Ratio of roll hunting?

[Spartcom5]

I was hoping to gather some information from those who have been through a lot of coins. I know it may be hard to say but throw out some rough estimates of how many silver coins in X amount of that denomination. For example 1 silver roosie in 2,000 coins...etc

 

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[silvercounselor]

I've actually been keeping track of this stat this year. I do a very low volume compared to many others though.

For halves my ratio is 1:1,750. I've searched 7 boxes so far.

For nickels my ratio is 1:1,667 and 1:1,316. The first one is for silver the other includes buffs and V nics. Only searched 10 boxes of nickels.

I'm going to start dimes next week too

 

[Dozer D]

Dime ratio per box: last year 2014, avg was 1.6/box., this year 2015 only at about 1.3 so far 2 months in.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Dimes, 1 per $150, $125,000+ searched.

Halves, too many solid silver rolls have skewed my numbers.

 

[penman77]

2012-2014 Half Dollars: 717 boxes ($358,500), 832 silver coins

That comes to about 1 silver coin per 862 coins searched. The trend is up and down. 2012 was the least productive while 2013 was the most productive.

 

[Argentium]

I suppose that if one searched a regular amount in any given denomination/s over enough years you really could chart this ,
but( and it's a big BUT) - there is no way to account for the random way that silver coins are put into the mix - period !