silverware

Found this silver spoon that I almost passed up...on second thought decided to look up what 835 means...just in case. (I only knew the 925 mark). Learned something new today!! Nice.

I recently acquired this 17 5/8" x 12 3/8" silver soldered player in a lot of stuff while freebie hunting. Not too sure about the "stolen property" stamp but I did an online search for the STEARS INC. and it appears to no longer exist. Can someone please help me identify this thing and maybe...

I recently acquired this 17 5/8" x 12 3/8" silver soldered player in a lot of stuff while freebie hunting. Not too sure about the "stolen property" stamp but I did an online search for the STEARS INC. and it appears to no longer exist. Can someone please help me identify this thing and maybe...

I found this spoon at a garage sale for .25 cents. It was all tarnished and ugly when I got it. All it says on the bottom is COMMUNITY. Is it silver or just plated? If it's only plated, is it worth anything? I found this bracelet at a playground with my detector. It doesn't have markings but...

Yesterday I told you guys about having found 4 sterling silver forks while out hunting with my little boy. Well today we went back and after filling my pouch with trash twice and removing a wheel barrel full of dirt trying to clean out the hole of all targets, bang we found two more sterling...

Went to a few garage sales a week ago. I immediately spotted a few silver-plated forks. Immediately my eye caught the others 5 pieces of silverware; They were marked sterling. 2 forks, a spoon, and two knives. I immediately bundled them together and walked around casually before asking "How...