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Is this some type of coin?
- Thread starter jayhop
- Start date
If it bends a little and wont stick to a magnet, plus it looks like it may have some corrosion on it. Silver will normally come out of the ground shinny unless it is very wet or a lot of fertilizer in the ground, then it will be black and no corrosion I have seen.
Does it look like any writing on it as it may be a token.
Does it look like any writing on it as it may be a token.
jayhop
Well-known member
Definitely not aluminum.
It's heavy, but too hard for lead.
it was found in a field that has been farmed for at least 40 years.
since i found it i have found a 1862 Indian head penny about 50 yards away.the penny was in bad shape,i looked at it under a glass and could make out the date but when i cleaned it more the date was gone.
the only marking are the lines that you can see and the hole that has been pressed through the center. the hole is burred on the backside.
I'm going to carry it to a coin shop as soon as i get a chance and see if they have any ideas.
jay
It's heavy, but too hard for lead.
it was found in a field that has been farmed for at least 40 years.
since i found it i have found a 1862 Indian head penny about 50 yards away.the penny was in bad shape,i looked at it under a glass and could make out the date but when i cleaned it more the date was gone.
the only marking are the lines that you can see and the hole that has been pressed through the center. the hole is burred on the backside.
I'm going to carry it to a coin shop as soon as i get a chance and see if they have any ideas.
jay
This penny should be fatter than a reg penny I believe and this is a case where it will read right in the middle of the pull tab range, not like the latter IH that will read like the new zinc penny will read. In my 34 years of detecting I have not found a fatties yet, but see many posted on the forums and wonder if I have went over any and didn't dig them as I thought they were pull tabs. Maybe I didn't either as I dig all deep targets that are not iron no matter what the meter will read, find a lot of interesting things that way.
Maybe taking you disc to a coin shop where it can possibly be tested will let you have a idea of what it is.
Nice find on the 1862 IH.
Maybe taking you disc to a coin shop where it can possibly be tested will let you have a idea of what it is.
Nice find on the 1862 IH.