Dustydiamond
Tenderfoot
- May 5, 2023
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I've been lurking around the forums for a while and have only been metal detecting for a year. I know it looks unbelievable but I just dug this cache of 4 jars of coins. My cousin who has been detecting for almost 30 years said he has never witnessed an actual cache being dug. He was sure you guys would want to see this so I created an account.
We were detecting on a ranch in Central Texas. There was an old home site on this ranch that the owner razed a few years ago to lower his property taxes. We were detecting the area that would have been the yard and I was hoping for my first Indian Head. Within a few minutes I got an 11 on the Equinox 800. The first thing to come out of the hole was a partial jar lid then some glass. A couple of pennies were under the glass. Then, under those pennies, things went crazy. After sifting the broken glass and pile of coins there were three more jars in the hole. I got my Indian Head!
In total there were 4 full jars (1 broken).
in addition to coins there were a few trinkets and tokens.
Oldest coin was 1891 and the newest was 1967
Here's the break down of coins:
Memorial Cents - 210
Wheat Cents - 968
Indian Head Cents - 3
Unknown Cents (1943 steel?) - 129
Jefferson Nickels - 77
Buffalo Nickels - 45
V Nickels - 8
Clad Dimes - 16
Roosevelt Dimes - 72
Mercury Dimes - 24
Clad Quarters - 2
Washington Quarters - 44
Standing Liberty Quarters - 1
Barber Quarters - 2
Kennedy Halves - 4
Walking Liberty Halves - 10
Peace Dollars - 7
Morgan Dollar - 1
Misc. - 2 Silver Canadian Dimes, 1 Unknown Foreign Coin, 1 Double strike IHP?,
2 Cigarette Tokens, 1 Sterling Religious Pendant, 1 Lords Prayer Medal,
2 Fort Worth Transit Tokens
We were detecting on a ranch in Central Texas. There was an old home site on this ranch that the owner razed a few years ago to lower his property taxes. We were detecting the area that would have been the yard and I was hoping for my first Indian Head. Within a few minutes I got an 11 on the Equinox 800. The first thing to come out of the hole was a partial jar lid then some glass. A couple of pennies were under the glass. Then, under those pennies, things went crazy. After sifting the broken glass and pile of coins there were three more jars in the hole. I got my Indian Head!
In total there were 4 full jars (1 broken).
in addition to coins there were a few trinkets and tokens.
Oldest coin was 1891 and the newest was 1967
Here's the break down of coins:
Memorial Cents - 210
Wheat Cents - 968
Indian Head Cents - 3
Unknown Cents (1943 steel?) - 129
Jefferson Nickels - 77
Buffalo Nickels - 45
V Nickels - 8
Clad Dimes - 16
Roosevelt Dimes - 72
Mercury Dimes - 24
Clad Quarters - 2
Washington Quarters - 44
Standing Liberty Quarters - 1
Barber Quarters - 2
Kennedy Halves - 4
Walking Liberty Halves - 10
Peace Dollars - 7
Morgan Dollar - 1
Misc. - 2 Silver Canadian Dimes, 1 Unknown Foreign Coin, 1 Double strike IHP?,
2 Cigarette Tokens, 1 Sterling Religious Pendant, 1 Lords Prayer Medal,
2 Fort Worth Transit Tokens
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ok i quit, you win.
I've been doing this for 32 years and haven't found nor witnessed anything close to that magnitude- it's a dream for basically everyone who does this. Major accomplishment- Congrats!!
