Morning hunt

[Nathan W]

So humid and got stung by a wasp on my back ouch! Found this stuff at the 1870s church property.Will clean it up and see . I’m curious as to age of the fork. This stove leg is very or ornament. Two headstamps (1950s). Square chain link. The fork is very fragile, was cleaning it and letting it soak but it feels like it’s weak so I’m leaving it alone now . It appears to be 1860s -ish from some comparisons

 

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[Groundhogg]

curious to see the piece in the middle above the fork after cleaning.
I very seldom find a fork but have dozens of spoons...I often wonder why that is. Just thinking out loud

 

[Nathan W]

curious to see the piece in the middle above the fork after cleaning.
I very seldom find a fork but have dozens of spoons...I often wonder why that is. Just thinking out loud

It’s part of a bottle opener

 

[Nathan W]

curious to see the piece in the middle above the fork after cleaning.
I very seldom find a fork but have dozens of spoons...I often wonder why that is. Just thinking out loud

Hmmm, this just a thought but could it be if very old spoons maybe the people only ate soup or grits, beans, cornbread and milk, seems like even if a hunter had meat it might have been made into a stew this there’s the spoon again, just some off the wall thinking

 

[Almy]

3 tine forks are old, as I recall. The 3 tines could allow a date range to be estimated.

 

[Nathan W]

3 tine forks are old, as I recall. The 3 tines could allow a date range to be estimated.

It appears to be 1860s, it resembles the civil war forks. But I can’t be certain that it was used by a soldier. Although Union forces went about the road the church property I was hunting on. I just wish I could confirm the fork to them but I have no way of knowing

 

[scruggs]

Those are cool finds!

 

[Digger RJ]

So humid and got stung by a wasp on my back ouch! Found this stuff at the 1870s church property.Will clean it up and see . I’m curious as to age of the fork. This stove leg is very or ornament. Two headstamps (1950s). Square chain link. The fork is very fragile, was cleaning it and letting it soak but it feels like it’s weak so I’m leaving it alone now . It appears to be 1860s -ish from some comparisons

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Whynotnow?]

Hmmm, this just a thought but could it be if very old spoons maybe the people only ate soup or grits, beans, cornbread and milk, seems like even if a hunter had meat it might have been made into a stew this there’s the spoon again, just some off the wall thinking

I agree with that. I have always assumed its because a spoon is a much more universal eating utensil. I can eat just about anything with a spoon, but there's a lot of stuff you cant eat with a fork.

 

[Blackfoot58]

The spork goes back to 1874 in the US patents. I never found an old spork though. Necessity being the mother of invention, I’d say we weren’t the only ones to consider the fork vs. spoon dilemma.