quick dig in the melting snow,have a few ??s

sweetrelease · Jan 31, 2014

quick dig in the melting snow,have a few ??'s

went out for about an hour this morning in the ever warming temps. went to a site in the woods where an old ghost town use to be.i don't think these things are from that time 1850's to 1900 or so,but they do seem old.first is a spoon I think it's silver and is stamped "A.ledig & son" . second is what I think is a cigarette box.it is solid copper and in pretty good shape . third I have no idea what it is.it looks to be iron and has heavy corrosion .?? fourth I also have no idea ether.it's made of steel . I looked up the stamp on the spoon on google and found nothing.any help would be great.thanks guys.~matt~

redbeardrelics · Jan 31, 2014

The rusty iron item looks like a bottle opener for Crown Cork type bottle caps. The last item reminds me of an early glass cutting tool??

SC-Ric · Jan 31, 2014

The last thing looks like it's for spark plug wires on a V6

nhbenz · Jan 31, 2014

Strong resemblance to a plug wire holder, although I don't recall any mounted by a rivet. And the rivet is still intact, thus whatever it was attached to must have broken off, so not to the engine itself if that's what it turns out to be.
At any rate, there are markings on it; on the side with only the rivet head there are maybe 6 letters? And then the part I'm sure of is an anchor logo after that. (When enlarged it really is there)
The cigarette case I would presume to have been silver plated back in the 20's or 30's, when these were in vogue. Silver sticks to brass well, and weathers better than the plating, which is why that's what it is now. I'm not saying there weren't brass cases, just that silver plated ones were by far the most common.
Makers marks can be hard to spot on them (especially in this condition), but I've had a bunch of them and believe they were all marked. Hidden within the flaps sometimes.

gunsil · Jan 31, 2014

The spoon would be marked sterling if it was silver.

DigIron2 · Jan 31, 2014

Ciggarete case is really neat.to bad it wasn't full of coins,It might be next time.happy diggin

sweetrelease · Feb 1, 2014

I looked and I cant find any letters or anything on it. it has a lot of rust on it but I'm not seeing anything. I wish the cigg case was full of silver dollars myself lol..

Kaleb71386 · Feb 1, 2014

I like the case your lucky it still opens and it's not broken great find. I think the last thing looks like it's part of a chair

Lost&Found · Feb 1, 2014

For the spoon you can do a search "ledig Philadelphia" and come up with many hits. Or August ledig might be his full name. He seemed to be active in the 1880's and produced silver plate.

Here is an ebay item 1890s Gar Civil War Reunion Encampment Souvenir Flask | eBay

Also his address was A. Ledig & Son 248 N 8th St, Philadelphia PA

Another ebay item
1885 Vintage Victorian Silver Plated Coffee Urn Pot Tilted Cup A Ledig Engraved | eBay

twiasp · Feb 1, 2014

A google search for A.ledig & son, seems to say that your spoon is silver plate and from about 1910 time frame. I know it isn't much but hope it helps you date your ghost town with all the items you found.