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

 

[Born Free]

My TN name Born Free came from the RV company because I was going to buy a Born Free brand RV to roam the country. Ended up with a Winnebago, but that's cool because that's the name of a native american tribe. Been roaming for a few months now, and once the RV issues are under control (put swear words in here) I will soon be mding for gold nuggets in the western states. Hopefully make enough to spend part of the year in the east looking for colonial items from 1930's and md for civil war items and other totally cool junk that you can't find in the west. If the colonial gods see fit, perhaps I could even MD with the 3 detectateers some day. NAW! Won't get that lucky...

Thanks for asking!

And thanks y'all for clearing the air. I feel the love!!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

My TN name Born Free came from the RV company because I was going to buy a Born Free brand RV to roam the country. Ended up with a Winnebago, but that's cool because that's the name of a native american tribe. Been roaming for a few months now, and once the RV issues are under control (put swear words in here) I will soon be mding for gold nuggets in the western states. Hopefully make enough to spend part of the year in the east looking for colonial items from 1930's and md for civil war items and other totally cool junk that you can't find in the west. If the colonial gods see fit, perhaps I could even MD with the 3 detectateers some day. NAW! Won't get that lucky...

Thanks for asking!

And thanks y'all for clearing the air. I feel the love!!

Cool B.F. I manage a local storage facility. We have R.V. units that are 13 x 41 ft. If you need to park it for a while i'll fix you up with a smoking deal.
Chris

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Buck,

One minute you are our friend and the next minute, I sense overwhelming jealousy. Will, my uncle never overtakes your "IRON BRIGADE" threads with snide remarks.

Good luck to you and the Brigade on finding your IRON. We will keep our King George coppas, Liberty Cap coppas, and mint state Spanish wilvers.

Keep your IRON passion high!

Kirk

Kirk, Zoy, and Zeus--I am still your friend, 100%...and not jealous at all of a spoon. But since one of your team chimed in on my post from May, I figured that the Colonial Boys could handle it. Sorry Zeus, I may have put my reply in the wrong post--but I thought you three were a team. Keeping each other in check is an important part of that. You have the Seniority, I assume. So it's time to put the past behind us, and I'll forgive all the requests to see photos of all the iron we've dug. In fact, if one of you three requests it ever again, I will NOT be posting it--even though we dig large amounts of it to get the goodies. Perhaps we should agree to stop needling each other on each others' threads.

Best Wishes


-Buck



P.S.--The IRON passion has never been higher.

Thanks Buck...If seniority means older. Yes. I'm twice their age. If you mean am I their boss? Of course I am. No just kidding. We are equal partners. We share in responsibility.
No bad feelings. I just got a little defensive with my find. You can imagine my excitement when this find went from Kirk and Kyle saying they would throw it and me thinking it just checked off another column of something I never found before to WOW it really is a special find. That's all man.
Keep posting Buckles.
Chris

 

[BuckleBoy]

Thanks Buck...If seniority means older. Yes. I'm twice their age. If you mean am I their boss? Of course I am. No just kidding. We are equal partners. We share in responsibility.
No bad feelings. I just got a little defensive with my find. You can imagine my excitement when this find went from Kirk and Kyle saying they would throw it and me thinking it just checked off another column of something I never found before to WOW it really is a special find. That's all man.
Keep posting Buckles.
Chris

I'm thrilled with your find too, buddy. The first Solid Silver Spoon is something you can never forget. It's great that it was a complete one. The one Rodeo found was in two pieces--he found the bowl earlier and thought it was aluminum...and only after he found the handle did he realize what he had.

Nice work, bud. Keep it up.

 

[chopper]

Dude, just think, you're gonna be the first one to eat cornflakes with that thing in two hundred years!

 

[{Sentinel}]

SWEET FIND Chris! Its not everyday that you find a spoon that is that early and with a very good probability of it being made from Colonial Spanish Silver!!!!! Congrats my friend and HATS OF TO YOU, you're KING for the day buddy!!

 

[silverfreak]

What an incredible find my friend
Who needs coins when you pop something as sweet as that out of the ground. That is truly a piece of history.

PS:...actually I need coins...cause I don't find cool artifacts like that in my parks
Those hunts you 3 fellers' go on would be a blast.
Nice dig Chris

 

[Roger Mn.]

Congratulations on the solid silver spoon
and knowing that it very old makes it special.
Roger

 

[Derek752]

Fashionably late to post on this AWESOME find ... Chris its a keeper KEEPER

Looks like it went thru heck tho even so I believe it went with a family name that was "upper crust"

I sure would like to know who E.A. was

Killer find CSZ

D. Dude 8)

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

I found a spoon that was very similar. It is called a "Coin Silver" spoon. I've attached a link to the post. Very thin silver and the spoon itself is very light in weight. Still a fun find!

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,157233.msg1141400.html#msg1141400

Very nice...I must have missed this post. It would have gone a long way to helping me identify my spoon in the field. Congrats.
Chris

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Dude, just think, you're gonna be the first one to eat cornflakes with that thing in two hundred years!

A spoon this small..I would starve to death eating at a fast pace.
Chris

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

SWEET FIND Chris! Its not everyday that you find a spoon that is that early and with a very good probability of it being made from Colonial Spanish Silver!!!!! Congrats my friend and HATS OF TO YOU, you're KING for the day buddy!!

Thanks Josh. I really wasn't that hyped up on it until it was identified and I had a chance to research the maker. Being made out of coin silver put it on a pedastal if you ask me.
Chris

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

What an incredible find my friend
Who needs coins when you pop something as sweet as that out of the ground. That is truly a piece of history.

PS:...actually I need coins...cause I don't find cool artifacts like that in my parks
Those hunts you 3 fellers' go on would be a blast.
Nice dig Chris

Thanks my friend.
This really is the most important relic I ever found. I would rather have it over a spanish real.
Chris

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Congratulations on the solid silver spoon
and knowing that it very old makes it special.
Roger

You better believe it. Thanks

 

[Ramapirate]

Very nice find! I'm excited for you, you never know what'll turn up, do you?

HH,
Ramapirate

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Zeus,

I just got done reading your sites about this relic and it is a dandy! This is the 1st one I have seen posted...NO MAX!

We must hit it hard! We must!

Kirkevans 8)

 

[N.J.THer]

Chris,
Congratulations on the spoon...what a great find.
NJ

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Very nice find! I'm excited for you, you never know what'll turn up, do you?

HH,
Ramapirate

That's right R.P. That's why I detect. Never boring.
Chris

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

Coin wilver spoon...coin wilver spoon...rah...rah...rah. OOOOF

Snicket

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Zeus,

I just got done reading your sites about this relic and it is a dandy! This is the 1st one I have seen posted...NO MAX!

We must hit it hard! We must!

Kirkevans 8)

You better believe it buddy boy.
Zeus