Cache Hunting - Discovering A Hoard of Silver Hammered Coins (Story 14)
Separating so many coins from the dirt turned out to be not only an exciting but also a painstakingly slow process. In our case, the saying - "Be careful about your dream, it might come true!" - was very much to the point. I would add, "Sometimes finding a treasure is not as hard as retrieving it!"
To make it faster and easier for ourselves, we decided to put all the dirt mixed with coins into a big plastic bag. We could easily clean the whole load by using a simple method at home later.
Using Plastic Bag for Storing Dirt Mixed with Coins
Avalanches of Coins Just Kept Coming Down
Clump of Silver Hammereds Up Close
Misha was quietly struggling with the initial pile, which was still large in size, of the coin/dirt mix sitting on the tarpaulin. I pointed my head-lamp at him just to see if he was all right. This treasure discovery was his first one. I could see that he was in disbelief about the whole thing, but, thanks God, unlike a few metaldetectorists I know, he was taking it adequately.
At some point around four o'clock in the morning, probably due to the exhaustion, I thought I was dreaming this whole experience. I even pinched myself to make sure it was for real! But the more dirt I was taking off the wall, the more coins were appearing in view!
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