bobac
Elite Member
Well, I've been so busy I hadn't had time to put up a new post on here, not that I've had much to show and tell........
The snow is sitting on the grass pretty thick now and I've resorted to sorting and tumbling and trying to reduce the number of bowls and containers that have been sitting around in the basement with dirty coins in them.....
I did turn in two separate loads, one for 95 and the other for 102 bucks!!! I know that's not a lot for most folks on here , but my dig time was limited to about a fourth of what I usually spend digging.....
But anyway, this was a nice little find from my last hunt, and toss in a little merc for silver number 65 FTY......If it ends right there I really can't complain....
BTW, the spoon was made by Towle Silversmiths / Towle Manufacturing Co.
Newburyport, MA founded in 1882.
I sent out a few emails to some experts in the field and am told since this has the patent date on it , It would have been produced between 1892 and 1898 ! So I was pretty stoked about that little score. I can only think of one other solid sterling spoon that I have ever found and that one was quite ornate as well.
The snow is sitting on the grass pretty thick now and I've resorted to sorting and tumbling and trying to reduce the number of bowls and containers that have been sitting around in the basement with dirty coins in them.....
I did turn in two separate loads, one for 95 and the other for 102 bucks!!! I know that's not a lot for most folks on here , but my dig time was limited to about a fourth of what I usually spend digging.....
But anyway, this was a nice little find from my last hunt, and toss in a little merc for silver number 65 FTY......If it ends right there I really can't complain....
BTW, the spoon was made by Towle Silversmiths / Towle Manufacturing Co.
Newburyport, MA founded in 1882.
I sent out a few emails to some experts in the field and am told since this has the patent date on it , It would have been produced between 1892 and 1898 ! So I was pretty stoked about that little score. I can only think of one other solid sterling spoon that I have ever found and that one was quite ornate as well.