My Complete 2006 Coin Roll Hunting Finds

[bazinga]

Here is everything that I found this year. I gave up for a couple of months in the middle but really hit it hard towards the end of the year.

Pennies:
$384.01 Searched
122 Wheats
111 Foreign

Nickels:
$2,668 Searched
24 Silver War Nickels
48 Foreign
5 Buffalo Nickels
2 Proofs

Dimes:
$8,020.10 Searched
32 Silver Roosevelts
3 Mercury Dimes
12 Foreign

Quarters:
$1,451.25 Searched
1 Silver Canadian Quarter
4 other Foreign

Halves:
$33,541.50 Searched
27 Walkers
56 Franklins
84 1964s
325 40%
15 Proofs
3 Foreign (That I can recall... I didn't keep track of this one for some reason.)

Total Searched: $46,064.86
Total Silver Found: 552 Coins

Goals for 2007: $75,000 in halves searched, 1,000 Silver Coins, Anything Barber

 

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[HobBob]

With throughput like that, you've got a good chance of making your goal.
Congrats, Brian!
HH,
Bob

 

[bazinga]

Yeah, I should have a chance at it. I am doing $1,500 a week in halves, so 52x1500 should put me at $78,000 if I can be patient and do it every week and not stop for months at a time like I did this year.

 

[Phillip_in_NM]

I think your goal of 1000 40% halves from $75,000 in 2007 is very realistic. I got 1038 from around $45,000 in halves.

Good luck in the effort.

 

[beerdoodle]

I love finds, but according to your figures you went thru 184,550 coins with taking some time off. Dont you ever sleep or did you have help?

 

[bazinga]

I love finds, but according to your figures you went thru 184,550 coins with taking some time off. Dont you ever sleep or did you have help?

Haha, no help. I usually go through about $1500 in halves in under an hour.

 

[Nick in NEPA]

Here is everything that I found this year. I gave up for a couple of months in the middle but really hit it hard towards the end of the year.

Pennies:
$384.01 Searched
122 Wheats
111 Foreign

Nickels:
$2,668 Searched
24 Silver War Nickels
48 Foreign
5 Buffalo Nickels
2 Proofs

Dimes:
$8,020.10 Searched
32 Silver Roosevelts
3 Mercury Dimes
12 Foreign

Quarters:
$1,451.25 Searched
1 Silver Canadian Quarter
4 other Foreign

Halves:
$33,541.50 Searched
27 Walkers
56 Franklins
84 1964s
325 40%
15 Proofs
3 Foreign (That I can recall... I didn't keep track of this one for some reason.)

Total Searched: $46,064.86
Total Silver Found: 552 Coins

Goals for 2007: $75,000 in halves searched, 1,000 Silver Coins, Anything Barber

Where do these rolls come from? Seriously, what IDIOT puts a Walker in his lunch money?

 

[bazinga]

Here is everything that I found this year. I gave up for a couple of months in the middle but really hit it hard towards the end of the year.

Pennies:
$384.01 Searched
122 Wheats
111 Foreign

Nickels:
$2,668 Searched
24 Silver War Nickels
48 Foreign
5 Buffalo Nickels
2 Proofs

Dimes:
$8,020.10 Searched
32 Silver Roosevelts
3 Mercury Dimes
12 Foreign

Quarters:
$1,451.25 Searched
1 Silver Canadian Quarter
4 other Foreign

Halves:
$33,541.50 Searched
27 Walkers
56 Franklins
84 1964s
325 40%
15 Proofs
3 Foreign (That I can recall... I didn't keep track of this one for some reason.)

Total Searched: $46,064.86
Total Silver Found: 552 Coins

Goals for 2007: $75,000 in halves searched, 1,000 Silver Coins, Anything Barber

Where do these rolls come from? Seriously, what IDIOT puts a Walker in his lunch money?

Haha, they come from the bank. A lot of guys on this forum have found a lot more Walkers than I have this year.

 

[Nick in NEPA]

Like, BEFORE the bank?

 

[bazinga]

Like, BEFORE the bank?

What do you mean before the bank? They are also finding all of their coins at the banks, just like I do.

 

[Nick in NEPA]

I probably sound like a complete idiot, but how do banks get their rolls?

 

[bazinga]

I probably sound like a complete idiot, but how do banks get their rolls?

Customers will bring in rolls sometimes and they also order coins from armored car services that drop it off in rolls.

 

[Nick in NEPA]

Cool...I'll try that sometime. BTW, I think it was this year but my dad has a lot of vending machines at work. I was wrapping the change that he dumps in a jar and I pulled several wheats and Canadian coins, a 1936 Buffalo in VF, and 2 Indians. It's interesting that these were from vending machines and people who don't check their change.

 

[bazinga]

Cool...I'll try that sometime. BTW, I think it was this year but my dad has a lot of vending machines at work. I was wrapping the change that he dumps in a jar and I pulled several wheats and Canadian coins, a 1936 Buffalo in VF, and 2 Indians. It's interesting that these were from vending machines and people who don't check their change.

Keep checking those machines! I'm sure you will pull some silver out of them this year if you stick with it!

 

[Nick in NEPA]

Sounds good! I check the machines in school, and although there hasn't been any silver yet, I pull 45 cents out of the returns some days. I have a little network of people that donate their change from the day (to me)...one time my friend gave me a quarter from 1956. He didn't know it was silver. I did.

 

[cyberdan]

.......I am doing $1,500 a week in halves.........

If you are doing that much per week how many different banks do you return your rejects to?

How do you recycle your money? I pull from bank "A" and buy coins then deposit the rejects in bank "B1 & B2" when "A" is almost empty I transfer all back to "A" and start the cycle all over again. At least that is my plan. I have not done the full cycle yet. "A" is almost half empty.

I just opened up a second "return" bank account this last Saturday and I am only trying to do $500 - $750 a week.

My first "return" bank will only accept rolled coins in my city. But the main branch 10 miles away will accept loose because they have a counter. I took in some coin there on Friday to test their machine and it was only about $1.50 off and that was in pennies and nickles and that could have been my counting. It was accurate in counting the halves. I had to make 4 trips to my car to carry in all the coins. But they were pretty friendly about it all. They keep their counter in the back so they would not allow me back there.

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Haha, no help. I usually go through about $1500 in halves in under an hour.

Gee are ya some kind of android?


It takes me about 3-4 hours minimum to go through one $500 box....

 

[bazinga]

.......I am doing $1,500 a week in halves.........

If you are doing that much per week how many different banks do you return your rejects to?

How do you recycle your money? I pull from bank "A" and buy coins then deposit the rejects in bank "B1 & B2" when "A" is almost empty I transfer all back to "A" and start the cycle all over again. At least that is my plan. I have not done the full cycle yet. "A" is almost half empty.

I just opened up a second "return" bank account this last Saturday and I am only trying to do $500 - $750 a week.

My first "return" bank will only accept rolled coins in my city. But the main branch 10 miles away will accept loose because they have a counter. I took in some coin there on Friday to test their machine and it was only about $1.50 off and that was in pennies and nickles and that could have been my counting. It was accurate in counting the halves. I had to make 4 trips to my car to carry in all the coins. But they were pretty friendly about it all. They keep their counter in the back so they would not allow me back there.

I buy 3 boxes from Bank A and return it all in one trip to Bank B that has a coin counter and I have been doing this nearly every week for the past year without a problem to date.

Haha, no help. I usually go through about $1500 in halves in under an hour.

Gee are ya some kind of android?


It takes me about 3-4 hours minimum to go through one $500 box....

Haha, I just look at the sides of the coins. Finding worn proofs, and errors just doesn't excite me very much. I do check any dirty coins just in case they are silver though.