Lets see your best dug worn out coin!

thrillathahunt · Jan 20, 2011

Let's see your best dug worn out coin!

Here is mine from an old store dig! You can barely see the date...1876. Seated dime. :thumbsup:

BobinSouthVA · Oct 25, 2011

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Ok I'll add another one,

Here is my 1937 D three legged buffalo nickle, go ahead prove me wrong :laughing9:

steelheadwill · Oct 26, 2011

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BobinSouthVA said:
Ok I'll add another one,

Here is my 1937 D three legged buffalo nickle, go ahead prove me wrong

That's a gingersnap cookie :laughing7:

prolab69 · Oct 26, 2011

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heres a few of mine that come to mind,...ct copper, half cent and a 2 piece.

steelheadwill · Oct 26, 2011

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prolab69 said:
heres a few of mine that come to mind,...ct copper, half cent and a 2 piece.

IDable copper is always a good find!
Nice Drape :wink:

thrillathahunt · Oct 26, 2011

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steelheadwill said:
BobinSouthVA said:

Ok I'll add another one,

Here is my 1937 D three legged buffalo nickle, go ahead prove me wrong

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That's a gingersnap cookie

A little toast with your coffee? :coffee2:

heepiepow · Nov 17, 2011

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Had to bump this thread as I found (what might be) my best corroded coin. I almost tossed it in my junk pocket in the field but noticed the round edge. Cleaned it up and it has the "19xx" (possibly 1911?) at the bottom! It's over 2mm thick and 20mm wide post-corrosion. Matching it against other coins it seems to best fit a nickel--maybe a Liberty Head? Would a Liberty Head corrode like this, so the copper is predominant? The "19" is actually in a lower layer than the surrounding copper, which is the "top" extant layer.

Whatever it is it's something I've never found, as have never found a Liberty Head, Indian, or Barber!

(Or any foreign coins like this. The "9" seems different than the US coins I compared it to, though that might just be due to corrosion, I guess)

grasshopper · Nov 17, 2011

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Here's mine! 1753 one reale (i think)... not sure what this person was trying to do...

bk · Nov 19, 2011

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Here are a couple of mine.
The first one I don't what it is but its the size of a silver dollar.
#2 is a Bust dime.
#3, #4 Are not worn but I pinpointed them a little too good.

HISPAN · Nov 21, 2011

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nice coins :thumbsup:

steelheadwill · Nov 22, 2011

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heepiepow said:
Had to bump this thread as I found (what might be) my best corroded coin. I almost tossed it in my junk pocket in the field but noticed the round edge. Cleaned it up and it has the "19xx" (possibly 1911?) at the bottom! It's over 2mm thick and 20mm wide post-corrosion. Matching it against other coins it seems to best fit a nickel--maybe a Liberty Head? Would a Liberty Head corrode like this, so the copper is predominant? The "19" is actually in a lower layer than the surrounding copper, which is the "top" extant layer.

Whatever it is it's something I've never found, as have never found a Liberty Head, Indian, or Barber!

(Or any foreign coins like this. The "9" seems different than the US coins I compared it to, though that might just be due to corrosion, I guess)

Heepiepow,
That is one odd specimen :icon_scratch:

Looks more like lead or pewter to me, seems to be remains of plating lower right pic 2
19 looks pretty clear, but the rest?
definitely a whatzit, what type of readings does it give on your detector?

steelheadwill · Nov 22, 2011

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bk said:
Here are a couple of mine.
The first one I don't what it is but its the size of a silver dollar.
#2 is a Bust dime.
#3, #4 Are not worn but I pinpointed them a little too good.

# 1 is very interesting, I couldn't rest til I got that big copper IDed.
GW Medal? anything on the back? :dontknow:

lost crow · Nov 22, 2011

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I have a smooth nickel somewhere I can't find, but here is this 34d wheety. Ole Abe got it again.

heepiepow · Nov 22, 2011

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steelheadwill said:
Heepiepow,
That is one odd specimen
Looks more like lead or pewter to me, seems to be remains of plating lower right pic 2
19 looks pretty clear, but the rest?
definitely a whatzit, what type of readings does it give on your detector?

My detector doesn't have a reading display. The sound it gives is same as a penny, though I haven't tried playing with Disc/Sens settings. I'll do that!

I think you may be right about the pewter/lead though. After looking at it some more it really doesn't seem to fit any coins of the period, plus the "9" looks a LOT like a "G" when viewed from the "top" (which may be the bottom).

steelheadwill · Nov 23, 2011

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heepiepow said:
steelheadwill said:

Heepiepow,
That is one odd specimen
Looks more like lead or pewter to me, seems to be remains of plating lower right pic 2
19 looks pretty clear, but the rest?
definitely a whatzit, what type of readings does it give on your detector?

Click to expand...

My detector doesn't have a reading display. The sound it gives is same as a penny, though I haven't tried playing with Disc/Sens settings. I'll do that!

I think you may be right about the pewter/lead though. After looking at it some more it really doesn't seem to fit any coins of the period, plus the "9" looks a LOT like a "G" when viewed from the "top" (which may be the bottom).

Thanks for that info, lead rings pretty high tone,
At one time I think your item was 'Something' :laughing9:

thrillathahunt · Nov 26, 2011

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heepiepow said:
Had to bump this thread as I found (what might be) my best corroded coin. I almost tossed it in my junk pocket in the field but noticed the round edge. Cleaned it up and it has the "19xx" (possibly 1911?) at the bottom! It's over 2mm thick and 20mm wide post-corrosion. Matching it against other coins it seems to best fit a nickel--maybe a Liberty Head? Would a Liberty Head corrode like this, so the copper is predominant? The "19" is actually in a lower layer than the surrounding copper, which is the "top" extant layer.

Whatever it is it's something I've never found, as have never found a Liberty Head, Indian, or Barber!

(Or any foreign coins like this. The "9" seems different than the US coins I compared it to, though that might just be due to corrosion, I guess)

This is interesting. Could it be the remains of a 1943 steel wheat cent? :dontknow:

Whitebeard · Nov 26, 2011

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Here it is.

thrillathahunt · Nov 26, 2011

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Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

Half dollars must have been very popular back in the day. It seems that most of the early date W.L. are heavily worn coins. When I try to spend a half dollar now they look at it ( and me

) like it was from Mars.

RelicHunter97 · Dec 2, 2011

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http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,413348.0.html

Here they are

allen · Dec 6, 2011

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we know how to dig up the worn out coins !!!!

Cool Hand Fluke · Feb 10, 2012

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This is the first barber half dollar I found. Dug it up back in 1994. It is worn pretty bad, but I still did a happy dance after I dug it up!