How old? What is this?

[riverguy]

Started working the farm with some nice 1800 old home sites. My first find was this spoon. On the ID Edge it comes up +21 which indicates it is copper. Appears to be copper since rubbing off some dirt shows the green oxide and some dull copper color.

My neighbor says he will bet a nickle that it is a small flour scoop rather than a spoon. Was there any specific time period in that the people used copper house hold items?

Any ideas on the age or what this is will be appreciates since I am a newbie to coin/relic hunting. If it is old, then it may be a good indicator of a good site to keep hunting. I found it about 20 yards back from the stone fireplace, which is all that remains of the old home site. The home site dates back to early 1800's. It was about 4" deep.

Thanks for any help.

 

[walker184777]

looks like a very old spoon

 

[gordygroover]

or a pie-serving device.

 

[GoGoGopher]

[size=large]I am opting for a serving spoon, or scoop, like you see in the Bulk sections of stores to scoop items out of barrels...

HH,[/size]

 

[JohnnyI]

It is a crushed spoon, made of copper just after the time pewter was being phased out. The thin stem shows it still to be early.

 

[montepollock]

Yes finds like that are good indicators of a sites age