What's in the bag.

It could have been used for opium I suppose,...definitely hand carved,.. I'm not sure what the CH stands for,.. and I never found the other end piece of it, maybe there was a bigger measuring spoon on the other end(and I should also take care of my relics better).

Goldpick said:

Apothecary spoon is my pick, interesting bit of history, but with added bonus of being silver. Maybe I should take care of some of my relics a bit better, and store them away properly.

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CH mark,Charles Hougham, London 1787

Wow Wally,........Wow very interesting eh

Wally69 said:

CH mark,Charles Hougham, London 1787

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Hint......Used to put something sweet into tea

Now you have a reason to get back out there and find the other half

Now I'm pretty sure I've got my next hunt pretty well sorted thank you Wally(sweet picky),...it's a wonder I couldn't smell the other half of that still just lying thereabouts(although I'm sure it was about 6-8 inches down),...Impressed by your resourceful ability to research as well Wally !

now you just need a pipe

Thanks for posting some interesting finds. I love the old stuff Silver, you might need to unwrap some more finds to keep me entertained.

And the end bit for the stamping(if that's what it is)Robert,...when I first dug that piece I remember thinking it was a piece of copper pipe, but when I saw the pattern on the pipe I went strait into careful retrieval mode(luckily).

The digger and soldier... Good stuff!

Frogger, I can imagine the kids playing with a full set of lead soldiers,..he was the only digger I found at that spot,..I'm just waiting to come across a full set one day, just left in the grass after a play and still on patrol waiting for me to find them all at the one time.

frogger said:

The digger and soldier... Good stuff!

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Been a while since I posted anything on here at all, so I had a look and found a bag, these were all found in an area about 1 metre wide and 4 metres long a fair few years ago now, all I can think is that someone threw them from the car park next door when they had a coin fair there once.
Someone obviously thought they wern't worth keeping once they found out what they were worth. :lol:
Heres the bag.

And heres whats in it.

First one side.

Then the other.

A few tokens in amongst them.




There were thre of this one.


A good luck Token.(protection from the evil eye)


the rest are just coins


























Something keeps niggling at me that I've posted these before, but then again I think not myself. :lol:

Thanks for bumping this thread silver! I guess my 'sink plug' isn't such a sink plug after all!
I love them american coins

I remember finding them all and thinking wow, I should check again, as techniques change for the better over the years !
Is that an old watch AR ?

Certainly is silver, I thought it was a sink plug all this time until spotting yours on page one. Came from the same location as the loupe. Its got a copper backing but the front hinge missing, ill clean it and see if I can get a makers mark, date etc

I want your evil eye token Silver

rocketaroo said:

I want your evil eye token Silver

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Ain't it a beaut RKT.

AtomRat said:

Certainly is silver, I thought it was a sink plug all this time until spotting yours on page one. Came from the same location as the loupe. Its got a copper backing but the front hinge missing, ill clean it and see if I can get a makers mark, date etc

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Funny how one thing can lead to another hey ,... great discovery through a keen eye. 8)

yep that token is a rippa

More like what's in the cup in the cupboard this time.
Found this up the back of a cupboard.

Only three coins in there.

Probably been there a little while(I cant remember putting them there), forgetful me.

Wrapped 31.

The Sixpence.


The shilling.


The Florin.


At least I found an old sniffer ,... I thought it had been thrown out from the boot of the car in a clean up one time(Whew). :8

It's been cleaned, but I can still smell it a bit, it'll have to do for now ,... I can still smell it a bit. I know I could use any new found silver coin, but, the larger the coin the bigger the smell.

Been a while, but I decided to throw out some rubbish, and found a box full if bags ,.... turns out they were 2011 & 2012 finds ( less the good spenables of course ,... they were all soent long ago).
Here's the box.

gotta go for now, but, more photo's to follow.