any ideas

[sonofadigger]

I have found two of these in the last couple days at two different places both old homes I think they are iron but no clue what they are

 

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[pippinwhitepaws]

use a magnet...

 

[vpnavy]

Interesting find - can't wait for a member to ID it sonofadigger.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

looks like silver dollars covered in rust.

 

[sonofadigger]

looks like silver dollars covered in rust.

Wouldn't that be awesome.

 

[sonofadigger]

Interesting find - can't wait for a member to ID it sonofadigger.

It's probably nothing but maybe someone has found some before and can ID it

 

[cudamark]

After the magnet test, carefully scrape the edge of them to see what the base metal is. Based on that, you can decide which method is best to remove the outer crust.

 

[dieselram94]

If they weren't so thick I would have suggested electrical knock outs...

 

[Archeodeb]

Very small sausage patties?

Seriously, those do look like some sort of coinage, but that looks like iron rust, not precious metal. I wonder if they may have been tokens of some sort -- possibly political or advertising tokens. Maybe game pieces like checkers? Just throwing out some ideas.

 

[sonofadigger]

There very heavy like solid iron but they certainly look like some type of coin I'm going to try to scrape down some

 

[Shady Digger]

Hmm, as said above my first thought was electrical knockouts. But those are way too thick and of the wrong material. As for coins.... any precious metal wouldn't be covered in rust like that. Definitely try to clean them up and see what's underneath, though. They may be junk, or they may be a good find. This is the only thing I could find that could be a possibility. Thoughts? https://www.store-chateauversailles.com/en/child/toys-and-games/cast-iron-disc-game

 

[dieselram94]

Try electrolysis, and see what details become exposed.