catskillcomics
Jr. Member
1800's Silver Napkin Ring - Donated to Historical Society
The other day I was at the park where I have been finding deep old coins, the land use to be part of the house next door which was built in 1727. The House is part of the historical society and the caretake told me about a spot I should try in the field as it hadn't been tampered by any modifications to the property (IE parking lot, land fill , etc).
Thursday I did a short hunt as the mosquitoes were bad, and found this lovely old silver napkin ring. Its about 2" x2.5" diameter, 3/4" wide, and I inspected it, but no silver markings, but It has initials of C F K. The initials matched the name of owner who bought the house in 1773 and the family & family descendants lived there well into the Late 1800s.
So, I called the president of the Historical Society and met up with her today. She was really excited about this, and the napkin ring from 1830-1850, and we were able to match up the initials to a family member, which is really cool. They are going to have a big exhibit in October, in which the napkin ring will also be part of. I had told her of some of the colonial buttons I founds in the adjacent field and she asked if they could borrow them for the exhibit as well, which is OK by me.
As much as I would of loved to keep the napkin ring, as its probably one of my best finds of the year, I know I did the right thing. Its always great to find nice things like this.. hopefully it won't be long before I find another.
The other day I was at the park where I have been finding deep old coins, the land use to be part of the house next door which was built in 1727. The House is part of the historical society and the caretake told me about a spot I should try in the field as it hadn't been tampered by any modifications to the property (IE parking lot, land fill , etc).
Thursday I did a short hunt as the mosquitoes were bad, and found this lovely old silver napkin ring. Its about 2" x2.5" diameter, 3/4" wide, and I inspected it, but no silver markings, but It has initials of C F K. The initials matched the name of owner who bought the house in 1773 and the family & family descendants lived there well into the Late 1800s.
So, I called the president of the Historical Society and met up with her today. She was really excited about this, and the napkin ring from 1830-1850, and we were able to match up the initials to a family member, which is really cool. They are going to have a big exhibit in October, in which the napkin ring will also be part of. I had told her of some of the colonial buttons I founds in the adjacent field and she asked if they could borrow them for the exhibit as well, which is OK by me.
As much as I would of loved to keep the napkin ring, as its probably one of my best finds of the year, I know I did the right thing. Its always great to find nice things like this.. hopefully it won't be long before I find another.
beautiful find wtg
Thank you 
I am sure this may open up other doors for new sites to hunt. Good luck.
