Finally got my Silver Spoon

[Carolina Relic Hunter]

Never had one as a kid 😂, but dug one today. Still a bit of cleaning to do, but looking nice so far.

 

[gunsil]

I like finding old utensils myself, but your cool spoon looks plated. If it's not marked silver it isn't.

 

[Carolina Relic Hunter]

I like finding old utensils myself, but your cool spoon looks plated. If it's not marked silver it isn't.

I agree, it looks plated but when I clean the copper colored tarnish areas they disappear exposing more silver. The soil here in the Carolinas does tarnish silver a bit weird. There is a faint mark on the back, but still working to clean and ID it.

 

[gunsil]

Nickel silver (also called German silver or white brass) tarnishes or corrodes red like copper. Pretty sure it's a plated spoon, sterling spoons will have "sterling" on the back or several hallmarks and never have red tarnish. When one polishes nickel silver it looks pretty close to silver but not quite. Plenty more silver plated spoons were made than sterling ones and if somebody lost a sterling one they would look a lot harder for it. That's why it is hard to find sterling silverware.