Coins?

Garabaldi · Oct 22, 2009

My theory is that these coins were in a fire. It is an old site. If the larger coin is a large copper, would copper look like this if in a fire?

cedarratt · Oct 22, 2009

Could be a concretion from high mineralization in the soil?

Fast_Dave · Oct 22, 2009

I kinda doubt it. I've seen copper that was in a fire, inclusing an indianhead that was so bubbled he looked like he had mumps. But the coins, being copper, didn't rust. About the only thing I've seen that rusts to that color is iron or steel.

Garabaldi · Oct 22, 2009

So you think its a coin? If so, should I try the electrolysis on them? :icon_scratch:

scratcher · Oct 22, 2009

I've found these too on old sites with two(if I remember right) being exactly the same size as a large cent. I always wondered what they were. :dontknow:

BioProfessor · Oct 22, 2009

Cookie coins. Find them all the time in the Netherland and the UK. The stuff that coats the coins is pretty much impossible to remove.

Just have to wonder what they are.

Daryl

scratcher · Oct 22, 2009

BioProfessor said:
Cookie coins. Find them all the time in the Netherland and the UK. The stuff that coats the coins is pretty much impossible to remove.

Just have to wonder what they are.

Daryl

I did a little destructive investigation on one once and it certainly seemed to be iron? throughout :dontknow:

BioProfessor · Oct 22, 2009

If they were iron before, they will be iron after. That means they are not coins. Test with a magnet.

All mine are copper and the concretion is over the copper core. If I do clean it off, there is only a copper disc remaining. 99% of the time completely pitted and no detail left.

You can however make it what ever you want it to be.

Daryl

scratcher · Oct 22, 2009

BioProfessor said:
If they were iron before, they will be iron after. That means they are not coins. Test with a magnet.

All mine are copper and the concretion is over the copper core. If I do clean it off, there is only a copper disc remaining. 99% of the time completely pitted and no detail left.

You can however make it what ever you want it to be.

Daryl

THAT is funny :laughing9:

Garabaldi · Oct 23, 2009

scratcher said:
BioProfessor said:

If they were iron before, they will be iron after. That means they are not coins. Test with a magnet.

All mine are copper and the concretion is over the copper core. If I do clean it off, there is only a copper disc remaining. 99% of the time completely pitted and no detail left.

You can however make it what ever you want it to be.

Daryl

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THAT is funny