Pennyfinder
Elite Member
Yeah -- about a year and a half ago and didn't know it! I found this tiny salt or pepper shaker with my Bounty Hunter 202 on December 20, 2012. The top (though intact but in rather smashed condition) looked to be "junk" metal or pewter. Just didn't look at it close enough. I did think it was still neat/interesting so I kept it and just put it in my finds drawer (large 3-drawer plastic thingy). And that's where I LEFT it. A cool find -- yeah, nothing more.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell -- I saw on another website a TOP to one found by someone else that said theirs was SILVER. Okay -- could mine be??? -- Nooooooooooo, I wouldn't think so, I'm not that lucky! But I dug it out of the drawer and LOOKED at it and couldn't believe my eyes! Plain as day without a magnifier or even cleaning it -- STERLING jumped out at me! WHAT! Here are two pictures. The first one was taken when I first found it (and posted it on here: http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=135502 and the second one was taken today when I found the STERLING marking!
Now that's a hunt I didn't even have to leave home for! I like that! Goes to show that some things aren't always what they first appear to be! I'm glad I checked it out after seeing the "top" online. It's more ornate than mine but it did get me to thinking about mine -- enough to make me look!
Thanks for looking! GL & HH!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell -- I saw on another website a TOP to one found by someone else that said theirs was SILVER. Okay -- could mine be??? -- Nooooooooooo, I wouldn't think so, I'm not that lucky! But I dug it out of the drawer and LOOKED at it and couldn't believe my eyes! Plain as day without a magnifier or even cleaning it -- STERLING jumped out at me! WHAT! Here are two pictures. The first one was taken when I first found it (and posted it on here: http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=135502 and the second one was taken today when I found the STERLING marking!
Now that's a hunt I didn't even have to leave home for! I like that! Goes to show that some things aren't always what they first appear to be! I'm glad I checked it out after seeing the "top" online. It's more ornate than mine but it did get me to thinking about mine -- enough to make me look!
Thanks for looking! GL & HH!