G.M. Skinner,fishing spoon 1874

[Roger Mn.]

I went to the park at Oronoco, Mn detecting the beach. The dam is wide open so now it's just a river running through there. Everyone wants it dredged out so they can run there boats and last year after the flood the county flew a helicopter over planting wild flower seeds on the sand bars costing over $7,000.00. What a joke. While I could see where other guys have detected and it looks like they popped up a few aluminum cans.
I found this spoon or spinner.It's stamped G.M. Skinner,Clayton N.Y. Pat U.S.& Canada 1874 # 5.
I looked on eBay and ones listed as # 8 Turkey foot spoon for buy it now $795.00 and another with 5 different ones $4.99 starting price. I think someone is fishing for a sucker.
Yesterday I found 1890 Indian Head and a week ago I found a Estados Unidos Mexicanos 1940,1 cent coin. roger

 

[Roger Mn.]

Sorry about the pictures. I'm having computer problems and got to get a new one.

 

[RPSwede]

Even in the 1970's that spinner was made and stamped exactly the same way and same numbers, very nice finds tho! HH

 

[Roger Mn.]

Even in the 1970's that spinner was made and stamped exactly the same way and same numbers, very nice finds tho! HH

The ones on eBay are different dates like 1886 so I thought it could have been an early spinner. Maybe when they made a bigger size the Pat. date would be for that spinner. To bad they didn't put the date they were made. Thanks for the information. roger