Found a Cache with pics

[Bootyhunter1971]

Hey everybody!! I got out for a few hours and wasn't having too much luck. Went to a local community center that used to be a school. It was built in 1922. I have found silver there in the past and also a 1933 Italian 10 cent piece. I stayed there for about and hour and a half having only found a few clad coins. I went aroud to the right side of the building and was detecting a gravel driveway and got a good coin signal. I dug out a plug and there were 6 pennies stair-stacked together. I thought well someone must have dumped there pocket here. So I rechecked the area and got another good signal. It was another penny. Evereytime I rechecked after digging I would find more and more coins, all pennies. These were not in one hole but were in virtually a straight line about 3 feet long. All were about 3-4 inches down. I don't know for sure but I think they were all lost or buried together and then spread out somehow. The oldest is a 1968D and the newest was a 1984. There were a total of 27 pennies in this "cache". I know this is only pennies but it makes me wander who put them there and why and as much of a thrill as it was recovering this "cache" I can only imagine what finding a real one with valuable coins would be like. Thanks for looking and HH.

 

[IAsoldier]

Way to go I know the filling on a cache but mine where tokens about 20 of them. At least you had fun HH

 

[seger98]

Nice finds, looks like a great area to detect. Who knows how things get to be the way they get!


Chris

 

[kdismuke1]

NICE

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Great cache or big pocket spill. I think of a cache as hidden money in a jar or something.

SKD

 

[Fisher]

I know what you were going through. When I first got my MD I went out in my back yard and found 342 Lincoln cents in a 3' by 5' area. I was so excited. I went in to share my "treasure find" with my wife and she just scoffed and said now you only need to find 85,000 more to pay for that dang thing!

HH,
Fisher

 

[trikikiwi]

Evereytime I rechecked after digging I would find more and more coins, all pennies. These were not in one hole but were in virtually a straight line about 3 feet long. All were about 3-4 inches down. I don't know for sure but I think they were all lost or buried together and then spread out somehow. [/quot

You have lived a recurring dream of mine, since I was a kid, a couple or more years ago
Mike

 

[lairmo]

That same scenario would be awesome with barbers wouldn't it?...

 

[Hiker]

Good for you. I went hunting this weekend but only found a cache of trash. No matter, it was a 65 deg day and was great just being outside.

 

[DanB]

Back in the past, it was common practice in the 30's and 40's when building a new building people would place a penny in or near the foundation for good luck......seeing how this is a community center, several people probably pulled a penny from their pocket and pitched them in the hole for good luck before building the community center either before or after the ground breaking ceremonies. I think thats why you found them where you did in the manner they were found...
thats just my 2 cents....worth.

on the other hand congrats on the find .... good luck and HH


db

 

[allen]

way to go on that cache..

 

[vwayne1]

WOW! thats an awfully big digger for a lawn. Good job on the spill recovery.

 

[Lowbatts]

Darn gumball machines don't take 'em anymore.

Good patience!

 

[Bootyhunter1971]

WOW! thats an awfully big digger for a lawn. Good job on the spill recovery.

Yeah I use a smaller one on the grassy areas of this place but theses coins were in a gravel driveway and called for the big guns ha/ha