The pain of it all.

[2ndoldman]

What does my pile look like when I get home. :crazy:
Not very impressive if you ask me.

But once it is cleaned up and sorted it gets better looking.

How many times do I have to say that I like brass. Even the small delicate pieces survive in salt water.
Like this garter clip.

Or this S & W 38 the brass is good to go but the lead is a little less than perfect.

This tea bag strainer would have been a sweet find if the handle had been intact.


I was surprised to find the 2 pieces of the snap. They actually game out several feet apart.

[2ndoldman]

Now the reason for the title.
Salt water is hard on copper and silver.

  Sometimes the silver survives.

And unfortunately sometimes it does not. 


I am trying to look on the bright side so I will ask, does this count as three silvers found yesterday. 

[chase]

Sometime back in the seventies, my dad had to sell some silver coins to make ends meet. I remember he was told that the silver was worth more than what the value of the coin. With that said you found three silvers.
Looks like a great day! Thanks Bruce for sharing!

[2ndoldman]

Chase I can understand having to make ends meet for sure. And I don't know what the silver value on coins was back in the seventies.
But I do hope your dad did a little research on his coins before selling them. This is just one example (and I have a friend who has found one of these)

http://cointrackers.com/coins/569/1901-s-barber-quarter/

[painshill]

2ndoldman wrote:  This tea bag strainer would have been a sweet find if the handle had been intact.

 

I would have said that's the bowl from a sugar sifter spoon.

[2ndoldman]

painshill wrote:  I would have said that's the bowl from a sugar sifter spoon.

Once again Roger you have your thinking cap on while mine is in the wash. :crazy:
This is a little history of where I found the spoon. I was in the water just off shore from where the tea gardens were.http://www.tweedridevictoria.ca/japa...-at-the-gorge/