Silver Quarters

[Wickaboag]

Hey all, any of you hunt quarters?
Averages?
Opinions on hunting Silver QuarterS?
Looking for advice as always
Wicka

 

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[CoinFetcher]

I have found 3 in teller trays in about 4 months.

Searched maybe 50 in rolls, all skunky.

Also, 1 silver canadian 50%er. Basically, ask for canadian money too, and know what is silver, and then just don't buy it if it's not silver.

 

[Coppercrazy]

I've searched maybe 35 rolls...nothing.

 

[boristhespider88]

I only searched some MWRs while I was working at Target and only found 2 after searching over $4,000 in quarters.

My two finds were about 10 months apart too.

 

[goldencoin]

I find a silver quarter, Canadian or otherwise, every $2030

HH
-GC

 

[Wickaboag]

Anyone else want to tell me about their skunk streaks with quarters? Or can I get some inspiration here!
Lol!
Wicka

 

[CoinFetcher]

Do you undestand why quarters are no good?

Everyone hoarded them in '65, melted, ect, ect, ect, ect, ect. Their is no secret. Quarters are lame. No one is trying to get the quarter dream box, because it doesn't exist.

I know several tellers who search every clear plastic wrapped box for silver quarters. that is 10s of thousands a week. they RARELY find them.

 

[Wickaboag]

Ouch.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

no silver quarters in about $5000 i searched over 3 years. $3600 alone this year(7 boxes and $100 CWR) were all skunks.

 

[Local_coins]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coin-roll-hunting/270301-quarters.html

Here's a thread I started with my quarters experience. Gives you an idea of how many are actually in the wild to be found.

 

[Generic_Lad]

I've searched a few quarter bags and found 1 silver in about every $3K searched. Way less than dimes, halves or nickels. Heck, I'm sure you'll find silver in penny boxes quicker than you'll find a silver quarter.

Quarters have a few advantages though:
1) They are very easy to order
2) They are very easy to dump

But quarters have been culled both in the 1960s, by vending machine operators, by cashiers, and by the general public looking for the state quarters.

 

[fistfulladirt]

I seem to find silver quarters every other time I hunt them. I like to pick up about $300-$500 at a time. Actually when I think about it, silver weight per volume searched is close to dimes for me. On another note, I have good luck digging silver quarters. I have dug seated, Barbers, a half-dozen SLQ's, and over two dozen silver Washingtons in the last couple years. My oldest found Canadian quarter is 1871. Ok, I'm done horn-tooting.

 

[Local_coins]

I seem to find silver quarters every other time I hunt them. I like to pick up about $300-$500 at a time. Actually when I think about it, silver weight per volume searched is close to dimes for me. On another note, I have good luck digging silver quarters. I have dug seated, Barbers, a half-dozen SLQ's, and over two dozen silver Washingtons in the last couple years. My oldest found Canadian quarter is 1871. Ok, I'm done horn-tooting.

I have yet to dig a silver quarter. I always seem to dig dimes!

 

[Mr. Silver Stash]

I have found 2-3 silver quarter & 1 silver canadian in about 10 boxes. I have had much better luck with bags at bank machines that don't reject silver & will actually sell the bag. I have about 8 silver in $5000.

 

[Wickaboag]

I have found 2-3 silver quarter & 1 silver canadian in about 10 boxes. I have had much better luck with bags at bank machines that don't reject silver & will actually sell the bag. I have about 8 silver in $5000.

My dump bank has a "CoinStream" coin counter, not sure if it rejects silver, (not willing to test either :P)
You know anything about this machine? I would gladly get a bag, and see what it contains
Wicka

 

[Generic_Lad]

My dump bank has a "CoinStream" coin counter, not sure if it rejects silver, (not willing to test either :P)
You know anything about this machine? I would gladly get a bag, and see what it contains
Wicka

Just buy a bag, try for the dimes/nickels first because they fill fast and you have less of a chance of getting a skunk (remember, vending machine operators and laundromats were CRHing before a lot of us were born and most take in bags and bags of coin! and most of them are quarters). Very few machines will reject silver simply because it harms reliability (a lot more things can go wrong and a broken machine costs more than a couple of cents here and there of foreign coins)