Identification help please. Found on the beach after a storm. Not magnetic.

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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
The second picture is out of focus a tad.
Also put a coin beside it to get a sense on size if you could.
Salt or fresh water
General area so folks get a sense where you are located.
(don't want to know the beach)
 

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The second picture is out of focus a tad.
Also put a coin beside it to get a sense on size if you could.
Salt or fresh water
General area so folks get a sense where you are located.
(don't want to know the beach)
It was found in salt water in the Gulf of Mexico, Pan handle, after a storm. Its a little bit larger than a quarter. I'll post a pic of it next to a coin shortly. Thank you for responding.
 

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The second picture is out of focus a tad.
Also put a coin beside it to get a sense on size if you could.
Salt or fresh water
General area so folks get a sense where you are located.
(don't want to know the beach)
It appears to have some sort of writing or stamping on it. Very difficult to see from the pictures though. Highly oxidized on one side and only oxidized on the perimeter of the object on the other side. Could this have been attached to something and broke off in a storm being that only one side is highly oxidized?
 

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I'd gently tap on it to break that crust a bit. If it starts to look interesting, maybe a soak in Evaporust.
 

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It's probably a Spanish 1 or 2 Reale cob coin lost by the Spanish Plate Fleet. Those guys spilled countless tens of thousands of those coins over the centuries in the Gulf of Mexico. Part of my assumption is based on the the amount of iron oxide surrounding it which takes a long time to accumulate and would make more sense on an older coin such as a Spanish cob.

The fact that the coin's metal is still shiny is evidence it's likely silver, anything else wouldn't be shiny after all that iron oxide build up around it.

It also seems to have the look of a cross surounded by a border reminiscent of the sheild-type cobs produced in the Spanish Empire's mints, which were the most common silver coins in the new world at the time.

You should really just break the iron oxide off and expose more detail. A spanish cob isn't too valuable in such a corroded state so you shouldn't fear damaging it, the oxide should come off fairly easily with a few light taps of a rubber mallet with the coin wrapped in a few layers of paper towels.
 

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It's probably a Spanish 1 or 2 Reale cob coin lost by the Spanish Plate Fleet. Those guys spilled countless tens of thousands of those coins over the centuries in the Gulf of Mexico. Part of my assumption is based on the the amount of iron oxide surrounding it which takes a long time to accumulate and would make more sense on an older coin such as a Spanish cob.

The fact that the coin's metal is still shiny is evidence it's likely silver, anything else wouldn't be shiny after all that iron oxide build up around it.

It also seems to have the look of a cross surounded by a border reminiscent of the sheild-type cobs produced in the Spanish Empire's mints, which were the most common silver coins in the new world at the time.

You should really just break the iron oxide off and expose more detail. A spanish cob isn't too valuable in such a corroded state so you shouldn't fear damaging it, the oxide should come off fairly easily with a few light taps of a rubber mallet with the coin wrapped in a few layers of paper towels.
 

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