Under big iron, small 9 piece Cache of silver but not in a form Id expect to find

[inspectorgadget]

Under big iron, small 9 piece Cache of silver but not in a form I'd expect to find

Well I dug out this large 14" across rusted old barrel/bucket lid & a huge 1" thick 2' long steel cable that were 4" to 5" deep & then it got dark. Went back yesterday morning & hit the same spot & what do ya know 4" down I found my first small silver cache.. Not coins, not bars/ingots or rounds, not store bought jewelry, not candle sticks nor decore, not chains nor silverware but instead 9 sterling silver spoon rings (same hole) within a 3" circle. They are weighing in at 105.7 grams total, all are marked 925. What a strange cache find as it's sort of jewelry & sort of silverware, a hybrid so to speak. Cool hand made spoon rings cache, who would have thunk it? While digging I did scrape one up a little as you can see in the pix but no others got touched by my trawl! Last pic is the crap that was hiding this find (spoon just for scale) & this is the second time at this spot where once big iron was removed it has yielded finds it was hiding.

 

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[Joe(TX)]

Large Iron...

...Ok...I guess that I have another view on this...maybe the large iron is the remains of some type of iron container that originally held these spoon rings??!!.....Joe

 

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...Ok...I guess that I have another view on this...maybe the large iron is the remains of some type of iron container that originally held these spoon rings??!!.....Joe

....Correction ...this was the iron lid which was all that remained of a wooden barrel/keg which was used to hide and bury this spoon cache.....Joe

 

[got2dig]

Well looks to me that you hit it big. VERY NICE!

 

[Sooper Dave]

That Is An Awesome Cache Find! Great Work On Finding Them Beyond The Rusty Lid! Way To Go!

 

[Deepdiger60]

For anyone a once in a lifetime find Jim

 

[trikikiwi]

Pick me up at the airport

 

[inspectorgadget]

....Correction ...this was the iron lid which was all that remained of a wooden barrel/keg which was used to hide and bury this spoon cache.....Joe

There seems to be no other decomposing material such as metal or wood, my question is where is the 10th ring? Once I realized there were 9 I really searched for the 10th that I knew had to be there, however so far it seems I was wrong.

 

[Ifoundit69]

Now thats something you dont see everyday .. awesome score !

 

[oldsalty19]

WOW.....thats an incredible find.....congrats

 

[Joe Dirt]

Now that's just odd, must have been a 9 fingered person who put those there, what a nice find! When ever I dig big iron this is what I end up with...

 

[leprechaun]

Awesome silver haul

 

[JanThorCro]

Really cool "Sproings" Cache. I had no idea they did that.

 

[MaineRelic]

For anyone a once in a lifetime find Jim

I agree with Jim . I also read a lot of other superlatives about this find on this thread . Except for one ! Banner ! A silver spoon ring cache with good Pics ! I Vote bring it to the top ! Banner !

 

[detectahead]

That is really an awesome find!! I can't believe no one has not elected it for banner? You just don't find things like that every day. Congrats on a find that is special and out of the ordinary! Detectahead

 

[RON (PA)]

That is an amazing cache. Never seen one like that before. They are in beautiful shape. BuckleBoy is right about there never being more than one cache. I would search that property again and again. This is a banner find in my opinion. Great job. I bet you are glad you dug past the iron.