Historical silver trends by CRH during Xmas

[Dozer D]

To those of you CRH'ers that have been around over 5 years, what can we normally expect to see during the Xmas season as far as finding larger than normal finds in boxes/bags. I have only been a serious hunter since late 2011. Your thoughts & comments on the subject, as to what it use to be vs now.

 

[CoinFetcher]

It's slower for me with hand wrapped rolls... Lot of extra hunters in the holidays i think.

 

[ArkieBassMan]

I typically found more silver from boxes in January, February, and March than from the other 9 months combined.

 

[mark1982]

I typically found more silver from boxes in January, February, and March than from the other 9 months combined.

I agree with this. Most of my best finds seem to be January to april. My guess this is holiday silver but it's not making it's way to boxes till after the holiday

 

[Sandman]

It's not Xmas. It's Christmas.

 

[GlenDronach]

It's not Xmas. It's Christmas.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

generally, I find more silver in the summer.

 

[TheMastermind]

I typically found more silver from boxes in January, February, and March than from the other 9 months combined.

This.

I find more silver in the reject and teller trays during the holiday season though.

 

[DFW_THer]

It's not Xmas. It's Christmas.

You are part of the common misconception crowd. "X-mas" is no less "Christy" than "Christmas"

Xmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Wikipedia is always right, right?!) haha

LOL @ the pacifier!

 

[DFW_THer]

Oh, and I find more silver in december than all months combined, if I actually contribute to this thread.

 

[ugotit22]

Been hunting for around 7 years. They say you get more silver in the winter bc more people are turning in silver. I really don't think I see I difference between the seasons. Only thing I do notice is there is more older silver prevalent after the holidays. Ie walkers, Franklin's, and barbers.

 

[LooseChange]

I typically found more silver from boxes in January, February, and March than from the other 9 months combined.

I agree with this. Most of my best finds seem to be January to april. My guess this is holiday silver but it's not making it's way to boxes till after the holiday

Some will cash in coins ahead of the holiday to have spending money to shop during the season. However, what is more likely is that short sighted ppl do holiday shopping on credit. They then have to scramble to pay the piper in the following months.

They end up using every trick in the book to make minimum payments - including forsaking those buckets of coin that they've been saving for a "special" occasion. After all, what's more "special" than paying 14.75% interest to Citibank over 84 months to pay off that 186 piece Chinese-made hand tool set that you gave to your father-in-law (so that he can have something else to forgottenly rust away on far back shelf of his garden shed?)

That's my theory as to why the spike is delayed to Q1 of the following year.

 

[GMan00001]

Although I've got years of data, I've never analyzed it by month to see if there was a "better" time of year. My general perception is that there really isn't much difference. Since I typically only search bags, the only difference I have noticed is that more change gets brought to the bank during the summer months and around the holidays. Whether that is due to people cashing in to buy gifts or just because the stores are receiving more change and thus bringing it in, no idea.

 

[mountainman 2]

I usually see an increase around the Chistmas/new year holidays and then again during the middle of the year. Been at this for 8 years.

 

[jr98119]

December results:
2011 10 boxes, 7 skunks, 9 halves found
2012 18 boxes, 14 skunks, 6 halves found
2013 36 boxes, 21 skunks, 27 halves found
2014(so far) 6 boxes, no skunks, 31 halves found

 

[fistfulladirt]

Usually I find a lump of coal.