2014: The Hunter and the Hunted

[TheMastermind]

I picked up two boxes of halves yesterday for the first hunt of the new year.

One was a skunk, the other gave up one 40%er: 1968D.

My goal for this year is to find 100 ozt.

 

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[TheMastermind]

Picked up six boxes of halves over the weekend, just now finished going through all of them. Four boxes were skunks, the other two gave up three 40%ers each:

1966
1967
1968D x 3
1969D

 

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[boristhespider88]

Picked up six boxes of halves over the weekend, just now finished going through all of them. Four boxes were skunks, the other two gave up three 40%ers each:

1966
1967
1968D x 3
1969D

At a ratio of 1/per box, I'd be happy with that.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Nice batch, just like boris stated, 1/per box is a nice average to achieve. I always want 1/per box, and anything else is a "bonus" for me.

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up a box of halves and a box of dimes yesterday, skunked on the halves. Dimes gave up three Roosies:

1962D
1964
1964D

 

[BuffaloBoy]

Great dime boxe, i recently finished 8 dime boxes for one Roosevelt dime which was an ender.

 

[TheMastermind]

Dimes have been horrible for me the last few weeks.

 

[Infowarrior]

Yo mastermind,

I found a gold marked coin of yours from 4/14 today... still stuck with the skunks!! ugh...

HH

 

[TheMastermind]

Ah, I marked exactly three gold-plated halves in the second week of April. Haha.

Sorry to hear about the skunks. My finds have definitely slowed down over the last few weeks.

 

[TheMastermind]

I picked up three boxes of halves today, one of which was a skunk. I did, however, manage to find a 90%er and two 40%ers between the other two boxes:

1954S Ben
1967
1968D

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up two boxes of halves yesterday, one box was a skunk and the other gave up two keepers:

1943 Walker
1969D

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up two boxes of halves and three boxes of dimes this weekend. Two of the boxes of dimes were skunks, the third gave up three keepers:

1955 Elizabeth II Canadian
1948 Roosie
1962D Roosie

One box of halves was a skunk, but the other gave up fifteen keepers. A 90%er and fourteen 40%ers:

1964
1965
1966 x 9
1967 x 2
1968D x 2



Not a bad weekend at all.

 

[SilverFace]

Those were a couple of great boxes. My last half box on Friday was my best box in two months - it had 10 keepers: a 90% Kender and nine 40%.

Hopefully our good luck continues the rest of the month.

H$H!

 

[TheMastermind]

Picked up a box of halves today on my lunch break and scored a 1943 silver Washington from the teller's tray!

 

[SilverFace]

Congrats on the quarter. Someone else found a silver quarter this week - same year I think. Its been years since Ive found a silver quarter. Good luck with your box. I should have 2 or 3 more boxes this week so Im hoping for a little more silver before the week is through.

H$H!

 

[TheMastermind]

I went to AC this weekend for a bachelor party. Had $3.41 in change leftover from meals, beers, tolls, etc.

Dumped the change leftover from the weekend into the coin machine. Checked the reject tray and found a bunch of cents in there. Felt up into the tube and it was absolutely full of coins.

Ran all of that change through the machine as well. Went in with $3.41, ticket printed and read $43.88!

Also found two keepers in the mass of coins from the reject tube/tray, both '64D Roosies!

Also picked up two boxes of halves to search later on.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

That's awesome! I've never had any luck with the reject chutes.

 

[starkizzle]

that is a good find! i have been adding up the canadian change from the reject tube.. probably have 7-8 $ so far, and no silver. good luck with the halves HH

 

[SilverFace]

Getting paid $40 in free clad plus two rosies to use the coin machine.....sure cant beat that! Good luck with your boxes.

 

[Infowarrior]

Man I REALLY wish I had coin machines like this around me... it seems like you are constantly finding free money and silver... awesome!

 

[TheMastermind]

Man I REALLY wish I had coin machines like this around me... it seems like you are constantly finding free money and silver... awesome!

All but one of my dump banks have gotten new upgraded coin machines. The new machines no longer have the shallow-pitch tube leading to the reject tray, it's now pretty much a vertical straight shot to the reject tray. I haven't found anything in these new coin machines since being installed.

Luckily, the one dump bank with the old machines is the most heavily-used branch in my area and was the one I found the most goodies at in previous years. Hopefully they hold out on getting these new coin machines.