Biggest cache round 2

[jas415]

I thought I had posted this earlier but it seems to have been removed.

As posted earlier we were back looking for the remaining 3 containers of coins. After moving some fallen tree logs we got a good signal and started digging. at about 2' 6" we uncovered the 'bottom' of a plastic one gallon pail. After working it with the shovels and finally I was able to extend my arm far enough to get fingers under the pail and we popped it out. Turned it over and opened it with cameras running. Inside was a plastic bag containing another cloth bag with 500 silver halves init. About 60% walkers and 35% Franklins with a few 64 Kennedy's. There are a couple of You tube video out there with about 20 minutes total of both days digging. We still have 2 more to find. Out of 7 containers 5 have been located: 2 bags of 1000 silver quarters each with a 2 lb silver bar under a bird bath, a 6" PVC pipe about 4' long stuffed with bags of silver quarters, the 5 gallon jug of coins, the one gallon jug of quarters and halves, and last Saturday's pail of halves.

 

[fbullion]

nice. can you put up a link to those videos?

 

[mudpuppy]

Dude! Whats the backstory? And the vid?
Mud

 

[Digger]

Your initial post was removed because you made several references to a non-sponsoring dealer, and showed that Company's logo in your pics. It isn't fair to those dealers who sponsor this forum to have posts made that promote non-sponsoring dealers.


regarding this post......Since the Investment Company (named on the bag) wasn't in business until the 1970's, it would seem logical that these coins were buried some time after that. And judging by the black dirt seen in the sealed bucket, inside the plastic bag and on the silver coins, (compared to what you said in your initial post as the area having only clay and sand), it would appear that they must have been buried somewhere else, prior to being found at this location. It would be interesting to hear how they got to where they were. Regardless, that is a lot of silver halves. Randy


Update:

I received a message from a forum member suggesting that I had questioned the legitimacy of this lead post. From the initial post, we already knew that the coins had to have been buried after 1964, because we were told there were some Kennedy halves in the pail. I was just pointing out that, with the bag in the pail, they could not have been buried prior to the Investment company being formed in the 70's.
My purpose in talking about what I thought to be dirt in the pail and on the coins was a speculation that these may have been moved from their original "burial" place at one time. That does not mean I question the legitimacy of the post. It simply means that, with what I perceived to be dirt on the coins and in the pail, they could have been buried once in one place, then moved to another. In my 40+ years of detecting, I've spoken with several "old timers" who have told me about buried caches being relocated, for security sake. Some of them multiple times and on a regular basis. Especially during the Depression.

Nothing more....nothing less. HH Randy

 

[jas415]

A fellow needed help locating 7 containers on his property. They were buried by his father and older sister who had both passed away and they left a hand drawn map.

I sent you a PM with the videos.

 

[Nimocone]

Without seeing the videos, what are you using to detect that deep? Is it the CTX? Awesome story.

 

[qkslvr]

I was involved in this hunt. The small amount of dirt on the coins were believed to be caused by the dirt on Doug's gloves. It was in a one gallon plastic bucket buried upside down in the hole. The coins were in a bullion bag, then in a plastic bag covered with packing peanuts. The bullion bag was deteriorated and was ripped open either due to age or when the coins were poured out of the plastic bag.

All the caches were probably buried in the 70s. We dug another 5 gallon cache that had clad and silver coins, and the newest coin in that cache was in the 70s. The third find with a detector was a one gallon milk jug with silver coins in it. As Jas415 has stated, we have now found 5 of 7 caches on the property, and three of the five have been with detectors.

Some of the caches were located with standard detectors - CTX3030 and AT Pros. Those were at approximately 20-25 inches deep, and rang up as a penny/dime signal at 12 inches - all were confirmed with a GTI2500 with depth multiplier to insure we weren't digging up a single coin.This particular cache was located only with a GTI 2500 with Treasure Hound depth multiplier - it was at a measured depth of at least 32 inches.

Don't want to get in trouble with the moderators, so if you want to find the videos on youtube, do a search for "cache" and recent upload dates. There are two videos posted, both done on different days in September. The hunt team was put together by a local dealer who isn't currently a forum sponsor, that's why the videos aren't posted here.

Wayne