friday hunt........ jewelry "honeyhole" !!!

[julesjunk]

friday hunt........ jewelry "honeyhole" !!!

Three of us hunted a 1920's home friday morning. 22 wheaties total, yet NO silver. I found 12, the oldest being a 1916. Also found a nice "midgetoy", and my oldest to date rabies dog tag, 1937 (tags are my favorite finds, and I don't even have a dog:-)
However, the find of the day was by one of my hunting partners. I know most of you have either heard of, or experienced a coin "honeyhole" but until yesterday, I'd never seen, nor heard of a jewelry honeyhole. The two crosses and the brooch all came out of the same hole. We feel they were purposely buried. The one is silver plated, and opens up. What would one put in a hollow cross?? Pill box perhaps?
We spoke to the owner of the home, and she gave us a lengthy history on the property. Seems two nuns lived there in years past. She even had the addresses of both of them. One is local, and we tried to contact her. She lives in a church convent.
My friend also found an old credit card. Neat find in my opinion. The name and address went with the house as well. We gave it to the owner, as she wanted to frame and hang it in the home.........
Happy IRISH day!
Jules

 

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[karib2517]

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good deal,nice finds there.

 

[TreasureTales]

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Very nice finds. Good of you guys to give the owner the credit card. Can't beat that for good public relations.

 

[Green1]

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sweeeeeet finds !!!!!!!! yes sir........

 

[toriandchris]

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Wow how did you come across this home and did you have to ask the owner and everything first

 

[julesjunk]

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Wow how did you come across this home and did you have to ask the owner and everything first

Actually, the home came to us. It's a friend of mine's wife's close friend. Her next door neighbor found what she thinks is a cannon ball, in her back yard, while digging a garden, and word got back to us....... the neighbor was out of town, or I'd of taken a pic of it........

 

[bogeymcq]

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What incredible finds!!

I really love crosses so I was very drawn to the two you found. . the "locket" one. . are those initials, JHS, in the middle? When I first saw that one I thought. . hhhmmm cremation jewelry. . but . . well perhaps not Maybe the nun who is local can clue you in, if she does please let us know more!

Most excellent finds

 

[Stormtrooper154]

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Nice finds

 

[julesjunk]

Re: friday hunt........ jewelry "honeyhole" !!!

What incredible finds!!

Maybe the nun who is local can clue you in, if she does please let us know more!

thanks bogeymcq
yes, the letters are JHS. At first, we thought it was the initials for a local catholic school. (the area we were hunting is primarily catholic, especially during the 40's and 50's) But now we think it might be an individuals initials. We're looking forward to the interaction with the lady whose still local. And we're prepared to place the items back in the ground should she chose that path.
I've always wanted to have the opportunity to return a class ring, wedding band, etc, but this situation may be even more gratifying......

Thanks for your post,
Jules

 

[Burdie]

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This is a great post and very neat finds. Hope to see more from you. HH
Burdie