Silver....but not what I had expected......

[Bushido Dude]

Well....trying to catch up on backlogged finds for the last 2 weeks, bare with me please. I will be highlighting some of the better finds because, well, I find posting a million pictures of pulltabs and rust chunks to be boring and time consuming. And since I have been out pretty much everyday for the last 2 weeks and have had some great finds I figure you all much rather see them. To start off I have some pictures of a nice knife found at the bottle dump that BEZJO and I frequent.....he found a matching sugar spoon as well...and yes it says "STERLING 925FINE" "COPYRIGHT1904"

 

[starwarsblazer]

Nice silver!

 

[Pentico]

Sweet silver butter knife.
Did you expect a fork? j/k

ChrisP

 

[N.J.THer]

Nice silver knife but where is all the pulltabs and rust chunks....JK.

NJ

 

[Bushido Dude]

Nah, I didnt expect to find any silver in this particular bottle dump, if anything maybe some rosies or mercury dimes. I have scavenged through it many times and the most I ever found was silver plate. And I just got back from another trip and I found 3 more sterling spoons, trying to clean them up right now........I'm really starting to like this spot!!!!

 

[MaineRelic]

Wow ! Who throw out silver in to a dump ! Nice recovery !! MaineRelic .

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Sterling knifes are hard to find !! Most are sterling handle with steel blades....

Awesome silver find !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[bezjo]

here is some more stuff we pulled out

 

[Bushido Dude]

More spoons from today, once again a matching trio. They clean up nice with a good vinegar bath and then baking soda scrub. The rust comes off for the most part eventually, with the exception of a spot here or there, after hours of scrubbing and soaking haha.

 

[Bootyhunter1971]

Great finds!! Did that one jar have the coins in it already? If so what are they and how old. Looks like a good spot. HH

 

[Montauk]

You have an Unger Brothers Master Butter Knife. UB makers Monogram. Nice Art Nouveau pattern.
"A master butter (wtf) knife is a sharp-pointed, dull edged knife, often with a sabre shape,
used only to serve out pats of butter from a central butter dish to individual diners' plates."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_knife

Unger Brothers silver, Newark, NJ. Highly regarded silver house in their day. Sought after now.
A lot of their silver listed on ebay & it looks like everything sells.
http://www.americanhatpinsociety.com/article/unger.html

Example of Master Butter below.

 

[Mr Tuff]

nice silver spoons n knife MR TUFF

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

I would proudly use that knife to open all my rejection letters from Penthouse magazine, as well as the never-ending stream of "final notice" paperwork that gets sent to me. Nice day!
Carl

 

[Bushido Dude]

Yea we borrowed my friends Encyclopedia of American Silversmiths book and found the hallmark and subsequent history. Was very interesting and cool reading up on all of the brothers and the history that went into this family owned business. The pattern is called "LA FLEURETTE". And thank you all for the views and support...it keeps BEZJO and I going! Good luck all and happy hunting!

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Nice silver

 

[girardpaguy]

Great silver find. I have never found anything like that......... yet

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

I liked these finds so much I have to reply again !!

That knife is outstanding and the spoons are great too.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[creeper71]

here is some more stuff we pulled out

can you post each jar an the milk bottle by themself an closer please?

 

[minton7]

so awesome!

 

[bezjo]

No the coins were not in the jar, I dropped them in there after taking pictures to post on my facebook page.

Sure ill take some pictures right now to post up here