Counterfeit seated quarter???

[NJ Marty]

Today I went to the farmers feild and got 27 cents. This quarter is in very bad shape and was wondering if it might be counterfeit it reads silver on my machine. I have never seen a silver this bad, would the fertilizer flake away the silver like this? And would the seated ladys profile still be raised when the planchet is more than half the thickness of a good condition seated as in the picture for comparison. All the silver we get from the feild is black not flaked and has seen the same conditions as this quarter. Any ideas. Thanks
Marty

 

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[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

was it hit by some acid before dropped??..seems something is eating away at it..gregg

 

[DD-777]

Looks like it's seen the fire...

 

[seger98]

You said it was found in a farmers field, I wonder if over the years fertilizer has played havoc on it?

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

That is so strange I think I would have to say Acid.... Fertilizer could do that too.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[kdismuke1]

fertilizer might have cause it. nice fine anyway.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

I'm not sure about the fertilizer doing this?? Guess it depends on the type but I have done a lot of reales out of fields that had tons and tons of fertilizer spread on then over the years and none of them look at all like that. something wrong in the alloy mix of fire damage makes more sense.. tough one!!!

MB

 

[SusanMN]

I've found a couple of Barber dimes near water that have flaked off the whole top of the coin, one them losing about 1/3 of its thickness. I could see the separate top layer and as it dried out it just flaked off. So I can imagine that it could happen to other coins, maybe from a combo of the dirt and continuous damp.

 

[beetle662]

God only knows what kind of "fertilizer" could have been used in that field back in the 1800's when that coin was dropped. I'm guessing whatever they used back then was what has caused this, not too mention that it's probably been in the field for well over 100 years. Modern fertilizers might not do that, but back then like I said, who knows what might have been used.

Regardless... still a cool find in my book! I'm still looking for my first seated coin!

 

[done dug it all up]

burned coin. 100% real. and a bit of a heartbreaker.

 

[haylen]

also a lot of farmers burn of there feilds every season that could be part of the reason for the uneven burn pattern
just a thought

 

[The Buzzard King]

I'd say definately burned.
Here's 2 burned coins I found last year. They were VERY close together, in an area that soon became obvious to me, was a firepit, or burning area, on the property of a very old house.
They probably burned tons of garbage there.
You can tell the one was an 1890 Seated dime, and the other was a "19 something" Barber dime.
And Yes, I was pissed! lol.

Great find though! At least you're in a good spot!
Congrats!

 

[DPBOB]

I found a 1900 Dime the same way.
All the edges are deteriorated and it's very thin.
When I first dug it up, I thought it might be a half dime but it wasn't.
Burned or counterfeit ? Don't think it's fertilizer.

 

[Born2Dtect]

I am inclined to go with both, fire and fertilizer theories. However, if you checked out a lot of the Sharp Pit posts you will see similar damage done by salt water and time.

Ed D.

 

[Twin Digger]

wow Looks like a chemical hit it.......

 

[mrwirtner]

Perhaps it was in the pocket of a farmer when he spontaneously combusted while spreading fertilizer?? a cool find none the less

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

The New Jersey silvers have been looking mighty ugly lately. There was recently a post of a 3 cent piece found in NJ with similar damage.

That is what I call a 'bittersweet" find!

Still, it's nice to dig any seated coin.

WTG!
Neil

 

[IAsoldier]

I say thats a hot coin you have there. Looks good