My wifes treasure find

[YumaMarc]

My wife's treasure find

My wife collects old silver plate from the late Victorian era to the mid 20th century solely for the gorgeous designs. She went to a local thrift store, which I shall not name, and found a lot of old silverware in bags being sold in bulk. She bought a couple bags of early 1900's stuff, then noticed a couple bags that looked different. She called me at work for my "permission" to buy the extras. They were only eight dollars a bag, so I couldn't tell her no.

When I got home I looked at her stuff and was immediately intrigued. The last two bags were hallmarked but not in English, with nothing to indicate what they were or from where. I search the internet and found the hallmarks. The first bag consisted of six very large spoons and a fork from Russia, made in 1880's and were .840 solid silver. The other bag was twelve normal-sized spoons from Persia around 1900 or so, and were .900 solid silver. Of course she had doubts about my findings, but was convinced when she sold them for enough to finance a vacation to Central America!

Not a bad return on a $16 investment!

 

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[billn1956]

It is very rare when I find anything but jewelry in silver . Just wish I could find some of the things others are kind enough to show that they find.It keeps me hoping. Good luck in the future,and happy vaction.

 

[YumaMarc]

It is very rare when I find anything but jewelry in silver . Just wish I could find some of the things others are kind enough to show that they find.It keeps me hoping. Good luck in the future,and happy vaction.

However you may be searching, I think the primary thing is persistence. My wife was just lucky enough to be at the thrift store before somebody else more knowledgeable came along. Lots of things show up in thrift stores, especially the smaller local ones. And yard sales can be a goldmine if you can recognize the hidden value in certain items.

If you are metal detecting, try to learn your machine like your hand. You don't need anything fancy and expensive to make good finds. My little Fisher F2 finds coins and jewelry just fine, and it would find Spanish doubloons if they were under it's coil. That's the key to metal detecting, knowledge of your machine and being in the right places. I go out for the sun and fresh air, but I look on it kinda like fishing, I never know when I'll get a "bite" six inches in front of my coil. When I bought my MXT I was so frustrated with it at first, I was tempted to just trash it and get something else that "worked". I stuck with it, mainly because I paid so much for it, and now I understand its every grunt and beep. I've found literally POUNDS of jewelry, much of it gold, with this machine, and thousands of coins, many of them fairly valuable.

So just stick with it. Go for the fun, the rest will come automatically.

 

[jbc465]

Very nice job.