Magical find! Sterling silver horse pin and a pile of buried coins under tree!

[Mvgirl]

I found this awesome sterling silver under a big tree in the ground with my $80 Bounty Hunter Jr.! First big find. About six inches away I got a loud beep and dug up 50 pennies all stacked up!!! I believe they were in a coin roll at some point but if it was the paper disintegrated. Does anyone know anything about the pin? All it says on the back is STERLING in small letters and has a marking CA with an arrow through it.

 

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[Ogre1190]

Congrats on two really nice finds! 🙌 And welcome from North Central Illinois. 🙋

 

[dig deeper now]

Very nice surprise are there any more trees around? Nice horse pin. maybe take it to a jeweler and make yourself a detecting pin to go with you for good luck.

 

[vpnavy]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard Mvgirl! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... and selecting location information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

2nd - I moved from Metal Detecting over to Forum: Today's Finds!? for more exposure.

3rd - Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Hawks88]

Welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls. Congrats on the silver.

 

[Rookster]

Super find for a first post. Welcome to Tnet.

 

[Trezurehunter]

It could just be a generic pin that was owned by someone who enjoyed horses. The good part is, is that it is made of sterling and now belongs to you ! Congrats on a nice find and welcome to the forum from Illinois.

 

[A2coins]

good find

 

[dansalata]

welcome..this a fantastic place to hang out and learn!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice finds!

 

[Kurios1]

Congratulations on the horse Sterling. Does look like a load of Canadian pennies. You done good! Welcome from Northern Illinois.

 

[vpnavy]

...STERLING in small letters and has a marking CA with an arrow through it...

I searched Google and found a different piece BUT with the similar Makers Mark - EBay: Vintage Sterling Silver Leaf Design Signed CA Arrow Through Pin Brooch 1 5/8”

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...The brooch is marked sterling plus symbol mark CA with arrow going through them, indicating it is sterling silver item made by Carl-Art Inc. Providence, RI between 1936 and 1976...

 

[Mvgirl]

Thanks everyone! I agree it's an amazing find for several things:
First, it was found by an $80 Jr. detector on my first year of detecting,
Second, it was found in a playground only a street away!!!
Thirdly, I find it fascinating to think that someone purposely hid it there (because the pile on pennies that were obviously buried were so close by)!
And of course the best part is that it's silver...... AND my favorite animal!!!!

 

[Mvgirl]

Yah I saw that.... do you think it's the same? Maybe I should search Carl-Art Inc. horse brooch and see what comes up. Thanks for sharing!��

 

[Mvgirl]

I found it!!! Yes it's Carl-Art, I found it on etsy for $40. But the pin had two horses on it.... maybe I should check under the tree again?!!! Lol of course since I found nothing in the same hole as the horse that's probably it..... unless they hid the other horse somewhere else?.... Guess what I'll be doing today?!!! Hahaha

 

[Mvgirl]

I also found the same horse on a pin that looked like a whip.... so either way if someone buried it complete there is more sterling out there!!!

 

[Greastart]

I found it!!! Yes it's Carl-Art, I found it on etsy for $40. But the pin had two horses on it.... maybe I should check under the tree again?!!! Lol of course since I found nothing in the same hole as the horse that's probably it..... unless they hid the other horse somewhere else?.... Guess what I'll be doing today?!!! Hahaha

Yeah....get back out there and round up yer ponies!! Congrats! I've never found fifty coins of any denomination at once so I gotta say you're doing great!

 

[Mvgirl]

Thanks! By the way can you tell me how to post a new thread? I don't know how

 

[BLK HOLE]

Congrats on the nice silver and coin spill. Well done and welcome to T-Net from Northern Virginia!

 

[NotJustAnotherSarah]

How fun to find treasure! The pin looks like ones I have always seen at hunter jumper horse shows. The ones with the breeches and the high boots and the hunt coats. The shirts have a flat raised collar that you are to wear a pin where both sides meet under your chin. I also had one that was brass in the shape of a circular horn and one that looks like a safety pin. Check out horse stock pins for show.