Hoard of silver found Metal detecting

Eddie Current · Mar 2, 2014

A friend posted this on YouTube yesterday. Thought you might all enjoy his silver finds in southern Ohio.

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Mar 2, 2014

Awesome dig, thanks for sharing... Amazing pieces of sterling, over a grand easy ! :thumbsup:

I'd vote banner but, I think it needs to be posted by the original finder. :icon_scratch:

Keep @ it and HH !! :hello2:

DFX DAVE in M.D. · Mar 2, 2014

Nice Silver find, the IRS will be beating on his door in a few days.

Hillbilly Joe · Mar 2, 2014

Cool find!

morris-code · Mar 2, 2014

crazy find!
I would like to see the follow up video and here the history on some of those trophies.

wvplug · Mar 2, 2014

Nice!! Even at spot prices this find should be worth a good deal.

jewelerguy · Mar 2, 2014

probably stuff from a theft long ago. what a really cool find

Plumbata · Mar 2, 2014

That whole video had me drooling! The owner was Reuben Andrus Holden III of Cincinnati, (1890-1967) who was a famous early Tennis player. There is an article about him on Wikipedia: Reuben A. Holden III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and he had a son named Reuben as well as a grandson, Reuben A. Holden the 5th who is 60 years old now and currently living in Virginia, the owner of a baseball merchandise website.

MT_Joe · Mar 2, 2014

Thats a great stash!

NoBootyYet · Mar 3, 2014

Very nice find!

HCW · Mar 3, 2014

sounds like someone's house got burglarized and they hid the stuff.

maipenrai · Mar 3, 2014

Man, should have left that shovel at home! Great find, anyway!

Got_4by4 · Mar 3, 2014

Unfortunately, what struck me most about the video was the reckless abandon, tearing off a piece of the large bowl and using the shovel to "GOUGE" the contents leveraging against the side. While it may be true that the only value might be the silver itself, you could be destroying history! What if the tiny trophy cup had a handle broken in the process? decreasing the value 10x or more?

As a fellow detectorist, I value the history as much as the silver. We ask for permissions to dig, promising to fill our holes and showing respect for the privilege. We should do the same for the history! If you just set it aside to be more carefully cleaned at home with a good soak and careful removal of dirt and grime you would gain much more value.

Please, In the future, respect the history and take care with it as if it were something that you might have worked for a long time to be able to afford. I am sure that was the case for whomever lost these treasures so long ago!

Msbeepbeep · Mar 3, 2014

Wow! That's a silver hoard and a half!

Trezurehunter · Mar 3, 2014

Great find & video.

Eddie Current · Mar 3, 2014

No biggie for me... just thought it was a way too cool find!

relicmeister · Mar 3, 2014

very cool find, I can see why the dude was excited, but I was cringing at the rough handling as well.

fronjm05 · Mar 3, 2014

Very very cool find. But ya was cringing a bit when he was ripping and gouging that stuff out. I would have been excited to though lol.

ModernMiner · Mar 3, 2014

OUTSTANDING!!! What a great find. I know people used to hide/bury their silver in the CW days, but I'm not sure why this may have been buried.
That trophy is way cool, and it was able to be traced back to the owner and family. Great job. :thumbsup:

-MM-