Sterling Thimble and Ring

[SusanMN]

Crossed one off of my wish list this morning. I was able to get out for the first time in a couple of weeks and hunted an inner city playground I'd had my eye on. Not much more than dandelions and dirt, with a whole lot of trash mixed in, but it has been there since the 1900s so I was hoping it held something old. I spent the first few hours digging modern pennies, dimes and an occasional quarter and then I picked up a nice silver band under some trees. First silver of the year, yahoo!. I was working my way back to the car and running my coil along side the sidewalk when I picked up a strong quarter signal. I was expecting another piece of clad, but pulled this lovely silver thimble. I was surprised by the weight of it (5.5 grams) and it was tarnished to a deep grey so I wasn't sure it was silver till I got to the car and saw the "Sterling" on it. The makers mark is also there, but no luck so far finding out who it is.

 

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[Born Free]

Two silvers in one day, that's a winner! Pretty thimble.
Born Free

 

[BosnMate]

I still haven't found a thimble. Good going.

 

[Erving]

Congrats on the silver thimble. I've yet to find a silver one myself.

 

[SusanMN]

Bosnmate, Erving, I have been detecting since 2007, and I still haven't found a silver quarter. You'd think that would be easier to find than a silver thimble, but apparently not.

 

[pl8man]

Sweet silver !

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

I love finding silver stuff that are not coins, great digs !!
Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find SusanMN.