Spoons and a minie ball

[McCDig]

Long hunt today in a Baltimore County park that I had never detected. Best finds are three pieces of silver, two of which are spoons (Steiff), 4 wheats, a Westinghouse Golden Jubilee token (1936), a Hormel good luck token, and, surprisingly, what appears to be a fired .58 cal minie ball. It weighs just over 500 grains, has the right patina and markings, so I'm calling it the real deal.

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[Digger RJ]

Nice !!! Congrats!!!

 

[cmthunder]

Nice finds love the minie

 

[Locke]

That’s some nice silver spoons you got there.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Plenty of cool tokens and relics...and it looks like those spoons are silver and not plated. Nice hunt!

 

[McCDig]

You are correct, Nick. Spoons are sterling and made by Steiff in Baltimore.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Locke. They had a "run-in" with a bulldozer.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks cmthunder. The .58 cal was a shocker.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Randy. The Equinox 600 with stock coil was hearing targets down a foot today. Most targets were deep.

 

[civilman1]

I hope this isn't your last .58 Mickey D Nice looking saves!

 

[RVRoamer74]

Dang nice ground you're digging. The Silver spoons are awesome. Keep on truckin'.

 

[Jamie1993]

Nice finds. Congrats on the silver finds.

 

[McCDig]

Let just say that I had a very lucky first time there. Went back for a two hours this week and got clad and a wheat.
It is an interesting place that shows obvious evidence of past trash pits.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice relics!