Silver Hoard USA 2012

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As per your suggestion.... here it is. Thanks ZodiacD.
You can read the whole story on here under, "This could have been a once in a lifetime hunt!".

This is an accumulation of my 3 hunts at a private location. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed finding it. Good luck to you!

Heres what happened on the last hunt...

We ventured off to our semi local spot. Pretty cold today...not raining but close to it. Our coldest day to hunt...with lots of wind. We tried to make the best of it.
As per our last hunt not much to report. Coins are becoming very hard to find. A few coins but nothing to get really excited about. I had a few signals in the dollar range but no joy. We searched all over and was getting colder and evening was approaching. I headed over to Danny to see how hes doing and he thought I was done for the day....I pretty much was. I got a good dollar signal and had to dig it up... and did....and got a nice piece of ol rusted iron. I look at my battery strength and Im at 8.23 volts....not much time left....at 8volts it dies and forgot my spare battery...So, I will give it till it quits. I headed over to another area that both of us worked for a little while. I got a boucing signal with some good tone. Lots of iron signal too. I wanted to move on and remember about all the extra iron in the ground so I switched to analyze. Signal wave was smooth but not good....at least not what it should be. Then, I switched to pinpoint. Huge signal. Different than Ive got before with iron and was very strong on good conductors. I start to dig... I dont see anything. Then, I see a plastic bag....Ive gotten bags before with nothing in them. Pull it up and nothing was there. Then, I see some shiny wire. I look closer and it looks like hoops....3 of them. What the heck is it? Sure looks like some kind of silver...or am I just tired? I pull a bit more and it sure looks like one nice long chain. I called to Danny. I said look at this. He said...."looks great...maybe gold"? I continue to pull. More plastic sack and debris comes up and I know have now, 3 separate chains. Danny checks and its .925 silver. Nice! I continue to check the hole and theres signals everyplace. About 4 pieces of iron come up. Then a glimmer! Another chain! Still more signals in the hole. I see more silver! I pull out more and more and more...there is so many I cant count them all! I dont know if its the cold or nerves but Im shaking a bit. I continue to probe and get more iron screws, bolts and a 3 inch iron spring. Then, I see it....MORE Silver!....and Larger! I gingerly pull out more chains out of the water drenched soil. Danny and I are both laughing and trying to figure out.....WHY?
I get more iron bits and then see an outline of a ring. I then pull out a pretty heavy ring! NOW, Rings too! Wow what else
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I checked the hole profusely...more iron but no other good targets that we can detect. Danny counted them....99 Sterling Silver chains & 1 Silver ring....go figure.

I still cant quite come to terms with this. Im exausted but my blood is pumping. I dont think I will be able to sleep....again.

In total, 30 Silver Dollars(oldest 1881-o), 1 Silver Half Dollar, 3 Silver Rings, 10 OZ .999 Silver bar, 287 Wheat back pennies(some steel), 4 silver coins, 1 Silver drop & several pounds of .925 Sterling Silver chains.

 

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That is a find of a lifetime! Wow,gives me hope of a nice hoard one of these days.
 

That's so awesome! I spent a great time on that first thread of yours about this place. What a bonanza then and now! Just unreal.

p.s. though it sounds like you're doing a great job on discriminating, I might not bother at all and remove every piece of iron too. Would get rid of all the interference, and could be more stuff underneath. Even if you've found all there is to find though, good grief! Awesome job! :headbang:
 

HOLY MOLY, it doesn't get much better then that.
JB you are the Mel Fisher of the dirt. Congrats again, may be you should get 2 banners for the same dig.
Best of luck with future hunts.
ZDD
 

CRAZY! What a story.
 

HOLY MOLY, it doesn't get much better then that.
JB you are the Mel Fisher of the dirt. Congrats again, may be you should get 2 banners for the same dig.
Best of luck with future hunts.
ZDD

Thanks! but when I start posting gold bars.....then.....that will be the celebration! As I said, maybe gold bars.....maybe more silver....maybe nothing.....we will give it our best shot!

Thanks to all the banner nominations and thanks to all for the encouragement to keep us going!
 

That is one heck of a killer spot James ... there is most certainly more to be dug-up there. Have fun with that one !!
 

Nice treasures and even better the way you wrote the story , Thank You.
 

Banner find in my book!
 

what more can one say "WOW" congrats.......and much HH
 

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Great finds!, and a very well-written post!
 

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Awwwww.....now you are just rubbing it in.....LOL Just kidding! Take that second victory lap! You deserve it! Excellent job in finding this and hope you get more!
 

WOW-- I wonder why? Any guesses? Could it be stolen loot from a jewelry store? Crazy!
 

Thanks again Bev,

I suppose it could have been but there are no reports of that sort of thing around here. There was one break in but the items(mostly gold jewelry, gold coins, diamonds etc) was turned in and thus recovered. Because there are coins like pennies & coin books...more likely it was just a collector or flee market jeweler. Why they would leave them...lose them...bury them...forget about them???.....etc....its anybodys guess.
 

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Awwwww.....now you are just rubbing it in.....LOL Just kidding! Take that second victory lap! You deserve it! Excellent job in finding this and hope you get more!

Thanks very much! Thanks to all!

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WOW unreal hunt! If that was all gold the goverment would be right on ya!Congrats on that wicked awesome hunt!!!:occasion14:
 

Thanks again to all! Im no writer but I do remember pretty good what happened...glad Danny was there to remember what I forgot and take some great pics!

Supposed to be rain tomorrow but we are going to try it again. Its going to be wet....hopefully something else good to show for it. This might be our last shot for the year with travel, holidays, weather etc etc. Keep your fingers crossed!
 

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