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>>56660150
>pic rel for me make it clear it's not plating, this spoon have been "shaved" (not sure how to say it in english sorry) more than the others, and we can see it's still silver underneath so i'm pretty confident!

If you're referring to the wide beveled tip area which would make it relatively sharp I have seen that feature on a different old French spoon I have, it came from the silversmith like that and I think was done to make cutting into and eating grapefruit or other citrus easier. Not sure what purpose it served on those bigger spoons though. Be sure to study other pictures because in my opinion that alone isn't good evidence of it being solid.

Regarding fossils, there are plenty of other whale, dolphin, crocodile, and other animal bones and teeth that can be found there, dinosaur fossils too, and fossil seashells are ubiquitous. Here's a cool shot of the same 56-59 million year old layer from an exposure about 20 miles away.