I got out for a quick hunt on Friday for the first time this year. We have been burried with snow here in N.E. Pa. I got a clad dime and penny. I also got a slug from a electrical box that threw me off because i thought it was a really worn large cent at first with some pretty green patina. I can't think of what else it could be. I also got a heart pendant that looks to be gold plated and some other thing with a green stone. Thanks for looking
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Larry (IL)
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Don't be so quick to sign off on the possible coin. If it has green patina, it is likely copper and I don't think electrical boxes were made from copper. You might want to check the diameter and weight and compare to known coins and early coppers. Maybe some hot peroxide baths will help clean the "coin" better so something might show up..........
As a kid I put plenty of pennies on the railroad tracks and if we got one that was flattened perfectly a man at a gas station would pay us 25 cents and he would sell them as necklace pendants for $1. I probably flattened 20 pennies for each perfectly flattened one to sell at the gas station.
Blind Squirrel
Well-known member
Hi Jimmy--
Glad that you got out swinging the coil! Good job on those neat finds. I've found a few coins that were terribly worn but sometimes you can make out a letter or 2 around the rim and often that can be enough to get a positive I D. Good reference books are Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins or The Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins). Best of luck and...
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
Glad that you got out swinging the coil! Good job on those neat finds. I've found a few coins that were terribly worn but sometimes you can make out a letter or 2 around the rim and often that can be enough to get a positive I D. Good reference books are Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins or The Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins). Best of luck and...
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel