Unidentifiable object? Button? Coin?

[darktower007]

So next to an old tree (gigantic oak) next to a really old school AND near civil war area I pull this.


It rang up on AT max like 80. 7 inches down under a root. It has a small hump on the back and is scratched unbelievable bad on both sides. I’m thinking some sort of flat button but I’m lost on this one??


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[Truth]

One of those finds where everything lines up, best location, history, under root of 400 year of big oak, great signal and you wind up with a what the heck. I’ve gotten my share of those and THOSE drive my nuts. If I’m still clueless after a day I give them a hot peroxide bath.

And no it never helped.


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[pepperj]

Ringing up at 80 on the machine is only a good reference if one is familiar with the machine. So what does 80 tell you, brass, copper, silver?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Here's something to try AFTER all other identification tests have failed to give you certainty about the object's ID. I wouldn't suggest this ID-test if the disc wasn't already kinda beat-up. Make a TINY scrape on its edge, to see whether the metal's color is pink/orange (copper, most likely a coin) or yellow (brass, most likely a button).

 

[jwp1964]

Any update on this ID?


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