11th Hunt in Connecticut - Sterling Spoon - Large Coppa (Chinese)

[FooserPaul]

Hello all!

It was 70 here yesterday... The first day of spring and our part of CT averages 47 degrees... WoW!

I got out to a new spot (School) but righ away noticed the finds and the ground were different... 1985 dime at 8" and a 1917 Wheatie at 4" some fill, some old dirt... Some tabby... parts of ornate door hinges and stuff that was making me think there was stuff here from the 1800's... This 100 X 40 strip I was working was trashy trashy trashy... I kept digging these metal screw covers that read like a quarter @ 2" but they were more like 5-8"....

First keeper was this large winder looking relic...

The wheaties were in the teens / twenties and hard to find amongst the trash.... 1917 then 1920.... a 1925...

Then this signal sounded like gold... at 3" or so... It is stamped 10K Gold Fill... Anyone know what RAFA might means? No google hits...

Then I got a 12/47 Quarter signal that was pretty consistant at 6"... Out popped... a tarnished.... spoon...

I followed the tarnish removal instruction here: http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeExpts/tarnish.html

Next I got a sinal that was 12/46 47 at 2" like this pesky caps... and it was 6-7" down... but it was large and green...

Thank you to aaaa (TNet) for the ID in the What is it forum...

Jiangsu

 

[RickIowa2009]

Great finds

 

[captn_se]

Paul,

You sure got an assortment of finds from that school.
No silver coinage this time, but the wheaties were popping up. I'd be real happy with the sterling spoon find.
Congrats on the foreign coin, CJ token, and all your other finds....70 is a real nice spring day in CT.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan