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This tread sparked me to check out a similar "spoon" that my grandfather gave me. It was his fathers fathers and was used to hunt waterfowl in the Newburyport area of Massachusetts. I popped the barrel off and took a few pics. The marks are very hard to read, one mark looks like a cross with a falcon or eagle perched on the end, and the letter "C" and maybe "P" it is very hard to decipher. The mark below looks like the same cross and eagle, but with the letter "V". Does anyone have any insight? It would be neat to have more info.