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[sweetrelease]

went out yesterday to hunt the place that has been giving up some good finds lately. was swinging for about an hour when I decided to hit a corner of the field I haven't hit yet. I got a funny signal ,it went from 45 to 85 back and forth over and over again. I walked away but went back to see what it was.. it read 10+ inches but I hit glass around a foot or so. out popped a glass jar full of jewlery I was like "you have to be kidding me!! I swung the at pro over the hole again and boom 45 to 85 again so I dig alittle more and holy crap a metal box :-o .. I get it out and open it up and it is full of mud,buuuuut I started to clean it out and boom jewelry starts falling out.. at this point im shaking so bad I didn't know what to do. I dug by had very slowly and hope I got it all out. after getting it home and cleaning I saw that it was mostly costume jewelry but there was some 14kt and a bunch of silver and even silver spoons .. my question is why would someone bury mostly costume jewelry ? anyway it was I dig I will never forget ,I'm still not real sure what I have as I only cleaned about half of it. id say there is maybe 100 to 125 pieces in all... PICS ARE A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN IN POST...

 

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[beez0404]

Congratulations! I share your excitement. You're right too, that is a find you're not likely to duplicate so enjoy it.

 

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[tyrocksalot]

Thats badass man nice dig. Really cool. Test em out they were buried for a reason. Might be a valuable piece in there.

 

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

Keep hitting that area, you might find another cache near it.

 

[dirtlooter]

glad you finally got the pics, they definitely add to the post, best your heart was beating a mile a second! congrats

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

(the jumble of some 14K thrown in with the costume stuff, tossed with the silver wear chest - really feels like a
domestic burglary stash to me )[/QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly! Still..........super find!!

 

[antique man]

Wow that's a huge cache!!!

 

[doc-d]

Awesome is the word that comes to mind…..thank you for sharing and pics…….please post pics and total when you clean it up

 

[goldnugget]

I'm not complaining about the Hole but hope you can use a rag next time you dig to put the dirt on and then the dirt back in the hole- Nice Pictures of your Jewelry-Thanks for sharing -goldnugget-

 

[cjon455]

Nice!!, nothing like that butterfly in the stomach feeling that awesome digs brings ya
Congrats! !

 

[46Wheat]

Nice digs and thanks for sharing those pictures

 

[OWK]

Almost certainly a very kind parent who indulged (or participated with) their kids in playing "buried treasure".

 

[bede2691]

Treasure chest!! Awesome find! Looks banner worthy to me.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Looks like older stuff, nice congrats!

 

[ATpro5]

Wow congrats! Post some pictures of the stuff cleaned up. This might be banner worthy.

 

[Red James Cash]

I'll put my money on a stash from probably more than one B and E.

 

[SusanMN]

My guess is that it was stolen in a burglary and buried with the intention it would be dug up later.

 

[Red James Cash]

My guess is that it was stolen in a burglary and buried with the intention it would be dug up later.

Me thinks it was buried to get rid of the evidence.Theres two ways of getting rid of evidence,bury it or destroy it.You can melt gold or silver into ingots for resale,real gemstones are a little tougher,you need a fence if any of the stones are easily recognizable.

 

[bootybandit]

Amazing find!!! I could only imagine the excitement.

 

[UnderMiner]

When I was a kid a buried a box of costume jewelry, but the box also included things I thought of as "treasure" like plastic gold coins, marbles, and toy cars. And that's why I don't think this stash was buried by a child - if it was they would have included toys. The fact that the hoard includes spoons and a jumbled mass of semi-precious jewelry and some small amounts of gold and silver leads me to conclude you found a burglar's stash. But from the looks of it that stash has been forgotten for many decades and the burglar is long gone - and the family who lost their stuff has long forgotten about it. So finder's keepers! Awesome!

 

[sweetrelease]

thanks guys and gals.. im thinking it was stolen also.. the box was not flat in the hole ,it was on its side. figure they trough it in the hole and ran ?? ether way it had me going crazy digging it up. I did clean some more of it up and I think there is more good stuff than just costume .. I'm on vacation now ,but when I get home i'll post a pic of the stuff cleaned and lied out. thanks again guys , I love this hobby!!!!!