I am at a college campus so I haven't used metal spoons for months.
I just got ahold of one. It is amazing. You're right, the image is real and not behind the spoon. The pencil tip helped too.
Thank you Doc Al!
When you look at a spoon, like at a mirror, the image of yourself appears to be on the other side of the mirror/spoon, where light does not go! So the image must be virtual!
So tell me, since a concave mirror must produce a real inverted image when you are far from the focal point...