lenmac65
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- Metal Detecting
Today I finished searching the overgrown wooded edges of a farm field where I recently found a half real and a large cent. I only dug one item of interest - a broken silver spoon. The spoon is rather thin feeling and has a maker’s mark of G.S. Tompkins. According to an AI Overview in Google, Tompkins was a silversmith who was active in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1800-1825. His work was done in the coin silver style, meaning it was 90% pure silver. The spoon is a bit crushed and is in three pieces; perhaps it was plow struck. Wish it was repairable. Happy hunting!
EDIT: More reliable background info on Mr. Tompkins courtesy of Red-Coat … “George S. Tompkins was born in 1792, and would have only been eight years old in 1800. He was a silversmith and then also a watchmaker, active in Newport, RI c.1814 and in Providence, RI between c. 1816-1834 “
EDIT: More reliable background info on Mr. Tompkins courtesy of Red-Coat … “George S. Tompkins was born in 1792, and would have only been eight years old in 1800. He was a silversmith and then also a watchmaker, active in Newport, RI c.1814 and in Providence, RI between c. 1816-1834 “
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