ISawItFirst
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I've yet to get silver under my coil, but reading the stories here makes me want to share a different kind of find. It was some time ago, but I just got around to cataloging it. I had some of my own coins that got mixed in, but most of this was from the same place.
This was in a house bought for renovation. It is a pretty good story, but I already typed it once and lost it. Short version: This place had been picked over for value by the estate of the previous owner, but good. It was originally being gifted to several organizations, but the late owners well tank repairs failed after his passing, and the place sat with a swimming pool for a lower level for a month, ruining almost everything.
It was a disaster zone when I finally got in there, with almost nothing of value left, unless you like mold. Had buckets of that. Shame too, paintings on the walls everywhere, molded. Antique furniture, rotted, molded, and destroyed. Any that wasn't ruined or that had value had been removed. After checking the usual hiding spots, and finding a few little items, and not really wanting to touch anything further, I kicked an obviously cheap ceramic vase that was upturned and being used as a table for a small fake plastic potted plant.
Something didn't feel right. The center of gravity was way off. Tucked up into the upturned vase, was a grocery bag. Inside, this is what I found.
Sometimes renovating old houses pays off. Will probably take most of my life to match this with the detector.
Took me longer to count than to find, and I didn't even get any dirt under my nails.
Unfortunately some guy named Mike thought he would keep one of these dollars forever. (scratched his name into the face of it, one and a half times)
Spoiler/ tl;dr : Found during house renovation.
2 Morgans: a 1901 O and a 1921
20 Halfs:1 Barber, 16 walking, 1 franklin, 3 Kennedy (silver 64)
1 Barber quarter, 1 very worn walking quarter
143 merc dimes 40 silver rosies, 1 barber dime
3 steel pennies, 6 silver alloy nickels, 1 - 1907 IHP
104 buffalo nickels, 37 V nickels
Also, 7 very small gold rings some with diamonds, (the big one is gold filled) an 18K GF brooch, and a mini silver spoon pin
This was in a house bought for renovation. It is a pretty good story, but I already typed it once and lost it. Short version: This place had been picked over for value by the estate of the previous owner, but good. It was originally being gifted to several organizations, but the late owners well tank repairs failed after his passing, and the place sat with a swimming pool for a lower level for a month, ruining almost everything.
It was a disaster zone when I finally got in there, with almost nothing of value left, unless you like mold. Had buckets of that. Shame too, paintings on the walls everywhere, molded. Antique furniture, rotted, molded, and destroyed. Any that wasn't ruined or that had value had been removed. After checking the usual hiding spots, and finding a few little items, and not really wanting to touch anything further, I kicked an obviously cheap ceramic vase that was upturned and being used as a table for a small fake plastic potted plant.
Something didn't feel right. The center of gravity was way off. Tucked up into the upturned vase, was a grocery bag. Inside, this is what I found.
Sometimes renovating old houses pays off. Will probably take most of my life to match this with the detector.
Took me longer to count than to find, and I didn't even get any dirt under my nails.
Unfortunately some guy named Mike thought he would keep one of these dollars forever. (scratched his name into the face of it, one and a half times)
Spoiler/ tl;dr : Found during house renovation.
2 Morgans: a 1901 O and a 1921
20 Halfs:1 Barber, 16 walking, 1 franklin, 3 Kennedy (silver 64)
1 Barber quarter, 1 very worn walking quarter
143 merc dimes 40 silver rosies, 1 barber dime
3 steel pennies, 6 silver alloy nickels, 1 - 1907 IHP
104 buffalo nickels, 37 V nickels
Also, 7 very small gold rings some with diamonds, (the big one is gold filled) an 18K GF brooch, and a mini silver spoon pin
