| Author |
 Topic  |
|
highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2648 Posts |
 Posted - 06/15/2009 : 21:48:37
|
quote:
Originally posted by rainsonme
I am in Oregon. Seems like the concentration of silver is dropping a bit. I went to 5 banks today, and got nothing for the effort. I get bags and boxs Tue-Sat. Just stop at other local branches on Mondays.
What part of Oregon are you in? I know of a company in Oregon that seraches halves for silver! |
Copper Penny Investing
www.portlandmint.com |
 |
|
|
rainsonme
Penny Pincher Member
USA
183 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2009 : 00:40:17
|
| I am in the Portland area. West of Portland. You know a "company" that searches halves for silver???????? I'd love to know who ------ odd business model. |
|
|
|
highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2009 : 00:46:13
|
quote:
Originally posted by rainsonme
I am in the Portland area. West of Portland. You know a "company" that searches halves for silver???????? I'd love to know who ------ odd business model.
HAHA umm rainsonme the company is actually based in portland! Its one of the armor car services!
U.S bank is one of the few banks they dont service. Your best bet would be to go to them. Defintly avoid wells fargo! |
Copper Penny Investing
www.portlandmint.com |
|
|
|
rainsonme
Penny Pincher Member
USA
183 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2009 : 09:03:33
|
| Well, that might explain why the silver seems lower. If the silver dried up completely, I would loose an ineresting hobby, but gain back about 10 hours a week of my time. What's the name of the company? I will try to find out what they are finding. |
|
|
|
MRBONG411
Penny Sorter Member
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 14:07:38
|
Got a box a couple of weeks ago and nothing.
Then got a box today and did ok so I will continue.
3 - 1964
16 - 1965-1969
|
|
|
|
CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 14:14:01
|
quote:
Originally posted by MRBONG411
Got a box a couple of weeks ago and nothing.
Then got a box today and did ok so I will continue.
3 - 1964
16 - 1965-1969
Not bad for one box. That is more than I have found in the 5 or 6 boxes I have done total. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
|
|
|
|
n/a
deleted
478 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 18:24:12
|
| I ask for half dollars once in a while. Almost all the banks tell me they have a few (like 3 or 4 COINS) or none. I have no idea where you guys are getting boxes of half dollars from but the banks around me keep none in stock. |
|
|
|
Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 18:37:37
|
You've got have your bank order them. Start with one $500 box of halves and work you way up from there. Talk to the head teller that does the ordering of coins and currency for that branch. If you've been with a bank awhile, I'm sure they will order you a $500 box of halves. Never, never bring the halves back to the bank that gave you the $500 box. Locate a bank you can use as a dump bank.
On another note, I've been very fortunate this month. I've found 158 40%ers and 85 90%ers so far this month going through $8735 of halves in $500 boxes, CWRs, and teller trays. For me, hunting for silver has been well worth the time. I think the key is to have a well thought out system that works for you. |
---> Come to the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
– Theodore Roosevelt
|
|
|
|
jtm3
Penny Pincher Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 18:53:54
|
| I have gotten around 300 dollars worth of halves and 100 in dimes and have found nothing. I found a guy at a fair the a few days later and got 90% for 8x face. |
Copper Cent Hoarding Wiki
coppercenthoarding.wikia.com
+637 posts |
|
|
|
Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 19:10:14
|
quote:
Originally posted by jtm3
I have gotten around 300 dollars worth of halves and 100 in dimes and have found nothing. I found a guy at a fair the a few days later and got 90% for 8x face.
That's a nice pick up for 90%. Most of wish we could find someone to sell 90% to us at 8X.
Check out the "Official 2009 Half Dollars and Other Coins" thread in the "Silver Coins, Gold, and other Bullion Metals" section. You will see that many of us search $1000's to find a few silvers. It's a lot of work, but it's worth it.
|
---> Come to the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
– Theodore Roosevelt
|
|
|
|
buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
441 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 19:52:34
|
quote:
Originally posted by Country
On another note, I've been very fortunate this month. I've found 158 40%ers and 85 90%ers so far this month going through $8735 of halves in $500 boxes, CWRs, and teller trays. For me, hunting for silver has been well worth the time. I think the key is to have a well thought out system that works for you.
Pretty much! It's 40% strategy 60% luck. Shooting blind with no strategy = lots more failures. |
|
|
|
dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 20:53:16
|
| It is hard work to look for halves but when you hit pay dirt it is worth it at that time. |
|
|
|
oly1oly1
Penny Sorter Member
USA
81 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2009 : 14:02:52
|
I just sorted my very first halves. Picked up $300.00 in pennies and tellers tried to get me to take their quarters. I said no but how about halves. I bought $1000.00 CWR bag and I think I did OK.
6 Franklins
2 64 Kennedys
15 40% Kennedys
3 $2.00 Canadian Coins
1 $10 Peso coin
1 10 New Pence w/Elizabeth II
1 Arab Coin ?????
1 Regular Quarter - (50% loss)
Kinda like this silver huntin vs pennies!!! |
T.O. |
Edited by - oly1oly1 on 08/05/2009 07:17:34 |
|
|
|
GA-Silver
Penny Pincher Member
USA
238 Posts |
Posted - 08/02/2009 : 23:33:46
|
| Went out to eat at the Waffle House early Saturday morning and got a '64 dime back in my change! There still is wild sliver out there.... |
|
|
|
wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 01:12:22
|
watched a guy lose 8.9% to a Coinstar machine, he kept trying to put one or more coins back through that kept getting rejected. When he left I went and found a nice 1964 dime sitting right there on top. He had no idea, must have thought it was fake or something.
a dollar in my favor!! |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
|
|
|
Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
|
|
MRBONG411
Penny Sorter Member
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 16:31:02
|
Yay glad you are back to getting halves Nickelless.
I got another box today and was happy with the results.
2 - 90%
5 - 40%
Could someone start a sticky thread where people could post their finds from half dollar boxes?
I love posting my finds but also get very excited about reading what other people find.
Thanks |
|
|
|
Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 17:24:34
|
Halves hunting and loose change. The last silver I got from circulation was last year.
Either the people in this part of the country know what they have or someone has beaten me to them. |
Awake, O kings of the earth! Come ye, O, come ye, with your gold and your silver, to the help of my people, to the house of the daughters of Zion, to the help of the people of the God of this Land even Jesus Christ. |
|
|
|
jtm3
Penny Pincher Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 13:54:51
|
Quote: Originally posted by Country
"That's a nice pick up for 90%. Most of wish we could find someone to sell 90% to us at 8X."
Well worn Rosevelts and Mercs, but in the $.80 range I jumped on nearly all of it. |
Copper Cent Hoarding Wiki
coppercenthoarding.wikia.com
+637 posts |
|
|
|
Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 16:21:43
|
quote:
Originally posted by Nickelless
OK, it's been a couple months and I think I've finally gotten over being skunked, as I'm planning to order another box of halves this week...and of course bribe the tellers with chocolate. I'll let you guys know how this batch turns out. I should be picking up the box at the end of next week.
Earlier this afternoon I talked to the bank that I'd ordered my first box of halves from (which was also the bank I was ordering $400 worth of pennies from when I still had my Ryedale) and they told me that their policy now was that they could only order boxes of coins for people who had "active" accounts. (My account has 1 cent in it and hasn't moved in months.) So I called the bank where I get direct deposit for work and they said they would order a bag ($1000) that would be in next week. In talking with the vault manager, he said they roll coins that come in bags, so my only fear is that someone dumping halves into a rolling machine will cherry-pick silver. We'll see next week what happens.
The line I'm giving banks is that I like to have emergency cash on hand at home, and it's a bigger pain in the butt to carry around and/or spend coins, so that's why I'd rather have $1,000 worth of halves than 10 C-notes. |
Visit my new preparedness site: Preparedness.cc/SurvivalPrep.net
--Latest article: Stocking up on spices to keep food preps lively
---------------
Be prepared...and prepared to help: http://www.survivalblog.com/charity.html
Are you ready spiritually for hard times? http://www.jesusfreak.com/rapture.asp |
Edited by - Nickelless on 08/05/2009 16:23:22 |
|
|
|
JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2009 : 16:54:16
|
Wow Nickelless, With a line like that, these banks must take you for being one paranoid nutjob. Seriously how do they respond to a statement like that. I've never had to explain myself or reasons for wanting coins. Also I'd have created an account just to be a pain with that other bank.
There's no greater feeling than seeing the pleasant features of a bank teller/manager melt to grim as they notice your arrival.
~ JobIII |
Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
|
|
|
|
Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
|
|
BOHICA
Penny Sorter Member
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2009 : 15:23:05
|
| I received a 1957 Roosy today in change at a 'Starbucks' kiosk. First one in years. |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
Hunting for wild silver is a waste of time...
Forum Locked
