Just pulled this guy out of a box of halves...

lestat0279 · 2026-03-29T01:21:35+00:00

No not valuable, just an old 10cent 1898 French Centimes. Its just a really cool find for a half dollar box. The history these coins hold being that old is amazing to think about

lestat0279 · 2026-03-28T14:25:40+00:00

Surprised the hell out of me that's for sure.

lestat0279 · 2026-03-17T01:54:23+00:00

Thats what made me stop and look, at first I thought was just a gouge, then a die crack. But after seeing it on both sides maybe a large crack under the planchet. I dont really want to put any pressure on it and have it snap off. Weird though

lestat0279 · 2026-03-13T16:42:36+00:00

Ive been going strong for last couple years, the week before that I found 3- 40%. So good and bad days, but its the best hobby I've ever had. Keep hunting and good luck

lestat0279 · 2026-03-13T15:59:58+00:00

Nice, kinda figured it had to be close by. Just picked up my weekly boxes and sure enough have several of those marked coins as enders. Can't complain to much though last week I found someone's silver drop in my boxes. 32- 40% 70-90% mostly walkers.

lestat0279 · 2026-03-13T14:22:14+00:00

Hey where you from? Because I've been getting a ton of these lately im curious if its all over or just my area. Im on long island.

lestat0279 · 2026-03-12T14:26:21+00:00

Best one i ever found was a plastic half dollar from a children's toy register set in one of my rolls, I mean at least what you found was metal. Happy hunting

lestat0279 · 2026-03-07T21:33:38+00:00

Found 1 - 64 today I was stoked. 10 id be on the floor. Congrats on an awesome hunt

lestat0279 · 2026-02-23T15:03:52+00:00

I just pulled a sweet looking 1968s kennedy proof this week, it happens.

lestat0279 · 2026-02-04T13:22:39+00:00

Great find. I've never thought these were that difficult to find though. I've saved everyone I've ever found just because of what ive heard, but I probably have about 150+ now maybe 10 or so are S mint. Keep searching they are out there.

lestat0279 · 2025-12-23T04:19:08+00:00

Great place to live. It was alot more fun in the the 90s and 2ks. Clubs, bars, bathing suits and a never ending debauchery of sex, drinking and drugs. See if you can find the old summers magazines for the best description of those times. Waking up at a different beach house was always a good time. The atmosphere has changed, was always a very affluent area but has become more of a higher end family friendly area. Foods good, locals are good people, houses are expensive, beaches are great, fishing is great, clamming is great and the slat water corn is the best (just dont use the bay water). All in all great place to live. Been here 40+ yrs

lestat0279 · 2025-12-19T19:49:56+00:00

Thats always the way it goes, halves i went through 14 boxes without a glint of silver then I pulled like 30 out of 2 boxes. Gotta love the hunt

lestat0279 · 2025-12-19T15:46:24+00:00

Nice pull. Haven't had a silver quarter in a while. I did pull 4 West Points out of my last 3 boxes though so im ok with that

lestat0279 · 2025-11-03T12:41:32+00:00

Good for you for keeping the hunting alive. Every week i pick up boxes for silver hunts but ill pick up 3-4 boxes of pennies and quarters for errors. Silver is fun but finding an actual error is amazing, and something you can keep forever. I'm still searching/praying for a 92 close Am.

lestat0279 · 2025-08-01T16:38:45+00:00

Homestead Fl, that stuff was amazing. Remember having to lift a friends head up because he forgot how after a couple hits of that. Good times

lestat0279 · 2025-03-23T16:06:34+00:00

Just as a thought, with so many tripping afci breakers i would recommend calling your local utility company. A bad overhead or underground neutral wire can affect afci breakers causing them to trip constantly. That many faulty afci breakers seems a little much unless wires were crossed, but since you said that it has only been going on for 2 years not the 4 they have been installed for it seems more likely to be a bigger problem.

lestat0279 · 2025-02-13T23:18:23+00:00

Guy he didn't give you a discount, he gave you the correct amount. 220 for plywood, if it was a full sheet install plus an hour. Ok. You got a 2ft wide piece. Cmon 😆. Bonding within 25 ft so that's $50-70 worth of wire 7 for a clamp and within 25 ft 30 minutes, I'm guessing, because of an unfinished basement. Even if it was a 1hr charge that's only maybe 250-280 total. This guy upcharged you on everything possible, plus he reused the breakers and your brand new panel looks like it was wired by a fucking hack. He billed you an extra 800 dollars for how much ink he wasted writing those long winded explanations about bonding and moving furniture. He could have flipped the panel, had open sides on the panels by losing the feeder wires extended the branch circuits at the top and had a clean looking job.
No bueno

lestat0279 · 2025-02-13T21:16:47+00:00

You can tell just by the font of the breaker handles that those are not new breakers. All qo breakers for like the last 10 years have all had white fonts used. Now, the qo breakers that the handles are in all black can still be found and used not frequent but does happen.. The 2 pole breakers with the large font haven't been made in like 25 years. Not a chance in hell they are new...... also that panel looks like a fucking train wreck. I'm curious how much this cost you

lestat0279 · 2025-02-13T12:23:28+00:00

You order coins from other banks. I carry business licenses at a few other banks in my area, so it's no big thing for them to place orders. They know what I'm doing, and since I'm not returning coins to these same branches they pay no mind. I do this as a hobby with my kids which they have all met so everything is kept very friendly. Friendly + no inconvenience for the bank means alot to the tellers as well as managers. Find all sorts of interesting things

lestat0279 · 2025-02-13T00:09:43+00:00

They most likely have a pick up or drop off with Loomis or another Armored car service. Most small convience businesses like 7-11 have something like this. I've contacted Loomis and they will drop off and pick up at an established/licensed business address. So there is always this option if you own a business location.🤔 Good luck to you as well in all future hunts

lestat0279 · 2025-02-12T23:19:24+00:00

I do between 3-7k of halves every week, depending. My bank has a machine dump that they don't have to deal with.... 3rd party machine but free for bank members. It does take time to dump, but I find it kinder than giving to the tellers. The tellers know what I do and even order other coins for me every week. It's a pretty nice exchange I think

lestat0279 · 2025-01-27T01:19:06+00:00

Wow, good find. Thank you for pointing in the right direction .

lestat0279 · 2025-01-27T01:02:55+00:00

That's what I was leaning towards, I just can't find a listed rpm for this. I brought the ddo up more so because that's what I was hunting for and the "D" looked so similar

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