Old compact = 2 barbers 14k gold Sapphire ring

[j.d. in the usa]

Man O man I love this hobby!! In the years I have been detecting I have found over 100 compacts and In that time, only one had something in it until now.... Talk about a heart stopper my friend Dan and I found a field filled with old compacts and 3 Merry Widows tins and relics all over it had to be a tent brothel stop along the rail road .. we had over 10 sealed compacts and when we opened this one we got a surprise of a lifetime again the Whites DFX 300 came thru ... VDI 72-75 depth 4 in at most ... HH all

 

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[pepperdawg]

Wow - great stuff.....Mmmmm old school sexy...

 

[thrifty76now]

After all those you dug this one certainly paid a huge dividend.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Holy crap! Is there an "s" mint mark on that quarter??

 

[j.d. in the usa]

no just a plain 1896 sure wish there was an S lol but i still love it

Holy crap! Is there an "s" mint mark on that quarter??

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz! That is pretty awesome. None of my dug compacts have had anything in them yet.

 

[TRanegar36]

Sweet ring, congrats!

 

[scruggs]

Special finds you got there....Congratulations!!

 

[trapperart]

Very cool finds congrats

 

[Mi$terG]

Outstanding. I've dug a handful of compacts and nothing yet... Looks like I'm going to be digging some more! Congrats on a real treasure chest find.

 

[bill from lachine]

Great finds.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[tanz 82]

Wow congrats

 

[Old Dude]

None of the compacts I have dug gave me anything other than nasty looking old powder lol, but...! I did lose one that contained my one and only, newly found and then lost SLQ with a date to boot ( darn it! ). Congrats on those great finds

 

[Trezurehunter]

What a nice surprise. Sure beats just finding the case with old crusty makeup.

 

[firemac]

Bet that compact could tell some stories!

 

[UnderMiner]

This is fantastic! A genuine buried hoard of treasure containing not only silver coins - but gold and a sapphire to boot!
I'm voting this for Banner becasue this is a very rare and interesting kind of discovery!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[diggingthe1]

That's one of the best finds! I keep waiting to hear that rattle of coins, you even have nice ring to show. Congrats on such a great find! Love it!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Ya know, this kind of find is much more a "banner" find in my eyes than many I've seen up there. I mean, how classic is that!?! A dug compact, open up and all that treasure is revealed! THAT, is a classic!

 

[rabbid-digger]

Hey I just found one of those, had no idea what it was. There was broken glass in it so I haven't dug in it yet.