Cache found....Almost missed!

[West Jersey Detecting]

I posted some finds yesterday from a site I have been searching for many years. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,117008.msg857456.html#msg857456 As I said in the post, I only had an hour to detect. I have, however, been more methodical in my detecting, and it appears to be paying off. I have gridded off the site (which has a history dating back to the 1680's). I have also been digging EVERY signal. I was sure this one was a beer or soda can, and I may have even ignored it on previous hunts.

I left the tin in my car overnight thinking I had found a can of shoe polish or Skoals. Luckily I looked a little more closely today and realized it was a ladies compact. When I opened it all I saw was the broken glass and powder/sand at first, but then I realized It is filled with 11 wheat cents ranging from 1914 to 1926!!! They smell purdy too!

I always double check the trash finds before discarding them, and once again I am glad I did!! No doubt I will be returning again. I only worked a very small fraction of the site; it might take months to work it all! I am convinced that if I missed this, there must be even better finds!

 

[azmetaldetector]

Very cool!

 

[birdman]

Now that is cool! Dig it all! I thought I had just another piece of metal slag the other day and it turned out to be a pendent of some kind. As you said always take a second look at your trash. Great find.

 

[sfinder]

Nice cache!

 

[PACO]

NICE LITTLE CACHE, GOOD THING YOU DID`NT CHUCK IT OUT.........YOU NEVER KNOW
GREAT HUNT .....PACO

 

[halfdime]

Those pennies should be in pretty nice shape! Not a 14D is it?

 

[bookfisher]

That is so cool! Great find!

 

[fd3615]

wtg

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Nice find !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Leon]

Very cool,,, Congrats!
I'm with you,,, I know I'm going to start dig'n a few other signals than what I normally dig, although I dig all sorts of weird signals as it is,, some have paid off big time,, and others are simply trash, but ya never know until ya dig...

I just pulled a silver ring out the other day that I could of swore was a bottle cap...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[Big_Digger]

nice cache wooohoooo

 

[joey]

great find ! i would freak out if i found something like that!

 

[El_Bandido]

nice

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Those pennies should be in pretty nice shape! Not a 14D is it?

I rinsed them all off & cleaned out the tin before I posted it. Soaked the 1926 in peroxide. It has some corrosion on the obverse, but the detail on the reverse tells me this penny was new when it was placed in the compact.

No Denvers in this lot. All Philly. It is unusual to find a mintmark on any pre WWII coins in this region.

 

[larrybass]

Way kool score there Neilman! 8) Nice story and great pics too buddy. They're in really nice shape after being buried for more than 80 freakin' years! Just awesome!

Thanx 4 sharing. Nice way to unleash a little history on yerself, huh?

Oh, btw, I love yer JD baby avitar too. That Rocks! 8)

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Cool little cache. Good thing you checked the "trash" out more closely.

WTG
SgtSki

 

[Silverseeker]

Awesome find. I've checked in so many containers over the years hoping to find a little cache, but so far I haven't had any luck. Congrats on finally getting a little something extra in an old compact.

 

[Con]

great find neil can't wait to get back out there