Any thoughts on this

[pro778]

I found this where a lot of old coins have come from. Late1700's early 1800's.
It's just under 1" in diameter. Looks like old copper but rang up like a button. It's real thin. Sort of like a thin piece of tin. It looks like it could have a design on it or it might just be corrosion. I don't know if it's junk or might be something. Any thoughts welcome. Thanks!

 

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[woody50]

Well since no one is stepping forward on this one I will give my two cents on it.
I think it is an old round piece of tin... but I do see some markings on it... First determine what material it is... Then you can think about cleaning it up a bit for determination!

 

[BioProfessor]

Can't sleep huh woody?

Where did you find this? How thick is it? It could be silver covered in horn crust if it has been in the ground long enough.

Daryl

 

[sasnz]

Hi

I have modified the picture to see if i can make ai=out any design but dosent appear to have anything that i can see. Could be a dog disc or something to that nature. looks like copper on the rim tho.

Hust my 2 cents.

 

[pro778]

It seems pretty old. It's from an area that has mostly 100 to 200 year old items. The thing that has me puzzled is why would they stamp out a little round disk like this and what would it have been used for. I'm wondering if it could have been a label for a box or something like that.

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

My guess is a large cent thats seen one too many fertilizer treatments in the field.

 

[sasnz]

hey pro can you send a pic of the other side??

 

[UncleVinnys]

That's COPROLITE, a fossilized dinosaur dropping, though I am not
that sure about the dinosaur part, or the fossilized part either!

;-)

 

[woody50]

Here are a couple other modified shots, maybe it will help...

 

[woody50]

Can't sleep huh woody?
Daryl

Ah... you know how it goes, if I wake up for some reason I just can't get back asleep so get in back of the computer. Only need 4-5 hours sleep as it is...

 

[Woodland Detectors]

My thoughts on this are, bummer that there is no marks on it! keep diggin!

 

[pro778]

Thanks everyone for the help!

 

[CRUSADER]

probably a worn blank copper coin, i have many similar

 

[thrillathahunt]

 

[DCMatt]

I found this where a lot of old coins have come from. Late1700's early 1800's.
It's just under 1" in diameter. Looks like old copper but rang up like a button. It's real thin. Sort of like a thin piece of tin. It looks like it could have a design on it or it might just be corrosion. I don't know if it's junk or might be something. Any thoughts welcome. Thanks!

Maybe it rang like a button because it IS a button. What's the other side look like?

DCMatt