St. Augustine Coin

[favabeans]

Hey folks, our family just got our new metal detectors and our FIRST find in our front yard was this silver coin. Well, we think it's a coin. It was very rusty and required some cleaning to get to this point. Is this some kind of Spanish coin? Our front yard is about .5 miles from the beach, on Anastasia Island.

 

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[favabeans]

To us it looks bigger than a nickel and smaller than a quarter and is thinner than both..

UPDATE.. it's magnetic so I guess it's not silver, but any help would be greatly appreciated! Is it just me or do I see the form of a sideways cross on the picture to the right, in the top half as it's oriented in that pic?

 

[Diver_Down]

Welcome to the Oldest City and welcome to TNet. As a collector of Spanish colonial cobs and coin, I'm confident that your mind is seeing something that isn't there. Call it wishful thinking. Being magnetic eliminates any possible coin. It looks like an electrical panel knockout to me.

 

[huntsman53]

I agree with Diver Down that if it has rust on it and it is magnetic, then it is highly likely that it is a Electrical Box knockout plug slug!


Frank

 

[favabeans]

Thanks guys.. I've been in SA for 14 years now, just my membership to TNet is new. We will keep on detecting!