Silver Catholic Spoon

[steelheadwill]

Hi Everyone,
Been away for a few days, nice to see all the great new finds
While off on my visit, I searched my first plowed fields, a total of 2.5 hours.
A portion of town land trust being leased by a young couple who were plowing a field untouched for decades, they were using a beautifully restored 1950 Farmall tractor & Disc harrow. I introduced myself, spoke a bit about the tractor and their plans,
then presented a card and asked for permission to search the field,
'sure thing' they said, and off I went.
nothing spectacular, one small heavy (13 grams) sterling spoon made it worthwhile. heavily plow damaged, I heated & straightened the handle and bowl ding,
came out nice. did some research on this piece, found nothing about any 'Amcraft'
flatware, just teaballs
surrounding the Madonna on the front is:
'O Mary Who Conceived Without Sin Pray For Us Who Have Recourse To Thee', on rear a mark 'TLM?', A heart with nail, and heart with sword surrounded
by stars, made by 'Amcraft Sterling' probably early/mid 20th century.
I showed my finds to the farmers, & offered a payment on the silver,
They showed little interest and politely declined
Would love to know the significance of the TLM symbol, maybe a religious order ?
A couple of what I think are 'bird bands' and some plated flatware.
and a '48 Wheat. (lots of aluminum sardine cans, from field workers?)
Oh yeah, broke my 'biggest horseshoe' record, note the Cent in photo.
Best Digs to all & Thanks for Looking

 

[creskol]

It isn't really a TLM .. It is an M and bar surmounted by the cross which symbolizes that Jesus
and Mary are approached together, that devotion to Mary leads to devotion to Jesus.


I think the horseshoe shaped object is a pipe hanger.

 

[Nutriasub]

Really nice spoon. Is it plated or good silver

Congrats

Nutria

 

[TommNJ]

Nice Spoon and Finds !

TommNJ

 

[eboy1960]

nice spoon

 

[steelheadwill]

Really nice spoon. Is it plated or good silver

Congrats

Nutria

Greetings Nutria
.925 Sterling! My first good spoon in a few weeks

 

[steelheadwill]

It isn't really a TLM .. It is an M and bar surmounted by the cross which symbolizes that Jesus
and Mary are approached together, that devotion to Mary leads to devotion to Jesus.


I think the horseshoe shaped object is a pipe hanger.

Thanks Again Creskol,
You are a Font of Knowledge
no wonder I got nowhere with the TLM searches.
Can you find any other 'Amcraft' flatware, or just teaballs

 

[creskol]

It isn't really a TLM .. It is an M and bar surmounted by the cross which symbolizes that Jesus
and Mary are approached together, that devotion to Mary leads to devotion to Jesus.


I think the horseshoe shaped object is a pipe hanger.

Thanks Again Creskol,
You are a Font of Knowledge
no wonder I got nowhere with the TLM searches.
Can you find any other 'Amcraft' flatware, or just teaballs

http://amcraft-asi.com/souvenir-spoons/

Don't see anything like yours in there, but contacting them may be a good starting point.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice spoon

I hear alot of good things about the Etrac what do you think of it?


Blaze

 

[steelheadwill]

It isn't really a TLM .. It is an M and bar surmounted by the cross which symbolizes that Jesus
and Mary are approached together, that devotion to Mary leads to devotion to Jesus.


I think the horseshoe shaped object is a pipe hanger.

Thanks Again Creskol,
You are a Font of Knowledge
no wonder I got nowhere with the TLM searches.
Can you find any other 'Amcraft' flatware, or just teaballs

http://amcraft-asi.com/souvenir-spoons/

Don't see anything like yours in there, but contacting them may be a good starting point.

I got a link to Amcraft in my searches, but the page wouldn't open
Yours did, they are not displaying any sterling spoons now, I'll write to them & ask if they can get me a date & customer for this particular item, it is the right length, but has a much larger bowl than the average 'Souvenier' spoon.
Will update!

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice spoon

I hear alot of good things about the Etrac what do you think of it?


Blaze

Greetings Blaze,
I run it in some tough conditions (salt mud & sand), even there I can use max sensitivity & low Discrimination and pick small bits from good depth without undue falsing.
From what I've read, Minelabs are the only machines with true 'automatic ground balancing'
I have had THE best experience buying my machines from Mike at Woodland:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?action=profile;u=40779
Great deals and the best 24-7 advice on setup and operation.
He is awesome as a go between with minelab on any issues that may arise.
(only necessary if you work your detector mercilessly, with saltwater dunks and other abuse, as I do)
I can't think of anything I don't like about it

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I agree Herbie. The Etrac is my go to machine Everywhere with the exception of eastern Va. (difficult soil for the etrac) I especially love the Automatic ground balance option. A simple push of a button on the control box, and the machine does the work for you. No pumping involved.


Nice Spoon by the way Herbie

 

[VOL1266-X]

You are fast becoming a "Spoonmaster" Herbie. Very interesting recovery. HH, Quindy.

 

[artzstuff1]

Thats a cool spoon for sure!!! ,,,, and one large horseshoe!!!

 

[allen]

that spoon cleaned up real nice !

 

[steelheadwill]

It isn't really a TLM .. It is an M and bar surmounted by the cross which symbolizes that Jesus
and Mary are approached together, that devotion to Mary leads to devotion to Jesus.


I think the horseshoe shaped object is a pipe hanger.

Agree on the pipehanger, just the 2 holes, thanks!

 

[steelheadwill]

Spoonman! I can't keep away from them

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great looking finds there Herbie!
You did a bang up job on the restoration of that spoon man!

Send me your email when you get a chance, my computer crashed last week and I lost all my emails!

HH,
Dave

 

[TN_MD]

Congrats Nice Spoon and Finds