1st box of cents. Little luck

[azmetaldetector]

I have gone through $9.50 worth of cents from the first box I have ever bought. Only 2wheats so far. Very disappointing. I am keeping the copper cents so I am getting those at least ....and one dime in the first roll I opened.

Is this typical ratio of wheats you more experienced guys are seeing?

 

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[UncleVinnys]

I get about 10 Wheaties per box and 18 to 20% copper.

See my post on Penny Stats; some fellow has a count based on much larger quantities.

Quoting GoldenCoin:

My stats are:
2 hand sorted boxes per hour (not counting dumping)
1 box per hour if I have to reroll it
I've been through over $8400 total
I get 1 wheat per $1.29 and 1 indian for every $650 searched (off due to several large penny hoards and lost data)
I don't keep copper

HH
-GC

 

[ArkieBassMan]

My average box is about 11% copper and 3 wheats per $25 box.

 

[silvernd]

I've only done about 5-6 boxes so far, but I've been between 23-28% copper on all of them, but low on the wheats, usually about 7/box.

 

[mts]

I average over 25% copper and around 10 wheats per box here in the midwest. Most of the wheats I get are 1940's and 1950's. Early wheats are pretty rare (1 in 20 perhaps?).

 

[AGBlex]

here in the north east i feel wheats are more common. I avg around 20 per box some months I've averaged 30+. with just about every box having a pre 1930 cent some times i've had up to 20 coins pre 1940 with 5 or so teens.

 

[mts]

here in the north east i feel wheats are more common. I avg around 20 per box some months I've averaged 30+. with just about every box having a pre 1930 cent some times i've had up to 20 coins pre 1940 with 5 or so teens.

The north east is not just good for wheats and copper, it's good for silver too. You guys have all the luck.

 

[blink]

Out west we get about 10 per box and a good box is 20. Usually about 2-4 pre 1940 wheats. Best individual roll so far had 5 wheats. Hardly any Canadian coin.

 

[azmetaldetector]

Thanks for the great feedback. I'll keep at it!

 

[Zephr]

I remember I got only 2 wheats on my very first box of cents. After that I have not gotten a box with less than 6 or so.

 

[azmetaldetector]

I ended up with 8 wheat cents, 1 dime. That makes it .32% wheaties for that box. Much less than what I hoped, but my expectations were probably way too high. I also saved all the coppers, and I am fairly certain that one of the 1970 s cents I found was small date variety. Just for kicks I bought loose halves from the bank ($8.00 worth), but no silver at all. That was fun.

 

[Xiao en]

on the few boxes I have done I average 20-22% copper and 8-12 wheats