Old Site and a Mystery Silver!!

[romeo-1]

Tony and I got out for an entire day on an old site that I've been hunting for 12 years. There are always a few more targets left in the ground and today was no exception. Dug the expected musket balls, crusty coppers, flat buttons and other assorted relics. Some highlights are the 1890 5 Cent and the brass ships spike.

The find of the day for me came early in the hunt. I almost didn't dig it because it was such a weak signal and a very low tone. After I flipped the dirt it jumped up to a much higher tone. As soon as I saw it I knew it was an old silver and first thought it was a cut cob. A closer look revealed that it is definitely silver but not a cob. There appears to be a Fleur de Lis on one side but that may not be the case...depending on how you orient the coin. It is tiny and very thin. It appears VERY old but attempts to ID it have been so far unsuccessful. Hoping the folks at T-Net can help in that regard.

Thanks for looking!

 

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[CRUSADER]

Looking at pictures of those, they all seem to be a head on one side and a design on the other, nothing appears to match the coin OP has. And OP if you will allow me to, I'll post this on numista. The website is originally French and so there's lots of French coin experts. Maybe someone can identify it there.

Make sure you update this post, if you get the answer, I'm interested.

 

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[romeo-1]

Make sure you update this post, if you get the answer, I'm interested.

Seconded!

 

[romeo-1]

I've looked at 1000s of hammered coins over the past couple weeks and have found one that is pretty close. It's a Double Parisis so being French would make sense for where it was found. At this same site I've found a half reale cob, solid silver shoe buckle, a couple French Liards and a Spanish Netherlands Liard from the 1690s. It's one of the oldest sites in my area. The size of the Double Parisis is 20.5mm and the inner device is approximately 13mm. My cut fragment is consistent with these measurements.

The two pictures are of the same type of coin showing worn and not as worn...