Silver all gone?

[Jimmyrig]

Hey folks, happy Sunday!

Are silver half dollars beginning to dry up? I live in Colorado. I've recently been through about 20 boxes of half dollars ($500 per box ) from several different banks in the area. I haven't found a single silver coin. Anyone else?

 

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[Johnnybravo300]

I have better luck finding gold in creeks.

 

[Diver_Down]

Hey folks, happy Sunday!

Are silver half dollars beginning to dry up? I live in Colorado. I've recently been through about 20 boxes of half dollars ($500 per box ) from several different banks in the area. I haven't found a single silver coin. Anyone else?

That is a pretty small sample size to frame your theory. The silver is still there. It comes and goes. About a decade ago, there was a heavy hunter who did 20 boxes a week. His skunk streak was months. SilverCop was the hunter.

 

[Jimmyrig]

That is a pretty small sample size to frame your theory. The silver is still there. It comes and goes. About a decade ago, there was a heavy hunter who did 20 boxes a week. His skunk streak was months. SilverCop was the hunter.

Dang! 20 boxes a week is 1000 coins. Lets say for the sake of argument a 2 month skunk streak = 8000 coins without a single silver... that's rough.

 

[Diver_Down]

Your math is way off. 20 coins in $10 roll. 50 rolls in 1 Box = $500. There are 1000 half dollars in a single box. 20 boxes is 20,000 coins.

Go search the archives for his handle as he gave updates to his efforts.

 

[Jimmyrig]

Your math is way off. 20 coins in $10 roll. 50 rolls in 1 Box = $500. There are 1000 half dollars in a single box. 20 boxes is 20,000 coins.

Go search the archives for his handle as he gave updates to his efforts.

Apologies, your right. Not sure where the heck I got 20 boxes is 1000 coins. Must be the quarantine with 2 toddlers lol. Still 160,000 coins without a single silver seems ridiculous. I would have given up at half that.

 

[cyberdan]

I have seen this question asked for years. All original silver is probably gone. I started about 10 years ago and did pretty well. All new silver are the coins deposited by widows and grandchildren of hoarders. They just want the cash. It will work through the system and get boxed for you to find. (one at a time)

 

[TxAg]

Silver can be very erratic. January and February were particularly slow for me, then March roared like a lion, lol. “Right place at the right time”, still the mantra. It will slow for me personally now that banks are closing their lobbies. That will make it more difficult to pickup and dump going forward.

 

[halfdime]

Silver can be very erratic. January and February were particularly slow for me, then March roared like a lion, lol. “Right place at the right time”, still the mantra. It will slow for me personally now that banks are closing their lobbies. That will make it more difficult to pickup and dump going forward.

I'm stuck, for now, with a lot of halves!