1804 Dollar coin in a voodoo crock pot! Cheapskate used a fake dagnabit!

[Darkflight]

I was detecting a local beach on the Columbia river. Just after labor day crowds I was hoping for the best. I saw a small crock pot-almost like the pot O gold Leprechauns hoard their gold in. Cast iron-but it was cemented closed. The cement had shell ornaments & it appeared to have just washed ashore. Which is strange-unless it was hollow inside. And a knock on its side said it probably was. But there was no way to unseal it-too bad as it was a cool old cast iron piece & I collect things like that.

So I picked up a large rock nearby & did the dead...And immediately realized I'd probably just unsealed a curse/voodoo charm or whatever.

Red cloth with icky bones & large seeds-some feathers etc. I gathered it up & threw it in the garbage can above the shoreline.

I went back to my detector & saw a coin where the pot had shattered. A modern quarter & it was covered in soot. I realized there may be more coins in the pile I threw away & went to look.

And good thing I had-there was a very large coin-with some fire damage-right in the middle. I washed my hands & then the coin as best I could. I could make out an old eagle & The United States of America on the rim. The face side was pretty crusted from fire damage.

Took it home & cleaned it up a bit-the date became visible-1804!!

This was very interesting-so I grabbed my out of date coin book-

$700,000.00

But I also saw some corrosion-which is not really possible if it was silver.
So I grabbed a magnet-Smack!-stuck like glue...

So-whomever set the voodoo used a fake coin. Go figure...

 

[jim tn]

Good tale and neat find, non the less. Who knows, the next pot may harbor a real one. That's what keep this hobby so interesting. HH jim tn

 

[BHNugget]

So I picked up a large rock nearby & did the dead...And immediately realized I'd probably just unsealed a curse/voodoo charm or whatever. Red cloth with icky bones & large seeds-some feathers etc. I gathered it up & threw it in the garbage can above the shoreline.

Should've saved it to show the local shaman, might give him an idea of what he is going to be dealing with. A little sage smoke or a full blown exorcism

 

[Water wizard]

Oh man, I wish it was the real deal keep on searching......

 

[mudpuppy]

Ohhhhhh...I dont know man!.... you better bury an altoids tin with some zincs in it to get the hoodoo off ya!
Mud

 

[Crispy Critter]

Ohhhhhh...I dont know man!.... you better bury an altoids tin with some zincs in it to get the hoodoo off ya!
Mud

I'm afraid that it's too late for that...... Condolences to you, Darkflight..