Cache and Spills
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thefinder
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Ring spill,all four just under the grass,2 are 925.
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My 1st big score was an eyeball cash spill. I was 15 getting off the school bus and cutting through another school and neighborhood about a quarter mile to my house. On the curb was a wad of cash wrapped with a rubberband. Immediately stuffed it in my pocket. When I got home , in my room , I counted it. It was $1836 , which was alot of $ for a 15 yr old kid in the 70s. A little more recently , on my way to a job , early morning as I'm exiting the freeway , I spot a small safe. Locked my truck up and put it in the back. Won't go into the details but when I cut it open it was incredible. So those are my best eyeball "finds" ever.
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KOB your post reminds me of something that happened to me when I was 11 or 12. We lived across the street the street from the only bank in town. While I was walking home I spotted an envelope in the snow. Opened it up and it was full of cash. It was the night deposit from our only grocery store (A&P) in town. Gave it to my Dad who worked at the bank and we were both instant heros. Got to pick anything I wanted from the store for some time. They even gave me my first job.
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I've had a couple while Civil War relic hunting. 5 merc dimes in one spot, 12 Indian head cents in another.
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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 an older camera phone but you get the idea.
Here's some pictures. Poor quality from an older camera phone but you get the idea.
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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...
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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...
stetam
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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...
Steve
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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
