Melted coins dig

[steve in so la]

I had a most unusual dig this morning at a city park. In the sand/slide area I started getting a lot of blobs that turned out to be coins that had been in a fire. About half of these were affected.

There are lots of quarters & a lot of pennies. Here's a close up of some typical ones.

I then put a torch to the blobs and they separate easily with what looks to be aluminum or pot metal. They dont clean up well so I guess I cannot use them.

They were all within 8-10 feet of a slide, all around it. Maybe someone had a fire and gave the kids the money to play with. Who knows. I ended up with 166 coins & a matching set of ear rings. steve in so az

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

I knew it got HOT down there but I never imagined that hot!
Poor kids! I bet the when they go down the slide they fry like bacon!
Interesting finds!

 

[Gunswinger]

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[Mike Chgo area]

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[steve in so la]

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[Anonymous]

Yep! Most metals melt if hot enough....and that sure must have been a hot fire....I guess someone's house or a store with a cash register burned down! You can always put them in your scrap metal to sell that way! Betty

 

[Greg from Mi.]

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[RickIowa2009]

Interesting!