S.H.M. & CO 622

mastereagle22 · Jun 3, 2007

S.H.M. & CO 622

Went to an old homesite today and detected with my sister and her new Xterra 30. Wasn't until about half way through the day when someone told us they had spread about 3-6 ft of dirt on top of the old homesite that used to be there. Bummer! Anyway found a few things. 1 30-30 casing, 1 thirty-ot-six casing, one Winchester 12 guage end with wax paper casing, some melted metal, a boot eyelet, a flat cheap button a spring, a handle of some sort, the front end of a tootsie toy car, some mysterious round metal object with holes, one 1974 penny, 1 2005 dime, a flat metal copper circle and some object I dug at 11 inches!! I measured the hole with my digger that has a built in ruler on the side. My Deleon kept telling me there was something there and it registered 95! So I dug and cut tree roots for 25 mins to get the stuff you see on the left side of the picture. It has some ornate parts, is non-metalic and I almost think it is made of pewter? The only marking is the S.M.H. & Co 622. I could not get all of the item out because some of it was embedded in a huge root. Any ideas?

Monty · Jun 3, 2007

Re: S.H.M. & CO 622

It looks like some kind of serving dish to me. Root probably squished it over time. Monty

PBK · Jun 3, 2007

Re: S.H.M. & CO 622

Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. of Wallingford, CT, established in 1866. They made silverplate and sterling ware. After 1898, they became a division of the International Silver Co.

"SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO.
On the 2nd of July, 1866, Mr. Simpson associated with him some practical business young men and some skilled artisans, under the name of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. From such an origin and under such favorable auspices, there is now established in Wallingford a business of great importance to the welfare and prosperity of the town; one which may be regarded among the foremost for general utility, and which may be classed among the fine arts. The prospects now are that the manufacture of white metal, for which Wallingford has been noted for the last fifty years, will be entailed and handed down to other generations, with all improvements in the wares, workmanship, plate and finish, and the rigid attention to business, and the honorable and liberal dealing of the present proprietors."

Source: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/ABL/etext/wallingford/chapter30.html

(The "white metal" referred to is Britannia metal, a non-silver alloy widely used in inexpensive flatware and hollowware of the 19th century.)

mastereagle22 · Jun 3, 2007

Re: S.H.M. & CO 622

PBK I am honored that you took time to help me. Thank you. I see you on the forum all the time. Thanks

I really thought that it was some type of dish but I couldn't get the rest of it because I fought the tree and the tree won! It is a very flimsy metal and I didn't think it was silver or anything but I did get excited when I found it. I guess I am strange because I enjoy finding things like this as much as anything else!

Thanks again