Skeeters, coin & UCO (Un-identified Coin Object)

[JimmyCT]

Well, here in CT, the skeeters are in full vampire mode. I first I thought I was giving blood to the skeeter blood drive lol Man were they vicious this evening. Managed to pull out a 1945 wheat out of the local park (ski hill) then I went back towards my car and tried the field near the main roadway. sweeping across the field, I came across the sweet high pitch sound of a coin signal along with 180 locked on the meter. Out pops a large penny? hmmm too corroded with dirt caked on to tell and was all bent out of shape. ( me too from the skeeters lol) I get home and wash it off. No idea what it is or was. I can't see any writing on it but there is something stamped on one side. they sorta look like columns (that would support a building) in the center. About the size of a quarter. I thought for sure I stumbled onto another large cent After finding this mystery piece, it started to rain so I left. Well, tomorrow is another day. Suppose to be 86 degrees tomorrow but by the end of the week they are talking close to or breaking 100 degrees. Ouch! I think this will be a good time for me to perform more research on places to hunt.

 

[GunnarMN]

looks like it was hit by a lawn mower or in a fire ,continue to scan

 

[fisher2]

looks like a memorial penny to me also looks like that park isnt too nice to zincolns.

 

[JimmyCT]

Well, I was kind of thinking that but the coin is too large to be a penny. The UCO pictured is about the size of a U.S.quarter. All the wheat pennies I pull out of this park are corroded and acid eaten lol sad but true. Maybe because of all the pine trees. (Acidic soil)? The lincoln penny is from 1945.



If your Lincoln Memorial penny has a date before 1982, it is made of 95% copper. If the date is 1983 or later, it is made of 97.5% zinc and plated with a thin copper coating.

For pennies minted in 1982, when both copper and zinc cents were made, the safest and best way to tell their composition is to weigh them. Copper pennies weigh 3.11 grams, whereas the zinc pennies weigh only 2.5 grams

looks like a memorial penny to me also looks like that park isnt too nice to zincolns.

 

[w6pea]

It looks like blood from the skeeters on the third one. Nice find.

 

[w6pea]

Well, I was kind of thinking that but the coin is too large to be a penny. The UCO pictured is about the size of a U.S.quarter. All the wheat pennies I pull out of this park are corroded and acid eaten lol sad but true. Maybe because of all the pine trees. (Acidic soil)? The lincoln penny is from 1945.



If your Lincoln Memorial penny has a date before 1982, it is made of 95% copper. If the date is 1983 or later, it is made of 97.5% zinc and plated with a thin copper coating.

For pennies minted in 1982, when both copper and zinc cents were made, the safest and best way to tell their composition is to weigh them. Copper pennies weigh 3.11 grams, whereas the zinc pennies weigh only 2.5 grams

That's interesting information to know.

looks like a memorial penny to me also looks like that park isnt too nice to zincolns.

 

[JimmyCT]

lol I was really frustrated that day- on top of the ski hill they were landing on me like I was the mothership lol and they were re-fueling. Most all the pennies that come out of this park are usually discolored wither red like the one above or plastered green.

It looks like blood from the skeeters on the third one. Nice find.