First Finds: Sterling Thimble

[Kindle Farmers]

Hello fellow treasure hunters. I'm a teacher at a school for students with special needs in Southern Vermont. You all know me by my personal T-Net username: Oxbowbarefoot. I have created this user name and account as a separate account for my students to use so that they can post their finds from our exploratory archaeology/treasure hunting class. This is the second school that I have had the fortunate pleasure to have been able to introduce treasure hunting to students in an academic environment. It's frequently a challenge to find ways to engage students in learning about history from lectures and reading. Metal detecting, gold prospecting, site research, artifact recovery, preservation and identification are ways that I have found to engage students of all abilities as a means to transform a previously boring subject into one of high interest. It is our intent to post our finds here to share our history and try to learn more about our recoveries.

We are fortunate to have a lot of history in the area around our school. In fact, the main campus is located in a 1753 farmhouse with all of the adjacent fields. During a recent construction project at the school, dirt from near the front of the building was relocated to another location. While spreading that dirt, one of my students made our first significant find: a beautiful Sterling silver thimble (of which I am very jealous). He found this thimble without the aid of a detector. He and I have spent some time trying to find the maker's mark online to attempt to date it, but without much luck. If anyone has any suggestions for resources or has the ability to ID this thimble, it would be much appreciated.

 

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[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

congrats to the young fellow who found that very nice piece of silver.

Sometimes all you need is a little luck. I found a Victorian silver dime when I was very young 40 years ago, like he did without any detector, my uncle was fixing up his lawn. For the record I think I only have dug one victorian dime since getting a detector over 7 years ago...luck does have something to do with it.

 

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[fongu]

Excellent find. Thimbles are on my long wish list. History is much more relevant the way you teach it. I must admit it was pretty boring in school and since I got into this hobby in December 2007, history has taken on a more interesting light.
Those students are very blessed to have a teacher involve them in learning and thanks Bart for helping out with the two ace-250 detectors and pro-pointer. You might want them to build a sifter since you are into archaeology now and sift that pile of dirt for non metal items that might have historical interest. Well done, good luck & happy hunting.