Box/ chest found in oak tree hollow

[Jay Plunder]

Found this small chest yesterday in an oak tree hollow in South Carolina. Was full of mostly trash and newspaper clippings that were not legible. It has a bunch of pennies in it (only 1 wheetie 1951D) and a bunch of what I think is costume jewelry but several of them are .925 silver. 70 grams so far of .925! I am not sure about the "gold" earings, necklaces and watches yet. Havent seen any "k" stamps except .925. There is a zippo lighter and a tassle from 2001 in there also. Weird. I saw it stashed inside an oak tree base that is hollowed out in the woods.
More pics soon.

 

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[Jay Plunder]

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[Joe-Dirt]

Probably a homeless persons stuff. I find little stashed like that occasionally in duffle bags, the ones I’ve found usually are chuck full of clothes, toiletries and other personal items. I leave them be.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Boo Radley's?
Cool find!
Carl

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Maybe part of a Geo-cache.That could explain the newer stuff mixed in with old

 

[Madmox]

Sounds to me like someone’s time capsule. A graduation tassel. Newspaper clippings. All point to things that held value to someone representing a specific period of time.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[A2coins]

Iwould have been seeing treasure but hey thats some good stuff silver and hopefully some gold great find

 

[GaRebel1861]

Maybe part of a Geo-cache.That could explain the newer stuff mixed in with old

Makes sense to me.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find!

 

[Ace300]

Cool find. I’m in SC as well.
Ever get to the coast look me up.

 

[Jarl]

Cool find. I think I'd be as stoked about the chest itself as well as the contents.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Im also thinking its a Geo Cache. I have found 3 of them over the years. 2 were in hollowed out trees, and 1 was at the base under a huge fallen tree. There is usually some sort of note in there identifying it as a Geo Cache, and that you should leave an item of your own.

 

[neodetectorist]

https://www.geocaching.com/play
Sign up and Search your area to see if it is official.
It is actually a lot of fun.
I did a lot of that before MDing

 

[Subterranean]

I'll be the devil's advocate and state that it may be stolen property hidden/discarded by a thief. Anything "name identifiable" in the mix? Sub

 

[Jay Plunder]

I'll be the devil's advocate and state that it may be stolen property hidden/discarded by a thief. Anything "name identifiable" in the mix? Sub

Negative. Nothing identifiable except one phone number for a "Janice" written on a piece of paper. I called the number and it is out of service. It was a few hundred feet behind my sisters house on private land so I doubt a geocache but that is an interesting theory. I will hold on to it and keep it intact for a while never know I might eventually find the original owner and find out the story behind it.

 

[Jay Plunder]

I am actually in NC but plan on going to the coast somewhere in the Carolinas once this hurricane makes its way out of the area.

 

[DiamondDan]

I'll bet that made your heart skip a beat! Probably some little kid's "special stuff" they hid away and promptly forgot about.

 

[RVRoamer73]

Cool find! Puts a mind to thinking about the who's and why's. A mystery for sure.