not a coin but silver nonetheless

[$stinger]

I got out this a.m. before the rain for about an hour. I pulled the spoon and the indian(1896). The bell and the big silver were from a quick hunt on sunday. I believe its the front of a pocket watch case. It's tough to see in the pics but it has a freemason symbol (square and compass) on the face and it says Fahy's coin NO. 1 on the inside. So still in a silver coin drought but I'm finding keepers s I'll take it.

 

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[Tommy G]

Congrats on some nice finds. I'll bet that big silver was an ear-blaster!

 

[trapperart]

Nice stuff congrats

 

[Carolina Tom]

That is a killer find, Masonic pocket watch case... in "coin silver" none the less... I assume "coin" means 90% coin silver.

Very well done sir!

 

[texjim]

Silver is silver i'll dig it all any way i can. Great find

 

[weregolf]

The Kilo (kg) of silver is growing ..nice

 

[against the wind]

A lot of those old pocket watches were Coin Silver.
That's 90 % Silver just like you would find in a coin.
American silversmiths switched over to 92.5 %, (Sterling), in the 1880's to stay competitive with European Silversmiths.
Yep,, you got a real piece of a Coin Silver.
Congratulations.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the nice relics!

 

[$stinger]

Tommy G, It actually rang up like a Half at 4" but ended up being about 7". I almost gave up thinking it was a deep can I'm glad I kept digging.

 

[deershed]

Sweet hunts!! You may not have got a silver coin but, you did get "coin silver".
Congrats!!

 

[Chizzy]

It's silver all day long........congratulations on a great hunt!!

 

[MrBlueSkyNM]

Wow, Freemason stuff is so cool. That's some history! Congrats on such a great hunt!

 

[UnderMiner]

Sweet! That's a really neat piece of early American silver!