🏆 HONORABLE MENTION Buried silver cache found

[skateteacher]

I don’t normally post much here but I do like to frequent it here to read as there are always a great variety of stories related to all things treasure. I wanted to share what was/is probably the best detecting/ treasure hunting day of my career. I’m using an iPad so forgive the poor sentence structure and the fact I’m going to copy most of my post from another site that I made yesterday. Anyhow enough of the pre talk let’s get to it.

I'm a member of ringfinders and I got a call this week I just had to share with everyone. I got a call about about a buried stash of silver in a backyard. According to what I was told, Grandpa had buried a stash of silver coins in the backyard and had only revealed that he had two weeks prior to his death. I was given the areas to hunt (1.8 acre property), but no idea what if anything was containing these coins in terms of container. I was pulling beer can after beer can and nail after nail I got a solid 16 tone on the Nox and I dug it. Turned out it was a 36" pipe that made thetell-tale sound of having something in it. Long story short we had to cut the pipeopen and when we did it was awesome. A find of a lifetime, a cache of silver coins.

Needless to say this was a life changing event for all of us. For me I have spent all my adult life looking for treasure and I found it in my God, my wife and my kids but never really buried in dirt until yesterday. It was getting late so I didn’t have a chance to do any key date searching with them as it was an hour and a half drive back. Several Morgan’s were 1882 so I’m hoping there’s an 1883 in there.

The coins were stacked by section, the silver dollars were in the first 12 inches, halves and quarters the next 12 inches and barbers, mercs and Rosie’s in the last 12 inches.
Im not posting to brag but rather to encourage because if you don’t dig you won’t find. I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep until Sunday lol. I can’t stop thinking about it.

Best to all and I hope all your scoops and shovels strike gold or silver!

 

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[A2coins]

Welcome thanks for sharing that

 

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[South Padre Treasure]

Congratulations on a job well done, you are defiantly a recovery master.

 

[Zippidy~Do~Daa]

That's really nice that you could find those for them. I bet there grandpa would have liked to know that. There is definitely a generation there that did not trust banks. Forgive me for not having the knowledge that most or all of you have, but what are barbers, mercs and Rosie’s? I'm new and just starting so I don't have the knowledge base yet.

 

[smallfoot]

Definitely the find of a lifetime!

 

[CCDAMEEK]

That's really nice that you could find those for them. I bet there grandpa would have liked to know that. There is definitely a generation there that did not trust banks. Forgive me for not having the knowledge that most or all of you have, but what are barbers, mercs and Rosie’s? I'm new and just starting so I don't have the knowledge base yet.

I've sent you a private message about your question here.

 

[smallfoot]

I vow to dig all giant metal pipes out of the ground

And the pvc ones too if they set the detector off....

 

[Megalodon]

Hopefully they either kept them - or got top dollar for them.

Giving it to the family puts the honor in honorable mention.

Every bank manager has stories about such hoards being brought in and redeemed for face value.

 

[Billieg]

In 1920 my grandfather who fought in the civil war told my dad he buried a large tin of gold and silver out by the well. He died in 1921. My father had the hired hands dig up all around the well and didn't find a thing. In 1989 I went there and hunted. I got a very weak signal 6' from the well and it read high. I started digging when a guy came out and told me not to dig. I told him my family owned the property for over 100 years but he said "They don't own it now". so I left. I went back in 2011 and there is a school built on the grounds so all that money is still buried for future people to find.

 

[califteacher]

An amazing story, for sure. Thank you for sharing the fact that the family is keeping the coins, which is only right. You did the job that you were hired to do. I was intrigued when I read "Turned out it was a 36" pipe that made the tell-tale sound of having something in it." Among the many things that I don't know, there must be a difference in the way an empty pipe and a pipe full of metal sounds--something that I wouldn't have thought about before. The scary thing is that someone else may have dug down, found some old pipe, and done nothing more, figuring that it was just an old pipeline--something we encounter all the time. Luckily, you knew what you were doing and could tell the difference. It certainly makes a great story to share.

 

[trdking]

This made for a great bed time read. I am going to dream about pipes full of silver zzzzzz good night

 

[ARC]

Missed this one... definite Banner find.

Now... this find is sending my mind back to the many times many of us have come across a pipe such as that and moved on thinking it was just a water line and just filled back in.

Makes me wonder... HARD !

SO... let me ask... what was first sight ? in other words... how was the pipe laying in ground ?... and what part did you first see ? end ?

What made you continue to dig or tipped off to something other than just piping ?

Congrats on the stellar find.

 

[skateteacher]

Missed this one... definite Banner find.

Now... this find is sending my mind back to the many times many of us have come across a pipe such as that and moved on thinking it was just a water line and just filled back in.

Makes me wonder... HARD !

SO... let me ask... what was first sight ? in other words... how was the pipe laying in ground ?... and what part did you first see ? end ?

What made you continue to dig or tipped off to something other than just piping ?

Congrats on the stellar find.

The pipe was horizontal about 8 inches deep. I was looking for a big loud signal of anything that would indicate a large container. I dug it from one end and popped it out with the cap end out first. I tipped it up on it's end and you could hear shaking noise internally, kind of a "ching" "ching" sound. I knew I was onto something but there was no way that top was coming off without a blowtorch as it had been buried for 70+ years. The idea of storing money in a pipe actually makes tremendous sense as piping was cheap, secure and could be put into the ground anywhere. It's also easier to hide in plain site although this was buried. Even though it's been 5-6 months since I found it I still go back and look at the pics once a week just to reflect on it.

 

[ecmo]

Wow, just wow oh wow. I haven't been checking up much on T-net this year and totally missed this posting.

Like probably many others I think of caches in tin cans, fruit jars and metal boxes but not pipes, makes perfect sense.

Great story and so happy you could find it for the family!

 

[Rookster]

Thanks for the post and Congratulations.

 

[blugotti1]

I would have probably been buried next to where it was after I found it!! awesome!!!

 

[docweiser]

Banner vote made!

 

[Russoca]

Epic story and find! Congrats!!

 

[wilcam47]

The pipe was horizontal about 8 inches deep. I was looking for a big loud signal of anything that would indicate a large container. I dug it from one end and popped it out with the cap end out first. I tipped it up on it's end and you could hear shaking noise internally, kind of a "ching" "ching" sound. I knew I was onto something but there was no way that top was coming off without a blowtorch as it had been buried for 70+ years. The idea of storing money in a pipe actually makes tremendous sense as piping was cheap, secure and could be put into the ground anywhere. It's also easier to hide in plain site although this was buried. Even though it's been 5-6 months since I found it I still go back and look at the pics once a week just to reflect on it.

this looks like a Kennedy head?

 

[Hobbs.]

this looks like a Kennedy head?

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Hmmm... looks like 3-4 Kennedys in there.

 

[Colonial Digger]

Everyone's dream, awesome find!!