Jrm
Full Member
So I know I already had my huge lucky break this year...
I am on vacation in Idaho, visiting my grandparents and trying out panning for the first time. I was out for about four hours today, across a few rivers, but no luck yet. Going back out tomorrow with undiminished morale.
While I am here, figured I would check some local banks. First two were the same story, nope, no halves/dollars. The third bank however, had $270 in halves, so I bought those, $40 in dimes, $14 in nickels. As the teller was counting out the rolls, I noticed some had dates written outside. 1967. 1968. I had seen that before, and figured someone beat me to some great rolls, and rerolled modern stuff.
When I got to the house, I immediately opened the tops of a '1967' roll. Sure enough, silver staring at me. Dumped out the whole roll and heard the silver falling into my hand with every single coin. Awesome! I knew what to expect for the other dated rolls, so I opened them up... ALL SILVER. By about the 4th roll, when I found four Walkers, my hands started shaking.
All told, there was nothing in the dimes or nickels, and of $270 halves, I got:
1940 x 2
1943 x 1
1945 x 1
1964 x 9
1965 x 7
1966 x 23
1967 x 59
1968 x 47
1969 x 18
For a grand total of 167 silver. =)
*UPDATE*
Here are the pictures I promised. The four rolls on the right, plus the one I had already opened were full silver. The stacks on the right were all silver as they came from each roll. Stacks on the left were non-keepers. Nothing to be found in the dimes or nickels.
I am on vacation in Idaho, visiting my grandparents and trying out panning for the first time. I was out for about four hours today, across a few rivers, but no luck yet. Going back out tomorrow with undiminished morale.
While I am here, figured I would check some local banks. First two were the same story, nope, no halves/dollars. The third bank however, had $270 in halves, so I bought those, $40 in dimes, $14 in nickels. As the teller was counting out the rolls, I noticed some had dates written outside. 1967. 1968. I had seen that before, and figured someone beat me to some great rolls, and rerolled modern stuff.
When I got to the house, I immediately opened the tops of a '1967' roll. Sure enough, silver staring at me. Dumped out the whole roll and heard the silver falling into my hand with every single coin. Awesome! I knew what to expect for the other dated rolls, so I opened them up... ALL SILVER. By about the 4th roll, when I found four Walkers, my hands started shaking.
All told, there was nothing in the dimes or nickels, and of $270 halves, I got:
1940 x 2
1943 x 1
1945 x 1
1964 x 9
1965 x 7
1966 x 23
1967 x 59
1968 x 47
1969 x 18
For a grand total of 167 silver. =)
*UPDATE*
Here are the pictures I promised. The four rolls on the right, plus the one I had already opened were full silver. The stacks on the right were all silver as they came from each roll. Stacks on the left were non-keepers. Nothing to be found in the dimes or nickels.
wow! Score!
