Always ask for CWRs/loose halves when picking up your boxes

[kennedyfan]

You're there at the bank anyhow, right?

Today I went in to pick up two boxes (which is a lot for me) and asked about any other halves they might have. I scored a roll, which turned out to have two 40%ers.

Haven't looked through my 2 boxes yet, but already I'm not skunked from the trip!

 

[SilverFace]

I always ask for them just about anytime I happen to be driving by a bank - whether I'm picking up boxes or not. Customer halves undoubtedly account for the overwhelming majority of my silver finds. If I could find more customer halves I probably wouldn't search boxes at all. But who knows with this hobby - maybe I'll get a loaded 100 keeper box tomorrow. I seriously doubt it - more likely I'll have another nice cwr score - but with this hobby you just never know.

H$H!

 

[The_EE]

The banks I hit, they offer me up all their customer rolls when I walk in. One offers me all their bags of dimes and nickels after I dump my halves. Another checks all the tellers drawers and grabs all the customer wrapped pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

I have them trained

 

[Argentium]

Yeah , CWR's are a no brainer ! Think about it - Even if you skunk , what was it 3 ,5 ,8 ,rolls ?
you can schleppe that off at the gas station, the cafe , whatever - if you score ANYTHING you win
please ! somebody tell me - where is the downside to CWR's . My biggest scores without exception
have been CWR's ! Argentium.

 

[n8dagr8345]

No downside if you are in the building... the downside is those folks that plan 20+ bank runs. Taking many many hours to just find a few coins if any...

 

[SilverFace]

No downside if you are in the building... the downside is those folks that plan 20+ bank runs. Taking many many hours to just find a few coins if any...

That's the way it's been with my boxes lately. But searching banks can often be unproductive and time consuming too like you say. I guess we all just have to try and find 'em the best way we can in a way that works best for each of us.

 

[namster]

Yeah , CWR's are a no brainer ! Think about it - Even if you skunk , what was it 3 ,5 ,8 ,rolls ?
you can schleppe that off at the gas station, the cafe , whatever - if you score ANYTHING you win
please ! somebody tell me - where is the downside to CWR's . My biggest scores without exception
have been CWR's ! Argentium.

This depends on locale. Without exception my best scores are off boxes. When you factor in the gas required for CWRs, it becomes even more obvious, for my area anyway.

 

[SilverFace]

Actually my job is great for CRHing - esp when it comes to bank searching/runs. I usually drive around during the day to different parts of town throughout the week so usually all the banks I stop at are in my line of travel anyway. So usually the only gas I'm wasting is just when my car is idling waiting at the drive thru's.

 

[red89]

Yeah, for my ratio of finds it's something like 1:10 for MRW to CRW silvers, I will say last week the bank I went to only had one roll which was a MWR oddly enough (guessing someone only broght in $490 with them to pick up a box haha) but that roll had 2 bens and 2 40% kens. Idk how rare that is for some of you guys out of California, but I usually only find silvers in like 1 out of every 15 or 20 rolls (searching halves that is).