Decided too go and pick up the second half of my bank box order today and got 2 boxes ($200) of nickel rolls total. When I got home the first thing I decided too do since the first 2 boxes from this order from my last hunt each came with a single buffalo ender per box, so I decided too check each and every ender individually and low and behold what do I find… another fucking buffalo ender! What’s bizarre is out of all 4 boxes this order I got 4 buffalos total, but 3 out of those 4 were Enders! No idea what caused that but I’m not complaining cause it caused me to go into both this hunt and the last one with a serious confidence boost! This time around though only 1 of the 2 boxes had a Buffalo ender and it was facing reverse up so I decided too save it for last and do the box that didn’t have the buffalos first. 

So I start box #1 and… nothing! 45 straight rolls of nothing (except a few oldies)! I usually pull rolls out 5 at a time and as I pulled my last pair of 5 out i was cursing my luck and thinking this was just the bad box of the group… however that very thought came back to slap me straight in the face when I open the first roll of the final 5 and immediately see something strange! One of the thinnest wisps of a nickel I’ve ever seen in my life before and it looked old asf too! I immediately assumed older buffalo by the rim and was thinking “hell yeah!” Then I actually pulled it out and upon seeing the obverse it literally felt like my heart just stopped lmfao. When I saw that it was a V nickel I no joke about pissed myself haha! It may have taken about 40 boxes too get here but I finally got a V nickel too call my own! A 1907-P! 

So basically with that being my first find (well kind of, because I knew I had that buffalo ender in the other box but hadn’t pulled it yet and didn’t know the date) the hunt was already made for me from that point. And just when I think shit can’t get any crazier I open a few more rolls and get too the second too last one and a Proof pops out! What’s so strange about this too is I had never once found a proof nickel before like 2 hunts ago (the first one found being in customer wraps from a different bank too) and now I’m like finding them left and right it seems it’s absolutely bizarre! But I love finding them that holographic look they got is just mesmerizing! 

So after those incredible 5 rolls I’m on to box 2! I’m hoping the rolls will be overflowing with buffalos due too the ender, but it didn’t happen with either of the ender boxes last time (one of the ender boxes from the first half of the order last hunt had 1 extra buffalo in addition too the Enders smack dab in the middle of a roll, but that was it) so I was hoping but wasn’t really expecting. Anyways I get a few rolls in and a 1939 rolls out, and of course I do what we all do when we find a 1939 nickel which is immediately flip it over too look for the mint mark that we damn well know 99% for certain is not gonna be there. But too my surprise when I flipped it this time I actually see a fucking mint mark! At first I thought it was a Denver (39-D one of the last few Jefferson nickel album dates I need) and was completely overjoyed, but upon squinting more closely realized it was actually a 39-S! Not bad at all but was really hoping for that D too fill up the hole! Still not gonna gripe about a 1939-S though, that’s one of those few non silver Jefferson dates you can really never find enough of haha! 

Next find was near the end of the box and was a 1943-P War Nickel! I barely recognized it by the rim at first I thought it might just be a normal nickel a bit tarnished, especially since this entire $400 order of sister boxes hadn’t yet produced a single silver and I was about $380 into it at this point. But low and behold, when I pull it out it comes out reverse first and I see a big beautiful and sharp letter P! Upon flipping it obverse up it turns out too be a 1943-P and in great condition as well! Was so glad too finally score a silver after all those rolls especially after being pretty much certain there were none in those boxes by that point, not sure if it was an anomaly that it slipped in or what but I’m glad it did! No Nickel hunt feels truly completed with success without at least one war nickel find imo! (well maybe this one would have cause of the V nickel haha) 

And of course the final find was the buffalo ender which I set the roll aside for and opened last. Turned out too be a common date 1937-P but in impeccable condition! Probably the best condition one of that date I yet own, if I ever get an album for bufs it’ll probably be my slot filler! 

So overall an absolutely INCREDIBLE hunt, possibly even the best I’ve had yet so far! All 4 boxes from both this hunt and last that I picked up from that particular bank order were absolutely on fire and each one had a minimum of 2 notable finds! 

For all 4 boxes the 2 this hunt and the 2 from last, the notables tally is… 1 Liberty V, 1 Silver War, 1 Semi Key date (49-S), 2 Key dates (38-D and 39-S), 2 Jefferson Proofs and 4 Buffalos!! 

So 11 notable finds total in $400 worth of bank box nickels and not a single box had less than 2 notable finds inside! I figured the boxes would be pretty good, as that bank in particular always has good boxes. But I got too say these last 2 hunts completely blew away even my expectations, this last one especially with the ultimate Quadfecta find (War, Buf ,V, Proof) + a key date! 

Sorry if this post is a bit ramble or jumpy I’m still riding an adrenaline high from the thrill of that hunt haha! Great luck too the rest of you out there hunting tonight too, hoping that y’all all get some fire boxes as well!

The ultimate “I’ll have one of everything hunt”! Scored my very first ever Liberty V nickel, as well as a silver war nickel, a buffalo (which was also an ender), a 2001-S proof, and a 1939-S key date! Ngl probably my best 2 box hunt too date…