BIG honken' Silver

[RobW]

Took off a few hours early on Wednsday to do a bit o' detecting. Went to a local park that I've had some success. I found on Google earth where an old ball field was in the park and I had not hit that area, so I thought I would concentrate there. After several hours, and lot's o' clad...not even a wheatie, which I've pull lots of from there...decided to head back towards the car. I get an unusual hit 01-44. I dig deep....still in the hole...deeper...no, still there...finally at around 1 ft I HIT something,I brush it off, at first I think..can...then I brush it off a bit (at this point I can only see about a quarter size area) I see some ridges. I decide it's definatly worth getting out of the ground, but I can't seem to find the edges of this thing...so I walk back to my car and get the BIG shovel...I finally get this thing out of the ground and it's the top of an OLD ciggarette case, with a monogram. I didn't know if it was silver, but thought it probably was, because there were no typical markings on it, and that would have been on the bottom of the case. When I met up with George yesterday, I asked him what he thought and he said silver, that the reading was that of a silver dollar hit :peace:...has to be more than an ounce of silver....when I get some time, going back to see if I can find that bottom!

[aloldstuff]

very very nice find. good thing you smoke. Now you have to find the other half. good job Rob.

[Carl in Louisiana]

:shocked04: Nice Silver find thumbsup01 Good luck on the other half :grin: :grin: :grin:

[RobW]

very very nice find. good thing you smoke. Now you have to find the other half. good job Rob.



Don't be planning on skipping out on dinner tonight to go find it before me! lol

[RaZR]

Good luck finding the other half. The cigarettes are probably not in very good shape by now. rofl nice piece of silver.

[coinnut]

The bottom half of that is probably twice as heavy as that monster lol Would love to see the hallmarks if you ever find it. Apparently, silver was cheap back then thumbsup01

[angellionel]

That is a nice chunk of silver. :clapping: I hope you can find the second piece. :yes:

[Epi-hunter]

Very nice!! :cheering: Get out there and find the other piece :yes:

[jkress]

:shocked04: Not sure if they come much bigger than that. :peace:
That is an awesome find Rob. Congrats. thumbsup01

[steve in so az]

good digging - One would think the other half was nearby. Get a silver test kit - always know for sure right away. One time I dug an old bar of soap container that looked similar. Steve in so az

[odave]

Wow !! That's a cool find thumbsup01 Hope You find the other piece thumbsup01

[Carver]

Now that's cool thumbsup01 thumbsup01 thumbsup01

[mike l]

Now thats big silver! :yes:

[zrickkid]

Persistence pays off as that baby was sure deep down there. Hope you find the other half.

[Ill Digger]

Man that's a big piece of silver!! It must be heavy!
Good luck finding the other half!
Congrats :grin:
Finding the other piece might be a over load signal too :dontknow:

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose....awesome! <;)

[russellt]

impressive........ wow