Odd find at over a foot deep. A silver makeup compact, but nothing else around it.

matt092079 · Jan 10, 2014

I decided to hit a field that I haven't detected thoroughly on a property I've had permission on for going on a year now. Main reason? There are modern bullets everywhere. Literally everywhere. But today I finally came across a large, deep sounding target. I finally get it out after a foot down and revealed what I thought at first was a coin purse. My blood pumping, I scan the hole again...more! I thought for sure a bunch of silver coins. But it was just the front plate to it. The piece is a silver plated, what I'm guessing is a ladies make up compact. The front plate with shield appears to be real silver, because there is no flaking even after soaking in lemon juice, just became shinier. I finally opened it up when I got home and saw the reflective glass, which was broken.

Now what makes me extremely curious is the fact that I searched all around it, all throughout the field and no signs of anything civilized from the time period. No buttons, no coins...nothing! Seems almost intentionally buried. What I'm wondering is if another part opens which could contain coinage? I'm afraid to bust it up too much because the piece in itself is so pretty. Hm, decisions, decisions. Thanks for looking and HH.