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
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
Spring 2012 CaneField Bandits Totals: TEN Half Reales:
1740, 1777, 1784, 1796, 1801, 180?, 1806, 1807, 1808, and 1814
1836 8 Reales
A 17?? One Real
1819 Token/Jeton
Two "Russian Blue" Trade Beads
Henry Clay Campaign Button FIVE Early New Orleans Seated Coins:
1838-O Dime (no stars), Three 1839-O Half Dimes, an 1840-O Dime, and an 1842-O Half Dime
1892 Barber Dime
1918 Walking Liberty Half
1866 and 18?? Shield Nickels, and some GawGag V's and Beefaloes. Military Relics: Possible Spanish Colonial Era Cap Badge
FOUR War of 1812 Artillery Buttons
1820s Pewter Militia "U.S." Button
CW Eagle Artillery Cuff Button
CW Eagle Infantry Officer's Coat Button
3-Ringers, Enfields, Musketballs, and Shell Fragments
Any relics, coins, or other items appearing in my finds posts 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
