🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Several spoons, NE Indiana, found a smaller one also, very similar to large ones, copper spoon handle has

[Hoosier axe hunter]

 

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[Hoosier axe hunter]

Thanks for the thumbs up, trying to determine age on the spoons, copper think handle had DI, other handle has H&Co. Any help appreciated, thanks

 

[High Plains Prospectors]

Can't really see the maker's mark in the photos but it could be Hamilton & Co. out of England: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-HA-HC.html

 

[Blackfoot58]

That suspender clip is one of the best I’ve seen.👍🏼

 

[Hoosier axe hunter]

That suspender clip is one of the best I’ve seen.👍🏼

Yes, it's definitely the oldest patent date, 1860 and a lot of fancy. That's also the first toe/heel guard that I have found that still had the racks in it, thanks

 

[Blackfoot58]

Keep working the area. Often times more is discovered, especially after a good rain.👍🏼

 

[Hoosier axe hunter]

Can't really see the maker's mark in the photos but it could be Hamilton & Co. out of England: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-HA-HC.html

Can't really see the maker's mark in the photos but it could be Hamilton & Co. out of England: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-HA-HC.html

Here is a better picture

 

[invent4hir]

The top left looks like part of a fiddleback. In the 2nd pic where the stems once attached to the bowls is a design that might help estimate a date range. I'll try to post tomorrow.

 

[Hoosier axe hunter]

The top left looks like part of a fiddleback. In the 2nd pic where the stems once attached to the bowls is a design that might help estimate a date range. I'll try to post tomorrow.

Awesome, thanks

 

[invent4hir]

Here is a thread w/ a spoon I found w/ a similar type of attachment https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/help-dating-a-piece-of-a-spoon.594545/#post-6014078

 

[Hoosier axe hunter]

Here is a thread w/ a spoon I found w/ a similar type of attachment https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/help-dating-a-piece-of-a-spoon.594545/#post-6014078

Great info, thanks so much