That's a pile of copper! Anything good?83 coins, ring and various items in one hole AND another 200+ penny spill.
Steve
Just memorialsThat's a pile of copper! Anything good?
Mark in Michigan
That's not a cache, that's buried treasure, was it in a chest?In 2012 I was lucky enough to find a large cache with hundreds of mostly big silver coins and 23 gold coins. In my 36 years of detecting that's the only cache I've ever found. It was a good one though! I've found several nice coin spills over the years.
Here's some pictures. Poor quality from a camera phone but you get the idea.
No, it was originally buried in jars and then spread out by a bulldozer. You can see the full story along with updates posted throughout this thread:That's not a cache, that's buried treasure, was it in a chest?
Mark in Michigan
THE craziest thing I’ve seen yet from a forum member for sure. Finding any kind of spill or cache bigger than a few Mercs would be excitement beyond belief!No, it was originally buried in jars and then spread out by a bulldozer. You can see the full story along with updates posted throughout this thread:
Best weekend of detecting EVER! 1861 Double Eagle and lots of BIG silver!
I'm still in shock. After 20+ years of detecting I've made some pretty nice finds, but this one ranks right at the top of my list! This all started about a week ago when I was telling my 83 year old grandmother about getting a new detector and getting back into this great hobby. I had never...metaldetectingforum.com
Rattlehead that's a kick to the nads to us common folkNo, it was originally buried in jars and then spread out by a bulldozer. You can see the full story along with updates posted throughout this thread:
Best weekend of detecting EVER! 1861 Double Eagle and lots of BIG silver!
I'm still in shock. After 20+ years of detecting I've made some pretty nice finds, but this one ranks right at the top of my list! This all started about a week ago when I was telling my 83 year old grandmother about getting a new detector and getting back into this great hobby. I had never...metaldetectingforum.com
it was pure luck, but I’ll take it however it comes!Rattlehead that's a kick to the nads to us common folk
Steve