GOOD DAY CELLAR HOLE WITH SILVER TURNED BAD

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Roger(rebel) picked me up at 6am.headed to some sites.day was going good.snappin pics on site.get home unload everything out of his car.get in the house.NO CAMERA my case musta slipped off my belt when i unclipped on side of the road.didn't hear it hit the ground. 8/ so.. no site pics and no just dug pics sorry crying01
but,other than that ..had a great day! a hallmarked sterling spoon,a silver monogrammed watch winder? i beleive thats what it is?
a nice 1864-L indian head penny. thumbsup01
and this piece of cast ingot? it's not lead! it's way harder than lead.i know how soft lead is.i could barely scrape it rubbing a screwdriver into it.could it be silver? :shocked04: i doubt it... but, what's this doing at a cellar hole?
had a blast Rog thanks!

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more pics

[sniffy]

NIce job losin your camera....DOH!

[coinnut]

Dave, how could you lose your camera? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I never lose anything lol Well maybe a couple things :embarrassed: Hope you can get back there and try and find it. Look good in the vehicle too. I definitely know how you feel :yes: But a real nice spoon. I'm not much at dating them but I always assumed they were around 1810-1830 with that style. I would love to know what the actual date is. Nice watch?, clock? winder. I found one today too lol But I don't get to keep it :crying02: Beautiful '64L Indian :happydance01: When you gonna turn that big cloak button over so we can see the GW on it lol If that ingot isn't silver, it may be a tin/lead combination, or some kind of silver solder?? Just a couple of guesses. :confused: It looks like it was a good hunt. :clapping:

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Dave, how could you lose your camera? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I never lose anything lol Well maybe a couple things :embarrassed: Hope you can get back there and try and find it. Look good in the vehicle too. I definitely know how you feel :yes: But a real nice spoon. I'm not much at dating them but I always assumed they were around 1810-1830 with that style. I would love to know what the actual date is. Nice watch?, clock? winder. I found one today too lol But I don't get to keep it :crying02: Beautiful '64L Indian :happydance01: When you gonna turn that big cloak button over so we can see the GW on it lol If that ingot isn't silver, it may be a tin/lead combination, or some kind of silver solder?? Just a couple of guesses. :confused: It looks like it was a good hunt. :clapping:

hey G thanks! i just added a pic of the mongram on the spoon handle.i gotta look up the hallmark i suppose to date it.
yeah i'm gonna lose sleep over that camera i just know it.it's a half hour away and 2 other cars were parked there hiking.if it don't get run over somebody found it.but,Gary's gonna drive there in the morning since he's not that far and look for it in the muddy parking area

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G looks like it may be a gorham spoon? :dontknow: :confused:
http://www.925-1000.com/Gorham_Date_Code.html
1875 if i'm lookin at the marks right :confused:
but there is no diamond shaped geometric cartouche with H inside on this page :confused:
but the lion,anchor and old english letterE? are the same marks as Gorham

[coinnut]

G looks like it may be a gorham spoon? :dontknow: :confused:
http://www.925-1000.com/Gorham_Date_Code.html
1875 if i'm lookin at the marks right :confused:
but there is no diamond shaped geometric cartouche with H inside on this page :confused:
but the lion,anchor and old english letterE? are the same marks as Gorham


The marks are similar, but it might not be them. The part that gets me is the little quote under the dating block that says (note) Gorham date code marks are found on hollowear and some smaller items, not used on flatware So they didn't code stamp the H?? on flatware?? They may have not used that system on flatware. Maybe we have a silver collector on here that could help you.

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The marks are similar, but it might not be them. The part that gets me is the little quote under the dating block that says (note) Gorham date code marks are found on hollowear and some smaller items, not used on flatware So they didn't code stamp the H?? on flatware?? They may have not used that system on flatware. Maybe we have a silver collector on here that could help you.

yeah i don't know man.my eyes were buggin out lookin at all them marks :shocked01:

[del]

very nice finds there Dave thumbsup01 , that is the biggest watch winder i've ever seen :confused: . it almost looks to big for that ( dude tell me you didn't nick it with the mauler 8/ ).the spoon is a freaking nice man you should post it on that websites forum and see what those experts say about it (before you go blind and crazy trying to figure it out lol lol) good looking indian too. what did Roger find :huh: huge congrats on a great day .

Dan

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very nice finds there Dave thumbsup01 , that is the biggest watch winder i've ever seen :confused: . it almost looks to big for that ( dude tell me you didn't nick it with the mauler 8/ ).the spoon is a freaking nice man you should post it on that websites forum and see what those experts say about it (before you go blind and crazy trying to figure it out lol lol) good looking indian too. what did Roger find :huh: huge congrats on a great day .

Dan

thanks Dan.i mighta dinged it with the lesche? not sure though.it read penny/dime.i think the little iron on the end screwed with the reading.wasn't expectin this to pop out? rog got one flat button.i felt bad for him. i miss my camera man! :crying02:

[del]

if i was roger i'd go back and find that camera and hold it for ransom lol lol :thinkingabout: :thinkingabout: maybe the spoon with his initial on it lol lol the ingot looks like it might be bar of babbitt metal , it comes in alot of different compositions ( lead and tin , nickle iron and others) its a white metal .

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if i was roger i'd go back and find that camera and hold it for ransom lol lol :thinkingabout: :thinkingabout: maybe the spoon with his initial on it lol lol the ingot looks like it might be bar of babbitt metal , it comes in alot of different compositions ( lead and tin , nickle iron and others) its a white metal .

yeah Dan somebody else said babbitt.was a test metal in the 1830's