Treasure Hoard Found! Gold, Silver, Bullion!

[UnderMiner]

Another garbage dump has released its treasure to me, (bare in mind it took me several smelly hours of rummaging to amass all of this treasure into one place). Everything you see below was the result of painstaking sorting of garbage from over 15 bags of junk and filth. Was it worth it? Heck yea!

First treasure I pulled out (and by far one of my favorite pieces from the hoard) is the 1991 1oz Silver Eagle bullion coin (complete with protective plastic case and a holder)! At first I didn't expect to find anything in the case (as I had found a few empty cases already) but when I picked it up it rattled in my hand, I didn't think much of it - I thought it would contain a cheesy trinket. When I opened the case I was in shock for a good 5 minutes at least, it had always been my dream to find a bullion coin!





Second treasure I pulled out was the watch, I didn't think anything of the broken old watch at first but when I looked inside the gear mechanism I saw a golden thing sticking out, turned out to be a broken 14K gold ring! How did that happen!? Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!



Next I found a small plastic zip-lock bag and inside were old Chinese currency notes (10 Yuan notes from the 1940's and older 10 Dollar notes from the 1920's).



There was also a bill I always dreamed of owning - a Hyperinflation banknote from 1920's Germany! This one was specifically from the early days of the German hyperinflation (September 15th 1922 "1,000 Mark" note).





So unlike later German hyperinflation notes this one is more detailed and has printing on both sides(Once the Germans got to printing 1,000,000 Mark notes there was only printing on one side, and it was pretty bland looking).

At the bottom of the bag were some coins: 2 Eisenhower dollars, a Sacagawea dollar, and two clad Kennedy half dollars. But there were also two silver coins too! A 40% silver 1968 Kennedy Half Dollar and a 50% Silver 1939 King George VI "Two Shilling" coin.




I later found a small sterling silver ring...



...and then a sterling silver pendant...



...at this point I thought I had found everything, so I packed up my stuff and headed home. Later while I was looking through a small package I had initially thought nothing of I found perhaps the most expensive item of the hoard - a 14K White-Gold Diamond Earring!





I looked up the company ("Fufoo") and discovered that the earring set retailed for over $250, but alas I only had found one of the pair, so I really have no idea of the value of the single earring, but according to the company each earring has .8 carat diamonds in it if that means anything in terms of value.

I also found an interesting 1980 Bear sticker, I think it's the Soviet Union's Olympic mascot.


That's all for now.

 

[ggossage]

"Good trash" amongst the bad...the children of deceased or ageing parents discard what they believe are worthless items, or fail to thoroughly search for valuables when it's time to sort through the mountains of their belongings (often under a time constraint). It not only EASILY happens, it happens ALL the time. So, my guess is you WILL find a lot more--just keep your eyes open for discarded household possessions as if someone gave up on a yard sale. Good luck!