bigcaddy64
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Carson City Morgan Dollar Insanity!! Long Story but Worth It
Hello there fellow treasure hunters,
This might not be the most orthodox "treasure find" but it was to me and i decided to share it with everybody on here. I'm a very new member on here and joined because i had an interest in getting a metal detector and combing the family lands back east.
I also happen to be an avid estate/garage sale frequenter and this is where my story starts.
Work had been a total bear and i was looking forward to my long weekend but work had other plans. They were trying to get me to come in on friday, which wasn't going to happen, because I work 10+ hour days and i use the Friday/Saturdays off to hunt at sales.
As i was enjoying my Friday off, with no particular sale to go to, i decided to swing by the UPS store and ship out something. On the way there, i noticed a house on a side street with a lot of old, yellowed cardboard boxes on the driveway. I said "what the hell" and turned around. The people in the garage said they were prepping for a one day sale on saturday. They drove in from out of state to stage and sell the entire contents of the home. Once the sale was over, they were out the door and not coming back. since they were lacking in the man-power department, they asked If i wanted to help out, and if i did, i could buy anything i found.
Now i could not turn down an offer like that, especially since the lady obviously needed help with the heavy stuff so off i went. There must of been hundreds of boxes of stuff. There were tools, housewares, car stuff and tons of old radio items. I ended up buying a lot of radio stuff from the 1940s for my brother and i bought lots of tools. As i was looking for a box to load my junk in, i saw a box with a bunch of car manuals on the bottom. They were all 1960s GM vehicles so i dumped my stuff in there and loaded it up.
The next day was a busy one and i never got a chance to really sort though much of my buys. This isn't unusual, my garage is full of boxes dated from when they were purchased, awaiting sorting and being listed on ebay.
Late sunday evening i was able to finally check out my tools and car manuals. To my immediate dismay, the box only had 5 manuals on the bottom......or so i thought. Underneath the manuals, i saw a even layer of dark blue boxes. I fished one out and opened it up. Inside were another 5 individual boxes.
At this point, i'm starting to get really excited so i open the box. Inside of the small box is a presentation case with a sealed GSA Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar inside.
Then i do the math. 5 per box, 9 boxes= 45 coins + another 20 individual mailers. You could buy the coins originally in a bulk pack of 5 or "premium" coins individually.
The worst part about finding them was there was nobody home to celebrate with. I don't think my cat will ever look at me the same after our celebration dance that afternoon.
Once the girlfriend got home, i told her and she was blown away. 65 uncirculated CC Morgan dollars, hidden in a box, in the back of a dirty old garage.
Hello there fellow treasure hunters,
This might not be the most orthodox "treasure find" but it was to me and i decided to share it with everybody on here. I'm a very new member on here and joined because i had an interest in getting a metal detector and combing the family lands back east.
I also happen to be an avid estate/garage sale frequenter and this is where my story starts.
Work had been a total bear and i was looking forward to my long weekend but work had other plans. They were trying to get me to come in on friday, which wasn't going to happen, because I work 10+ hour days and i use the Friday/Saturdays off to hunt at sales.
As i was enjoying my Friday off, with no particular sale to go to, i decided to swing by the UPS store and ship out something. On the way there, i noticed a house on a side street with a lot of old, yellowed cardboard boxes on the driveway. I said "what the hell" and turned around. The people in the garage said they were prepping for a one day sale on saturday. They drove in from out of state to stage and sell the entire contents of the home. Once the sale was over, they were out the door and not coming back. since they were lacking in the man-power department, they asked If i wanted to help out, and if i did, i could buy anything i found.
Now i could not turn down an offer like that, especially since the lady obviously needed help with the heavy stuff so off i went. There must of been hundreds of boxes of stuff. There were tools, housewares, car stuff and tons of old radio items. I ended up buying a lot of radio stuff from the 1940s for my brother and i bought lots of tools. As i was looking for a box to load my junk in, i saw a box with a bunch of car manuals on the bottom. They were all 1960s GM vehicles so i dumped my stuff in there and loaded it up.
The next day was a busy one and i never got a chance to really sort though much of my buys. This isn't unusual, my garage is full of boxes dated from when they were purchased, awaiting sorting and being listed on ebay.
Late sunday evening i was able to finally check out my tools and car manuals. To my immediate dismay, the box only had 5 manuals on the bottom......or so i thought. Underneath the manuals, i saw a even layer of dark blue boxes. I fished one out and opened it up. Inside were another 5 individual boxes.
At this point, i'm starting to get really excited so i open the box. Inside of the small box is a presentation case with a sealed GSA Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar inside.
Then i do the math. 5 per box, 9 boxes= 45 coins + another 20 individual mailers. You could buy the coins originally in a bulk pack of 5 or "premium" coins individually.
The worst part about finding them was there was nobody home to celebrate with. I don't think my cat will ever look at me the same after our celebration dance that afternoon.
Once the girlfriend got home, i told her and she was blown away. 65 uncirculated CC Morgan dollars, hidden in a box, in the back of a dirty old garage.
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