MASSIVE Silver pocket spill - over 1 troy ounce!

[Jaichim24]

Yesterday after work I headed over to a co-workers property for the first time. It is a house that was built in 1914. The front and back lawn are roughly 2 acres, and they have woods with several more acres. The house was built by a lumber mill owner. There has only been one child raised there. So I figured the lack of kid related finds would be made up by the rich left over

 

[Jaichim24]

Here are the rest of the pics, including my Son's drawing! Enjoy!

 

[gear box]

See! Ya just never know. Lot's of cool stuff. Those walker's are the prettiest coin's ever minted. Way to go!
Good hunting Gary

 

[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[captn_se]

Wow, that's awesome!! I bet you can't wait to get back out there.

You think it would be impossible to lose 3 Walkers out of your pocket without knowing it. Maybe those coins ended up in the ground some other way.
The white on your barber is a sign of heavy oxidation. Certain conditions (moisture, soil compositions, fertilizers) can affect silver/copper coins. Depending on the level of oxidation, your barber could have fine micro-pitting underneath that white coating.

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Jaichim24]

yeah, I don't know, it does seem pretty hard. I didn't see the remains of a purse or anything either. Perhaps some romance behind the barn? I will be going back in that area with a smaller coil to see if I missed anything.

 

[michelob]

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[jcooking]

Congrats on the great finds, you got a little artist on your hands too. I bet he'll be big enough to dig targets for you soon Thanks for sharing your finds.

 

[Jaichim24]

Yeah, he certainly impressed me this morning. It was pretty funny, he mimicked me to the point where the pictures he took were close ups of the drawings he made of my finds.

Anyone have any thoughts on the Great Seal button what the A B S stands for? Anyone ever seen something like that oval copper item that is waffled?

 

[Patrick(MI)]

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[drkp88]

Nice finds ! your heart must have been racing. Best pocket spill I ever found was a mixed group of six barber and merc dimes. Your one find makes up 50%
of all the walkers I've ever found. Last year I found a Canadian fishscale with that same oxidation - makes the features harder to see.
Bruce in Ct

 

[UtahRich]

Awesome! I love that.

If the trend keeps, it will be silver dollars next time.

 

[Jaichim24]

Well, I have the day off from work tomorrow, so I plan to head back there. I think it'll be tough to top my first trip out there, but I'd settle for a single silver dollar! I have yet to find any seated coin, so I'm hoping there may be a stray one laying around somewhere.

 

[etracjoe]

what is that large bell looking item? I found a perfect match to it last year here in NY at an early 1800s home site.

 

[Jaichim24]

I would say it was the dinner bell? I picture it being some sort of hand held bell. The inside had an iron "knocker" that had rusted out. (I am guessing at this as I did not find anything inside other than a dime sized area of rusted metal at the top) It also looks like a screw or something came out the top and probably into a wooden handle of some sort. The inside wasn't shiny like the outside and where the pieces broke off it looked, for lack of a better word, like a die cast car type metal. Maybe cast iron. I believe the outside may be nickel plated, or chrome? I didn't think it looked too old, since the metal was in such good shape. Though I found a nickel plated gas cap with a late 1800's patent date on it last year. So they could make this type of thing in the 1800's. There are no markings on the outside or inside that I could find. Let me know if you find out something about yours.

 

[amc rulz]

A find like that pocket spill makes me yearn for a time when you actually carried large silvers in your pocket, and that was lunch money!
Congrats on that spectacular discovery! amc

 

[GimmieThe Loot]

Hey there - great finds. Just wondering what was the average depth for those coins?

Thanks!
HH

 

[Jaichim24]

not much more than 6 or 7" I basically cut the plug which wa 3-4 inches thick, and dug another 3-4. The target(s) was so large that my pinpointing was off, thus my scratching of one of them. It was right out side the door to an inlaw aparment attached to a barn.

 

[Aaron]

Thats quite a haul, awesome finds!
CONGRATS!
Aaron

 

[James N.D.]

This should remove the white oxidation from the coins surface. Use a lower current so you don't pit the coin as well. Congrats on the 3 Walkers and Wheatie Pocket Spill! Hope to see you found more goodies on your next return trip. Good Luck and HH.