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Thanks. Picture good, but the one mark we need for dating is impossible for me to even guess at. Do you have any hint when you look at it, what it may be. The A is definitely clear enough to get a closer date if we can make out the duty stamp.

Inside the shield is an
S

This is really interesting... similar pic about 1/3 the way down on this page with the L & W, the shield, and the S... just not all of it... http://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilverKLdue.html#STAD

This is super interesting....Not sure if the timelines match....However could have Baron Bliss thrown this into the Sea as a good luck gesture......Or maybe he did not like his soup and discarded his spoon........All kidding aside it would be really fun to do some detective work and determine where it's from and how it got into the Tres Cocos area.....

If you are on Facebook, Judyann, it has been deciphered.

Please do share here too.

This one came from the beach at Tres Cocos

This one is much easier - Rogers and Bro, American, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1847-1855 Hallmarks shown were used during these dates.

BUT... this doesn't match the dates given for the hallmarks, but this sure looks like the pattern.

1878 Laurel.

http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/SPPatterns/11SPPLaurel.html

Many patterns were duplicated over the years, but this site is pretty good about denoting those with multiple hallmarks. I can't find an earlier designation for this pattern.