArkieBassMan
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I hit the road yesterday looking for halves and big dollars. I left home at 8:15 am and returned around 7:00 pm. While I didn't find a single Ike, I did find a BUNCH of halves to go through. But, it wasn't the kind that gets you all excited to open the rolls. I stumbled right into at least 3 other CRHers' dump zone. That or one guy marks his rolls in 3 completely different ways. I found more marked rolls than I have ever seen, and at least 90% of the rolls I found were marked in one of 3 different ways. Many were just simply re-wrapped in their Loomis and Brinks wrappers and still in the box they came in. I did not open 1 single roll while on the road to maximize time. Until I found a lone loose 40%er about 5:00 pm, I thought that while I had several dollars to sort through when I got home, I very well might be skunked. I was definitely going to be surprised if I found enough to pay for gas. I opened all of the marked rolls first so as to maybe end the night on a surprising note. Happily, I was a little surprised.
Town 1 (1 bank): $50 handrolled, $2.50 loose (skunk)
Town 2 (1 bank): 1 clad half
Town 3 (4 banks): #1 - none. #2 - none. #3 - $30 handrolled, $1.50 loose (skunk). #4 - 2 clad halves
Town 4 (16 banks): #1 - 1 clad half. #2 - $230 re-wrapped in yellow Loomis rolls (skunk). #3 - $550 handrolled MOST of which were marked (16 40%, all coming from 3 unmarked rolls). #4 - 1 clad half. #5 none. #6 - $430 in mostly marked handrolls (6 40%). #7 - $1.50 loose (skunk). #8 - none. #9 - $3.50 loose (skunk). #10 - $12 loose (skunk), #11 - $40 re-wrapped Loomis rolls (skunk), $500 bag from machine (2 '64 Kens, 5 40%) bag was 64 cents short. #12 - $180 marked handrolls (skunk). #13 - $610 marked handrolls, $2 loose (skunk). #14 - $1.50 loose (skunk) #15 - none. #16 - none.
Town 5 (1 bank): $40 unmarked handrolls (5 40%)
Town 6 (1 bank): none
Town 7 (9 banks): #1 - none. #2 - $390 marked handrolls in a Brinks box (skunk). #3 - none. #4 - $1.50 loose (skunk). #5 - none. #6 - $10 loose (skunk) #7 - $40 handrolls. The stop of the day! *see below #8 - none. #9 - none
Town 8 (2 banks): #1 - none. #2 - 1 clad half
Town 9 (1 bank): none
Town 10 (12 banks): #1 - none. #2 - none. #3 - $500 familiarly marked handrolls (1 40% he/she missed one!). #4 - $4 loose (skunk) #5 none. #6 - $4 loose (1 40%). #7 - none. #8 - none. #9 - $40 handrolls (skunk) #10 - $60 unmarked handrolls (2 40%, '71S clad proof). #11 - none. #12 - none.
* These 4 rolls were some of the last I opened. Roll 1 was a skunk. Roll 2 had a single 40%er. I opened roll 3 and heard, "clink, clink, clink, clink" etc. Looked in my hand and saw a '45 Walker staring at me. I had brief visions of a solid roll of Walkers, but it was not to be. It was accompanied by 15 40%. I open roll 4 and again that sweet sound. I Still haven't found that elusive solid roll of silver, but this one got me as close as I have came. 6 '64 Kens and 11 40% were in that roll. Total for that bank: 1 Walker, 6 '64 Kens, 27 40%.
All told I drove 315 miles roundtrip, hitting 48 banks (6 of which produced silver). In total I bought $3736.50 worth of halves producing 1 Walker, 8 '64 Kens, 63 40%, and 1 clad proof.
Town 1 (1 bank): $50 handrolled, $2.50 loose (skunk)
Town 2 (1 bank): 1 clad half
Town 3 (4 banks): #1 - none. #2 - none. #3 - $30 handrolled, $1.50 loose (skunk). #4 - 2 clad halves
Town 4 (16 banks): #1 - 1 clad half. #2 - $230 re-wrapped in yellow Loomis rolls (skunk). #3 - $550 handrolled MOST of which were marked (16 40%, all coming from 3 unmarked rolls). #4 - 1 clad half. #5 none. #6 - $430 in mostly marked handrolls (6 40%). #7 - $1.50 loose (skunk). #8 - none. #9 - $3.50 loose (skunk). #10 - $12 loose (skunk), #11 - $40 re-wrapped Loomis rolls (skunk), $500 bag from machine (2 '64 Kens, 5 40%) bag was 64 cents short. #12 - $180 marked handrolls (skunk). #13 - $610 marked handrolls, $2 loose (skunk). #14 - $1.50 loose (skunk) #15 - none. #16 - none.
Town 5 (1 bank): $40 unmarked handrolls (5 40%)
Town 6 (1 bank): none
Town 7 (9 banks): #1 - none. #2 - $390 marked handrolls in a Brinks box (skunk). #3 - none. #4 - $1.50 loose (skunk). #5 - none. #6 - $10 loose (skunk) #7 - $40 handrolls. The stop of the day! *see below #8 - none. #9 - none
Town 8 (2 banks): #1 - none. #2 - 1 clad half
Town 9 (1 bank): none
Town 10 (12 banks): #1 - none. #2 - none. #3 - $500 familiarly marked handrolls (1 40% he/she missed one!). #4 - $4 loose (skunk) #5 none. #6 - $4 loose (1 40%). #7 - none. #8 - none. #9 - $40 handrolls (skunk) #10 - $60 unmarked handrolls (2 40%, '71S clad proof). #11 - none. #12 - none.
* These 4 rolls were some of the last I opened. Roll 1 was a skunk. Roll 2 had a single 40%er. I opened roll 3 and heard, "clink, clink, clink, clink" etc. Looked in my hand and saw a '45 Walker staring at me. I had brief visions of a solid roll of Walkers, but it was not to be. It was accompanied by 15 40%. I open roll 4 and again that sweet sound. I Still haven't found that elusive solid roll of silver, but this one got me as close as I have came. 6 '64 Kens and 11 40% were in that roll. Total for that bank: 1 Walker, 6 '64 Kens, 27 40%.
All told I drove 315 miles roundtrip, hitting 48 banks (6 of which produced silver). In total I bought $3736.50 worth of halves producing 1 Walker, 8 '64 Kens, 63 40%, and 1 clad proof.
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Great road trip, you did better than I did. You will find a solid roll soon at this rate 
