Sterling Silver First Communion Cup Found on Church Property !

[Cool Hand Fluke]

This morning I received permission from a church manager to hunt an old Catholic church that was built in the 1930's. While hunting numerous people were coming and going in & out of the church, even some nuns and priests. One of the items I dug up was a silver cup. A few minutes after digging up this cup a nun in full garb walked by, I asked her about the cup I just dug up and she said that it was from a first communion ceremony for a school child many years ago! I confirmed that it is sterling silver when I cleaned it after getting home. Judging by the depth of 5 inches the cup was probably lost in the 1940's. Also dug up a 1917-S mercury dime that had been in a fire, it looked a little melted by some extreme heat. 2 wheaties, a Golden Gate Bridge pin, and a little over $6.00 in clad would top off the day.

 

[Argentium]

Nice to get that permission ! I would bother to get that cup straightened out (if you can't do it yourself ) and thoroughly cleaned and
polished - Nice finds .

 

[Loco-Digger]

Nice finds, looks like you pulled 2 unique pieces.. It's always sweet to pull some silver.

 

[pepperj]

Nice selection of finds, you're on a great silver run lately.The cup is a very nice find, something different.

 

[Bluedogcards]

Nice cup and a keeper for sure, just a thought if the Church has a case with history items in it, it might be a good thing to give back to the church to show the history, some churchs do hav an area for thing like this some dont. ,

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Great Church hunt and finds

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Your Golden Gate pin thing looks like it could have been a tiara(crown) for a doll?

 

[EasternShoreMetal]

You have all kinds of neat finds there, I'm still waiting for my first scouting artifact. NICE. Congrats on the variety.

 

[Chestdiesel]

Nice hunt. I love how you took the time to show us where each piece was found. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice finds.