Zip lock bag of treasures.

[ctbob]

I just started metal detecting this year, and although I rarely find much worthy of posting, I enjoy every minute out there. I was in shallow water off my local beach this week end and dug up a plastic zipper bag full of mud and other goodies. I got excited when I started pulling out large coins, then rings, chains, and assorted bling. the only thing I identified on the beach was one of the quarters as silver, and the larger coins had the look of gold to me. I kept detecting for few more sinkers and clad, even though I couldn't wait to get home to see if I found anything really good.
Oh well, the large coins were just susan b's and a clad Kennedy half, and I think the rest is just costume jewelry. I did manage three silver quarters, a mercury dime, and four other silver dimes. I'm just wondering how a zipperlock bag filled with this assortment ended up buried 50 yards off shore.

 

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[granthansen]

Im in agreement with BigBeefy. I think you scored someone else's finds.

 

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[baywalker]

Sounds like a robery and stash to me . rob a house on the beach bury the stash then come back later when the coast is clear?

 

[poptop]

Im in more of agreement with herb, may have even been on the beach at on time and worked its way out their, looks like cross may be silver, but I bet it was in a ladies purse fell out when packing up the towells and cooler and worked its way out to sea

 

[Da Sand Crab]

I was also thinking the "robbery" theory. They probably kept
only the good stuff (gold/silver) and chucked the rest in a hurry to get rid of any evidence.
It happened to a detector friend who found a pile of junk jewelry buried
in the sand. Talking about it around the small community caught the ear of
a resident who got robbed and the identified the find as theirs, minus the gold.