Depending on where you are the chance of silver from roll searches is rare.  My kids and I do roll searches all the time.  Am active on another forum that is other coin collectors and roll searchers.  One issue you will run into if get into roll searching is where to dump your coins.  Tellers will start to hate you if you bring in rolls and rolls of half-dollars and such.  So if you can find a coin-counting machine that takes halves and doesn't charge you if you are an account holder it's a good to do in your downtime.

One thing I've hated about the auction hunter show (not seen many storage wars) is they find silver coins and just chunk them.  They are like silver - cool that's XX spot value.  I'm like - well depending on the type / year and if an error that coin(s) could be worth way more then spot value.

For silver here are the dates you need to know:

Dollar - Eisenhower dollar coins - the 1971 - 76 S mint marks are 40% silver.   Peace & Morgan dollars are 90% silver and worth more then spot depending.

Half-dollar -- 1965 - 1970 is 40% silver            1964 and back is 90% silver

Quarter and dime - 1964 and older

Nickle - 1942 - 1945 are 35% silver

Oh ya - I understand that completely.  Already have a setup to clean a unit (generator, shop vac, broom, etc.).  Also, in all honesty I'll walk away from more units then I'll buy.  When I go to auctions (estate/equipment in past) I set a max price on each item I'm wanting to bid on.  If I get outbid I just go oh-well and try again another day.  My biggest learning curve is going to be how to size up a unit in the 5 mins or less that you get to view it.

At the end of the month is an auction I can attend at lunch.  Going to take a few hundered, but mostly my camera and notebook.  Going to try and snap a shot of the locker and record my initial estimate and what the unit goes for.  Later I can go back and re-eval what I saw, what I can now see in the picture upon a longer look, etc.  If I get a unit cheap (under $100) that is great but don't expect it even if it's filled with trash.

Figure it will not be till december or such that prices will settle down some.  I could be wrong, if the weather stays at 100+ the other looky loo's may stay home.

Well it seems to be hit and miss from looking at the ads.  One company has it on all of the ads.  Two other companies don't.  Some list contents by the unit # and name.  Others just say "everything inside" and the other does a generic list at the top of the page.

ex:
The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.
Unit #; Name


Guess I'll just have to hit a few as work permits and watch and learn.

ok now I'm just going to have to watch this.   If I can tune out all the OMG anyways......

It's off I-85 NE of Atlanta in Suwanee.

PUBLIC AUCTION
Pursuant to the Georgia Self Storage Facility Act, a public auction of the contents of the units listed below will be held at 2 PM on August 25, 2011 at PODS (Portable On Demand Storage), 485 Horizon Drive, Suite 100, Suwanee, GA 30024 Phone 770-271-7901. We reserve the right to reject any and all bids. All funds to be paid in cash and all items must be removed from the facility within 24 hours. Containers full of misc household items.
PODS 212A29
M Allen
PODS 162B29
M Allen
PODS 529B29
G Clark
PODS 772B29
K Dyer
PODS 458A29
C Ewing
PODS 316A29
C Gilliland
PODS 182A29
C Gilliland
PODS 569B29
B Guthrie
PODS 953B29
S Lafata
PODS 715B29
D Langan
PODS 276A29
T McCord
PODS 376A29
R Newberry
PODS 51A29 Nweke
PODS 8035B29
V Pinkney
PODS 16A29
G Roney
PODS 8326B29
C Watkins-King
PODS 99B29
D Watson
PODS 986B29
P Woodley Wells
929-06620799,8/4,11

You don't want a truck unless you want to pay another $50-70 bucks in gas also.  I drive a Avalanch which I love, but the gas eats me alive...specially if hauling the trailer around.

I'm new at this also in the GA area.  One piece of advice I found online is don't buy a huge first unit.  You will not have the time, equipment, or such to clean it in the 24 to 48 hours you have to get it nice and clean.  Start with a 5x5 or such unit.  Maybe something that you can put everything in your car and suv.

I wasn't thinking about books when I read your title.  When I use to ebay the NASCAR coke bottles I would ship them in the USPS priority mail boxes.  For $4.95 the customer would get their item in 2-3 days and I didn't have to pay for supplies.  The post office would deliver the boxes, tape, and labels to my door.

I also re-use alot of the boxes, nuts, and such from my office.