Junk Silver

CladMoonRising

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Jan 29, 2015
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San Jose, CA
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Found this disc in a field where a late 1800s farm house was. Thought it was aluminum can lid and tossed it in my trash pouch. When I got home I noticed the silver mark. Apparently itโ€™s Gorham silver and this mark was used from 1864 to 1890. No idea what it was in its former, more glorious life.

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Very cool find.:icon_thumright:
 

Excellent save. Nice chunk of silver. My only thought would be bottom of a tea pot or something to set the teapot on. Just a random guess though.
 

Back of a pocket watch?
 

Yeah, I was thinking something like that, too. It has a little lip on the bottom where it could have been soldered to something.
The lip is to fix it to the rest of the watch casing.
 

Congratulations! :occasion14:
 

If this was a watch back, the markings would be on the outside of the case.( They are normally on the inside of the case.) The lip must be on the other side, as the pictured side is smooth! This leads me to believe you are correct in thinking it's the bottom of something............I'm no "expert", but this is what makes sense to me........

Iowa Dale
 

Great ID CRU any silver is a good day Well done
 

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