Metal Detecting - Cold as Hail - Big Silver (Spoon) & 9 Wheat Cents

Hello everyone,

Today I did a 4 hour Metal Detecting trip at Brooklyn's McCarren Park.
My second outing for 2025
Yes I wore extra layers!

Here are my finds

9 US Wheat Cents - Most 1940's


RM & S Sterling Silver Spoon
Bottom picture is an example of


RM & S sterling is a brand of sterling silver tableware produced by R. Wallace & Sons, a company that operated from 1871–1956. The company is now known as Wallace Silversmiths Inc.

Vintage Aluminum Thin Dime - Play Coin


Another NYC Transit Token - 1950's
I detected one in my last hunt!
I put both together


2 Foreign Coins - 10C Spain & 10C Canada


Old Jesus and Mary Pendant


Pandora? 925 Charm


Miscellaneous Metals


Everything

 

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Yes it was cold! Only 24* here and still dropping. I told you silver would be in todays find. Nice looking spoon!

 

Yes. Thanks.
It's a weird spoon though. It's flat not bowl shaped.
Almost as if it were a sample maybe?

 

If the bowl is flat it’s a serving spoon. Many foods were served with flat bowls. Peas were not one of them. Lol

 

Depending on the weight and condition of the spoon it should sell for about $20-$25. An antique store would ask more but that doesn’t make it worth more. Some had curved tips, others had pointed tips. I have a large flat one that is an asparagus spoon.

 

You are the Metal Detecting Winter king. Nice Spoonage! Maybe late 1800's?

 

That would be close. Either late 1880’s or early 1900’s.

 

As cold as the temps are getting in the East and with the ground getting harder, @paddyman98 will have to put up the shovel and bring out a jackhammer to retrieve his finds. Or at least a hard hat to keep frozen precipitation from whacking his cabeza.

 

I was a bit worried about the soil being frozen yesterday. I've experienced it in the past. Luckily only the top quarter inch was frozen. Still easy digging. But it can get so frozen hard that I've actually attempted to break the ground standing on the showel with all of my weight. Meaning both feet trying to force the blade downward. Even with my weight of 210 pounds, nothing penetrates
The hard hat sounds like a good idea. Branches can get ice and the extra weight can bring them down. I've seen it happen plenty of times. I think I can use my hard hat from work!

 

Funny story. One time my friends and I were so determined to detect on day while the ground was frozen, we used hammers and chisels to break through the top layer that was frozen. The rest was a soft as a baby's bottom. Not many finds as I recall but it sure was fun. Do you or have you tried what's called... "Hot Hands and Hot Feet warmers? They're white pads that generate heat for feet and also a size for hands. Works Great!

 

with a stillson wrench that big, my plumbing wouldn't stand a chance!