100+ YO Pocket Spill

[Silvermonkey]

There are few things better than an old pocket spill. It's a real thrill to open up a hole, and see a handful of old coins looking back at you. After the rain partially let up this morning, I was able to get out into some local woods for several hours of detecting. It was very slow going for the first couple of hours, with only a shankless tombac button and 1893 IHP to show for my efforts. I happened upon a strong "84" VDI, and thought for a second it might be another Indian cent...but it didn't sound quite right...a little too big. When I cut my plug I was pretty sure it would be some kind of junk. I was more than surprised to see multiple coins at the bottom of the plug:

After some careful extractions I ended up with an eleven coin pocket spill!

This spill included: 1920 Walking Liberty half, 1898 Barber quarter, 1897 Barber dime; 1920 Mercury dime, 1911 Liberty nickel, and six wheaties (1914 x2, 1916-S, 1917, 1918, and a no date)

Despite the fairly crappy weather, I couldn't have asked for a better day of detecting! Thanks for taking a look.

 

[jewelerguy]

dang nice spill!

 

[KeyaPaha]

A buck six back in 1920 was a lot of money to lose.

 

[pepperj]

Congratulations on the spill.
Been a long time since I have had the pleasure.

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Never found a silver coin spill myself! Way to go and congratulations on a awesome recovery!

 

[Jose The Goon]

WOW !!! Great spill find ! Congrats !
Judging from the great conditions of the 1920 Merc & Walker, I would guess that spill happened 106 years ago. Many hunters & gatherers in the woods at that time in New England. They had to stop and pull down their pants at times or just sit down and have a smoke or rest etc.
Never can one predict where in the woods something was lost.
It's great that your instincts led you too that spot. CHEERS!!

 

[The Rebel]

That's awesome, WTG!

 

[robertk]

Very cool find. That was a lot to lose back in the day.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

That's truly AMAZING - one of the best coin spills ever - congrats !

 

[Steve in PA]

Somebody had a mighty big hole in their pocket!!

 

[SilverCoinHound]

Amazing. Looks like fedex dropped an Apmex order 100 years ago

 

[BigWaveDave]

Whoever lost that was pissed! Congrats on your digs!

 

[Mr. Digger]

Phenomenal SM!!!! Love that each of the silvers were a different type.

 

[eman1000]

That would make my year! Awesome find and a tiny crotal bell as well.

 

[lenmac65]

You are killing it this year! Congrats on the nice assortment of coins.

 

[Nathan W]

Awesome man!!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on an excellent coin spill ! The Walker alone would have been a great coin.

 

[Silvermonkey]

You are killing it this year! Congrats on the nice assortment of coins.

Thanks for the kind words lenmac65. And thanks to everyone else for their positive comments. Happy to be out there representing all of us dedicated Massachusetts diggers. So much of this hobby is "right place/ right time". It's nice to get that "right" every once in a while... Cheers!

 

[BigWaveDave]

You should go detecting more often. More productive than watching the Sox. 1-5. Cellar dwellers.

 

[Silvermonkey]

You should go detecting more often. More productive than watching the Sox. 1-5. Cellar dwellers.

So true! I'm much happier when off in the woods.