I dug a Pre-WW2 coin-stash..........

[Rich in Central PA]

Hello friends, well the metal detecting gods smiled on me yesterday as I went out for a typical day of metal detecting. Turns out it was anything BUT a normal day as you shall see. I decided to go deep into the woods behind this old picnic grove (circa 1850).

First hour was better than usual: dug 2 Indianheads 1889 & 1907, then 2 wheats 1912 & 1920 plus an old cufflink and possible a suspender clasp?


Second hour gets interesting. Came across a dead tree in the woods and swiped my detector under it and sounded offf like a tin can but with muliple VDI's :quarter, dime, etc., you get the picture.........Dug the hole about 6 inches and staring me in the face is a Barber Quarter, pulled it out, and can see multiple coins in the hole, some loose and some stuck together. What a friggin' rush. Didn't need my detector, just kept sticking my fingers in the hole feeling for coins and took them out of the hole one by one. Then I scanned the hole with my detector and got a few more making sure I didn't miss any. When all was done, there were 25 coins in that hole ranging from 1908 to 1941.

The coin breakdown: 1908-O Barber Quarter, 1913 Barber Dime, Mercury Dimes: 1920, 1924, 1928-S, 1939, 1941. Buffalo Nickels: 1918, 1920, 1923, 1923, 1926, 1935, 1935. Jefferson Nickels: 1938, 1940, 1940, 1940, 1941, 1941. Wheaties: 1920-D, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941.

A most memorable day in my life detecting. Thanks for looking, and yesssssssssss there are coin stashes and caches still out there.........Rich

 

[ticm]

Well now, you won't soon forget that hunt. Nice!!!!

 

[baylorhall]

Wow!! Congrats on a wonderful discovery!

 

[beepbeepin]

Wow! Congrats! That's a good day hunting!

 

[tennessee digger]

Wow! What a great find. I would go back and look some more in the same area, could be even more. Tennessee digger

 

[DKinPA]

Rich you are one of the luckiest SOB's I ever met!!! What a find......I'm sure you were a little excited to see all that coming out the ground!

Congrats!!!

Buy me a lottery ticket will ya?

Dave

 

[Ground Inspector]

What a fantastic coin spill!

 

[junkhunter]

Nice find,oddly enough that wheat i got up their today was a 1920 also?Wish i could find another stash.Especialy a silver one like yours.

 

[inspectorgadget]

That's what ya call a phenomenal day of detecting!

 

[jeff of pa]

Nice finds Rich !

congrats !

 

[texjim]

way to go...

 

[reednc]

Congratulations. That is something all of us detectors dream about.

 

[mrmackin]

Cache-tastic!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Wow! That's an impressive find. I agree go back and see if there's more there somewhere close by. Good luck.

 

[jewelerguy]

wow how awesome is that? I'll bet that was one super fun dig

 

[JanThorCro]

With guys like you around there aren't gonna be any caches left for me to find before I get my DFX figured out.

What an awesome find.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Looks like sometime in 1941 somebody was having a "picnic" in the woods and lost all their pocket change. Hmm.

Awesome find!

 

[Mzjavert]

OMG you'll be dreaming about that signal for years!

 

[CoilFisher]

Looks like a MEGA-SPILL!

40 years ago--I bet every day was like this.
Nice as anything I have seen here! Find of a lifetime! Congratz!

Jeff, you see this one?

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Looks like sometime in 1941 somebody was having a "picnic" in the woods and lost all their pocket change. Hmm.

Awesome find!

You're not implying that there might be a few "Merry Widows" cans lying around there, are you?