🥇 BANNER Dug a change purse full of silver!!!

lenmac65

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This is a walking away from the car story for a change. I was walking through the woods toward an area with stone farmer walls that I intended to search. I was casually swinging as I walked the trail when I got a high tone about six inches from the trail edge. I rescanned and got mixed signals and VDIs. I dug the hole and found a leather change purse about five inches down. I could not resist opening it, and immediately saw the half dollar as shown in the first picture. Coins started spilling out the corroded back of the purse, so I put it in my bag right away and picked up the fallen coins. I found nothing else the rest of my hunt, and could only think about what might have been in my bag. When I got home I sorted the coins. Sixteen silvers, including the half, 8 Washington quarters, 4 Mercury dimes, 2 silver Rosies, and a 1944 silver nickel. Also had a few wheat pennies, several Jefferson nickels, and a Buffalo nickel. Twenty-four coins total! While none of these coins are particularly old or unique, it sure was exciting finding them this way, and on the first hole.. Happy Hunting. Good luck out there.
 

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BigWaveDave

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Holy cow!
That’s a once in a lifetime find!
Huge congrats
 

bologna321

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DeepseekerADS

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Me thinks I'll go back and vote BANNER!

If that ain't one, maybe I should just retire .......

Ooo! Wait! Been retired for 6 years now...... Duh.....
 

dognose

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nice find! Way to make use of the walk to the intended search area for sure!
 

pepperj

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I tip my hat your awesome silver spill recovery. CONGRATS! Already clicked that Banner button for this real looking spill. Love that you took the photo of them coming out dirty!
 

K1DDO1979

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Unreal. I want to say excited curse words on here but I know I’m not allowed. Awesome finds!!! 🤩🤑
 

Calabash Digger

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lenmac65

lenmac65

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Me thinks I'll go back and vote BANNER!

If that ain't one, maybe I should just retire .......

Ooo! Wait! Been retired for 6 years now...... Duh.....

Thanks so much ... and happy retirement!
 

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lenmac65

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I tip my hat your awesome silver spill recovery. CONGRATS! Already clicked that Banner button for this real looking spill. Love that you took the photo of them coming out dirty!

Thanks for the comment and vote. I wish I had taken a few more pictures, but I guess I wasn't thinking in my excited state. I was also afraid of losing some of them.
 

crashbandicoot

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Nice find man!I,m always reminded by these of when I was a boy just about every adult had a change purse of some kind.The men usually carried them in a pocket and the women most often kept them in a small pocket on their main purse put there just for that purpose.Can,t imagine how many might have been lost.
 

JeffInMass

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Absolutely incredible- something every hunter dreams about and you were fortunate enough to experience. Yet another amazing find for Mass hunters- Big time Congrats!!
 

Noah_D

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Wow! That's quite the find! I went out today but didn't even come back with a penny LOL. My vote is in for banner.
 

caretaker

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I vote banner too, I think if caches are noted, it will give hope to the masses, and great friggen find:headbang:
 

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