Coin ID... Is it too far gone?

Swansboroboy · Apr 2, 2017

Found this today. I'm not totally convinced it is a coin but a friend told me to post it here and even if it can't be ID'd I might get some suggestions on what it could be or if there is a way to clean it up a bit to get a better look at it.

foreverRich · Apr 2, 2017

Welcome to the forum. If it is a coin, I think the environmental damage would be too great to be worth doing anything with it. That said, you have absolutely nothing to loose if you want to try cleaning it. Good luck.

BlackRain · Apr 2, 2017

Put it in a tumbler and check it ever couple of hours...aquarium rocks and a dab of dish soap..enough water to come up to the top of the rocks

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DoctorWhy · Apr 3, 2017

Swansboroboy said:
Found this today. I'm not totally convinced it is a coin but a friend told me to post it here and even if it can't be ID'd I might get some suggestions on what it could be or if there is a way to clean it up a bit to get a better look at it.

Have you tried looking the coin with very bright 'oblique' (from the side) lighting in a darkened room? Sometimes that bring out shadows of features from which you might be able to get a clue to the coin's identity.

Recently used this technique with a really toasted 1600's French coin. Under normal lighting there were no discernible features. With the shadow details, a forum member positively identified the coin. It is also very important to provide the diameter of the coin to help in positive identification.

I used a high-intensity LED flashlight to get the shadow image off the coin photo I've included in this response.

Good luck!

--Bert

See: http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=2754400#post2754400

BlackRain · Apr 3, 2017

DoctorWhy said:
Have you tried looking the coin with very bright 'oblique' (from the side) lighting in a darkened room? Sometimes that bring out shadows of features from which you might be able to get a clue to the coin's identity.

Recently used this technique with a really toasted 1600's French coin. Under normal lighting there were no discernible features. With the shadow details, a forum member positively identified the coin. It is also very important to provide the diameter of the coin to help in positive identification.

I used a high-intensity LED flashlight to get the shadow image off the coin photo I've included in this response.

Good luck!

--Bert

See: http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=2754400#post2754400

That is an excellent method! Too cool!

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Ricki7 · Apr 3, 2017

Welcome from Buffalo NY , interesting find , congrats , ,,,,,HH

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