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Mike called me last week and told me that his father lost his house in the palisades fire. He had a large bag of silver coins and several gold pocket watches that he was afraid were lost in the fire.  I assured him that there was still a chance that it could be recovered.  I met his father and his sister Wendy in the morning to follow them to the property.  It was a large property and there was a lot of debris  to remove. Wendy gave me some ideas of were her fathers desk was located and the bags of silver coins consisting of quarters dimes half dollars and silver dollars were supposed to be located under the desk. I raked shoveled and sifted for a couple of hours when finally a giant blob of silver emerged from the ashes.  most of the coins had melted together. the mass was over 10 pounds of silver but you could see the outline of some of the coins. I also found some loose silver coins that had not fused with the blob. I also recovered three gold pocket watches  two sterling silver antique cigarette cases and a very sentimental silver letter opener that wendy’s father had gotten as a gift when he went to Israel many years before with his parents. I must have returned over 200 silver coins to wendy and mikes father but he was just as excited about the letter opener from Jerusalem.  The whole family was nice,  grateful and a pleasure  to talk to and it was my privilege to  be able to help them.