coolest non-detected find

[crabby]

What is your coolest non-detected find while you were digging a signal.

mine were marbles and a Duke U. gold ball

 

[Craig]

Brand new Cell Phone while taking a walk. Called the owner and returned it to him.

 

[littletwig]

My daughter was out tecting after Hurricane Ike. A huge oak tree had been blown over exposing it's roots. She was in an area in Houston very near its oldest settlement, Frost Town. Frost Town was settled in the early 1800's by freed slaves. The Allen Brothers purchased the land as a part of what became Houston in the the early1830's. Enough history. Anyway hidden in the root of the tree she uncovered a small hand carved head made from stone. It has very detailed African American features and was in good condition. From what we have been able to discover about it, it may have come from Africa and been transported to that area by slaves. So archaeologist feel that it might have been ceremonial others think it might have been a dolls head. No one knows for sure, but it is, as my daughter says, a find of a lifetime. It will probably be put on exhibition in one of the museum es in Houston.

 

[licn2chill]

A small carboard box hidden under an old vacant house on the concrete footing that looked at first like it may have been rat poison. When I hit it with my flashlight it fell down into the telcum powder dust and when I opened it, it contained four gold watches, all of them on very old watch fobs also made of fold, there was another very, very old silver watch that would have been pinned to a ladies lapel. One of the watch fobs was made of half-dimes and was made of 16 of them. One gold watch was made of 3 colors of gold, and looks like it could be Black Hill Gold. There were several silver dollars and two silver rings, one made with a huge black colored cut stone. I was 14 at the time and the house had been vacant for a long time and remained vacant for a few years longer. I gave my Mother the gold tri-colored watch who took it to a jeweler who got it to run again. She told me that the jeweler told her that it was very old and quite expensive. She had my name engraved into the back of it and she returned it to me shortly before her death two years ago.

Also, one day while walking to school, I looked down and saw a ladies Black Hills Gold ring laying next to the sidewalk. I took it to the school office and they kept ot for well over 2 months in the event someone had come looking for it. No one ever did and they gave it back to me. I gave that too to my Mom who gave it back to me when I married and my wife currently wears it. I Love Black Hills Gold!

 

[newbee09]

Was driving home from making a early morning store run for the wife and saw what appeared to be a wallet in the middle of the road. Stopped to check and sure enough it was. Amazingly I was the first to find it, so everything was still there. I found the owners ID and tucked away behind it was his contact info. I called him up left him a message and was able to mail it back to him in Virginia. It turned out he was in NC for a reunion and hadn't realized he had lost it until he checked his messages. The guy called me a couple of days later and was to say the least very surprised and grateful. He explained to me that he had everything in his wallet, company credit cards, social security cards, etc. I was just glad I could help him out, hopefully if I'm ever in a similar situation the favor will come my way.

 

[dirtdigginlady]

I was on my way home from digging and going up the four lane I saw this green whirlwind in the middle of the road. I was like what the heck, then I thought it looks like $$$. I pulled over and got out and bills were flying everywhere. I was expecting the owner to come pulling up just any minute. I kept grabbing bills and cramming them in my pockets. No one ever stopped but me and I chased money all over the four lane. I hunted about an hour til I felt I was sure I had it all. As I was waiting to cross back over the four lanes, I kind of heard something flop as a car went by. I looked and was like ut oh that is the answer to who this belongs to. I ran over and picked up a leather check book out of the road. I went though it and got the person's name and number and called them. I had $365.00. I never did solve the mystery of how it got in the middle of the road miles from where they lived. I think there was something fishy going on that he didn't want his wife to know lol. Anyway he insisted on giving me $50 which I really didn't want. The thrill of chasing those flying bills was enough.....

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[R-bass]

i was walking home from school and found a match book with a hundred dollar bill folded up inside funny thing is that the match book read lucky strike

 

[mikeinmo]

I was at my Dads place searching a spot near a field, where he had found a old coin years ago, with my MD. I had my wife and kids with me. we got there and i was trying to get my Detector set up. My 8 year old Daughter was looking for fossil rocks up in a cedar grove. While i was still setting my detector she came running back to me yelling daddy daddy look what i found under this rock. She handed it to me and i looked realy close and realized it was an 1821 dime. it was quit warn but unmistakably a 1821 dime. She was so happy. I have it in my lock box for her with all the info and dates and times we were there and i will give it to her when she is older. That was the only coin found all day on that trip.