Was firing up the PK to do some prime ribeyes this evening and found something very interesting in the bottom of my jealous devil lump bag. It felt heavy, and was completely covered in soot so I had to wash it off to figure out what it was. Looks like my bag of charcoal paid for itself. I did some google research and their lump is made in Paraguay so I’m really curious how this would have gotten in my bag.
Gear includes: Char-Griller's Grand Champ off set stick burner/smoker, SnS Kamado Deluxe, Weber 22, PBC, Victory gasser, Victory 36 griddle, Smoke Hollow electric smoker. ThermoWorks Thermapen Mk4, Smoke, Signals, and RFX4, Meater+, SNS-500, roti fits 22 n gasser, Emeril countertop TO, InkBird Sous Vide, Potane Vac/Sealer. Fire&Ice griddle/cooler ensemble.
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Just got into charcoal Dec ‘21 (PBC)
fav is brisky. Love Turkey on PBC. also Turkey in the glass,(any nice bourbon)
Bud has always been my barley pop.
Been smoking a handful of years, just got serious in the last two or three years. Thanks to AR n @glemn picked up an SnS Kamado for appx 1/3 price of new. I dont think he used it twice. Love AR! keep calm n smoke on! Miss you Bonesy.
Great find Flip. Have you gargled the coin to find out more about it? Curious.
It looks to be in excellent condition.
Just a quick look see says you are holding one oz of silver worth appx $60.
the coin may have a far greater value.
Last edited by Alan Brice; August 21, 2025, 06:07 PM.
That is a nice find in a bag of lump. But, with all the non-monetary things other are finding in their lump, I think I'm going to stick with briquettes for now.
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Ooni 16 pizza oven
Cast iron chimenea with pizza steel
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Congratulations on your awesome luck! Feel sorry for the poor sod that lost it, though. I have to wonder how in the world that came to be inside a bag of charcoal? Would a guy working in a Mexican or Paraguayan charcoal factory be walking around with a piece of silver worth $160 in his pocket, and even then be so careless as to somehow lose it inside a bag of charcoal? Not likely, I wouldn’t think. I’d be willing to bet that somebody hauled an old piece of furniture, maybe a desk, to the charcoal factory and got a pittance for it, not knowing this treasure lay inside the far reaches of a drawer or such, and this wonderful chunk of silver then rode its way completely through the charcoal production process, ending up in your bag. A mystery that can never be solved, but still fun to speculate about on a day when I don’t have a whole lot else to do.
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