Now I am a believer !! There are silver caches out there !! 5 and 3/4 lbs worth!

MaineRelic

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Yeap !! I am a believer ! I told my wife this early spring that my goal this year metal detecting was to find a 1700,s coin ! my oldest coin thus far was an 1841-O-1/2 dime I found this easter day in this field I had been working all spring! ( if you don't count a large cent I can't get a date from ) before this coin I had found 4 indian heads all in the 1800,s from this field earliest being 1863 but no silver!! HOWEVER I also found 2 colonial copper buttons in this field which were clearly hand made and had no trade mark of any kind ! I considered these 2 finds greater than the 1841-O-1/2 dime . This is why I was concentrating on this field cause I thought it would eventually cough up my 1700,s coin! Well today I did not meet my goal ! But I surpassed it in a way ! I hit a portion of the field near the woods that started producing spoons , 4 of them, Forks 2 of them , and a little bit of pottery ! Ah! a thimble!! not extremely old but relatively deep 6 to 8 inches. Most had been hit by the plow! I now of course suspected there was a house nearby at one time. I was close to the tree line that had actually crept in from the road into the field and decided to hit the strip of woods close to the road to see if I could find a foundation or other evidence of it. I saw an old chimney base about 10 yards off the road in the woods and was actually heading straight for it with M. D. on when I got a strong signal near a really big spruce tree about 20 yards from it ! I used my army shovel scince I was in the woods and did not have to worry about cutting sod and took a big ! scoop out ! signal still in hole GOOD . I THOUGHT I might actually get a silver out of this spot I had been working all week!! another shovel !! signal still in hole and very strong !! I was almost certain I had at least a silver quarter maybe even a half dollar!! scince my M. D. was screaming even with disc ! turned up quite high! Well I'm dragging this story out ! Here is what I found ! A red clay flower pot at 8 inches down filled with silver coins. Take a look, I found this at 5:30 this afternoon and have only had time to weigh what was in the red clay pot!! Yes 5 and 3/4# of coins !! Looks like the latest of them is in the 1940,s I have to go start cleaning and Take an inventory on what I found!! I will post a count later !! HERE IS A PIC OF COINS AFTER I POURED THEM OUT ONTO TO NEWSPAPER ON THE KITCHEN TABLE FOR MY WIFE!! I WILL GIVE YOU A COUNT LATER!! I actually stoped at the grocery store on my way home 2 by a bottle of wine 2 celebrate and I brought the bag of coins in with me and put them on the veggie scale ! 5 and 3/4 pounds worth!!!
 

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DrGrip

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Now that silver would have never made it home if it were me; I'd have died on the spot!

GREAT find and congratulations!

Grip
 

pjroo33

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Oct 28, 2007
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Re: Now I am a believer !! There are silver caches out there !! 5 and 3/4 lbs wo

BANNER!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!! Absolutely amazing!!!!
 

Johnny Ringo Silver

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Dec 6, 2007
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Holy Chit!!!! That is awesome man!!!! Walkers and standers...WOW!!!! That is a find of a lifetime!!! 8)
Over $1100. in silver value alone!!!
 

mlhudson

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Mar 19, 2006
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GADSDEN, ALA.
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All White's Detectors MXT and IDX_pro, ANY OLD DETECTOR WILL DO
ALL I CAN SAY IS " OH MY GOD"

DO YOU SEE ALL THAT SILVER

DARN GOOD JOB, CONGRATES

MLHUDSON :thumbsup:
 

3searchin

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un - FREAKIN - believable ..................great job.

It's out there we just have to find it. I think I just drooled on my keyboard.

What a find
Lets see them all cleaned up!!!!!

good job
3S
 

tank014

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Jun 26, 2008
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Unreal!!!!!!!!! Banner all the way. Congrats. Hope you find some more later!!!!!
HH,
Frank
 

Sir Digs-A-Lot

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Sep 14, 2008
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Re: Now I am a believer !! There are silver caches out there !! 5 and 3/4 lbs wo

Holy Cr&p! Good for you! Now I'm a believer too. That is awesome. Looking forward to the full list of what ya got there.

BANNER for sure!
 

pjroo33

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Re: Now I am a believer !! There are silver caches out there !! 5 and 3/4 lbs wo

This find should quickly make the banner and it will get many many posts!!!
 

Mr Tuff

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Dec 4, 2008
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wow :icon_king: u are lucky as all heck banner
 

GerryL

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Oct 30, 2008
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western MA
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Amazing! I wouldn't be able to sleep after finding that one! That sure is a beautiful sight. Congrats!


But did you hang around long enough to look for the flower pot of gold next to it? ;D
 

Produce Guy

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Dec 17, 2008
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Now you need to go play the lottery or go to Vegas!
 

davidtn

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Re: Now I am a believer !! There are silver caches out there !! 5 and 3/4 lbs wo

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYUM!
 

Corben

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Jul 9, 2008
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Sacramento
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Garrett ATPro
WAY TO GO!!!!
And you know there is a lot more like that out there!
I would have loved to seen your expression when you first realized what you found....
BANNER!


PS Hope there's a fly eagle there for you....
 

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