Hello, T Net , Mothers Day My Best to All The Moms out there Today was a hot one here in Jersey , close to 80 degrees . :P Near the old gristmill are a few cellar holes that I located last month . I started working around a pile of bricks that where piled up near a hole that likely was a well . The bottle diggers in my area really worked this place over . Broken bottles and junk iron has been stacked near trees . The first find today was a rat tail pewter spoon , a big one compared to most . Moments after the spoon an iron tea pot spout . I'm thinkin' must have been the kitchen , stone ware , and my first silver at this site . A small tea spoon with PROVE and silver smitty mark AB 8) I went into a diggin' frenzy when I found the spoons . :P First coin was a copper , holed , an has a rose on the back Dug parts of a wood stove . The kitchen was cookin' two more green discs ,1787 or 88 Jersey copper , reverse is toast and another mystery coin ?? . I dug a trench two and a half foot deep and started seeing chards , and more stoneware and glass . Another coin , this one is a black one ... silver British 1757 sixpence !! Felt good to be back , an eight hour hunt yielded some decent finds . I left there covered with dirt . I hope the pics tell the rest of the story . Thanks for stopping in 8) Dawg Update on silver spoon; I checked the silversmith site and found a silversmith mark very similar to ; Andrew Billings
Preston, CT; Fishkill, NY; and Poughkeepsie, NY c. 1773-1805
Served as a captain in the Revolutionary War.
Awesome digs CMDawg! Yes nice finds, very nice spoon and 1757 sixpence. It amazing how these things can look as same as the day they were dropped/lost !
Great finds! Congrats! I have found a few spoon pieces, but they are always in pieces, or twisted into a pretzel. You should be able to get a date range on the crumb spoon by checking the hallmarks of silversmiths. American silver is often worth more because there were so few silversmiths here. The English guilds kept meticulous records and a very accurate trace is possible, sometimes even determining the town and address of the silversmith. Good work!
Hot is right! you got the hot spots Dawg
Awesome early silver coin and spoon, both in spectacular condition.
Of course I love the pewter, the spoon, but especially the lead/pewter coin with,
do I see chain links ?? Hope to see some further info on that item,
I did some quick research & came up with zippo :P
Congrats on a great assortment of Fine Oldies
2013 Finds:
Iron, Lead, Aluminum, Pewter, Copper, Silver, Gold.
Rare Coins Recovered since 2-2012:
1640-54 Portugal Johannes IV 400 Reis, Undated and non revaluation example.
1652 Oak Shilling, Noe-3.
1652 Oak Three Pence, Noe-28.
1722 'Vtile Dvlci' Rosa Half Penny, Breen 132. He called it "Woods first prototype HP".
1796 US Half Cent, No Pole.
More to Come....
18th c. Engraved Silver Friendship Pendant
1722 Colonies Francoises French 9 Deniers Copper
"Le Bon Temps" Pocketwatch Winder
1774 Two Reales
1797 One Real
1831 Mexican Republic One Real
Four dateless Half Reales
1740, 1799, 1807, and 1811 Half Reales
1840-O Seated Half Dollar with MS details
1847-O Seated Quarter with AU-50 details
1838 Seated Dime
1840-O and 1853-O Seated Half Dimes
1824 Matron Head LC
Dateless Matron Head LC
Regiment of Artillery button (1811-1813)
1812 era Artillery button
One piece Eagle General Militia button(GI56)
1700s Navy Cuff Button
pre-CW Navy Cuff Button
GS Eagle Button
.31 cal. Brass Bullet Mold
1873, 186?, and 18?? Shield Nickels
1884 and 1905 V Nickels
1908-D Barber Dime
Trade Beads, Musketballs, Minieballs, etc.
Any relics, coins, or other items appearing in my finds signatures were found on PRIVATE PROPERTY with total consent and permission from the owners of said property.
Great finds! Congrats! I have found a few spoon pieces, but they are always in pieces, or twisted into a pretzel. You should be able to get a date range on the crumb spoon by checking the hallmarks of silversmiths. American silver is often worth more because there were so few silversmiths here. The English guilds kept meticulous records and a very accurate trace is possible, sometimes even determining the town and address of the silversmith. Good work!
Thanks to all who replied , the crumb spoon is a unexpected surprise had no idea the small silver spoon is a crumb spoon Thanks artzstuff1 , Jeff , Josh 8) 8) , Buck ... only the NJ copper BB , it is faint but the horse and plow are on the obverse .. the other , holed coin rose farthing .... My second British silver ,this year , found a 1890's three pence in Jan. This one is the nicest , oldest , the most outrageous for me .... I finally found a British silver after many years of KG coppers and MANY Thanks to Bramble , Herbie , coop ,Terry , Patriot , dwayne , dirtdiggler, Quindy , CurbdiggerCarl 8), TommNJ , timmcp I checked the silversmith site and found a silversmith mark very similar to ; Andrew Billings
Preston, CT; Fishkill, NY; and Poughkeepsie, NY c. 1773-1805
Served as a captain in the Revolutionary War. Wouldn't that be something if the spoon was made by Capt. Billings. jammed up with work :P but I hope to get out there again ..... asap . Good Day , dawg
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Today was a hot one here in Jersey , close to 80 degrees . :P Near the old gristmill are a few cellar holes that I located last month . I started working around a pile of bricks that where piled up near a hole that likely was a well . The bottle diggers in my area really worked this place over . Broken bottles and junk iron has been stacked near trees . The first find today was a rat tail pewter spoon , a big one compared to most . Moments after the spoon an iron tea pot spout . I'm thinkin' 
must have been the kitchen , stone ware , and my first silver at this site . 
A small tea spoon with PROVE and silver smitty mark 
Dug parts of a wood stove . The kitchen was cookin' two more green discs ,1787 or 88 Jersey copper , reverse is toast and another mystery coin ?? . I dug a trench two and a half foot deep and started seeing chards , and more stoneware and glass . Another coin , this one is a black one ... silver 
British 1757 
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, Josh 8) 8) , Buck 
jammed up with work :P but I hope to get out there again ..... asap . Good Day , dawg
