I found a bank and look what was in it!!!!!!!

Ken from Atlanta · Mar 1, 2008

On my way to an old school yard today, I saw 2 vacant lots, and decided to put off the school for later. The first lot was a complete bust, nothing but nails and can shreds, the second was a completely different story! I found this bank in a corner of the old yard, about 10" down, I thought at first it was just an old can, because all I could see was the rusty bottom, but then I pulled it out, and I'll let the pics tell the rest!!! The tag reads "WASHINGTON MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK C-0879 SEATTLE WASH"

When I got it home and cleaned it up, I could hear the coins rattling inside, I popped the bottom off and found 3 silver dimes, a 46 and 54 Rosie, and a 44 merc, 2 wheats 41 and 47, and a '40 nickel.

The coins cleaned off great, I think because there was no dirt in the bank. Not sure if this counts as a "cache" but it really got me going!!! I'm headed back tomorrow!

FlatCat · Mar 2, 2008

Nice CACHE! Pretty clean coins

civilman1 · Mar 2, 2008

That's pretty neat Ken....Congrat's on the silver,save you some digging anyway!!!

SilverFox167 · Mar 2, 2008

What a cool find.
To bad there wasn't more.
Finding the Merc would have been enough for me actually.
Nice.
Rob

waseeker · Mar 2, 2008

Nice finds Ken. HH

Any day spent on this side of the dirt and digging for treasure is a good day.

oddcoins · Mar 2, 2008

WOW ~ that's an awesome find! Very cool!

stryker-one · Mar 2, 2008

Way to go!! Silver too. Great photos.

Thank you for sharing.

Stryker

TN-Joe · Mar 2, 2008

Ken....Congrat's on a nice find.
Tenn. Joe

Fisher · Mar 3, 2008

Buried...More than one coin ...together in a container...yep...it's definitely a cache in my book. Great finds!
HH

James Edison · Mar 3, 2008

Ken, that was really amazing!

I hope that would be an unearthed bank rather than just a buried cache that you have found...
Poor little 60 year old coins if they are just left undiscovered...

Congrats,cant wait to hear from your tomorrow's find...

Sweet Hunt & God Bless
- James Edison -

desertfox · Mar 3, 2008

Congrats Ken on you're find. It's the bank that's the true Treasure! Hope you can clean it up. HH

Ken from Atlanta · Mar 3, 2008

Yeah the coins are just coins, pretty common, and not the main find. I really like the little bank itself, and I plan to keep the coins with it, and one day display them all together. I love finding coins, and things with monetary value, but strange little relics with known or unknown stories are still my favorite things to find.