OLD LEATHER COIN PURSE WITH 5 LARGE SILV.and 5 SMALL SILV. pos. best find in 43 years

[history hunter]

I went to a fresh house tear down this morning and it was going kind of slow until my last reading. It was kind of a iffy signal back and forth between 28.00 and 29.00. I dug down about 10" or so and the first thing I saw in the dirt outside the hole, was a quarter size silver disc, that upon closer examination turned out to be a barber! I said yes but then started to see and pick silver dimes out of the dirt, then more silver quarters,"barbers and a standing liberty! Pushing the dirt around, I saw a half size disk and picked it up and saw it was two halves (barber), stuck together! Then found a barber dime and two buffalos in the dirt. I checked the hole really thoroughly after that and also found pieces of leather with coin impressions in them. I figured it was lost about 1928, since the 1928 merc is like new and that was the newest coin in the purse. The old truck was found about 10 feet away at 15" and says "goodee and brunswick NJ. inside it. Finally found an old coin purse with old silver!!!
The contents of the coin purse were as follows:

Barber halves 2 ea. 1898 and 1905 S
Barber quarters 2 ea. 1895 and 1900
Standing liberty 1 ea. ? S
Barber dime 1 ea. 1916 S
merc dimes 4ea. 1917, 1918, 1926 and 1928 D
buffalo nickels 2 ea. 192? and ?

 

[Chuck In Oregon]

Terrific finds!

Two days ago I found a token with a similar reverse (assuming the No Cash Value side is the reverse) but with a rampant eagle/shield on the obverse. Can anyone tell me anything about it (them), like origin or age? Sadly, a purse full of coins didn't accompany mine.

Chuck

 

[Gridwalker306]

Wow, that is amazing...way to go!

 

[Sand-duner]

I bet that 1916 Dime had the heart fluttering until you found the S mark! I think I would have had a panic attack.

 

[tennessee digger]

Just an outstanding find. That is what it is all about. Tennessee digger

 

[ticm]

Holy crap dude what a find. With that group found together with the leather I would call that a banner find.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the silver cache, very nice! HH, Mike

 

[mr_larry]

That is a fantastic find!

 

[jewelerguy]

WOW! I'll bet that got the heart rate up and the blood pumping. that is so awesome! congrats!

 

[mjc_lakedweller]

Nice spill!!! That was quite a bit of money back then and the lady probably caught hell from the old man for loosing it.
WTG.

 

[matt092079]

Congrats on that nice silver!

 

[history hunter]

Thanks for all the replies! I thought this year was going to be just a slow year with a low silver count, but now I have a little more hope.

 

[Giant056]

That's one killer find for sure, a big congrats on that one

 

[Gunrunner61]

Man!What a find! Awesome, just plain out AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[The Silver Pirate]

Way....To....Go!!! That is an awesome find!!! That's amazing!!

 

[GPS53]

Great find!!!!!

 

[dansalata]

Great find!!!!!

smokin good finds!!!

 

[cntrydncr1]

wow that is really a nice find!! congrats

 

[Just some Guy]

Awesome Finds!!!

Happy Hunting

Dan

 

[turf_aholic]

I went to a fresh house tear down this morning and it was going kind of slow until my last reading. It was kind of a iffy signal back and forth between 28.00 and 29.00. I dug down about 10" or so and the first thing I saw in the dirt outside the hole, was a quarter size silver disc, that upon closer examination turned out to be a barber!

Great score!!!
Congrats!!!!!!!