Old Reliable Field Gets Freshly Plowed

mbcuce · Jul 21, 2019

Drove by a site we've searched a hundred times and it had been plowed so went back to see if anything new showed up. Found a few interesting items.

Shield Nickel 1870

Indian Head Penny 1864

What I believe to be clipping from a spanish silver coin, I posted in What Is It but found some info online
https://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/learning/coining-and-clipping

Mallory, Wheeler and Company Smokehouse Padlock

Not sure what this is but found two pieces separately and they fit together, maybe a star badge, there is a nub on the back of one

A couple of cuff flat buttons

Found these 2 six months apart but appear to be a match.

Digger RJ · Jul 21, 2019

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

A2coins · Jul 21, 2019

That does look like the edge of a Spanish coin and good Id on the star badge wow theres some old stuff there and activity good signs. Great post hope theres a gold coin there somewhere. Tommy

vpnavy · Jul 21, 2019

Nice assortment of finds mbcuce. Thanks for sharing...

Silver Tree Chaser · Jul 21, 2019

Is the clipping as thin as it seems in the photo? A clipping from a cob would be relatively thick. Your clipping appears very thin as you would find with an old English hammered silver or Mass silver coin.

Hawks88 · Jul 21, 2019

Nice variety of finds. I like the coins and the padlock.

BTV Digger · Jul 21, 2019

Nice finds! Love the old padlock and cool you could get a maker's ID.

John

mbcuce · Jul 21, 2019

Silver Tree Chaser said:
Is the clipping as thin as it seems in the photo? A clipping from a cob would be relatively thick. Your clipping appears very thin as you would find with an old English hammered silver or Mass silver coin.

Its about 1mm thick and pretty consistent. I hadn't thought about British hammered. Not sure the date range for British. The artifacts at this site range from mid 1700's to late 1800's.

trdking · Jul 21, 2019

Last year I hunted a corn field in Annapolis Maryland. I saw the signs of old Driveway posts garage stones and everything you would want to see for an old farmstead. Did I have my detector? um Noooo

Silver Tree Chaser · Jul 21, 2019

mbcuce said:
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Its about 1mm thick and pretty consistent. I hadn't thought about British hammered. Not sure the date range for British. The artifacts at this site range from mid 1700's to late 1800's.

I'm not sure if the 1mm thickness helps. :dontknow:

It looks thinner than a cob, especially a larger 2R - 4R cob. It's also been completely shaved around in one piece apparently with shears. I doubt you could clip a thick cob in such a manner. Clippings from silver coins are rarely posted on T-Net - at least as far as I know. But I don't believe you have a clipping from a hammered English coin. Compare the striations on your clipping with those on the fragmented coin below.

You should be able to have the piece tested by a local jeweler. I'm curious to know the results. If it come backs silver and the coin is thin as a razor blade, I'll bet the strange markings on the coin is Arabic.