Hey all!
Let's start with GOOD FRIDAY -- we called my mom up to see if she wanted to come over and help us detect our yard again and see what kind of goodies we could find. She was nice enough to bring over some Timmies and Muffins. We sat inside and had a great conversation and then headed outside. Bob had to go meet with some people about being in an upcoming movie/tv show? and Mom and I headed outside to detect. We played around by the ruins and didn't find anything except nails and then headed out to the backyard where we scored a nice 1951 penny. We played around some more and found more "garbage metal". It got really cold outside with the wind so after about an hour Mom decided she should head for home and I went inside to do some laundry. Bob came home shortly after and I headed back outside to try again and found more scrap metal. I then came across a "good signal" close to the house and found a pipe. Bob brought out the camera and took some photos.
Last night we decided to watch some video's on how to actually use the MXT properly. Whoops, I guess I didn't have it set correctly, so this morning we decided after running around in town and before we had to go back into town for dinner to meet up with Bob's family that we would detect for about an hour near the "Ruins". This time Bob used the detector and he scored this nice find -- a spoon that displays on the back Nevada McG. C. Co. -- which I tried looking up on the internet and only located a Fork that someone else had for sale who claims it is from the 1800's -- if that is actually true, then that would make sense since the rocks we found in the yard which we were told was from a house built in the 1800's before it burnt down in the 1900's.
The spoon was found approx. 4" - 5" under the dirt. It is the size of a Serving Spoon. It is discoloured and Bob tried cleaning it with toothpaste and an old toothbrush and did find some silver colour in one spot that cleaned up. It did ring up in the 80's on the detector which is a silver reading. We'll need to research it some more.
Hoping we can get out there tomorrow.
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OMG! I found one of those in the garbage of old houses in the Mountains of St-Gabriel de Valcartier in Quebec. They look exactly the same and i've been trying to find its history...thanks for the information!
Found a Nevada McG. spoon this fall on an inland lake north of Thunder Bay. Would like to confirm the date as it was found on an old voyageur route. Down about 7" in sand by my White detector. Any help appreciated. Can I send a photo somehow to this site?
The MCGLASHAN CLARKE &CO made silverware from 1899 to 1910. Their work was made in Niagara Falls,Ontario , and Muncie Indiana. The NEVADA on the back could either be the name of the pattern, or more likely it is their designation for nickle silver. At the time that this silverware was made nickle silver was called variously German silver,Brazilian silver, and other names of countries and states.
I found my Nevada McG.C.Co. fork at Value Village! In doing my research, I found a spoon online, with the Mount Royal Hotel (in Banff) name on it, and marked with the name MCGLASHAN CLARKE CO., as well as the mark McG.C.Co. So, the initials definitely do stand for MCGLASHAN CLARKE CO.
I was very interested to learn the history of this company. So my fork, in exactly the same pattern as the spoon in the photo on this site, is more than a 100 years old. Does anyone have any more information about this?
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I found a NEVADA teaspoon today (8/14/13)in an antique shop at an outlet mall in Darien, Georgia, USA. It is quite delicate feeling, is in fine condition, and it appears to be made of something other than silver plate...maybe the nickel silver or pewter someone mentioned on this site that the metal could be. It is very similar to three coin silver spoons I inherited from my mother that were made in England. I read online that McGlashan Clarke Company was the first silverware company in Niagara Falls, Ontario and was followed by Oneida and others. The site said the company operated from 1880 until 1955. I paid $2 for my little spoon. It is thinly constructed (and that makes me wonder about its being pewter), but not quite as thin as my other coin silver spoons. A fun find!
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