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GB1

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Jul 12, 2017
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East TX
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bounty hunter time ranger
bounty hunter quick draw 2
used a teroso compadre.
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it is not silver it is steel maybe post some pics
 

Shorty Buckshot

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Aug 19, 2012
48
164
Northeast Indiana
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Equinox 600
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1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. The unique composition of the coin (low-grade steel coated with zinc, instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to various nicknames, such as wartime cent, steel war penny, and steelie. The 1943 steel cent features the same Victor David Brenner design for the Lincoln cent which had been in use since 1909.

The copper cents differ from their steel counterparts in four ways:
Genuine 1943 copper cents will not be attracted to a magnet. Copper-plated steel cents will exhibit a strong magnetic attraction.
Copper cents weigh 3.11*grams. Steel cents weigh 2.70*grams.
The numeral 3 in 1943 has the same long tail as the steel cents. Alterations from later-dated copper cents will be noticeable when compared side-by-side with genuine steel cents.
The quality of the strike is exceptionally sharp, especially around the rim, because the soft copper planchets were struck with the same (higher) pressure used for the steel cents.
 

TerryC

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Jun 26, 2008
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Yarnell, AZ
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Ace 250 (2), Ace 300, Gold Bug 2, Tesoro Cortes, Garrett Sea Hunter, Whites TDI SL SE, Fisher Impulse 8, Minelab Monster 1000, Minelab CTX3030, Falcon MD20, Garrett Pro-pointer, Calvin Bunker digger.
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They number in the millions struck. no great numismatist value. ╦╦Ç
 

GB1

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Jul 12, 2017
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East TX
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Teknectics eurotek pro
bounty hunter time ranger
bounty hunter quick draw 2
used a teroso compadre.
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their still a wheat penny
 

Nevada Prospector

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Aug 16, 2017
165
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Whites MXT Pro, Garrett AT Pro, Fisher GB II, Etc, Etc.
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I was once detecting along a lake shore while my five year old daughter was playing in the water along behind me. I didn't find a thing that day but when we got back to the pickup I showed her the one bottle cap I found and she showed me a steel penny that she had picked up. What are the chances of that? Back in the 1950's I use to get a steel penny occasionally in change but I never got one with a detector. --Jack
 

sawmill man

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Jun 12, 2016
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Unless it was recently dropped i would think a steel penny would be rusted not silvery looking ,can you post up some pics?
 

OP
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Jul 11, 2017
38
87
LAKE CITY, FL
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AT PRO
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IMG_1064.JPG IMG_1065.JPG IMG_1066.JPG here are some pictures
 

GB1

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Jul 12, 2017
7,428
21,863
East TX
🥇 Banner finds
1
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Teknectics eurotek pro
bounty hunter time ranger
bounty hunter quick draw 2
used a teroso compadre.
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Other
whoa was it like that or did you clean it
 

TerryC

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Jun 26, 2008
7,732
10,991
Yarnell, AZ
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Ace 250 (2), Ace 300, Gold Bug 2, Tesoro Cortes, Garrett Sea Hunter, Whites TDI SL SE, Fisher Impulse 8, Minelab Monster 1000, Minelab CTX3030, Falcon MD20, Garrett Pro-pointer, Calvin Bunker digger.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
whoa was it like that or did you clean it
He makes no mention that these are his, just pics. I used to have a coin collection and often bought key dates to fill "voids". Common strategy. ╦╦Ç

EDIT: I re-read his original post. The pics may be his coin. Let's see..... ╦╦Ç
 

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OP
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Jul 11, 2017
38
87
LAKE CITY, FL
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AT PRO
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All Treasure Hunting
My grandson found it as you see it, shiny and great shape. I gave him 50 cents for it lol. I have it in my possession. I did not clean it or do anything to it.
 

sawmill man

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Zinc dipped , hay its cool though. I think this was done pretty often as science projects.
 

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