Found after hurricane Ike

[JRich98150]

I was visiting my sister on Sanibel Island the weekend after hurricane Ike. Bowman's Beach was covered with about 3 feet of newly deposited sand and tons of sea shells. There were several other metal detectors hitting all the beaches and keeping the beach very clean I must say. I found this target more towards the dune line than lower to the breaking waves. I was using the 12 inch super coil and was going much deeper than I really wanted to be digging as it was very hot. I'm not sure if the coin is real or fake but it does have quite a bit of calcification on the piece. The photos aren't very good the coin side with the cross shows very nice silver coloring. Besides a few pieces of junk and some newer coins it was all I found that weekend. The other metal detector folks seemed to have cleaned up all the beaches very well. This piece was found at the Lighthouse Beach area. Thanks for looking.

JRich

[Mackaydon]

JR:
I look forward to seeing that coin cleaned up.
Could you also put a US coin in the pic for size comparision?
The coin is not Mexican.
Don....

[bootybay]

OMG that is one of my dream coins to find.. I hope its genuine for ya.. either way, totally cool find and big time congrats to you.. please let us know when you find out if its real or not.. Your so lucky to of found it.. am going with my gut feeling n saying its real... cant wait to find out too.

[Zephyr]

Soaking it in some Lime-Away (or similar) should remove the calcified stuff without hurting the metal. (But be sure to read the instructions on the bottle to make sure.)

[1869er]

Wow, that's a great find! I just put up a post about this, if anyone finds coins like that on the West coast of Florida? Apparently they do.... Plus I live only about an hour away from the Sanibel area. You know I will be hitting the beaches after the next storm shoves through.

[Bigcypresshunter]

This is an old post but my feeling is pot metal souvenir. I would still rather find one of these than a clad coin anyday.

[elistepp]