beautiful silver spoon

[NAGOLOCOP]

Found this about 7 inches down it came out in beautiful condition.

[Full Metal Digger]

Simply beautiful! Congrats on a great find. Have you deciphered the hallmarks yet? HH, Dave.

[NAGOLOCOP]

It's 1854 Birmingham sterling silver.

[Digger Don]

Iv'e never seen a spoon so ornate, very cool.
Definitely a great find.

[zrickkid]

Thats a spectacular find. Cant wait to see what it looks like cleaned up.

[aloldstuff]

WTG on that great looking spoon. It's so ornate. Absolutely stunning.

:perfect10:

[Ronandari]

Ive never seen a spoon with that kind of detail and imagination. Its beautiful. :thumbsup02:

[giant056]

Very cool :cool:

[coinnut]

Great piece. What type of spoon is it? Wonder what did it serve? I would use it for serving mashed potatoes :lol: I don't know if I would clean it much. The patina is kinda nice. Maybe just polish the high spots and keep the contrasting background??

[woody_g]

now thats got to be the fanciest spoon i have ever seen congrats.

[BTV Digger]

Never seen anything like it, but very neat! I can't believe it's lasted so long in the dirt without some of that "ornateness"...for lack of a better term...breaking off. Congrats.

John

[Jim D]

Very beautiful old silver spoon Dave! :perfect10: :groovy: HH

[Robbie]

It's 1854 Birmingham sterling silver.
Very nice piece, I found a 19th century Christofle a few weeks ago. How much does it weigh?

[Timewarpdigger]

That is just unbelievable!!!! Congrats. Safe & HH

[don in ny]

Great spoon. Most ornate I've ever seen in or out of the ground.