2 Cent Piece & Silver? Thimble, Plus Tons More Relics

[paleomaxx]

Last week I turned up plenty of relics in this field

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/528218-1800-s-relics-few-mysteries.html

but not a single coin which I thought was odd so despite the two inches of snow I went back today. I definitely have the blanket of snow to thank for the ground not being frozen and if you accidentally miss your pocket and drop a relic on the ground (happened twice) it's super easy to find it so bonuses all around!



This is my fourth 2 cent piece in this area and the third different site. I know these are usually pretty uncommon so maybe one of the local businesses back in the day had a bunch of them. At any rate it's a welcome find and ended the coin drought. The buttons also started coming in and the piece next to the thimble is a super thick dome of brass, but I'm not sure what it's from.

The thimble I'm not 100% on. It came out of the ground shiny and this site has had almost zero modern contamination, but on the other hand it's super light and the shade of silver is just slightly off from what I'm used to with aged silver vs. aluminum. Any thoughts out there?



Tons of spoon fragments and the second photo shows the handle of one that has some incredibly intricate floral designs. I wish I could find a makers mark on it, but sadly no. And on a final note, two plow blades in one day is a personal best I sure hope the ground stays thawed out there!

 

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[trapperart]

Congrats on some very nice finds

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Patriot Relics]

Thimble looks like oxidized silver to me, a little lemon juice and a qtip should clean it up nicely

 

[d3t3ctr0n]

Niiiiiice! Two Cent Piece, I am envious!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Did you look on the inside of the thimble? Mine was stamped silver there.

Nice finds!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the productive relic hunt! The eating utensils are very ornate, great finds!

 

[paleomaxx]

Did you look on the inside of the thimble? Mine was stamped silver there.

A hallmark would be fantastic, but no such luck. I did a bit of poking around online and it seems that early silver thimbles made by local silversmiths (i.e. not imported and prior to the 1880's) would often be unmarked. Still, I wish it had a makers mark so I could track down where it was made. This site was owned by an important local politician in the 1850's so it would be great it I could show he brought it back from NYC or even that it was made locally.

 

[Driftwoood]

Nice finds!! What part of NY you from? I'm in Schoharie Co. and our ground is not too frozen yet, either... hope to get out this week!

 

[paleomaxx]

I'm from Troy, but I go all over the place to dig. It looks like we have three of four more days before the winter catches up with us so we'll have to make the most of it! PM me any time, this is a great part of NY to metal detect!

 

[Driftwoood]

I'm from Troy, but I go all over the place to dig. It looks like we have three of four more days before the winter catches up with us so we'll have to make the most of it! PM me any time, this is a great part of NY to metal detect!

Will do... we're practically neighbors!