fiatboy said:I know what you're going through, bscofield. I just searched my 6th box of halves this month, and my totals: 1 1968 and 2 1969's.....3 keepers out of 6 boxes! aahhhh!!!!! No more boxes until I get my patience back. I'm sticking to asking for loose halves.
thurmownator said:There appears to be a nationwide slump going on right now (unless your screen name is lejeuene, apparently ) for those reporting lately have not been finding much in full boxes of halves; if anything at all.
As lucky as I've been so far, I'm not getting more than four keepers per box the last four or five boxes, when I was consistently getting between fifteen and twenty keepers per.
Don't give up, the tide has to turn. And you can't win if you don't play.
lejeuene said:Hang in there....my boxes haven't done well either. I am starting to hate checking boxes. I wonder what is going on?
thurmownator said:There appears to be a nationwide slump going on right now (unless your screen name is lejeuene, apparently ) for those reporting lately have not been finding much in full boxes of halves; if anything at all.
As lucky as I've been so far, I'm not getting more than four keepers per box the last four or five boxes, when I was consistently getting between fifteen and twenty keepers per.
Don't give up, the tide has to turn. And you can't win if you don't play.
I wish my loose rolls were as lucky as yours. No banks within 30miles of me even have rolls... at least not unsearched rolls.
My good finds have not come from the boxes....they have been from the banks that already had rolls. That is why I have been taking the road trips and going out of town. The boxes I have ordered have had two's and few's.
Pennyworth said:Congratulations Brain, at least you got some silver.
I've had the same results, searched three boxes yesterday:
Box 1 1-1964 (I ordered this box from a new bank and found the halve in the second roll. I was psyched,thought the box might be loaded. LOL Wishful thinking. :P)
Box 2 Skunk
Box 3 1-1968
Either tomorrow or Friday I hope to have three additional boxes in from different banks.
lejeuene said:Just to let you guys know how I do in my area with boxes or machined rolled coins........today I went to a bank not far out of town to buy whatever they had.....they had $400/40 rolls of machined rolled halves (came out of a box)....bought them all and only 3 40% out of the lot.
Another bank called and said a box I ordered was in so I am about to go through it and will let you know what it holds....my guess is maybe 5 at most. I will let you know shortly.
bscofield6 said:lejeuene said:Just to let you guys know how I do in my area with boxes or machined rolled coins........today I went to a bank not far out of town to buy whatever they had.....they had $400/40 rolls of machined rolled halves (came out of a box)....bought them all and only 3 40% out of the lot.
Another bank called and said a box I ordered was in so I am about to go through it and will let you know what it holds....my guess is maybe 5 at most. I will let you know shortly.
Hopefully you make some great finds! Good luck!
lejeuene said:bscofield6 said:lejeuene said:Just to let you guys know how I do in my area with boxes or machined rolled coins........today I went to a bank not far out of town to buy whatever they had.....they had $400/40 rolls of machined rolled halves (came out of a box)....bought them all and only 3 40% out of the lot.
Another bank called and said a box I ordered was in so I am about to go through it and will let you know what it holds....my guess is maybe 5 at most. I will let you know shortly.
Hopefully you make some great finds! Good luck!
Thanks Brian. This box was surprisingly a good one. It had 28 silver coins. Two 90% with one being a 1934-D very worn Walker that I could only read the "34" on it and 26 40% silver coins. I have another box in from another bank to check tomorrow.