todays seated dime find, and bones.... :)

[j.d. in the usa]

today was def. strange... first is there any counterfeit coin experts out there I found a piece today i was shocked to see one dime and an "O" when I cleaned it off... its comes up 48 VDI on my XLT... i thought is was a lead slug until the mud came off ... heres a pic next to a reg seated dime... its way bigger and but you can clearly make out the markings 1845-O one dime but its def. lead!!! hehe

and my daughter Kayleigh who usually finds arrowheads and marbles in the creek where we were at starts yelling "daddy I found a dinosaur" and I'm like "oh brother its probably a deer bone..." but I was wrong... now I have no idea what kinda bones these are but the rock is filled with hundreds of fossils all over it...if there are any fossil experts out there, please give me a hand!!...hh all jd

 

[River Rat]

Hiya Kayleigh,

Awesome find you have there. Yours too, JD.

Kayleigh, I want to see the fossil, so bring it with you to the dinner Friday night.

See you guys soon!

RR

 

[Postalrevnant]

Thats a great fossil congratulations

 

[wisc pete]

neat finds jd

 

[Rusted_Iron]

J.D. it looks like fossil fish vertebrae, but I don't know which species. Also the big dime looks like a cast pewter counterfeit, it's the right color for its age. When pewter is fresh out of the mold it looks and feels actually quite a bit like silver, though the jumbo size probably wouldn't have fooled anyone back in the day.

 

[j.d. in the usa]

thanks guys its pretty cool i love the fake dime...Gerry Fortin is gonna use it in his seated dime counterfeit data base..he just told me I was also told that when it was made it probably looked just like a seated dime but when pewter corodes and becomes porous that it expands and that could account why it looks bigger hh all

 

[Bottle-cap Bee-otch]

The fossil looks like a backbone of some sort...maybe from a fish.
Great finds. Looks like you have a great place to hunt. Thanks for sharing. I think it is cool to find an old counterfeit coin.

 

[renegade_7]

Interesting coin or fake or whatever it turns out to be. Think maybe it's one of those childrens coins folks use to teach them about money? Regardless; nice find...

 

[bakergeol]

The fossil is a bryozoan- Archimedes
Very nice specimen- congrats on a good find.


http://members.toast.net/ahines/rocks/archimed.htm

Here is another one- About half way down the page


http://webs.csu.edu/~epeters/Personal/Fossils.2.html

George

 

[Christopher]

Cool!!

 

[j.d. in the usa]

thanks for the info baker!!! thats great shes gonna be excited when I show her whats she has found.... hh jd

 

[The Seeker]

Those are some interesting coins you have there! and a great Fossil your daughter found! WTG

 

[BuckleBoy]

Old counterfeit coins like yours could have nice price tags. Hold onto that one! It should occupy a place of pride in your collection at least equal to one that a real dime would hold. This coin was not made to fool any collectors, but rather to spend. A period fake like that could be worth some bucks. Nice digs.

Buckleboy

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds as usual.

The fake dime is awesome. It's better than the real dime. It looks as old as it's dated. Probably a rare piece struck by somebody who knew what they were doing.

It's a very good metal to pass off as silver to. Pewter would be my guess. Then possibly coated with silver at some point likely.


HH Jer