🥇 BANNER This could have been a once in a lifetime hunt!

Jamesbondaka

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Mar 18, 2010
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This could have been a once in a lifetime hunt! MORE FOUND

4 Part Story with 4 different hunts with more treasure and pics ......maybe more soon!

A friend of mine said he had a day free so, we set up a hunt. I knew of a very large park yet to be explored by either of us. We hunted for several hours and got about 15 coins or so...it was so clean and not even one pull tab!
We gave up on it and decided to go have lunch. After, my friend Danny said he had a little time but not much as he had a football game to watch. We headed to a new site that Danny got permission to hunt. When we arrived at the home site and were surprised to find a demolished house, everything was gone! Pushed up and the burn piles were still smoldering! Debris strewn all over the lot like a tornado just blew thru. The bulldozer left piles of earth with a mixture of insulation, old wiring, nails, glass and the fall leaves. Everthing had changed! I think most people would have just driven away but since we didn't have much time, we decided to make the best of this "war" zone. I was thinking..."what did Danny bring me to"? We hunted for a short time and Danny found a hot spot for pennies, a lot wheat backs. He invited me to hunt with him but I said, "thats your spot". He insisted and I started digging up a few wheat backs. I was a bit tired at that point so decided to leave him and venture on. I headed to another area about 75 feet away. I got decent tones but all trash mostly. I really expected the detector screen to say, "Enough already"! or "No More"! Tons of iron, pipes, wires and just your run of mill....trash. It was driving me crazy! Several times I was 2 seconds away from going to the semi manicured lawn next to where we were hunting. I kinda had enough. The day was fun but it wasnt very productive. Danny headed my way and he told me he got a bunch of pennies. He asked how I was doing and I said not too good but this signal I just got sounded good. It was dollar range signal! I dug down a few inches and up popped 3 pennies, all together. I said just old pennies. I checked the hole again...I still got the dollar signal. It was a good signal but not too deep and not very strong. Probably some kind of trash. I told Danny, it was a good steady signal....lets hope! Wow, up popped the unmistakable look of a silver dollar! I didnt touch it. I said to my friend....you WONT believe this! YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS! Hes looking at me puzzled and I pointed at the hole.
A nice 1921 morgan silver dollar was peeking at us. The iron & trash etc was trying to null out and confuse the signal.
I didn't know this day would EVER happen. Ive known of people hunting 30 years to only find 1 dollar. Ive been doing this about 3 years. Its my lucky day! Danny gave me the high 5 and took some pics. We started hunting again and Danny and got some more wheat backs. About 5 minutes later, I got another signal. Up pops another! I yelled at Danny, another one!!! Hes saying wow...its your lucky day. It was! Then, Danny got a signal. He probes it and I can see the shine from 10 feet away. He scores a very nice dollar in a plastic pouch. High 5 again and pics. He is beaming and I was happy for him. WE continued to hunt. I'm getting multiple signals all over the place. I'm pulling up wheat pennies as fast as I can unearth them. Lots of them! Then, I get 3 signals all in a 2 foot radius. One silver dollar, then another... then a third! I am exstatic! 20 minutes ago, I'm almost ready to pack it in. Now, I'm plucking 5 silver dollars and lots of wheat backs like a crazy person. Danny gets another dollar, then a Franklin half. There were so many wheats that I would probe the signal with my pinpointer...set it down...and it would beep again. So, I would move it....and it would continue to beep again....Coins everywhere! I continue to pull up 2 more dollars and Danny has several halfs. You have NO idea whats coming...and neither did I. I got a silver tone...moved a small amount of dirt and I instantly new what I had. Now, with 7 silver dollars and hundred or two of wheat pennies, I yelled at Danny again. Can you believe a 10 oz silver bar???....in the wrapper. Danny could not believe it and I was almost speechless. It was now dark and we continue to hunt continuing to pull up mostly wheat backs but a occasional silver. We searched in the dark using mostly just the light from our probes. It was almost a frenzy. All in all, Danny missed his game by about 5 hours. I think he can live with that. I know I can! I walked out with 287 pennies, 1 franklin half, 10 oz bar of pure .999 silver AND 10 Silver dollars. Danny got several dozens wheat backs, 2 Silver dollars, 7 halfs and two nice tokens yet to be identified.
Wow, what a day!!! In general, it was a nice day. No rain, if there was, we wouldn't have hunted. I would not have ever found this stuff if Danny did not take me there. I don't think we would have found all we did if I hadn't decided to keep looking in such a trashy area. So, we would both be nowhere without each others help. Happened on my departed Dads birthday too...Thanks for the inspiration! This might have been once in a lifetime experience and I will never forget it.
I hope WE have some good luck again... as I do everyone, so don't give up and who knows maybe you will have some silver in your future and turn your trash ...into Treasure!
 

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Wow James more Silver :icon_thumright: time to bring the back hoe in I think :laughing7: seriously though do you think more might come from this site, god only knows what might be waiting there for you....BANNER......

SS

You know its hard to say.....I know theres something there, but who knows how much??? Our second day on this venture did not go too well....a few wheats, a few steel pennies and 1 silver half. Now, more dollars pop up! Who knows??? but we will give shot a few more times at least.

Thanks for your remarks!
 

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Well done JamesBond, you have really hit your stride and I am willing to bet the farm that there are a few more of those silver dollars still in the ground there. I think its time for a group shot and a complete run down on the dates and mint marks. Your find has obviously come from someone who was a collector and he/she may have some vary valuable coins there.
If I were you I would start a new thread and name it an American Hoard then link the 2 threads, post the group shot and run down on this new thread and I am sure it would make Banner.
Regardless, you are cleaning up that spot really nice and I hope you and your buddy find a ton more.
Voting now, good luck.
ZDD
 

Just a thought, are you dialed in for gold? This guy was a silver hoarder, it's possible he did the same thing with gold...
 

That is amazing and I really think there should be a lot more there now! What is the newest coin date? That could help establish about when it was hoarded. And I do have to wonder where the silver quarters and dimes are, and of course, gold coins. You might want to research cache finds and where they were found. I do know people that buried there money usually buried it where they could see it out of a window for example. HH, Mike
 

Wow, this is one incredible score! I am so happy for you and your friend having had this experience! If I found all that silver, I think I would have wet myself.
 

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WOW, looks to me that this spot is not that old. You have found lots of silver, and now they are in plastic holders. Man you must have what like $2500 to $3000 in melt? if you sold them.
 

Thanks Zod & bev & others too.!
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Answers to mult questions>


Yes, looking for gold as well. We will at it again in a day or so.

Youngest coin was 1952 half dollar. Who know if these are all related? You would think so but you just dont know unless we find a note stating when buried or lost or whatever.

With the plastic container...it is a older one...as they changed the design on them. So, IF....these were lost/buried all at one time....that would put the date in the 50s. Whatever the case, if its 60 years or hundred years ...its ok with me!
 

As requested....heres a pic of my silver finds & Danny' finds on the first hunt.

The second pic is my total finds of silver for both hunts.
 

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What an amazing find you guys have there. Hats off to you for enduring the multitude of questions from doubters and peoples congratulations and all the while responding with a good attitude. I think its interesting that this cache has not made the banner yet. If you ask me the banner is a joke. You can bet that anytime someone post up a gold coin it goes up there in record time. The latest addition to the banner is a prime example. Not taking anything away from gold coins but so many other better finds get passed up all of the time. Makes you wonder? Keep us posted of anymore finds there.
 

2nd look S$,just awesome dude,keep on,let no pile or dirt patch go unturned
i dont think i can vote banner,not enough posts,but if i could it would be
BANNER
HH
 

I just put in my vote for banner As a complete haul, this is pretty amazing. It's not one relic but heck of a lot of treasure!
 

Somehow I thought you might like the additional post. I will try to get the dates on later.

Thanks again screw and cw!
 

Wow! Just, wow!!! Congratulations to the both of you on the find and may you pull up many, many more in the days to come. :icon_thumright:
 

Man, that is straight up amazing. Right up there with aquachigger's silver find. Cangrats to you and your buddy, keep it coming.
ZDD
 

Thanks again Snip and Zod,

Couldnt go out today as weather was not good...maybe the weekend...hopefully.
 

Hello neighbor, weekend looks terrible for THing.
Hope they don't haul everything away before you get another chance.
Grey
 

Hello neighbor, weekend looks terrible for THing.
Hope they don't haul everything away before you get another chance.
Grey

Hey Grey,
You know metal detecting is a lot like weather forcasting....you never know whats going to happen.

I think we have alittle time yet....I dont think they will do too much concrete pouring in the rain.
 

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