I think I found a Steelie...
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Mntnclmbr
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Don't see a pic 
Try a magnet.
Try a magnet.
Hook
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yanno...not everyone has high speed connections to view videos . some pics on a post would be nice also
Detector Nut
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I don't know who yanno is, but he needs to upgrade his connection and subscribe to my channel.
Silversmith45
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I've found several. About the only way to tell is that I usually find them in the same hole with wheat cents of that period. I'd say you found one.
SeaninNH
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Steel cent is 1943.
That corrosion looks like a zinc cent to me.
That corrosion looks like a zinc cent to me.
albiediggin
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Agree, think it is one too.
Rusty Nails
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That's cool. Never see those dug in recognizable condition.
Ice Scratcher
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IMO...
The only way for a steelie to be a dug "true authentic steelie" is it must be part of a spill with other period coins...
You have the real McCoy there, a true authentic steelie is rarer then a silver half from what I've seen... Congrats!!
I found mine as part of a stack too....
The top three were found stacked together..
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The only way for a steelie to be a dug "true authentic steelie" is it must be part of a spill with other period coins...
You have the real McCoy there, a true authentic steelie is rarer then a silver half from what I've seen... Congrats!!
I found mine as part of a stack too....
The top three were found stacked together..
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bergie
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I have found two and they were in a coin spill sure does look like one.
Hook
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no sweat here...i have high speed web. but sometimes people dont want to spend 2 minutes looking at a rusty disc that might be a penny. yanno?
Jamflicker
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Cool find. I have found a couple of steelies, but only because they were stuck to another wheat penny.
DIGGER27
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I have found them both ways.
3 I found on one hunt were very crusty but after some tumbling they came out much better and recognizable.
One very rusty disc I found recently looks like yours so I suspect it is also a steel cent but I won't know till I can somehow get it cleaned up a bit more.
3 I found on one hunt were very crusty but after some tumbling they came out much better and recognizable.
One very rusty disc I found recently looks like yours so I suspect it is also a steel cent but I won't know till I can somehow get it cleaned up a bit more.
