MANGLED SILVER COLONIAL SPOON UPDATE

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

I dug this unhallmarked silver spoon at a cellar hole site last month.
the bowl was badly mangled and sent it to a silversmith to have him fix it for $15.
I think he should have or could have done a better job on the back of the bowl but,considering what it looked like before I guess I should be happy :confused:

[greg]

Wow it came out good

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Wow it came out good

I still think he could have fine tuned the back a bit more.maybe i'm just being fussy but..... :confused:

[del]

Dave considering what he started with , its a huge improvement my fussy friend . thumbsup01

[rsarge1]

very nice that is way better, if you are gonnna use as a show piece you probably would only having it face forward anyways still very nice wtg :clapping:

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

i suppose you guys are right but what if this was an expensive piece of early REVERE? if you were the silversmith fixing this piece ...would you be satisfied sending this back to the customer? I wouldn't. I just think he could have went the extra distance and added some silver solder or whatever he uses and fine tuned it a tad more.
if he got it this good from what it was,then why not complete it? :teasing:

[giant056]

I love that old silver like that thumbsup01

[coinnut]

Hey fussy, you paid the guy 15 bucks, lucky you didn't get a plastic spoon in return rofl I think he did a great job. It probably ran him much longer time wise than he wanted to. Plus it leaves some character to the piece. I would be very happy with it. If it were a Revere it would probably cost you hundreds (maybe even thousands) to fix it. Looks great to me. It looks so good you may have to have the rest of your spoons done now lol

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Hey fussy, you paid the guy 15 bucks, lucky you didn't get a plastic spoon in return rofl I think he did a great job. It probably ran him much longer time wise than he wanted to. Plus it leaves some character to the piece. I would be very happy with it. If it were a Revere it would probably cost you hundreds (maybe even thousands) to fix it. Looks great to me. It looks so good you may have to have the rest of your spoons done now lol

yeah yeah lol hey! he gave me the quote of $15 over the phone and said it come back lookin like new :teasing: i didn't pull out my darn pockets like rabbit ears and say um all i can scrape up is $14.97 with some lint balls ya know :bop:
i'll give ya some character! :beatdeadhorse: :blackeye:
lol just kiddin. overall i'm happy with it.

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

wonder what he can do with this one?

[sniffy]

A. R must stand for ANAL RETENTIVE rofl rofl lol lol

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

A. R must stand for ANAL RETENTIVE rofl rofl lol lol

rofl go plow will ya? :beatdeadhorse:

[Ill Digger]

yeah yeah lol hey! he gave me the quote of $15 over the phone and said it come back lookin like new :teasing: i didn't pull out my darn pockets like rabbit ears and say um all i can scrape up is $14.97 with some lint balls ya know :bop:
I gotta kinda agree with ya there Dave :yes: It does look a lot better than when you dug it...but you had it almost looking like that already !! :thinkingabout: He should've charged you $7.50 :rolleyes:




i'll give ya some character! :beatdeadhorse: :blackeye:

rofl

[Nitro 54]

It looks god for a 15 minute job... Most jewlers probably get $60+ per hour..

[Evan/tn]

Yea i would be happy with that for 15$,it makes it a much more displayable piece :popcorn:
Cool find cause silver is always good :yes:

[russellt]

i would be satisfied with that thumbsup01

[Toadman]

Loving the final deal !! I may try that :happydance01: :happydance01:

[Carver]

Looks great I'd say :clapping: :clapping:

[milco]

Nice spoon, turned out fantastic!

[Toadman]

I have to keep looking.,, Very exciting !! :beerbuddy: :beerbuddy: :beerbuddy:

[Civil War Nut]

Thats a nice find. I might have to eat with that one. Just thank how long its been sence someone has ate with it. WTG.