Silver spoon, LC, IHP

HighVDI

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Today we got rained out at work and it became a decent day so I snuck out for a few hours on my second hunt of the year.

The day started slow in a farm field permission so I aborted that mission and headed to an old spot I have and that too was slow until the end when I Dug my first sliver quarter of the year. I decided to hit a new spot next. A small park in an old town. I got the itch to crank the disc up and clad hunt for a while. Had a super sweet high tone and it ended up being a sterling silver spoon! I got the usual couple bucks in change and headed out.

My next spot is one I've hunted a ton. I slowed my sweep speed down in a super trashy spot and started digging some non ferrous goods. Had a jumpy signal I could tell was being masked by iron so I dug......about 8" down was a large cent in the hole! It's pretty wiped but I'm going to try and get a date off it. Looks to be a matron head. The last dig was an 1887 (I think) IHP. It's pretty ugly too! I also dug two pocket knives, a heart pendant, cuff button, old spoon handle and a couple buckles. All and all it was a fun day and just glad to be able to get out and dig due to the warm up in the Northeast. GL, HH. All.

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Congratulations on you Finds and the Silver spoon.

I guess some people were born with a silver spoon in their mouth..lol

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Nice finds, congratulations! :occasion14:
 

K1DDO1979

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Awesome finds. Can you put up some more pics of that spoon? [emoji2]
 

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Awesome finds. Can you put up some more pics of that spoon? [emoji2]

Absolutely. It's actually pretty cool because the last name on the back is also a street in the town. Love the personal items.

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K1DDO1979

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Great hunt! I have yet to dig a silver spoon. Congrats on your first silver coin of the year and some oldies! Awesome!
 

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Love that silver spoon Ive found many spoons and forks none silver yet nice coinage my friend Thanks for posting em Tommy
 

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In case you didn't know it, a competent jeweler normally has someone in house or uses someone who restores sterling hollow ware and flatware. I had a nasty, torn and twisted silver spoon restored late last year and it turned out great. It was not cheap, but now it looks new and is 100% functional.
 

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HighVDI

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In case you didn't know it, a competent jeweler normally has someone in house or uses someone who restores sterling hollow ware and flatware. I had a nasty, torn and twisted silver spoon restored late last year and it turned out great. It was not cheap, but now it looks new and is 100% functional.

Thanks for the heads up! Would be really neat to have done even for a display type of thing.
 

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