🥇 BANNER Not sure if this qualifies as a cache ..... but in my eyes it does

[46Wheat]

So a little back story for this find . Where I live in Upstate NY the poet Allen Ginsberg stayed for a period of time and I have access to land adjacent to his farm that he frequented in the 60s and 70s . I was doing some research online looking at old maps of the area looking for old homesteads in what now is a large tract of old growth timber . I have permission to hunt the area so as I was turkey hunting today I combined some hunting with a little scouting for cellar holes . I found a small cellar hole this morning and when I was done with my hunt I walked back in with my Etrac and my tools . I was in proximity to the edge of the land that used to be part of the Ginsberg estate and began to scan the outer edges of the area heading toward the cellar hole .
I hadn't gone very far at all when I got a screaming signal on my Etrac . I almost didn't dig it because it was so loud and big I figured a shallow axe head or piece of steel . When I decided to go ahead and dig it (because you never know till you check) this is what I saw Looks like a flat piece of steel . Until I tapped it with my Lesche and it sounded hollow . Now im getting interested and maybe a little excited . So I put my shovel under the edge of what turned out to be the lid of the can a pried up a little . To my wonderment the top popped off to reveal Sorry no pictures of it open in the hole I yanked it out of the ground so fast my fingers almost spontaneously combusted . The lid and sides had some holes rotted in them so a bunch of dirt had gotten into the tin but I saw SILVER!!!
So with shaking hands I dumped out my prizes and began to get very excited . In all told the tin contained 15 franklin halves . I have never found a half in my life and here I am with 15 of them staring at me . They ranged in age from 1950-1962 . I can only speculate that someone from the Ginsberg farm or commune that was in the area buried these in the late 60s or early 70s because they didn't trust the "establishment" and wanted to save them for a rainy day . And either forgot where they buried them or had some help forgetting by some funny smelling tobacco . They were circulated but didn't look bad just a little dirty and toned . Needless to say I will be back there tomorrow bright and early... turkey hunting will have to wait . You never know there might be more

 

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[Moonshadow]

That's an awesome Cache! Great story.....thanks for sharing!

 

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[against the wind]

That is what I call a Treasure Hunter's Dream.
Unbelievable.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Yep qualifies both as a cache and a banner find...

 

[vaquero44]

congrats!!............ its not everyday a treasure hunter comes across a casche!

 

[scaupus]

turkey hunting and detecting, can't beat that for a day in the woods, the mind boggles. O...yeah, and then there's the cache!

 

[Captain Caveman]

That is AWESOME!!! Congratz 46 Wheat!

 

[46Wheat]

I plan on getting back in there in a week or so to do a little scouting for deer season . I am going to take my Etrac with me and do some more exploring around the foundation and field edges . Who knows what I might find

 

[kristof.wanderer]

Absolutely awesome find! I'd be ecstatic!! Good job and congratulations!!

 

[relic lover]

I probably would have covered it back up after I hit rust. Kudos to you and congratulations

 

[dig deeper now]

GREAT GREAT find so very very RARE to have found not only one but 15 treasured halfs , very nice going. I would also go and see if there are more cans of buried loot, on the grounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[digndeep]

Dang!that's awesome!

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[suprdave]

sweet

 

[Doc Arey]

Dang Fine Find !

 

[gearjammer]

That is way cool. Great story along with it.

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

I didn't know u deer hunter wheat! We def gotta get something going soon then I'll take you for some nice deer...2 years ago I got a 139 9 pointer and last year a nice 10

 

[arnie161]

wooop wooop , awesome find, always exciting to find a metal box and the anticipation of what is in it .

 

[G-bone]

I know this is an old post, but still VERY cool.
Heck yeah that's a "cache" as far as I'm concerned.

Did you end up finding anything else when you went back?

This just reinforces me to start digging more and not be so quick to walk away from what my detector is calling "trash".
Also, always hit around the base of nice trees, the older the better.

Beautiful!!

 

[46Wheat]

I only went back a couple times and found some buttons and a couple IHs and other odds and ends but didnt spend much time there . I plan on going back this spring when the snow goes as its a chore to get in there after there is any foliage on

 

[Pointman]

I'm glad this post resurfaced cause it reminds me of a conversation that I had with a friend of mine. During a hunt he asked me if I dig anything that nulls out and then we spoke about the likelihood of finding a cache. I swing a CTX so I told him that it would surely null out over a can or jar of some sort especially if it was shallow. He then asked me what I thought a silver in a tin can would sound like and I couldn't answer this.

Do you recall how your Etrac specifically sounded and read over this cache? -

Thanks.

 

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MAN WHAT A BUNCH OF BENJAMINS ...