My wife and I were able to take some time for a road trip. We don't normally have time for road trips, and with gas being so expensive, our road trips are few and far between.
Instead of taking the interstate, we traveled a few old state roads that parallel the interstate, hitting small towns across the state.
Since we were on a business trip, and wouldn't be back to my dumping grounds for a few days, I didn't have an easy way to dump. I set my limit at $200 worth of halves.
We hit a ton of banks, buying up to $250 each time. (I only left one bank that had $400 in the vault). Someone must have been working this area VERY hard, because I heard again and again, "I have some halves, but if you are looking for silver, these have been searched." This is unusual because I don't hear that very often.
The beauty of the trip is that, along the way, I found 3 different banks where I have an account...an awesome opportunity to dump!!!!! I was able to dump nearly every thing I had...the timing worked out perfectly!!!!!!!!!
We searched about $700 worth of halves in total.
Total finds:
5-40%...a '65, '66, '67, '68 and a '69...we found these individually
Then...we stopped at a McDonald's for a Coke...our last stop of the trip...and I got a MERC in change!!!!!! A 1940 in beautiful condition!!!!! I was so thrilled!!!! The cashier checked the rest of the dimes for me, but that was the only one left. What are the odds? I finally got a Merc in change...only the second time in my life that this has happened!!!!!
Thanks everyone for letting me share!!!!!
Instead of taking the interstate, we traveled a few old state roads that parallel the interstate, hitting small towns across the state.
Since we were on a business trip, and wouldn't be back to my dumping grounds for a few days, I didn't have an easy way to dump. I set my limit at $200 worth of halves.
We hit a ton of banks, buying up to $250 each time. (I only left one bank that had $400 in the vault). Someone must have been working this area VERY hard, because I heard again and again, "I have some halves, but if you are looking for silver, these have been searched." This is unusual because I don't hear that very often.
The beauty of the trip is that, along the way, I found 3 different banks where I have an account...an awesome opportunity to dump!!!!! I was able to dump nearly every thing I had...the timing worked out perfectly!!!!!!!!!
We searched about $700 worth of halves in total.
Total finds:
5-40%...a '65, '66, '67, '68 and a '69...we found these individually
Then...we stopped at a McDonald's for a Coke...our last stop of the trip...and I got a MERC in change!!!!!! A 1940 in beautiful condition!!!!! I was so thrilled!!!! The cashier checked the rest of the dimes for me, but that was the only one left. What are the odds? I finally got a Merc in change...only the second time in my life that this has happened!!!!!
Thanks everyone for letting me share!!!!!
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I'm 41 years old and my father had me searching dates as soon as I was big enough. Every piece of change I have ever gotten has been searched. Never found a single silver. Ever. 
Spent some quality time with the wife and got a little silver. Never, ever forget that many a 40%er have been found in "searched" rolls.
