Massive Silver Score! $1000 in Half Dollars Loaded with Value!

[@GlenM-j1f]

I like your going the extra mile and adding the mintage.

[@manic-hobbyism]

Wish my hunt was this big! I only found 3 silvers in my $500.00 box! GOOD JOB

[@GASilverHunter]

Don't worry... I have had lots and lots of boxes with 0 silvers. 😜

[@manic-hobbyism]

Im gonna keep at it for sure!@@GASilverHunter

[@carolinacoins]

Congratulations from SC. You killed it. I haven't found a box like that in over 2 years. Your find gives us all hope for the future. Thanks for another great video.

[@GASilverHunter]

Thank you and good luck on your future hunts!

[@thesundaycyclist4610]

Today I went to the bank and picked up my usual box of halves, when I opened the box I realized there was A 63 ben franklin ender ! I kept looking and found a total of seven silver enders, which is absolutely crazy because the most silver I had ever found in a box before was just a single coin! I knew this had to be a collection dump, and it was just that! After opening all 50 rolls I was astonished to have found 63 silver coins !!!

[@GASilverHunter]

That is awesome! Good for you. All 90%?

[@thesundaycyclist4610]

@@GASilverHunter I ended up getting 11 Ben franklins, and one 64. The Rest were 40%ers. On one of the 63 Franklins I also found a DDR !

[@GASilverHunter]

That's a great haul. Cherish it. The next few boxes will be very disappointing. :-) Its the double edged sword of a great box. They are typically few and far between and you get it in your head that every box is going to be a banger.

[@richardhutchison3123]

Wow I am impressed! Looks like a giant haul!

[@GASilverHunter]

It was a nice one!

[@trevorscoinspa]

Wow a 64 ddo. On the bank note searches for myself. A beautiful 1974 series bynomial poped out. It was q great feeling.

[@americanstacker]

Great Hunt GA nice 90% score 2 good boxes 📦 !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks 👍

[@CircHistory]

1:22 I will say that the silver half proof half dollars (excluding 1968-70s's and 1976-s 40% silvers) started in 1992. Unfortunately a 1971-s would not be silver. Awesome hunt GA, want to hunt a half dollar box soon.

[@GASilverHunter]

True. Didn’t think of that at the time. Thanks!

[@papagiorgio_loves_bacon]

Awesome, congrats on the finds. Nice to see the benji's and cool that you found a variety

[@GASilverHunter]

I wish the 64 DDO was in a little better shape but it’s still a cool find. Thanks for watching.

[@vulcanbespock]

Wow, what an incredible box

[@Nerdsplayingcards]

Somebody might have clipped a piece of that silver one . I guess that was a big deal awhile back.

[@doingthingscheap7911]

Congratulations on the great box. Always fun getting into a silver box like this.

[@GASilverHunter]

It absolutely is. Wish they were all like this. :-)

[@72cmcinc]

Wow, that was one heck of a hunt. Amazing finds, congrats on that!

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks!!!

[@TedHerrick]

Excellent hunt!!!! QUESTION: Where did you find a book, or some other resource, that lists all the errors and varieties for each year and mint mark of all US coin denominations? My R.S. Yeoman Whitman Red Coin book has MANY coins that are not listed! If possible, I’d like to find a written guide that details just exactly what Pickup Points (PUPS) I should be using in order to diagnose the error/variety. Does this make any sense? Thank you and happy hunting!!!!

[@GASilverHunter]

I picked up a lot of this through perusing a lot of website and various books. The two big books to buy are Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins (An Official Whitman Guidebook) Volumes 1 and 2. There are Kindle Versions available, for cheap. They are releasing new and update versions of these books in August in hard and soft cover. The other good one is Strike It Rich with Pocket Change: Error Coins Bring Big Money (amzn.to/46VcpvE). Also check out PCGS Price Guide and VarietyVista.com.

[@petekilch]

AWESOME hunt, congrats!

[@orenrogers7505]

4:42 Woops 🎉

[@GASilverHunter]

I have lots of those.

[@scotth388]

Wow, great hunt. If you dip that 40 percenter, I would love it if you filmed it.

[@GASilverHunter]

Posting a short on it in just a few minutes. I dipped a 1964 and the really bad 1969D for the video.

[@half_time]

Heck of a haul there, my friend. I'm glad good fortune has found you! Keep up the great work as always.

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks Halftime! How's the new gig?

[@donaldcarter5043]

I guarantee your heart was pumping fast. That was great. Thanks for the info.

[@GASilverHunter]

Yes it was!

[@xSoulDreamers]

Those two boxes of halves were epic! Congratulations on finding a lot of silver halves!

[@GASilverHunter]

Hey. Did your coin ever arrive?

[@xSoulDreamers]

@@GASilverHunter Not yet!

[@GASilverHunter]

Fingers crossed.

[@ALIA_K92]

you mentioned it shortly i think, something about all the black marks on the sides of the coins, can you explain what thats about? i think you said collectors coin dump? idk, just interesting to me. i tried this years ago with a couple rolls here and there i didn't like the way the bank would act when i would bring it up, so didn't stick with it long enough to try full boxes. Im older now w more money so the bank treats me better and decided to give it another go. My first box was a skunk but decided to try again from a different bank and scored almost a full roll of 40 percenters so I'm completely hooked! I'm waiting for my next two boxes I ordered last week! I get the craziest rush of adrenaline when they are handing me the box😂 Thanks for the Videos and all the info you include!

[@GASilverHunter]

So a lot of CRHers will mark coins so they know if/when they get them back. I hate it but I lot of them do it at some point or another. I went through probably 40 boxes one year where the majority of the coin had 3 black lines on the edges of the coins. Meaning the person open the roll... held the whole roll together between their fingers and then took a sharpie and just made 3 lines from the top of the roll to the bottom down the side so the marker left black lines on the edges. I did a coin roll hunt like 2 years ago where I pulled all the unique marked coins out of box and I had like 18 different markings. This hobby is very hot and cold. This year has been a good steady stream. Last year was 1 HUGE box followed by 20 skunk boxes.

[@sparkys406coins3]

Very nice boxes! Congrats!

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks Sparky!

[@thecoinslabber]

Awesome video. I'm not a big coin roll hunter but I think I am going to order a box soon to go Through. Congrats on an Epic Find!

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks for watching and good luck!

[@JohnS-dc8wc]

Thanks n Happy Holidays

[@wr322]

What do you do with all the copper pennies you find?

[@GASilverHunter]

I roll them and store them. I keep the RED and BU copper in seperate rolls. The copper sometimes just get bagged $25 at a time as well.

[@nachostuff]

Gonna love boxes like that. Found my first silver of 23 a couple weeks ago. Wish i was able to get after it more often but it was still fun.

[@GASilverHunter]

That’s awesome. Surprised you haven’t found any precious metals people just threw out. Candle sticks and stuff like that.

[@ClassicallyNamed]

What a hunt. Also, thanks for the variety Vista info

[@GASilverHunter]

You are welcome!

[@lugano1999]

Congrats! Great to see your success.

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks so much and Thanks for Watching!

[@jjcoinhunt]

Wow! Incredible. Excellent job

[@POORMANSGOLD]

Great finds ! Congrats

[@catdash4390]

Good video no offense but you were thinking the 1971s proof may be silver just to let you know the mint did not strike a 1971 silver proof only clad.

[@GASilverHunter]

Yep. Someone else called this out. They didn’t start doing silver proofs until much later. 92 or something like that. Can’t remember off the top of my head.

[@borisperez3129]

GSH I’ve been busy in the gulfstream , back on dry land doing my duty got the pewtubes algos. Glad to see what I call free silver, yeah I know it’s not free, still surprised it’s still around. I’d thought there’s more silver under the ocean than in circ

[@djrr1003]

Very nice, congratulations!!!!

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks DJR. This box was fun and I needed it. Was off sick for about 5 days so this was pleasant to come back to.

[@thesundaycyclist4610]

Awesome video!

[@randallanthony1794]

I'm new thanks

[@GASilverHunter]

Awesome! Welcome to the channel!

[@StarATL]

At 7:34, I notice on the left the red mark on a coin. I recently had two coins in my roll hunt with exactly that same color red mark. Is that a BEP thing?

[@GASilverHunter]

BEP?

[@StarATL]

@@GASilverHunter sorry, happened at the mint? I have seen that red marker strike a few times already. Reminds me of the reject mark that they do on printed money that is supposed to be pulled.

[@Coinflip23]

Wow! 🤯🤯🤯 Congratulations!

[@darthsilversith667]

That is an awesome variety! Nice hunt bud!

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks Darth!

[@jackrzeman]

wow great hunt

[@silveraddiction52]

Congrats 🎉 nice score my friend ❤️‍🔥

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks Silver addiction!

[@bigo2032]

Awesome Hunt,Congratulations, my turn next 😂, Keep Stackin bro

[@kansasvmax94]

So I’m completely new to this so apologies if this has been asked before, but how do you go about returning your coins to get more? I’d assume the bank would get annoyed with having to recount them when ya bring them back in and ask for more. Maybe I’m wrong. I want to give it a shot. Thanks

[@GASilverHunter]

I have a video on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH2bXqh6e7GfntE. In short, none of my banks have coin machines so I have to reroll them all. I never return coins to the same bank I get them from... unless they say its ok. For instance if I take a banks last box of Quarters on a Saturday, I will ask if they need some back for monday... IF so, I will return them rerolled to them on Monday AM.

[@dvnwnd07]

What do you do with the coins after? Do you have to reroll them? How do you pick a bank to buy from? Do you try to buy from small town banks? Or credit unions etc?

[@GASilverHunter]

I have a whole video playlist that explains most of this called "New to Coin Roll Hunting." In short... I have to rewrap. I buy boxes of coins from the bank as well as pick up customer rolls. How to buy boxes video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH2bXqh6e7GfntE Its a few years old, but all the info is still relevant. I generally stick to about a 15 mile radius (in the burbs) but occasionally due venture out to try find banks that are out of the way.

[@dvnwnd07]

@@GASilverHunter thank you!

[@kostarizo5986]

I have a question to ask. Of all the boxes of machine-rolled half dollar coins that you've bought from the bank(s) you go to, what percentage of them contained silver? The other day, I went to every single bank in my neighborhood and one neighborhood over, and of the $500 in half dollar rolls I got from the banks, I only found 2 silver half dollars that were 40%, no 90% from 1964 or earlier. In all likelihood, they weren't machine rolled, but it has me wondering if I would have better chances of finding silver coins if I ordered boxes with machine-rolled half dollars

[@GASilverHunter]

I don’t keep stats and rarely come across customer wrapped halves. I find, by far, the majority of my silver in Brinks (black) wrapped coin rolls. Loomis is very slow in Georgia. Maybe the occasional 40% out of every 10 boxes from my experience. This year have been finding silver in about every other box (on a guessed average)

[@gophishn]

Stupid question,How do you know if the coin is a NIFC?

[@GASilverHunter]

I think I said it in the video. And on the checklist that I direct you to in the video. But in short… 1970, 1987, 2002-2020

[@StackThatGold]

Man great finds. Wish I could find just one silver coin in a box, lol.

[@GASilverHunter]

Check out the video I posted today... I don't always get the best boxes either. :-)

[@martinharris7197]

Fun hunt!

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@roundnshiny]

WOW what a dump! 🥳

[@GASilverHunter]

Sounds funny why you say it like that. :-)

[@spadeace2670]

I do have 1944 and it is white

[@bmxrider925]

I just went to my bank for the first time. I got $13 FV 90%, and $25 FB 40%. 4 rolls of 15 were basically silver. How rare is this?

[@GASilverHunter]

EXTREMELY

[@MrTexaninNC]

My bank all ships to loomis and it makes it hard to find them.

[@GASilverHunter]

That sucks.

[@joeflatebo9798]

How do you go about getting a big box like this ?

[@GASilverHunter]

Search through 100-200 boxes a year and every now and then you get really lucky.

[@joeflatebo9798]

@@GASilverHunter no, get the box of coins? Like where do you get the box of coins to search through sorry I’m new to this

[@GASilverHunter]

@@joeflatebo9798 the bank. I order them from my bank.

[@chrishelms8584]

Let’s find a lot of silver

[@GASilverHunter]

We found a good bit in this one.

[@denisemazur1616]

looks like you found alot of silver what investment

[@Andrew-McCormick]

12:16 Steve Jobs' last words

[@GASilverHunter]

Ha!

[@lilvic372]

How can I order boxes of halves ?

[@GASilverHunter]

I discuss that thoroughly here. How to buy boxes of coins from the bank - Tips and Tricks from a Coin Roll Hunter kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH2bXqh6e7GfntE

[@lilvic372]

@@GASilverHunter thank you! I just started collecting silver coins last week. I found a bank that has a free coin counter. Now I just need to find a bank that will give me large numbers of coins. Thank you!

[@dylanadams4484]

How do you go about dumping your coins?

[@GASilverHunter]

I reroll and take them to different banks. I have 3-4 banks branches that I do the majority of my returns and I rotate through them so I don't overwhelm any one branch. Its more important for Halves than it is for other denominations as most banks are happy to get back quarters, dimes, etc. Just make sure you put a mark on the wrappers of your returned coins so you don't pick them up a second time. :-)

[@SamAdams1776]

How did you get that much from your bank, did you have to place an order for $1000 worth or did they happen to have them in the vault onsite? I have wondered how you get started doing this for years.

[@GASilverHunter]

I did a video on this a little over a year ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH2bXqh6e7GfntE Short answer... I order them from my bank.

[@MrHoneybeeScratcher]

It's interesting, I can't find any banks with Half Dollar boxes here in Georgia

[@GASilverHunter]

None will have them. You have to ask them to order them. Not all will do this though. I have a really good relationship with the banks that I use. If you have a business account, they will almost always order for you. I have a video on how to get boxes.

[@MrHoneybeeScratcher]

@@GASilverHunter Thank you, my accounts are with Publix & they won't order them

[@GASilverHunter]

Publix... the grocery store?

[@mook3221]

Where can I get like those books for half dollar?

[@GASilverHunter]

I have amazon affiliate links in the description of all my videos. You could also try a local coin shop or online stores like wizard coin supply.

[@granvillewooster7673]

Awesome 👍👍❤️

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks 🤗. Take care!

[@Duane-yf2lb]

INCREDIBLE, MAKES ME WANT TO DO IT , BUT PEOPLE IN MY AREA N.E. PA. AREN'T VERY FRIENDLY. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY IN PA. GOING WEST SOON!, GOD BLESS Y'ALL.

[@GASilverHunter]

We have family up in PA and I went around to like 10 banks one day while I was there and honestly I experienced the same thing from the tellers at the bank. I think I was able to find like 10 half dollars across all of those banks.

[@edwardaustin740]

This looks rather entertaining. Have you found any 2023s yet ? I went to the bank, got $50 worth of half dollars. 1 roll was 2023 P. Interesting 🤔.

[@GASilverHunter]

Not yet. Finding more 2021 and 2022s in the last few months though. Just waiting to get a whole box of 2023s.

[@Ember13-j4j]

How much is a half dollar coin from 1974 would be

[@GASilverHunter]

50 cents for just a 1974 Half. If it's a 1974D Double Die it could range anywhere from 50 cents to $1700.00.

[@SeanNiehoff-q9i]

Do you Have to give back anything you don’t keep for yourself to the bank., or is it just Your Rule?

[@GASilverHunter]

It’s what I do. Some people just spend the coins around town. I go through a ton of change so that’s not really a viable option for me.

[@mariabflores5739]

I loved the hunt. Unfortunately your silver heavy box was better than my first half dollar box which had 47 NIFC's but no proofs or silver hope I the next box can spare me some silver. Anyways I loved seeing you pull the silver made me feel like I was pulling silver.

[@GASilverHunter]

Keep hunting. Silver will show up eventually.

[@mariabflores5739]

@@GASilverHunter That's the thrill of CRH

[@JUSTINKase-uq2mp]

What are some of the errors on 2023 HALF Dollars,??

[@GASilverHunter]

Looks like there is a legit DDO out there on IN. eBay sold listings says there is a die clash out there. I haven’t looked for any errors on the coin yet.

[@bradcox11]

What part of Georgia do you live in? I'm in the northwest suburbs of Atlanta.

[@GASilverHunter]

Same. Marietta/Roswell area.

[@bradcox11]

@@GASilverHunter do you have a store?

[@GASilverHunter]

I have an online store with some items in it. A lot more I need to put in there but I haven’t taken the time.

[@RichardKralicek]

Why do you bring the halfs back to the bank some one looking at halfs will get your coins you have looked at

[@GASilverHunter]

Yep... That said... where should I take them? I certainly can't spend them. I would be broke. :-)

[@Alexandergamorot-ol1kf]

Wow wow🎉🎉❤🙏😊

[@random-manguy1424]

Anyone else having trouble with banks not being able to order coins and just not having any boxes?

[@GASilverHunter]

Wells Fargo won't order for me anymore. I have other banks that will though. Even those banks will not get my orders from time to time.

[@random-manguy1424]

@@GASilverHunter yeah i go to truist and they get it in but not often. They cant order either because of the coin shortage

[@GASilverHunter]

Hahaha I love when they use coin shortage as an excuse. Especially when ordering half dollars.

[@random-manguy1424]

@@GASilverHunter i know its just great. Which banks do let you order though? Or what do you recommend i should do? I appreciate any help!

[@GASilverHunter]

I order through 5/3rd. Wells Fargo gives me most of my customer wrapped change and I have one branch that will order for me, but I use them rarely. The only advice I have is go to new banks or new branches of banks you are already a member. If one bank won't work with you... work with another bank. :-)

[@stevennelsonmn]

So does the bank get mad when you buy a box of coins and then bring most of it back for them to re-roll?

[@GASilverHunter]

They don’t reroll them. I do. I even pay for my own wraps. I don’t take half dollars back to the same bank that ordered them for me.

[@stevenwaldman1908]

1971 proofs were not 40% silver , clad silver ended in 1970

[@GASilverHunter]

They restarted making silver proofs in 1992. When I made this video I remembered that some proofs were silver and just didn't know the year.

[@roofking234]

Those NIFC's are basically meaningless and not worth saving, for the large number of minted coins combined with the fact that far fewer collectors are into collecting halves.

[@GASilverHunter]

It depends on the individual. I tend to agree they don't carry a ton of value today unless in a full set or if you find a collector that just can't find the handful they need to finish their collection. For the future... who knows. They are pretty low mintage.

[@MarcHasaraMarcHasara]

This is a fool's errand.

[@GASilverHunter]

Um…. Ok.

[@DreamMonster7X]

I don't get the math here. Spend $1000.00 dollars to get $50.00 dollars in silver? Hmm.

[@GASilverHunter]

Buy $1000 in halves. Find $50 in silver in just 5 half dollars (or $2.50 face). Return the $997.50 that’s not silver to the bank. Now I have made $50 for spending $2.50. Make sense now? This is an example of course. I don’t remember the exact break down of silver finds in this video.

[@DreamMonster7X]

Not to bust your.... I have so much silver and the bank doesn't buy it back other than fave value. half Silver dollar is worth half dollar. Not profitable at all for all the time and money you spend.

[@GASilverHunter]

Ok... a couple of points here as I think either we are having a failure to communicate, or you don't understand how silver and gold sales work. 1. I sell back the clad (non-silver half dollars) to the bank. they give you face value. So in my example if I spend $1000 on half dollars and return $997.50. I "lost" or "spent" $2.50 and not $1000. 2. No bank in America buys silver half dollars for silver value. They are a bank and these coins are still considered legal tender with a face value of 50 cents, so they can not buy it for any more than that. Main downfall of FIAT currency. Our paper money is not backed by anything so its worth what the government says its worth. 3. You sell your silver half dollars to someone like me, other coin collectors, local coin shops, local or online gold and silver bullion dealers, etc and they will offer you a price based on the melt value (+ or - their premiums) for that silver. This is not a paper exercise. If you believe your only option is to sell it to the bank for face value... shoot me an email and I will make you an offer to buy it based on melt price. [e-mail]

[@chikaworldpeace3446]

@@DreamMonster7Xyou are ret@rded

[@brianjensen6724]

Awesome hunt! Congratulations!

[@GASilverHunter]

Thanks and thanks for watching!