Found this in 2000 something...with questions...

mike(swWash)

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Whites Spectrum XLT with about 1/4" of dust on it and can't even remember how t turn it on?!?!?
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The important info: Hallmarks read C.L & S , Birmingham, .925 British sterling,1904, patent. It's hand engraved with initials J and Y.
No info I can find on the makers, C.L &S any ideas?
Should I have it restored or leave it alone, digger marks and all on the inside?

All info is really appreciated. The internet didn't have as much info back then.

I found this 20+ years ago in an old coal mining company town originally named Coal Creek, it's now a park in what's called known as Newcastle, near Seattle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Creek_(Washington)

That trip I also picked up a Barber 1/2 dollar 1" down on hard clay, a few early wheaties, some buffaloes, a couple company store scrip coins and a bunch of medicine bottles near where the hospital was.
 

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GREAT FINDS :)
 

Answered on your other post... it's by Charles Lyster & Son of Spencer Street, Birmingham (registered February 1904).
 

Pretty neat find worthy of two post I guess.
 

It's a cigarette case right?
 

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