Nicest Piece of silver in 35 years - Victorian Silver Match Safe

I went to check out a new spot yesterday and came up with what I think is my finest silver find in 35 years of detecting. Yes, I did find a sterling knee buckle last year that is more historically significant, but not nearly as beautiful as this piece. I was hunting a pounded school yard looking for what others missed and came up with more nickels (found 28 the day before) including a silver war nickel and the smallest silver medal I've ever seen. It started snowing and I wanted to give this new site a quick look. Only spent 15 minutes there, but it sure was worth it. Came up with this beautiful silver match case/safe. It's in remarkable condition with no dents and when I opened it up it looked almost new inside. Quite unusual for a ground find. My guess is it was made to be water resistant to protect the matches and it did it's job. I found the exact same piece for sale on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-5080...item48749baec8

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:shocked03: Wow Don what a stunning case :perfect10: , they do keep things pretty much air tight . My old hunting buddy found one with 4 paper trolley tickets still inside , they had to have been in there and in the ground for well over a 100 years. great piece Don !!

stunning! I always loved victorian era motiff's and this one is gorgeous!

That is a beautiful find. It looks like new. Great recovery :congrats:

I would confidently say it is a keeper... ;) Congrats on this beautiful find !

Holy ^%$#. That match safe is a stunner :congrats:

What a sweet find, I really think it is gorgeous! :wow:

Wow, yours is in better shape than the ebay one! Congrats!

:shocked03: That is incredibly detailed! Beautiful find, that is immaculate!

Wish the ebay site was more informative. I knew the match case looked victorian and we all know when the victorian era was, but thats 49 year time frame. Nice case.

WoW, beautiful find.

Beautiful match safe and great recovery. Remarkable that you got it with no dents. Very impressive Ebay listing....cha ching

Wow!!!!!!! that is indeed a beauty for sure :congrats: I've always wanted to find a solid sterling one myself but still haven't, I did find a silver plated one with the old matches still inside.