Freezing Cold...Frozen Ground...Scored!!!

[romeo-1]

I started the day figuring I would give magnet fishing a try...but the recent freeze up took that option away so I decided to try to do some detecting. The plowed fields were no go because they were frozen solid and a jack hammer would have been required. The wooded areas were still diggable and so were the pastures so I decided to try a new pasture permission that I've only hunted once for a short hour.

The top two inches were frozen but I was able to make short work of that with "wonder shovel" but my fingers started to feel the first pings of frostbite after about 30 minutes. I only managed a musket ball and some scrap and was getting a bit discouraged when I got a decent albeit chippy signal. When I got through the plug I saw the bowl and pulled out the entire silver spoon!

The silversmith is Peter Nordbeck who was active in Halifax Nova Scotia from 1819 until 1861! He was a very renowned silversmith and pieces of his work are in museums in Canada and the UK! Very happy with this find and a great way to kick off 2017!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nordbeck

 

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[Aureus]

Awesome! Big congrats!

 

[UnderMiner]

Now there's something you don't see every day! Look at those hallmarks! Great score! Fabulous condition too!

 

[deershed]

Awesome!! Love digging silver flat fare and looks like you got a old one. Bet that made up for the cold fingers, Congrats!!

 

[Westfront]

Nice to get a complete one! Going out in the cold paid off!

 

[relic nut]

Nice find! Silver will do wonders for cold fingers

HH RN

 

[sutphin]

DAMN ROMEO ONE HECK OF A FIND WITH NICE TOUCH MARKS .

 

[Ahab8]

Very nice buddy. These cold hunts get a lot warmer with a good find. I had an 8 degree hunt yesterday with some colonial surprises

 

[joeyfresh]

That's a nice one! Congrats

 

[K1DDO1979]

That's a beauty. Should be able to date it well. Got the king George to narrow it down and then the H should be the exact year if they have a chart for the maker. Hope to hear more! [emoji106]

 

[romeo-1]

Hard to date çanadian silver...The marks are pseudo marks and don't tell the whole story. The H isn't actually a date letter and indicates Halifax in this case. This same sequence of marks were used over the years by Nordbeck.

That's a beauty. Should be able to date it well. Got the king George iii to narrow it down and then the H should be the exact year if they have a chart for the maker. Hope to hear more! [emoji106]

 

[K1DDO1979]

I know you already nailed it but these pics might be interesting to someone! [emoji106]

 

[K1DDO1979]

Hard to date çanadian silver...The marks are pseudo marks and don't tell the whole story. The H isn't actually a date letter and indicates Halifax in this case. This same sequence of marks were used over the years by Nordbeck.

Nice I didn't know that. I'm so use to real British marks. That's good to know and would love to find something of his around here. He worked very close to home! [emoji2]

 

[WHADIFIND]

I started the day figuring I would give magnet fishing a try...but the recent freeze up took that option away so I decided to try to do some detecting. The plowed fields were no go because they were frozen solid and a jack hammer would have been required.

You can borrow mine if you wanna, (check my equip list ). But, I'll need it back soon!

Love the spoon!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer find, congratulations!

 

[ironhorse]

Cool day for cool finds!
The piece of the story you know is a lot, not all finds have that much of a story

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

I love early cutlery, especially silver. Great find!

 

[treblehunter]

I love that spoon, so cool with all those marks. Good work!

 

[pepperj]

Nice catch for the middle Jan. Hope you get to enjoy some of the plus temps that are coming through starting tomorrow and going for 10 days.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Great to be able to get some history.....great find!....
Love old silver spoons.