Lets see your best dug worn out coin!

thrillathahunt

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steelheadwill

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

BobinSouthVA said:
Ok I'll add another one,

Here is my 1937 D three legged buffalo nickle, go ahead prove me wrong :laughing9: :laughing9: :laughing9:
That's a gingersnap cookie :laughing7:
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

heres a few of mine that come to mind,...ct copper, half cent and a 2 piece.
 

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steelheadwill

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

prolab69 said:
heres a few of mine that come to mind,...ct copper, half cent and a 2 piece.
IDable copper is always a good find!
Nice Drape :wink:
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

steelheadwill said:
BobinSouthVA said:
Ok I'll add another one,

Here is my 1937 D three legged buffalo nickle, go ahead prove me wrong :laughing9: :laughing9: :laughing9:
That's a gingersnap cookie :laughing7:

A little toast with your coffee? :coffee2: ;D
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

Had to bump this thread as I found (what might be) my best corroded coin. I almost tossed it in my junk pocket in the field but noticed the round edge. Cleaned it up and it has the "19xx" (possibly 1911?) at the bottom! It's over 2mm thick and 20mm wide post-corrosion. Matching it against other coins it seems to best fit a nickel--maybe a Liberty Head? Would a Liberty Head corrode like this, so the copper is predominant? The "19" is actually in a lower layer than the surrounding copper, which is the "top" extant layer.

Whatever it is it's something I've never found, as have never found a Liberty Head, Indian, or Barber!

(Or any foreign coins like this. The "9" seems different than the US coins I compared it to, though that might just be due to corrosion, I guess)
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

Here's mine! 1753 one reale (i think)... not sure what this person was trying to do...
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

Here are a couple of mine.
The first one I don't what it is but its the size of a silver dollar.
#2 is a Bust dime.
#3, #4 Are not worn but I pinpointed them a little too good.
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

nice coins :thumbsup:
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

heepiepow said:
Had to bump this thread as I found (what might be) my best corroded coin. I almost tossed it in my junk pocket in the field but noticed the round edge. Cleaned it up and it has the "19xx" (possibly 1911?) at the bottom! It's over 2mm thick and 20mm wide post-corrosion. Matching it against other coins it seems to best fit a nickel--maybe a Liberty Head? Would a Liberty Head corrode like this, so the copper is predominant? The "19" is actually in a lower layer than the surrounding copper, which is the "top" extant layer.

Whatever it is it's something I've never found, as have never found a Liberty Head, Indian, or Barber!

(Or any foreign coins like this. The "9" seems different than the US coins I compared it to, though that might just be due to corrosion, I guess)
Heepiepow,
That is one odd specimen :icon_scratch:
Looks more like lead or pewter to me, seems to be remains of plating lower right pic 2
19 looks pretty clear, but the rest?
definitely a whatzit, what type of readings does it give on your detector?
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

bk said:
Here are a couple of mine.
The first one I don't what it is but its the size of a silver dollar.
#2 is a Bust dime.
#3, #4 Are not worn but I pinpointed them a little too good.
# 1 is very interesting, I couldn't rest til I got that big copper IDed.
GW Medal? anything on the back? :dontknow:
 

lost crow

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

I have a smooth nickel somewhere I can't find, but here is this 34d wheety. Ole Abe got it again.
 

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heepiepow

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

steelheadwill said:
Heepiepow,
That is one odd specimen :icon_scratch:
Looks more like lead or pewter to me, seems to be remains of plating lower right pic 2
19 looks pretty clear, but the rest?
definitely a whatzit, what type of readings does it give on your detector?

My detector doesn't have a reading display. The sound it gives is same as a penny, though I haven't tried playing with Disc/Sens settings. I'll do that! :)

I think you may be right about the pewter/lead though. After looking at it some more it really doesn't seem to fit any coins of the period, plus the "9" looks a LOT like a "G" when viewed from the "top" (which may be the bottom).
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

heepiepow said:
steelheadwill said:
Heepiepow,
That is one odd specimen :icon_scratch:
Looks more like lead or pewter to me, seems to be remains of plating lower right pic 2
19 looks pretty clear, but the rest?
definitely a whatzit, what type of readings does it give on your detector?

My detector doesn't have a reading display. The sound it gives is same as a penny, though I haven't tried playing with Disc/Sens settings. I'll do that! :)

I think you may be right about the pewter/lead though. After looking at it some more it really doesn't seem to fit any coins of the period, plus the "9" looks a LOT like a "G" when viewed from the "top" (which may be the bottom).
Thanks for that info, lead rings pretty high tone,
At one time I think your item was 'Something' :laughing9:
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

heepiepow said:
Had to bump this thread as I found (what might be) my best corroded coin. I almost tossed it in my junk pocket in the field but noticed the round edge. Cleaned it up and it has the "19xx" (possibly 1911?) at the bottom! It's over 2mm thick and 20mm wide post-corrosion. Matching it against other coins it seems to best fit a nickel--maybe a Liberty Head? Would a Liberty Head corrode like this, so the copper is predominant? The "19" is actually in a lower layer than the surrounding copper, which is the "top" extant layer.

Whatever it is it's something I've never found, as have never found a Liberty Head, Indian, or Barber!

(Or any foreign coins like this. The "9" seems different than the US coins I compared it to, though that might just be due to corrosion, I guess)

This is interesting. Could it be the remains of a 1943 steel wheat cent? :dontknow:
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

Here it is.
 

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Re: Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

Thanks for posting. :thumbsup: Half dollars must have been very popular back in the day. It seems that most of the early date W.L. are heavily worn coins. When I try to spend a half dollar now they look at it ( and me ;D) like it was from Mars.
 

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This is the first barber half dollar I found. Dug it up back in 1994. It is worn pretty bad, but I still did a happy dance after I dug it up!
 

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