Very difficult to believe but absolutely true!!!

[jas415]

On Sunday I was invited to a search for some buried jugs of coins on a rural property. Metal Detecting Stuff had a man ask them to assist him in locating 5 jugs of coins buried by his late sister in the mid 1970's. He had a map that was not to scale but generally accurate. 4 of us started looking at about 1 pm and at 2 pm we had located 2 of the jugs, a 5 gallon glass one and a one gallon plastic one. The 5 gallon was about 18" down to the neck and the one gallon was about 2 foot to the top of it. An ATPro and a CTX 3030 both indicated a penny at maximum depth and a Garrett 2500 2-box Treasure Hound showed a large target. We started digging and after about a foot or so we popped out the neck of a 5 gallon glass jug, along with several coins. Then the fun began! We started taking them out by the double hand full and putting them in a wheelbarrow.

After clearing that jug, we then moved about 6 feet away and started the same routine on a smaller target. Both the ATPro and the CTX showed a penny at over 12 inches. The Garrett 2-box Treasure Hound, gave a little tiny peep as it passed over the spot. About 2 feet down we hit the top of a plastic mild jug filled with coins. After digging around that jug to keep it intact, we lifted it out. We then chopped into the top to reveal it was filled with coins also. There were some 'silver certificates' in the 5 gallon jug.

We searched for another 2 hours after a major rainstorm but could not locate the others. We were told that one, buried under the 'bird bath' was dug up prior to our arrival and it contained 2 bags filled with 1000 silver coins each and a silver bar. Probably going to try again next Sunday.

 

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[mtholen]

Holy cow! Was there a lot of silver coins in there if it was buried in the 70's?

 

[lastleg]

Now there's something you don't see everyday.

 

[Army of 1]

Wow , ya got hours of fun going thru and checking that lot .. cheers Mick

 

[Hawk'n Dirt]

Would make one hell of a rolling party!...

 

[Sallysue]

Neat find

 

[wild eyed willey]

you may need a bigger wheel barrow.

 

[jas415]

Most of the coins there were clad, about 70-80%, and the rest was silver dimes and quarters along with some war nickels. We got the gallon jug with 500 silver halves on the second hunt but could not locate the other two buried containers. We found out a bit more details. I still do not know the exact family relationship of the group but they sold the place and closed on it the 15th. We could not work out a last hunt to find the last 2 containers. They had also previously dug a sealed PVC pipe filled with coins. I understood it to be about 3' long and 6" diameter, buried between two pine trees. Maybe we can work out a deal with the new owners to do a hunt or two. We do not know the total of the coins but assuming what they told us was true, then the 5 containers dug up had about $20,000 in silver coins not counting the 5 gallon jug. 2000 silver quarters and a 2 lb bar ($10K), 500 halves at $8 + apiece ($4.5K), and about a thousand quarters in the pipe would be about $19K.