Bizzare hunt - silver and caches?

[kimsdad]

Tim, Mark, & I hit an old farmsite and camping/picnic area today. We found what was left of a really cool stone lined well.



After digging a couple of plain Jane Jeffersons, I found a cool old relic and wondered if Tim would be interested in seeing it. Should I show him or shouldn't I? Well I decided to carry it over to where he was hunting and show it to him. I set my coil down with my phones off and had a little show and tell. Then I put the phones on and picked up the detector. When I did, I heard a real nice dime sound, and it was deep enough to be a for certain silver. Dug it, probe it, and up came a Barber quarter in nice shape!



Re-checked the hole and found a bent rusty nail, the culprit in my opinion that made the quarter sound like a dime.
After a while with nothing, I managed to find a nickel signal that wasn't a Jefferson or a shotgun brass and popped out a 1917 buff. I don't hate finding these anymore now that I use the easier "Watercolor method" to clean them.



Then into the woods it was. I stopped for a minute and saw a taped-closed tin box under a fallen tree branch. For a minute I thought it was a geocache. I picked it up and found the side and bottom rusted away and the box was empty. I did get a large overload signal nearby, but figured it was more junk. Just more proof that if you follow me when I'm swinging, you'll eventually dig the cache that I missed.

Well, on the way out, Tim swung over the same area and found several more intact containers, all taped shut, but none of these were empty.

I was lagging behind, but my phone rang and it was Tim, telling me what he found and to get over there so I could open them - testimony to the great guy he is (either that or he didn't want to be the one blown up when they exploded).



My first thought was cremated remains of someone's pets - but what about the pot? I opened the first one which was the pot. A little nervous after cutting the tape, I knocked the lid aside and saw a muddy shoelace wrapped around a bundle of stems of some kind and a plastic measuring cup. Huh?

We took turns opening the rest of them. The second one contained two twin packs of Pop Tarts and some stomach pills. The third had two licorice Twizzler packs and four Snack Pack pudding cups, along with a spoon and two small forks. The last one had a large size package of strawberry Twizzlers and a Dum Dum sucker. I think it also had a few stomach pills in it. Sweet spill for sure! Also nearby was an old 2 liter pop bottle full of water.





Now the hard part of all this was trying to keep Tim from digging in to all those goodies, feral hunter that he is. Me Lowbatts - me eat!

So it was an interesting day to say the least. We had some fun and I got a nice quarter out of the deal.



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[etrac007]

very nice bbq , congrats!

[Gimmie The Loot]

That flavor is my favorite!!! That is one hell of a score! Save it there for next hunt in case you are hungry!

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Great finds Neil, that Barber quarter is awesome. Glad Tim didn't eat any of the goodies,
he would need a nap before the hike back or a nap before hunting for more sealed tins.

[ewcoinhunter]

Great finds! Lowbatts had me on the edge of my seat! To bad no silver, but a great hunt nontheless.

[soupie]

Great Story Neil...
I can just imagine the excitment you all felt when you opened the first container.....
Its finds like you all made that makes this hobby/addictions so much fun...
A BiG ConGrats on a superb looking Barber Quarter....
Nice pics as well....

Scott

[marinedad]

yummy, butterscotch pudding and a barber great story.

[treasurefiend]

WOW thats weird Great BBQ buddy!!!

[bilt46]

Nice Looking Quarter.......
bilt46

[litefire56]

Wow, really nice quarter Neil !!!

Too bad there wasn't rolled up wads of $100's in those tins.

[Lowbatts]

Oh man if it had only been twinkies!

[watercolor]

That was a fun hunt I'm glad you came up on the silver end of the deal

Gotta be more silvery stuff waiting in the ground

All right I have to say it "SWEET" finds..... Nice quarter. Ya just never know what will be found. pleae tell me no one ate any of that!!!

You'll have to ask Tim. . . when we re-sealed those containers, there were a few Pop-Tarts missing

[Pocket Spill]

Blazer of a Barber

[d-dub]

Are you sure you didn't find a HUGE cache of coins and in a plot to fool us all, ran to the quickie mart to purchase edible replacements for the pictures? I demand video proof of you opening these containers or will assume this is what transpired!!

[Big E]

Hey Neil,

I haven't been on the Illinois forum for some time. It looks like you are getting out and finding the good stuff. Great job on the Barber quarter. I know, you're just keeping up with all the other awesome finds by the Chicago group. You guys are tearing it up there. The Barber dime was sweet too, to bad it was damaged. Keep at it!!

Emil

[Tuberale]

Looks to me like that Barber quarter is about a $20 coin, maybe more. Congrats! Too bad you didn't find that caches, but with treasure like that, I think you can pass. May want to go back to the area and see if there aren't a few other cached contains, though.<G> Just one little tin with a handful of nice Barber's would sure make my day.

[kimsdad]

Thanks for all the nice replies, everyone!

[MR Senior L4S]

I can see Yours faces , when You opened those , Congratulations !!!!!!

[milco]

Great Barber quarter, bet those tins had you going!

[steelheadwill]

Great Barber! yup, and sweet finds