My intro to CRH and a dime question

[Styfflin]

Hi guys -
This is my first post on this board. I did my intro post on the "New Member Introductions" board. Check it out if you're curious. I started CRH in the last couple weeks. I've picked through three boxes of dimes, five boxes of nickels, and four boxes of pennies. My primary finds are three silver war nickels and a big handful of wheats. I'm also keeping copper pennies and all the other odd coins that people tell you to keep. More importantly, I piggybacked on my Wells Fargo's change order for next week. It will be my first taste of half-dollars.

I've seen a lot of complaints on here about dime boxes in the last couple days. I haven't had luck in my dime searching thus far. I've gone through three Loomis boxes of dimes this year, and I've been skunked. I'll reserve final judgment until I'm 10+ boxes in, but it's not a good start to say the least.

How do you CRH dimes? I read in the Beginners Guide To Coin Roll Hunting thread that "when searching dimes only check the rims, its much faster and keep a close look for dirty silver rims." I think this is a load of bull. I stuck two silver dimes (a Mercury and a Roosevelt) from my collection in a roll of clad dimes, and I could hardly tell the difference. I even put them side by side and it was still difficult. Am I missing something here? I understand silver dimes have a white rim. Is it hard for me to spot them because of all the brand new 2012 dimes that have been so dominant in the rolls?

 

[Thorne]

You can speed check rolls by looking at the side even a brand new dime shows some clad. I open everything to check for errors, other country coins, the 2009 still yet to find. It just a way to check fast. Fast money don't make no eg though. Errors are worth more then the Ag sotimes

 

[mark1982]

dont get discouraged by what other members say on here. Most of them go on a rant because they have not found silver in a while. Sorry about you first 3 boxes being skunks, it happens. If your looking to pull silver out of everybox and make profits then the hobby is not for you period. We all go threw many skunks followed by not as many good boxes. Its just the way it is. There are people on here who go on a 50+ box skunk streak and then there next 20 boxes produce silver.

When spotting silver in a dime roll dont think shiny and bright, think white and faded. Ounce you get the hang of it you will be able to spot a silver dime in a roll fron 5 ft away. I have done so many i can tell if a dime is canadian dime and not think its silver. Get yiourself a good pick up and dump plan going so your not waisting time and gas getting coins and dumping coins. once you get a system in place things will get better. Like i said though if you want silver in everybox forget it!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Have you tried scanning the rolls first with a metal detector, set to descriminate the clad?

 

[maverick]

Have you tried scanning the rolls first with a metal detector, set to descriminate the clad?

Hey Fist, now that is an interesting idea! I don't know much about MDing( yet, going to by my son one on his birthday next month) but can you scan a roll of halves with one and tell if there is silver in it? This may be a dumb question, as I am uneducated on MDiing, but I don't think I have ever seen it discussed on here before. HH, Maverick.

 

[AdDicted2Ag]

Have you tried scanning the rolls first with a metal detector, set to descriminate the clad?

 

[Southpaw]

Have you tried scanning the rolls first with a metal detector, set to descriminate the clad?

You can discriminate clad with a metal detector? Hmm... interesting.

 

[AdDicted2Ag]

You can discriminate clad with a metal detector? Hmm... interesting.

No you cannot.. If you find a metal detector that can please let me (and only me) know..

 

[Eminem]

dawg you can do one of several things (though idk why they have been culling silver from boxes since the new year started theyre called 'pre-sorted' coins to avoid foreign and counterfit coins) you can:

A.) Weigh the roll - dimes of silver will be a lot more heavy you can tell with a scale set to grams. If you can't tell bring it back to the bank immediately and demand a refund

B.) Set your metal detecter to 'silver' mode...it will drown out the clad yo

c.) stop doing dimes

I have been skunked on my last 6 boxes of dimes yo

 

[50cent]

D, run an electric current through each one, the one with silver dimes in it, will have less ohms, meaning it has silver homeslice.

 

[Eminem]

D, run an electric current through each one, the one with silver dimes in it, will have less ohms, meaning it has silver homeslice.

yes sir.

and dont forget E

E.) Use a ryedal sorter, silver and copper coins are very different and you will not lose out on anything

 

[SilverForBrains]

Hi guys -
This is my first post on this board. I did my intro post on the "New Member Introductions" board. Check it out if you're curious. I started CRH in the last couple weeks. I've picked through three boxes of dimes, five boxes of nickels, and four boxes of pennies. My primary finds are three silver war nickels and a big handful of wheats. I'm also keeping copper pennies and all the other odd coins that people tell you to keep. More importantly, I piggybacked on my Wells Fargo's change order for next week. It will be my first taste of half-dollars.

I've seen a lot of complaints on here about dime boxes in the last couple days. I haven't had luck in my dime searching thus far. I've gone through three Loomis boxes of dimes this year, and I've been skunked. I'll reserve final judgment until I'm 10+ boxes in, but it's not a good start to say the least.

How do you CRH dimes? I read in the Beginners Guide To Coin Roll Hunting thread that "when searching dimes only check the rims, its much faster and keep a close look for dirty silver rims." I think this is a load of bull. I stuck two silver dimes (a Mercury and a Roosevelt) from my collection in a roll of clad dimes, and I could hardly tell the difference. I even put them side by side and it was still difficult. Am I missing something here? I understand silver dimes have a white rim. Is it hard for me to spot them because of all the brand new 2012 dimes that have been so dominant in the rolls?

Welcome to the hobby, glad to have ya here

I'm not sure what advice to give, since to me silver dimes stick out like a sore thumb. I would say put the silver dimes in a clad roll but you already did that. Do that again, but take it slow. Start from one end of the roll, and visually take note of each copper and nickel layer on the coins. Focus on the copper especially. Any coin you can't find that copper on, check it. if you're still having problems, I would suggest trying a larger coin, or checking to see that you have enough light in the room. lots of direct light helps

 

[maverick]

Welcome to the hobby, glad to have ya here

I'm not sure what advice to give, since to me silver dimes stick out like a sore thumb. I would say put the silver dimes in a clad roll but you already did that. Do that again, but take it slow. Start from one end of the roll, and visually take note of each copper and nickel layer on the coins. Focus on the copper especially. Any coin you can't find that copper on, check it. if you're still having problems, I would suggest trying a larger coin, or checking to see that you have enough light in the room. lots of direct light helps

Completely agree SFB, lighting makes a huge difference! HH, Maverick.

 

[Styfflin]

Thanks for the tips, the sarcasm, and the welcome in general. It was about what I expected given the silliness of expecting anything after 3 boxes of dimes. So I got my fourth box of dimes this afternoon, along with two boxes of nickels. Needless to say, much better results! 1954, 1961, and two 1964 silver Roosevelts. This box had considerably less shiny 2012 dimes in each roll. The silver truly did stick out like a sore thumb. And for good measure, both boxes of nickels contained a no-date buffalo. Two firsts tonight!

 

[hotrod]

awsome finds!