Wolf-Dog
Elite Member
Sunday evening my family and I were at our chiropractor's house that was built in 1908. I had detected there once last year, but I asked if I could detect there again.
I started out doing the front yard and didn't find much - a penny and the usual trash. It was 38°F outside and raining quite hard; it was also very windy, and the windchill was about 30°F.
Just before leaving, I decided to detect around the front walk really quick (even though I had detected there last year). About 10 feet from the path, I got a solid signal showing as a dime on my Garrett Treasure Ace 300! I dug out a nice little plug and after finding 2 nails in the small area, the pinpointer indicated that the object was in the bottom of the plug. I dug down a little deeper (now to about 9 inches) and could see a silver-colored item. I pulled it out and was very excited to find my first spoon!
It was bent in half, so I carefully unbent it to reveal the makers mark: “U.S SILVER, CO.” I could see a copper core where it had been bent, so I knew it wasn’t solid silver. (Members here on FMDF helped identify in my thread in Help To ID My Find sub-forum: link) It is silver plated and from the early 1900s. Still, it is my first silver item!
Thanks for looking, happy hunting, & God bless.
I started out doing the front yard and didn't find much - a penny and the usual trash. It was 38°F outside and raining quite hard; it was also very windy, and the windchill was about 30°F.
Just before leaving, I decided to detect around the front walk really quick (even though I had detected there last year). About 10 feet from the path, I got a solid signal showing as a dime on my Garrett Treasure Ace 300! I dug out a nice little plug and after finding 2 nails in the small area, the pinpointer indicated that the object was in the bottom of the plug. I dug down a little deeper (now to about 9 inches) and could see a silver-colored item. I pulled it out and was very excited to find my first spoon!
It was bent in half, so I carefully unbent it to reveal the makers mark: “U.S SILVER, CO.” I could see a copper core where it had been bent, so I knew it wasn’t solid silver. (Members here on FMDF helped identify in my thread in Help To ID My Find sub-forum: link) It is silver plated and from the early 1900s. Still, it is my first silver item!
Thanks for looking, happy hunting, & God bless.
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