Colonial house relic( UPDATE-Great news on this relic)

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

The 3 detectateers had high hopes going into this weeks new spot. It was not to be. Late 1700's early 1800's house. No old coins to speak of but I did find this spoon. It is made of pure silver. I never found a solid silver spoon before. It's very thin and teaspoon size. It has calligraphy letters on the top face. It also has I-M on the back. Anyone out there know their spoons? I would appreciate input.
Thanks
Chris

 

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[Colonial Copper Zeus]

hey chris,

awesome find, like that you can tie it back to the silversmith who made it, VERY cool

take care,

kevin

Thanks Kevin. That's one of the reasons that this site is so important. There are many knowledgeable people that are just brimming with usefull info.
Chris

 

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[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Nice find...The silver whistle I just found is stamped "IT" and is attributed to Joseph Taylor. Your "IM" spoon is attributed to John McMullen...Did "I" mean "J" during this era...weird...

I think there was no J in the alphabet (or something like that). I get many 17th century tokens with I meaning J.

I wouldn't go that far with it. As Jerry Seinfeld once said to George, "I sometimes spell my name with a G and an I."

Does that mean Thomas Jefferson would spell his name like Thomas Iefferson. OOOF

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2451890


The last letter to be added to the English alphabet was the letter J. Similarly to the evolution of U and V, I and J started out as variations of a single letter. Scribes might put a long tail on a final I if there were a few in a row. For example, Henry the Eighth could be written 'Henry viij'. It was up to the scribe to decide which version of the letter he wanted to use.

This is the mid-1500s. I was talking about late 1790s-1840s.

I can only guess that the silver smiths followed old traditions. Otherwise how do you exaplain it?

Alcohol
Chris

 

[Michellets]

Nice spoon The only spoon I ever found worth anything of note was this tiffany spoon.... some how the plow must have missed it! I think I'd rather find a colonial spoon with initials on it...now that's history! HH M

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

I guess I'll give this post one last well-deserved bump to the top of the forum.

Zeus, you are the king of everything Colonial! OOOOF

Lemony Snicket

 

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That really is a SWEET find my friend and worthy of mention once again!

 

[Mirage]

Chris,
Looks very similar to a spoon I found. It had the caligraphy, the exact eagle stamp and it was mangled like yours.

Always nice to find silver in any form.

Bob