🥇 BANNER Not sure if this qualifies as a cache ..... but in my eyes it does

[46Wheat]

So a little back story for this find . Where I live in Upstate NY the poet Allen Ginsberg stayed for a period of time and I have access to land adjacent to his farm that he frequented in the 60s and 70s . I was doing some research online looking at old maps of the area looking for old homesteads in what now is a large tract of old growth timber . I have permission to hunt the area so as I was turkey hunting today I combined some hunting with a little scouting for cellar holes . I found a small cellar hole this morning and when I was done with my hunt I walked back in with my Etrac and my tools . I was in proximity to the edge of the land that used to be part of the Ginsberg estate and began to scan the outer edges of the area heading toward the cellar hole .
I hadn't gone very far at all when I got a screaming signal on my Etrac . I almost didn't dig it because it was so loud and big I figured a shallow axe head or piece of steel . When I decided to go ahead and dig it (because you never know till you check) this is what I saw Looks like a flat piece of steel . Until I tapped it with my Lesche and it sounded hollow . Now im getting interested and maybe a little excited . So I put my shovel under the edge of what turned out to be the lid of the can a pried up a little . To my wonderment the top popped off to reveal Sorry no pictures of it open in the hole I yanked it out of the ground so fast my fingers almost spontaneously combusted . The lid and sides had some holes rotted in them so a bunch of dirt had gotten into the tin but I saw SILVER!!!
So with shaking hands I dumped out my prizes and began to get very excited . In all told the tin contained 15 franklin halves . I have never found a half in my life and here I am with 15 of them staring at me . They ranged in age from 1950-1962 . I can only speculate that someone from the Ginsberg farm or commune that was in the area buried these in the late 60s or early 70s because they didn't trust the "establishment" and wanted to save them for a rainy day . And either forgot where they buried them or had some help forgetting by some funny smelling tobacco . They were circulated but didn't look bad just a little dirty and toned . Needless to say I will be back there tomorrow bright and early... turkey hunting will have to wait . You never know there might be more

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Don't know how I missed this the other week. Congrats on a really killer find. Wow... 15 Franklins in one hole. That's the way to do it brother! Good show.

 

[46Wheat]

Thank you again everyone for the kind words and encouragement . You really never know what you are going to find when you venture into the wide open spaces . Who knows mabey there is another can full of coins waiting out there for me . If there is I cant think of a better group of people to share my excitement with cheers

 

[myfantasia1]

Wow I got excited just reading about it.

 

[coinman123]

I'm still looking for any silver bigger than a dime quarter! I have only found three silvers in my lifetime and that just blew my mind. Congrats! I would have fainted on the spot if I found that

 

[Valley Ranger]

Nice!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I'd certainly call that a cache!

Man that's just an incredible find, congrats on making the BANNER too!

Dave

 

[Davers]

Banner ...."Cool"

Congratz on a 'heart pounding ' Find.
That's one on the G.I.S. Play list for me.
Great Story also.
Davers

 

[contesta-me]

wow!!!!

 

[swamp yankee]

WOW! Great find on the Benjys! Just goes to show digging "trash" signals pays off sometimes. There's no way you can think of all the reasons people will hide their goods or where they'll do it. Thanx for the great pix of your finds and best of luck the rest of the year.HH

 

[Tenspeed]

Great find! What a way to break into the half dollar club!

 

[geo4472]

congrats nice finds

 

[Don In South Jersey]

Awesome Find!!! Can you tell me how to E-Trac reacted to the signal, did it lock on a silver sound or did the iron signal & silver signal both come in on the screen?

Also how deep was it, thanks...

 

[46Wheat]

It mostly reacted to the silver , a 12-48, 14-48 type signal but it was choppy and had a growl to it . And it was a very strong almost overload type sound to it . I would expect big silver to ring higher but I think the tin from the can mixed it up a little . It sounded like a big piece of rusty metal that gives off a false high tone when you swing over it . Like I said originally I figured axe head or something big and rusty that was close to the cellar hole . I thought being as this was my first trip up there that I might as well dig it and see what type of stuff was around . The top of the tin was about 6 inches down when you count in the woods litter , leaves etc .

 

[shoague]

Its amazing what you dont think of when you see something amazing in a hole that you just dug. I still have newbie-itis. Get it out fast to see what it is. Congrats on the halves.

 

[scaupus]

Banner? if only there were a note signed Allan...

 

[allen]

You found more silver than I can buy on payday! Congrats!!!

 

[ilyes1113]

nice .a treasure for me.

 

[46Wheat]

nice .a treasure for me.

It sure was for me to

 

[sutphin]

46WHEAT YOU WILL BE RINGING THESE BELLS FOR WEEKS,HELLUVA FIND,VANZUTPHEN