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Weird Southwestern Indian Or Mexican Silver Turquoise & Costume Jewelry Cache
Okay, here's my story. I went to an estate sale this morning in the Town of Bayville, here on the north shore of Long Island. On the way west, I took a partially different route that I normally don't take when I heading in that direction. So on the alternative road, I see a piece of woods that I haven't notice in the past. Since the area is in a very old colonial town, i figure there had to be old stuff in the and there's no, no trespassing signs. On the way back from the sale I took the same way back so I could stop at the woods and check them out.
When I got to the woods I was able to conveniently park right across the street in a public park, So into the woods I go. Within five minutes I find what I think is a lead stopper which is dated 1891, and within 30 miuntes I've got three 19th century flat buttons. Then a little while later it gets kind of weird. First i found a small sterling silver and turquoise bracelet and then, about 15 feet away, I find a silver and turquoise ring on one side of a trail. Now about 10 minutes later, I cross over to the other side of the trail and I start getting loud shallow signals close together on my MXT, and they're bouncing all over the place between screwtop, penny/dime, and quarter. So I first recovered a broken sterling bracelet, then another sterling bracelet that I broke, then a looped copper bracelet, followed by a small base metal bracelet, and a large copper pendent with it's glass stones missing. The last five items were all within about 2 feet and each other, and the two silver & turquoise items were about 20 feet away from the group find. Just want to point out that the two silver and turquoise pieces are not marked, but they're definitely sterling silver and the two silver bracelets are marked sterling.
I think one possible explanation for the amount of jewelry in such close proximity, is that this stuff was stolen and discarded after the gold pieces were taking out. Needless to say, I'll be back in these woods real soon (probably Monday,) before the growth gets too thick, since I've only scratched the surface and there's got to be some coins in there.
Okay, here's my story. I went to an estate sale this morning in the Town of Bayville, here on the north shore of Long Island. On the way west, I took a partially different route that I normally don't take when I heading in that direction. So on the alternative road, I see a piece of woods that I haven't notice in the past. Since the area is in a very old colonial town, i figure there had to be old stuff in the and there's no, no trespassing signs. On the way back from the sale I took the same way back so I could stop at the woods and check them out.
When I got to the woods I was able to conveniently park right across the street in a public park, So into the woods I go. Within five minutes I find what I think is a lead stopper which is dated 1891, and within 30 miuntes I've got three 19th century flat buttons. Then a little while later it gets kind of weird. First i found a small sterling silver and turquoise bracelet and then, about 15 feet away, I find a silver and turquoise ring on one side of a trail. Now about 10 minutes later, I cross over to the other side of the trail and I start getting loud shallow signals close together on my MXT, and they're bouncing all over the place between screwtop, penny/dime, and quarter. So I first recovered a broken sterling bracelet, then another sterling bracelet that I broke, then a looped copper bracelet, followed by a small base metal bracelet, and a large copper pendent with it's glass stones missing. The last five items were all within about 2 feet and each other, and the two silver & turquoise items were about 20 feet away from the group find. Just want to point out that the two silver and turquoise pieces are not marked, but they're definitely sterling silver and the two silver bracelets are marked sterling.
I think one possible explanation for the amount of jewelry in such close proximity, is that this stuff was stolen and discarded after the gold pieces were taking out. Needless to say, I'll be back in these woods real soon (probably Monday,) before the growth gets too thick, since I've only scratched the surface and there's got to be some coins in there.
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