🥇 BANNER NEVER In My Wildest Dreams Would I Have Ever Thought I'd Find A Cache of THESE!!!

[FoxHound0985]

***EDIT*** Gold/Silver totals posted in comments on page 9

I'm still shaking as I'm typing this. My buddy Craig and I had some time to get out for a short hunt today. We went to an old home site we had hunted in the past. There was an 1840s house on that property that was demolished about 5 or 6 years ago. We were hoping to find some old coins or other interesting relics, but all we were really finding was junk. There is a ton of sheet aluminum at that site that always fools us. After searching the area where the front yard once was for about an hour, finding only junk and one wheat, I decided to go into the wooded area towards the back of the lot. I searched there for 20 minutes or so and found a small pocket spill of modern clad ($1.47) and some more junk. We were about ready to leave and go to another site when I got a very strong signal that was bouncing from 80 to 85 on the AT Pro. I dug a plug and rescanned the hole. It was still there. Looking closer, I could see the top of a zipper in the bottom of the hole. I dug around it and pulled out a very thick and heavy wallet! I could see some small round impressions on the side, so I just knew it was full of coins... But I was VERY WRONG!!! I tried to open the zipper, but it was so far corroded, that it wouldn't even budge. I took my knife and cut into the side of the zipper. When I pulled it back, I saw some SILVER AND GOLD RINGS staring back at me!! Craig and I were both at a loss for words. I poured a few of them on to my hand and snapped a pic. I really didn't want to open it out there, so I put the rings back in the wallet and went to show the property owner. He was very excited to see something like that, but had no idea how it would have ended up out there. He asked if he could have one, and I said "Of course!" He took one random ring on top. I didn't fully open the wallet until we got back to Craig's house. There were 104 rings total, including the one that I gave the land owner. Some of them are marked "10K", some are marked "14K", there is one marked "18K", and a bunch that are sterling. There is a really neat sterling buffalo ring in the mix too. I haven't cleaned them off yet, so I'll probably be pretty busy with that for the rest of the night. This is definitely a once in a lifetime find for me. Up until today, I had never even found a piece of gold in 20+ years of metal detecting. I can't even explain how I'm feeling right now. Anyway, that was one hell of a hunt! Thanks for looking and HH!

PF

 

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[Underwonder]

Oh my goodness.
Give me a B.
Give me an A.
Give me an N.
Give me an N.
Give me an E.
Give me an R.
Shout out BANNER in record time!
This already has banner status...but I will second that.
How exciting for you. Thanks for sharing...and Congratulations!

 

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[jimbonito58]

yes a most unbelievable find .. true treasure congrats

 

[Valley Ranger]

Amazing!

 

[Tot lot bandit]

Talk about a heart atack, great find. Would like to see them cleaned up.

 

[WannaDig3687]

What a mystery you have unearthed. Congratulations on the banner find! It's going to fuel everyone's addiction to treasure hunting!

 

[Argentium]

Congratulations on a very exciting and banner worthy find ! I too would love to see a cleaned up pic of the pile with some close ups too !!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

On your stones falling off, here's the responses I received on my "Preservation" thread:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/c...iful-things-they-degrade-how-can-we-stop.html

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the well deserved Banner. I just wonder how your going to top a find like that one?

 

[Truth]

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!! BANNER FIND FOR SURE. CONGRATULATIONS PINFIRE.


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[Westfront]

If the rings are a mix of adult female, male, child, costume, precious metal,...then they came from different original owners. If a crook raided a jewelry box at one home, most likely the rings would all be the same size , female or male. Now, if the crook raided jewelry boxes of several homes, you would have the mix. Could be the person who amassed the group was a flea market picker, garage saler, etc... and just liked rings! Fun to speculate. We all thank you for posting and sharing. Enjoy waiving your BANNER! Sub

Either that or it's the cache of a not so honest undertaker with his boss or the police close on his heels. That crossed my mind first.... Remarkable find and well worth Banner for sure!

 

[b3y0nd3r]

CONGRATZ!!! Great find for sure. Now, how did it get there and why?


Well, there isn't much to go on.

First, i'm going to start with the zipper case. That is a typical 1980's design and do to the decomposition of the leather, I would say it was buried in the early 1980's.

Second, most of those rings appear to be 1970'-80's design. There are some earlier like the pot leaf and the buffalo, and of course the ww2 ring. All 40's-60's respectably. The green color could be the copper leeching out of the gold or, the glue melted that is used to keep some stones in place.

Third, the composition of this bag is all rings, which to me, says two things. The person who placed these in the bag was careful not to mix with other items. Also, this was not done in a rush(ie I dont think this was a smash and grab(the bag is too small)).

So what does this mean? To me, it seems most likely that these were stole by the child of the parents that owned the rings. He was a teenage when he did this. He either forgot where he buried it on never had the chance to retrieve them. He did this when his parents were at work(he would need the time to stuff that bag).

 

[Benjamin52]

WHAT THE? A detectorist's dream come true! such an awesome find...

 

[huntsman53]

Congrats on getting the Banner and for getting it so fast! I think I would not waste anytime getting back out there in the woods looking for more Caches of money or other valuables.


Frank

 

[trdking]

Congratulations on the Banner Pinfire. It is up already!
Cheers

 

[Shakakka]

C O N G R A T S !!!!!

Bet this got your heart-rate up?

 

[Davers]

Mom said there would be days like that, and that they would come in bunches. I'd be tearing those woods up right now, might be more goodies out there. Congrats on a great find!

Now for the bag of Coins..LOL

 

[Davers]

Well all I can say is congrats on an once in a lifetime cache of bling. Well done on the recovery and the banner.

Being around that buying and selling world, secondhand/pawn shops I'm going to throw this out on the table so to speak. This looks a lot like what one would see in a pawn shop it's too mixed to be a jewelry store (unless used) On how it got where it did well that could be a story in its self. Could of been the bounty of a heist or a simple drop/loss from the proprietor of a shop taking home the jewelry from the displays. They could of had it sitting on the table, chair, or counter of the home and the dog smelling so many senses decided to go bury it like a bone. Could be the owner as well doing the rainy day fund, or just plain hiding it after claiming an insurance claim at the business for an unfortunate loss.
This what we all dream about one time or other, digging something large.-congrats again.

This also reminds me of 'when Gold went high $' in 2011?
My buddy that owns a pawn Shop had a Similar 'Plastic' Baggie of Scrap Rings that he was gonna have melted.

 

[Davers]

Either that or it's the cache of a not so honest undertaker with his boss or the police close on his heels. That crossed my mind first.... Remarkable find and well worth Banner for sure!

Hmm.
If this 'Good' Theory was true , I would expect to see more Wedding Bands & Rings.

 

[Emitt]

Amazing. Congratulations.

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[neodetectorist]

How long has the landowner had this property? I like the theory of the zipper bag being an 80s vintage bag so maybe this was buried in the 80s. That should not be too hard to trace back.
I would love to see an inventory and more pictures of what you found.
Maybe he or she were going to take them to be melted down?
The total worth would be interesting to know also.
Maybe he was a detectorist and wanted to know what the signal would read for multiple rings, then his battery died on his detector and on his way back to the car he fell in a deep abandoned well and never was found. Are there any wells on the property?