any idea what this is???

[ixKNIVESxi]

coin?
useless metal?

 

[Armchair detective]

How about an orifice for a pipe - one of those doohickeys you put in a pipe to limit the amount of gas or water flow?

You could compare the diameter of it with the inside diameter of various pipes to see if there's a match.

Steam action could account for wear and tear on it, a radiator or locomotive.

 

[Gare]

Question . Is it magnetic ?

 

[Paul Revere’s Ghost]

Well for what it's worth, I wasn't being flippant either. I meant just what I said -- if it ever was a coin, it is now unidentifiable. Given that it's iron (or steel), I doubt it was a coin. It's hard to say what it was. Electrical box knockout comes to mind, but it looks old and beat up if that's what it is.

Sorry about the fibula -- where did you find that one (surely not in Kansas?).

Silver coins look just like that from salt water . Here’s one I found this week. A standing liberty quarter.

 

[pepperj]

Thats what i meant when i said "if it was a coin made of iron"

Maybe not iron. possibly STEEL. i dont know. Thats why i posted it. it is ferrous. which i previously stated. I included a photo which should be sufficient for scale purposes.

And beyond that.... i don't know..
which is why i was asking the good and knowledgable gentlemen of this awesome brotherhood.!

It just really irks me when the first post is claiming it could be "crap"... IT COULD, i know that...

but the reason im telling you this is because when i first started my quest in longing for the secrets hidden in the Earth... I found a roman fibulae. Had it for weeks. Didnt know what it was. My dad convinced me it was just an old broken coat hanger from a wall rack or some shit....

Now that bronze fibulae is sitting in a dump outside of my town.

I can never permit myself to toss anything until im 100% SURE of its truth.

So i apologize if i came off like a jerk man.

I have to a tad skeptical about the chances of it actually was a Roman Fibula that you dug in Kansas.
Simple timeline of Fibula Broaches.

The chances of it was seems very remote.
But strange things happen in this hobby.

 

[Nathan W]

One of the sides it almost looks to be possible letters...maybe

 

[beepbleep]

Could it be an old top broken off piece of a rail spike? One side looks hammered on and the other looks to have a center break with different rusting.