The weather has been quite amenable for a change. Mid 70's, sunny and no wind - perfect for metal detecting! I spent an hour or so at my flea market site and worked the gravel walkways and the areas just under the front edge of the tables where stuff gets dropped a lot.
The best find was this silver spoon. It is stamped "BANGKOK". It is a similar design to classic Siam Silver, but the inlay is light blue and not black silver. It was a few inches down in the dirt and in pretty bad shape, but an hour or 2 in white vinegar/salt solution and some light wire brushing with a brass brush got it cleaned up nicely.
I also found my third US dollar coin, this one is from 2000. It needed cleaning in my rock tumbler and came out nicely. I had never seen dollar coins before I started metal detecting - who uses these? Not me. The Coinstar machine takes them though.
Plus the usual assortment of junk and modern coins. I always recycle anything that can be recycled, from pull tabs to scrap brass etc.
The best find was this silver spoon. It is stamped "BANGKOK". It is a similar design to classic Siam Silver, but the inlay is light blue and not black silver. It was a few inches down in the dirt and in pretty bad shape, but an hour or 2 in white vinegar/salt solution and some light wire brushing with a brass brush got it cleaned up nicely.
I also found my third US dollar coin, this one is from 2000. It needed cleaning in my rock tumbler and came out nicely. I had never seen dollar coins before I started metal detecting - who uses these? Not me. The Coinstar machine takes them though.
Plus the usual assortment of junk and modern coins. I always recycle anything that can be recycled, from pull tabs to scrap brass etc.
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