Introduction and recent finds

[SilverMiser]

Hello Everyone,
I am a new member. I have been reading the posts here for about a month and have finally decided to join and share some of my finds. I am new here, but not new to CRH'ing. I have been a coin collector since the early to mid 1970's. I started collecting and searching rolls in the mid 1980's, but never by the box. I would only buy what the tellers had and only at my own bank. I would do this off and on from time to time as money and time permitted. Recently, around the beginning of last month I started serching again. I was mostly interested in finding boxes of new rolls to add to my collection. I found this site, which motivated me to get out there and do some hunting again.
I have visited many banks where I have an account and some where I do not. Wells Fargo would not sell to me. Others had no problem.
I can't believe some of the volume and finds you guys are doing.
Here are my finds since early August:

21 40% Kennedy Halves
2 90% Kennedy Halves with one being a proof.
1 1989-S Proof Kennedy
1 2002-D Kennedy
1 2007-P Kennedy
5 2004-D Kennedy
2 Bank wrapped uncirculated rolls of 2001-P Halves
8 Silver Roosevelt's
38 Ike's with three being the 1976 Variety 1
39 pre 1960's nickels
1 full box of rail-splitter cents

Cents or pennies take your pick:
2 teens
4 1920s
2 1930s
49 1940s
104 1950s
1229 1960s
4098 1970s
1757 1980s copper only
18 older Canadians
129 log cabins

My copper percentage for 18 boxes searched is 16.24%
I averaged only 8.94 wheat's per box

I have searched 18 boxes of pennies
1 box of quarters
3 boxes of CWI halves plus about $500 worth rolled and loose obtained from tellers. The 3 boxes only produced 6 of the 21 40% halves. the rest came from the teller trays.
1 box of nickels
3 $500 dime boxes with the see-thru wrappers (love those)
3 $250 dime boxes with N.F String papaer wraps

I also found two 1983-D pennies with their copper plating missing. These were found in box #12 and #15. When I cracked open the rolls and they popped out, I initially thought they were steel cents until I checked the date and saw 1983, then I thought I had found some wonderful error coins until I looked at them through a 30X loupe and could see the faint traces of copper left around the inside of the rims. It would appear that some sort of copper corrosive process has been at work on these. I kept them anyway.
I also found a blank zinc cent planchet with rims.

That's it for now

Some photos are attached
Happy Hunting

Matt

 

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[nyiangelo]

Unpredictable- that's what I like about Loomis boxes.

 

[enamel7]

Welcome aboard. Way to keep good totals also. I should, but can't bring myself to do it.
HH
Gilbert

 

[Rich Hartford]

You are doing good !!

 

[mistergee]

welcome to the forum. nice variety of finds there. tell me, was CRHing in the 80's better than it is today?

 

[SilverMiser]

Hi Mistergee,

I did not search boxes back in the 80's, but I could go into the bank and get $300 to $400 worth at anytime and there was always some silver to be found. Now, I go into banks and some of them don't have any halves at all.

Matt

 

[Ju8vP3t]

Welcome aboard SM, ....that was my question, "What was silver hunting like back in the mid 70's?" I'd think it'd be a lot better than today, and imagine CRHing back in the '60's , nothing but 90% & 40% ... but I guess back then, no one was interested, since silver was at or below face value

 

[AGCoinHunter]

My father used to CRH in the 60's. He was more interested in low mintage coins rather than silver. I asked him about Ben halfs and why he never accumulated any of them. He basically said that they were common and got them all the time. He did save some of the WLH's that were in better shape and has a few proof Bens in proof sets. Morgans and Peace dollars were fairly easy to find too. Buffalo's and Mercury dimes were also common to get in pocket change.