Where are good places to look for silver coins?

The easy if expensive methods involve purchase of electric powered metal detecting equiment and excavation tools.

The harder if inexpensive methods involve excavation tools,

selecting a likely dig location, and set-up arrangements. My

last dig was outside back door of former railroad locomotive

repair facility having 72 years of operation. Found many old

parts, tools, one .32 pistol, and a gold union lapel pin.

Built a 2x4x36 inch wood frame, nailed strap metal to secure metal screen having quarter inch square gaps between wires. To sift soil when shovel entered content my hand shook screen back and forth. Had to dump a lot of stones and junk metal. Usually made two piles. When hole was done all extracted material was shoveled back in, soil first,

followed by stone.

Worked under wood tripod lashed at top using nylon rope. Four more ropes of equal lengths with one end each fixed atop tripod fitted onto shaker framework using holes I had drilled for that purpose one at each wood corner and knotted below. This saved me frequent lifting of heavy sift materials.

When sifted earth pile grew too high I simply moved my tripod hung working equipment. When done for the day I left the tripod laid asite the dig and transported everything else by bicycle. Would expect to find coins where swept accidently out of buildings or where people loiter waiting for

services with money in-hand (like bus stops?).

Hello,

A decent metal detector would pay for itself in much less than a summer. Decent does not have to be expensive, in fact a good used detector with an 11-12 inch head would do just fine. Probably about $200.

Tarnish on silver is from sulfur, not oxide, so under most circumstances silver coins come out of the ground looking exactly like they were dropped. It is a real thrill to dig a coin from the ground still shining after 100+ years.

You wont find much seated or bust stuff (but if you are an enthusiast you will find some). But you will find a lot of mercury dimes and walking liberty halves, all shiny!!!

If you are in a place settled before the civil war, you will find large cents occasionally. If you are in a really old area, King George stuff is more common than you think.

10 years ago, when I had the time, I found over $103 FACE value in silver one summer. That has got to be about $1,000 at the current price.

Good luck!!!!

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Where are good places to look for silver coins?

It seems like silver quarters/dimes are almost impossible to find in circulation these days. Do you think that looking through quarter rolls from banks is worth it? Is it possible that someone working in the bank can actually filter out the silver coins, making it impossible to find any in the...

Once in a while you might come across an old silver coin but it is getting harder as time passes,and the reason is there are more amateur coin collectors now,I have found old silver coins usually in flea markets at very reasonable prices.

You have to go through an awful lot of coins to find silver coins in circulation. I do not find too many anymore. One way to find some is to get a metal detector, go to parks, or places that used to be parks. You will find a lot of old coins and a lot of them will be silver. Go to old campgrounds, old fairgrounds. Good Luck.

The odds are high for someone to find silver coins in circulation, but not impossible. If you're lucky you may still find dimes, mostly the Roosevelt types. The best option is to pay the bank a visit, then exchange for rolls of dimes or halves. I've heard stories of collectors finding 'Kennedy 40% silver' halves from rolls. Good luck.

collecting that way is a tuff row to hoe,

working with money as a cashier is how i collected the most silver. a sharp eye will find them. i found four rolls of 1907 nickles in the stores change order! sold most of them for 60 dollars, not bad for an eight dollar investment.

good luck

In pawn shops maybe.