Snowy hunt in wet sand; antique nickel silver spoon rescued from its iron tomb

lorraine · Dec 11, 2014

Hi

As refreshing snow fell lightly , I headed out to a near-by shoreline.

Chilly out there, but I like it that way....clean , fresh, "nippy " air to breathe in while hunting for treasures.

Did not find much ; a 1945 "wheatie" was the special coin find of the hunt.

Got an erratic , loud sound ; knew it was some kind of junk metal...... there was a surprise awaiting me.

I love finding strange items like this and then researching the origin.

Check out this nickel silver fork ( BARTH ) that got stuck in what appears to be iron mix.

Barth company ( 1868-1926, then it merged with Albert Pick) was a wholesale manufacturer of supplies for hotels, passenger trains, and ships.

Here's some pics

Where's the gold? ...next time :headbang:

Thanks for looking

Lorraine

ARC · Dec 11, 2014

Very cool... wonder what "steam line/steamer" or "cruise ship" sank nearby... Or someone threw it over board because the meal sucked.

Oh and as a possible clue... look for any ships carrying load/s of iron ore

detectahead · Dec 11, 2014

Very nice Lorraine! Great info, love history! I think you did excellent clean up!

WaterWalker · Dec 12, 2014

Please send the recipe for the meatloaf and backed potatoes. I'll take mine with cleaned silverware.
Thanks...good clean up.
I trust that you are getting out a bit now that Hank is doing much better. Happy Holidays ahead.

CoilyGirl · Dec 12, 2014

Even though you didn't find anything worth a lot I too like finding the oddball items and researching them.

Auriemma · Dec 12, 2014

Nice find! Glad to see you're out hunting again!

hamiddetecting · Dec 12, 2014

I'm always enjoy with your post and what about the weather :laughing7:

Impressive detecting!! 8-)

For the question, the gold is always under sand, he hide from the cold weather. Good Luck next hunts!! :treasurechest:

MiamiFox · Dec 12, 2014

Cool find Lori Maybe from an old beach bonfire

baywalker · Dec 13, 2014

i will not call you the spoon lady any more, from now on you will be the silverware queen.

lorraine · Dec 13, 2014

:>) . I think I have a 5 place setting of beach silverware by now

baywalker said:
i will not call you the spoon lady any more, from now on you will be the silverware queen.

fongu · Dec 13, 2014

Glad you got out and did some detecting, Lorraine. I just can't seem to catch the time to go but hoping after our Christmas dinner at the church tomorrow, I can slip out for a few hours. I haven't patched my chest waders, but have to hit this spot before the water comes back up next week. HH. I got to go back to the house and cook until about 11:00 pm and then get up in the morning and finish up.
Praying that Hank is still doing great and wish both you the best.

fsa46 · Dec 14, 2014

Glad to see you're getting out. WTG

There's an interesting post of another site about " conglomerates ". I now bring them home if they have a good sound to see what's inside them. I've seen a couple pics with gold rings sticking out of them and always ( after seeing the pic ) wondered how many may have thrown rings back because they thought they were junk .