The Silver Spoon

[Carolina Tom]

I have not gotten out much lately. The rain has been relentless for several months.

I did manage to slip out for a couple of hours over the weekend. I hit a grassy place where some houses used to be, we’ve found some silver coins amongst the trash.

I dug a few modern coins, then a couple of wheaties... it was nice to just be outside digging little holes.

I got a deeper high tone, too large to be coin, obviously a piece of aluminum. I dug it anyway, and out pops a spoon. It was deep, but looks like modern stainless steel.



I wipe the back, and sure enough, it’s marked STERLING and PAT.1909.



I check the front and it’s engraved with a B, which I suspect stands for bingo, because that’s what I said when I realized it was silver and in good shape.



It was made by Whiting Mfg in NY. The name of the pattern is Madam Jumel. Here she is, quite an interesting life story.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Jumel

Did I digress?

Thanks for looking and good luck on your hunts.

 

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[lairmo]

NICE!!!

 

[creskol]

PRETTY .. The spoon that is .. Not Madam Jumel!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Nice!!!!!!! There’s 45 feet of ******n snow on the ground here

 

[Ahab8]

That’s a really nice looking piece of silver my friend. Well done

 

[villagenut]

That's a handsome spoon you dug. Well done!

 

[Johncoho]

To me that spoon beats several silver dimes hands down.

 

[Inspector]

Nice looking spoon and nice post and pictures, congratulations on the save

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Kype]

still hunting for my first spoon. nice find!!

 

[Ogre1190]

Nice work, Tom! 🙌

 

[Truth]

That is a beautiful silver spoon Carolina!!! Man haven’t felt that trill in awhile. Congratulations buddy

 

[HIGHSTRUNG]

Good stuff right there. Congrats!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Silver spoon finds are top shelf in my book. Big congrats!!

 

[Argentium]

That is a special find for sure ! I've only found one silver spoon thus far - nicely done !

 

[Kona Koma]

Great find.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking sterling spoon Tom. Glad you were able to get out. Our weather is just starting to break here now, and our temps are finally averaging around 15-18 degrees. I was out last Saturday when it reached 32 degrees, and that was my first time since December.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the nice spoon find!

 

[A2coins]

I have found enough silverware to set a table for my whole town but nary one silver rrr Thats an awesome find my friend

 

[Chizzy]

Really nice, Tom. Glad you were able to get out........
PS: I have an aluminum pot full of stainless flatware........and have plenty of silver plate.............still looking for the 1st silver piece.