Thin coin...Need help

[dirtdigger1581]

Went out detecting tonight for about an hour. Hunted a field in Western Germany not far from my house. I found this thin coin...At least I think it's a coin. It's very thin and barely any detail left on it. I can make out the letters "MEIL" on the bottom of it, but I'm not familiar enough with European coins yet to know where to start looking. I did a search for German coins + MEIL but didn't find anything that had those letters. Can anyone help out? I would greatly appreciate it!

HH

-Nate

 

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[OWK]

Appears to be a token or an advertising piece for someone named O'NEIL

 

[Iron Patch]

Could be a button backmark... and there is a small circle where the shank might have been.

 

[dirtdigger1581]

Could be a button backmark... and there is a small circle where the shank might have been.

I think it's just the lighting of the photo that makes it look like a shank. It's very smooth.

 

[OWK]

Could be a button backmark... and there is a small circle where the shank might have been.

Good call.

 

[dirtdigger1581]

Appears to be a token or an advertising piece for someone named O'NEIL

I wouldn't rule out a token, but it's definitely an M before the EIL, so O'Neil wouldn't work.

 

[OWK]

Is it possible that word is "VERMEIL"?

(in which case it might be a button that was gold plated)

Gold plating is sometimes called vermeil. (although that term is usually used to refer to gold plating over silver.. which this doesn't appear to be)