First time out 84 Grams+ of Silver

[doninbrewster]

We had a quick break in the cold and it actually broke 40 degrees. It had rained the night before and combined with the warm temperature, it melted the snow. I was itching to go out so I thought I'd try a baseball field I never hunted, but assumed it had been hunted many times. Got there and found the gates to the field were locked up tight. I figured I'd hit the woods behind and see if I could pull something. Fortunately I had on a rain coat as the rain started to come down harder. Off into the woods I went and after about 15 minutes I get a nice signal. I dug down and low and behold it was a sterling silver fork. 2 - 3 feet away I get a similar signal and out comes a second fork. When I got home I put them on the scale and they weighed out at 84 grams. I also added a silver quarter while I was there. It started to rain quite hard so I didn't stay for long. Not bad for less than an hour. I looked up the Towle silver pattern "Old Lace" and it was issued in 1939. Things froze back up that night, but we're expecting another break this weekend so I'm going back to find the knives and spoons : )

 

[osgood]

Good Digs!, Good Woods!, Happy New Year All!, CO

 

[MikeO]

Nice hunk of silver.

 

[mcb613]

Hey, did you tare the scale prior to weighing the silverware? Usually, individual pieces come in about 3/4 oz - a little over an once. 84 grams seems a little high. Just a thought, but good save from the dirt!

 

[doninbrewster]

mcb, I was surprised myself at the weight, but I did tare the scale and checked it 3 times. I also went online and what I found was interesting. They had different sizes of the same fork pattern from 6 1/2" to 7 7/8". I found one listed that stated it was 1.5 ounces. This is the same weight as mine if you don't know a troy ounce is 31.1 grams and regular ones are 28.35.

 

[mudpuppy]

Nice! Thats the way to stack up some heavy silver!
Mud