Mining town relics and silver!!!!

diggingthe1 · Nov 6, 2015

Hi, Quick hunt yesterday and I found this thin silver coin. Right off the bat, maybe 4th swing. Ever slightly smaller than a regular dime. Alot thinner. Has ridges on edge. Probably one thin dime. After the ID on Mathurins coin I decided to take his advice and at least post it. Thanks for looking. I assume the silver plated handle is a parasol. I love the relics, not sure what the brass latch was used for. Found the relics on the last few hunts. Never found a key like this, anyone know what for? Fall is still here!!!! Hope you find gold before silver!!!

Dr.Tones · Nov 6, 2015

Nice finds!

Scrappy · Nov 6, 2015

I'm curious about that silver coin. Smaller than a dime as in half dime perhaps? Maybe a clean up with tinfoil/peroxide wouldn't hurt. Anyway, the key may be a clock winder. The square drive and size make it a likely candidate

GA_Boy · Nov 6, 2015

Nice, it looks as if your Explorer is doing you justice.

diggingthe1 · Nov 6, 2015

Scrappy said:
I'm curious about that silver coin. Smaller than a dime as in half dime perhaps? Maybe a clean up with tinfoil/peroxide wouldn't hurt. Anyway, the key may be a clock winder. The square drive and size make it a likely candidate

Thanks for the post. Its smaller as if the ridges were worn off a regular dime. Looking at it again its dime size if it had all full ridges. Its just to thin to be a regular worn dime I think. It cleaned up nice but its hard to see to much detail now. Thanks for again for looking. I end up mulling these plain over more than a good one. Hope the ground is still soft out there!

Chestdiesel · Nov 7, 2015

Huh, idk? That "5" seems to be in a weird spot on the coin?

Erik in NJ · Nov 7, 2015

Chestdiesel said:
Huh, idk? That "5" seems to be in a weird spot on the coin?

What "5"??

Based on your last set of pics your coin appears to be bigger than a dime. It looks like that coin has been in a campfire or something similar. Not sure it's going to be possible to ID that one.

diggingthe1 · Nov 8, 2015

I've narrowed it down to the rare Colorado hammered coin or a 1/3 rd dime. Just kidding! Thanks for looking, it wound be impressive to ID this coin. Happy hunting. My son just had a weird but true book where a woman found a lost ring 30 years later. It rose out of the ground on top of a carrot.!!!