Spoonville with Lee - 5.13.15

[Trooper Bri]

It's coughed up some cool goodies, including my Sterling Trifecta and 1'st Walker, so I planned on hitting it again this past Wednesday. Got a text from Lee @ 10PM Tuesday seeing what I was doing, and he was up for it as well.
Got started around 10AM. The place hasn't been mowed yet this year, so the swinging was a bit tough. I headed for the area I found my Walker, and didn't take long to get some numbers.

1'st dig of the day was a toy horse. Poked around and found one of his legs (which I have since lost).
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After that, things get fuzzy. The sheer number of spoons I dug destroyed my short-term memory, and some of my long-term too. Just in a 20ft radius or so around the Walker, I dug probably 8, and walked away still hearing them.
Dug a ton of targets, finally giving up on the 10-18 VDI ones as I had reached my foil limit for the day. Total silverware for the day was 14 spoons and 2 forks. Only notable find for me was a 1918 Wheatie.
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And my whatisit item. I think it might be a mane or tail brush? Circular, and the metal base is only 2 1/4" wide. Anyone know for sure?
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Funny moment of the day is when Lee hollers me over for a killer tone. It's an 88 on my V3i, banging the low freq, and 2" down. Deja Vu for me.
He asks if I want to record the live dig, so on went the camera. It's at this point I tell him what it'll be if it's not silver. He digs the plug and it's not there. Uh oh. His Garrett pinpointer is saying deeper. Off he goes to China, and finally hits his target. And from the ground comes the 3'rd aluminum percolator filter disc I know of out of Spoonville! Nailed it! The other 2 I dug. :lol:

[del]

Brian the amount of spoons or tableware from that field is mind boggling :twirlingeyes: the "whats it" is actually a vintage floral "frog"

[Bell-Two]

I am blown away by the number of utensils. Dan is correct about the flower frog, it seems to be a few of them showing up lately.

[Trooper Bri]

Wow. You are good Dan. Never heard of a floral frog before.
The place coughs up all kinds of neat crunk. The lack of coins means someone cherry picked it. If you're willing to dig it all, it'll still reward you though.

[BTV Digger]

Wow, never seen that many utensils from one site. Had to have been a picnic spot huh?

John

[del]

Brian are the spoons from around the same time frame or many years apart , you may have stumbled into a family reunion picnic area that went on for generations .

[Trooper Bri]

I would guess all the plated ones are pretty close in dating. I'll get a group photo of all of them. That sterling heavy with the monogram has to be the oldest. Maybe 1870's? It weighed in at 1.15 ounces IIRC.

[OxShoeDrew]

I agree with John and Dan that it must have been a picnic spot. Maybe the spooning will be better after they cut the grass. Nice digging!

[donald sutphin]

Damn somebody hated spoons and the last pick is a hemrodius scratcher.

[aloldstuff]

That is an incredible amount of flatware coming out of one spot. Pretty funny about Lee getting that banging signal and you knew what it probably was...:lol:.

[Trooper Bri]

I forgot to do this last week, d'oh. All the silverware I've dug out of there in 3 or 4 trips.

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