don in ny
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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-508...005192?pt=Antiques_Silver&hash=item48749baec8
erfect10: , 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 !!
Congrats on this beautiful find !
