Hubby does it again...(Pics here!)

[LadyDigger]

UPDATE: Hubby and the boys just arrived home from their Boy Scout Camping adventure in the rain and cold! I'm so proud of them!

Anyways, I will be taking pics here as soon as I post this and should have them up by 1pm.... the spoon is in great condition and it really has the date, 1928, stamped on the back. I'll take a pic of that too!

The button is cool.....need to run under water to get the dirt off and then take pics....

When I posted...title will be PICS ARE HERE!!!
Thanks for looking,
Annmarie
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Sorry, I won't have pics until Sunday (tomorrow) when they return from their Boy Scout Camping. They are camping out in Chesapeake and it's been raining the whole weekend so far.

Called hubby to see how they were fairing and how the boys were doing. He said all was well!

Then he tells me he found a 194? Merc (think he said 44), a '57 Rosie, lots of wheaties, another button (can't wait to see that...he found a really nice button last time they were there) and he found a silver spoon. He says a date is on it: 1928. Now, I want to see that....I'm so excited for tomorrow so I can see these and take some pics to show ya'll.

But I had to post now....cause I can!

So, check back tomorrow after 2 pm for photos....
Annmarie

 

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[LadyDigger]

Having abit of a problem with the spoon. Sent off two emails to see if these individuals can identify. When looking close up on the initials...it could be: J.S. Co. - G.S. Co. - or - F.S. Co.

I hope to hear something in the next couple of days...fingers crossed.

In the meantime, I wasn't happy with what the button book said, so I decided to venture further. Here's more detailed information on Wadhams, Coe & Co. Hope you enjoy the reading.....

Asahel Coe was the son of Abijah and Sibyl (Baldwin) Coe. He married Maria Wetmore on 2 June 1830. Maria was born 14 May 1805. Asahel resided some years in Wolcottville, being engaged with Geo. D. Wadhams and Webster, in the button business, and in 1838, removed to Waverly, Illinois. He had five (5) sons in the late war, all of whom returned home uninjured. They went with General Sherman through Georgia. Asahel and Maria had the following children: Charles W., William, Edward B., Alfred, Lauren W., Israel, Louisa M., and Sarah Eveline.

Asahel's parents, Abijah Coe and Sibyl Baldwin, of Goshen, were married 18 October 1792 by Rev. Alexander Gillet.

In 1835, the brass foundery was started by Mr. Hodges and others. The buildings were located below the bridge on the east bank, where they are now in falling condition. After some calamity and disasters, Israel Coe purchased the place. Years later, the buildings were fitted for smelting ore, in hope of obtaining nickel. After the business of making clocks was discontinued, a lock factory was established. This is were Geo. D. Wadhams comes in. Mr. Goodwin and Edmund Wooding also had an interest. When the lock factory closed, the building was used to make skates until the company removed.

The Woolen Mill: in 1833, John Hungerford and George D. Wadhams became stock owners in this mill property and became known as the Wolcottvile Manufacturing Company. The old mill was consumed by fire in 1844.

George D. Wadhams became a stock holder of the Wolcottville Hardward Manufacturing Company. This company was organized in 1851.

The first Congregational Meeting House was built. The "Village Society of Torrington" was organized on the 3rd day of December, 1829 and George D. Wadhams became a member.

In 1838, it was first organized under the title of Wadhams, Webster and Company, for the purpose of manufacturing gilt and other buttons, or any articles composed of brass, copper or other metals." Russell C. Abernethy was the President, and Geo. D. Wadhams was a Director. In 1851, a new organization was effected as Wadhams Manufacturing Company.

This information came from a book called: HISTORY OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT, and was published in 1878. This book is from the towns first settlement in 1737 with bios and genealogy of the folks who lived there. It was written by Rev. Samuel Orcutt, who also wrote the book "History of Wolcott, Connecticut"

It still does not answer to much about WADHAMS, COE & CO...but we know they worked together...so I guess that part of the history is still a mystery....as to when it really formed...we know when Mr. Coe left the company.

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Great finds! That 1830s floral button would clean up Beautifully with aluminum jelly and a little TLC!

And I like the pocketwatch winding key that you found (first photo, bottom). I had one of those when I was a kid that I'd found, but I think it got tossed out since I didn't know what it was. Well, either way, I haven't found another one in the last Decade--and that's a LOT of diggin!


Cool Stuff.



-Buckles

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice finds but some rough ground! HH, Mike

 

[BuckleBoy]

At first I was reviewing the macro pictures of the pennies, and trying to decide which was my favorite, and leaning towards the very mottled and speckled 1940(?), when I came to the sterling spoon.

And my pulse quickened.

I type this now after 'coming to' on the floor with my heart pounding and seeing stars.

A serviceable spoon made out of sterling is nothing to shake a stick at. You can use it to eat cereal, you can use it to stir sauces, and you can show it off to your friends and family.

I have only found one spoon that was serviceable AND sterling, and I proudly use it for my cereal every day. At least when I am not using the Lufthansa spoon I stole.

Congratulations on a valuable and useful find. Enjoy your new-found cereal majesty.

Yes. It's much better than eating that cereal out of a Bowl dug from a Privy--and much more hygenic too, I think... But either way, at least you can eat your cereal without thinking about where the spoon came from.


-Buck

 

[kimsdad]

I've found a lot of the jar lids, but never a "Perfect Mason" jar as perfect as that one.

Great finds!! Those poor coins are glad you found them. Really cool spoon, too!

 

[StogieJim]

Hi Ann,

Tell Ron that I'm gunning for him at Pipsico!!!! I've been practicing with my new GIANT coil.

Jim

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[allen]

way to go on all of those cool finds...

 

[Argentium]

Hey Ron and Ann , That silver spoon is very nice indeed - Clean that up and enjoy using it daily. Argentium.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

hahaha! you can do what ever you want to Ann! cograts on the finds! tell Ron Hi for us!