Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver Sixpence and

CMDiamonddawg

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Hello, T Net , Mothers Day :icon_thumleft: My Best to All The Moms out there :icon_sunny: 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' :icon_scratch: must have been the kitchen , stone ware , and my first silver at this site . :o 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 :headbang: :hello2: :laughing7: 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.
 

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tater307

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

That is some amazing finds! You really did good.
 

VOL1266-X

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

That was a GREAT hunt Dawg. Congrats on the Silver!!! HH, Quindy.
 

curbdiggercarl57

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Haven't seen one of those coins posted here in a long time. Great spoon as well.
Love that early silver, no matter how it digs up.
Carl
 

TommNJ

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

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 ! :icon_thumright:

TommNJ
 

DirtDigler

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

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!
 

steelheadwill

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Hot is right! you got the hot spots Dawg :thumbsup:
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 :thumbsup:
 

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

you are the Colonial King of Tnet :o
 

{Sentinel}

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Terrific colonial finds there Dawg, love the George II Sixy Silver! Congrats on some great relics. :headbang:
 

TerryEastTexas

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Some very good finds. Congrats on the sixpence.
 

Bramblefind

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Wow! I hope someday to find a place like that - I love it all! That silver coin is amazing :icon_thumleft: Great spoons!
 

BuckleBoy

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Those are all killer finds. Are any of the coppers able to be ID'ed?

The crumb spoon definitely deserves more research. It is in pristine condition, and it is a beautiful one--probably dating from the 1700s.

And that silver? Well...you'd be as likely to dig a gold coin as a British silver of that age here in the US.

Cheers, and a BIG Congratulations on a top notch hunt,


Buck
 

The Patriot

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Great looking finds there...just itching to get out again! :headbang:
 

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CMDiamonddawg

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

DirtDigler said:
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 :o had no idea the small silver spoon is a crumb spoon :icon_scratch: Thanks artzstuff1 , Jeff :o ::), Josh 8) 8) , Buck :icon_thumleft: ... only the NJ copper BB , it is faint but the horse and plow are on the obverse .. the other , holed coin :icon_scratch: 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 :headbang: and MANY Thanks to Bramble :icon_thumleft:, Herbie :icon_thumleft:, coop ,Terry :icon_thumleft:, Patriot , dwayne :icon_thumleft: , dirtdiggler, Quindy :icon_thumleft: , CurbdiggerCarl 8), TommNJ :icon_thumleft:, timmcp :thumbsup: 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. :o :o ;D jammed up with work :P but I hope to get out there again ..... asap . Good Day , dawg
 

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Rick (Nova Scotia)

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Re: Hot Diggity Dawg 1757 Silver and

Old ? Yes
Silver ? Yes
and a very attractive coin.
 

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