I was able to positively identify and date one small piece of broken china

relic lover · Mar 20, 2014

I always keep these little pieces that pop out when I am digging a target. when I got home I saw the hallmark on the back. did some research and found out it was only made from 1842 to 1860. I found an exact match online check it out.

terpfan · Mar 20, 2014

Relic Lover, that is one fantastic piece of detective work! Was it difficult finding examples of old china patterns online?

Msbeepbeep · Mar 20, 2014

Looks like you got the clue you needed, nice work !
Now you can date your finds from there.

70monte68 · Mar 21, 2014

nice work

relic lover · Mar 21, 2014

terpfan said:
Relic Lover, that is one fantastic piece of detective work! Was it difficult finding examples of old china patterns online?

I would love everyone to think that I am some research guru. but I literally just entered all the letters on the back of the shard and it popped up at the top of the list. along with a date range. I wish all my research went that easy.