Speaking of digging...I'm exhausted from today's hunt..here's why:

[Magyar]

Hunted an old beach....targets everywhere..I just kept diggin' & scoopin' almost non-stop for 3 1/2 hours.

Lots of old decrepit coins; a nice 1917 "buffalo"; a couple of "wheaties", 3 medallions, antique bottle; antique spoon ( stamped coin silver plated, but after electrolysis it turned a golden hue ; sinkers; you name it...I dug it


I haven't dug so much in a long, long time

Here's some pics

thanks for looking

Magz

 

[MeMatt]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[General Ray]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[therick]

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[Magyar]

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[BobinMIZZU]

the Pattern name is Roxbury with Patent date of 1906. It looks yellow because of the base metal alloy. Most silverplate has a white colored base metal before plating. It's not too unusual though to see yellow colored base metal. This comes from a large amount of brass used in the alloy. Brass made the piece both easier to form and easier to electroplate with silver. These pieces were the lower priced lines and had very little silver plating. I'd guess the sand and salt stripped the silver off several decades ago. Always neat to see the stuff you come up with. Bob

 

[Magyar]

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