AirmetTango
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My silver finds are down pretty strongly this year. Not from lack of trying - I've actually been out more this year than the previous two, especially in the last three weeks. Maybe just a combination of bad luck and poor locations - I've had several new permissions that just didn't pan out well this year.
Anyway, I just got done tumbling a load of clad, and because I'm a glutton for punishment, I decided to take a look at the dates on the quarters and dimes to see how many times I "just missed" instead of just tossing them into my change jars like I usually do. 69 quarters and 112 dimes for $28.45 total - and out of those, 6 quarters and 8 dimes were 1965! With over 50 years worth of potential dates I was expecting maybe one or two of each, tops! But that's more than 8% of my quarters and 7% of my dimes that missed being silver by 1 lousy year!!
Put all those one year earlier, and I'm at least on pace with last year...oh well, just my luck! 
Moral of the story....no more looking at the dates on clad - straight into the jar it goes from now on!!
Anyway, I just got done tumbling a load of clad, and because I'm a glutton for punishment, I decided to take a look at the dates on the quarters and dimes to see how many times I "just missed" instead of just tossing them into my change jars like I usually do. 69 quarters and 112 dimes for $28.45 total - and out of those, 6 quarters and 8 dimes were 1965! With over 50 years worth of potential dates I was expecting maybe one or two of each, tops! But that's more than 8% of my quarters and 7% of my dimes that missed being silver by 1 lousy year!!
Put all those one year earlier, and I'm at least on pace with last year...oh well, just my luck! Moral of the story....no more looking at the dates on clad - straight into the jar it goes from now on!!
