A Sterling Day

[Nana40]

Hunted a bit yesterday. VERY slowwwww day. We were at an area that we've hunted hard and the finds were few and far between. A bit of change and two miners tags in areas that we couldn't get to until the grass was cut. At the end of the day I managed to find a wheat. 1909 one! But the date is about all I can see on it. Don't have a clue if it's one of those VDB ones or not, cause it hasn't been cleaned. (Don't read that part ME!) A question here....since it's dirty enough to need to be cleaned to be able to tell, would it really matter if I cleaned it or not?
Now I really hate to leave a site and not have at least one keeper, and I was beginning to think that one wheat was going to have to do. Decided to go to the street side where the torn down house and dirt are mixed. First dig there and last dig for the day was my official keeper! A sterling something or other. I don't have a clue what it is, but I've got it posted in the What's it forum if ya have a guess.

Thanks ya'll and don't forget tomorrow is Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day to all our Moms!

Nana

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,156956.0.html

 

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[jimbob450]

Nice finds Nana. I think i would use soap @
water and let it dry then stick it in a potato
for a week. Let us know how it turns out.
Jim.

 

[Noodle]

Happy Mother's Day, Nana!!!! I love the silver, and just wish I knew what it was. You are the bestest digger!!!

Go dig tomorrow and have fun!!!

Noodle

 

[Getty]

Great digs nana!! I sure hope that lincoln is what you want. If not ,you still had a great time and thats what really counts HH

 

[silverfreak]

Nice huntin' Nana. I got rained out here today...and tommorrow's Mother's day...so no huntin for me until at least next weekend. That silver piece almost has to be a piece of sterling tableware made into something...I would think. It's nice whatever it is

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Nice find nana,looks like part of a old spoon or fork..maybe made into a money clip?

 

[RONC(OR)]

Nice find Nana Looks like the end of some flatware Sweeet!

 

[nebstater]

WTG Nana, you always seem to find the neatest stuff.

I agree that the silver item is probably from a piece of tableware. Maybe someone was going to make a ring out of it, and that was all the farther that they got it cut down. Who knows?

Anyway, keep swinging, and have a happy mother's day.

 

[texan connection]

Looks like amoney clip

 

[Joe G]

Nice digs Nana! That silver doohicky certainly looks like the end of a piece of flatware... with the condition of the '09, I wouldn't worry too much about cleaning it... Nuke some peroxide and let it sit in there until the bubbling stops. Then just wipe it down with a q-tip / peroxide.

HH and happy mother's day

 

[ModernMiner]

Nana,
Congrats on the finds. That 1909 has to be killing you. I found one of those VDB's before. I didn't even know where to look for "VDB" at on the coin, and once I saw it, I couldn't believe how small those letters were. Very easy to miss.
I hope yours is the real deal. Can't wait to hear.
Way to go.
-MM-

 

[Prober]

Great digs Nana! What you need that 09 to be is a 1909 S v.d.b. I have a 1909 no vdb & its only worth $2; I have a 1909 v.d.b. with no mint mark (the penny has an imperfection where the mint mark would be) and its worth $8 - 10.
The S vdb would start at $650. Good luck!

 

[poppa19]

years ago my sisters used to have spoon rings made from a silver spoon thats what it looks like to me, nice find

 

[Cynangyl]

Happy Mother's Day Lucky Pants! Congrats on your wheatie and the whatzit....I have been watching it in the What is it thread and some good ideas but I think it has yet to actually be solved. Very interesting doohicky as grandpa used to say. Would be easier to figure out without the lightening bolt wire portion tossed in there. lol Good luck figuring out what it is and have a great day today!!

 

[Merf]

Nice finds Nana
That is a fancy looking piece of silver.