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[Dbat]

Hi, I made my first trip to Coin Beach Delaware and caught the fever. Not sure if what I found has any significance or not. I am particularly interested in the two black pieces. They caught my eye then when I picked them up they were heavier than I anticipated. They attract a weak refrigerator magnet also. I do not have a metal detector yet!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I really enjoy the vast knowledge found from those on this site!

 

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[coachbedford]

Those 'black' pieces could conceivably be pieces of very corroded silver coins-- or possibly base metal buttons. Your main hope to identify or even make an educated guess is to see if you can make out ANY kind of design or lettering on them. From what I can see, one of them SEEMS to have a long rectangular shape on it, but hard to say if that's a design element or surface bumpiness.

 

[shawninNY]

Coin beach is great place to start the hobby! Get a machine it's a lot easier that way! Welcome to the forum and the hobby

 

[Dbat]

Thanks coachbedford and Shawninny. I will take a better look at them and maybe a better picture that I can enlarge more clearly. I appreciate your help, I have a lot to learn but Im excited to get any info about my fun finds!

 

[Dbat]

Any ideas about the other items. One definitely looks like piece of shiny coal and the ceramic piece had no identifying marks that could be seen. The bolt was found closer to the beach entrance so wondered if it was old due to all the rust, or from the bridge nearby, although no similar bolts could be seen from beneath the bridge. Would weighing the black objects be helpful at all? Is there a way to determine the type of metal the "black" objects are made of. The rusted rock also was attracted to the magnet but not as heavily as the black objects. Thanks everyone for your thoughts!

 

[shawninNY]

Definitely coal!

 

[shawninNY]

The small things are going to be iron of somesort , silver coins will be a very dark charcoal grey - black , I believe the majority of the coins from that shipwreck are going to be copper alloys so keep an eye out for green discs

 

[deldave]

Welcome to Delaware, dbat. I am a local and spend a lot of time beach hunting. The area known as coin beach north of the inlet was recently covered with 5-10 feet of dredged material from the inlet this winter. Since then we have not had many storms and the beach is covered with debris from the bottom of the inlet. I spent several hours on the beach there and found nothing but odds and ends. Even though I didn't do well, I know that there are several people who search that beach on almost a daily basis. Maybe they know something I don't . Coins are still known to appear on the surface on a cone shaped pile of sand after storms under certain conditions. I still hope to score there someday but it won't be until after a big nor-easter! Good luck, hundreds of coins have been found there without a metal detector!

 

[Dbat]

Thanks again Shawninny I am also from NY.
Deldav, thanks for the info about coin beach. Nice to also hear from a local. I've always enjoyed the shipwreck museum on Fenwick island. What's the explanation for the cone shape sand pile after a storm ? Do they dredge the inlet often ? I may go back in August but would love to check it out after a nor'easter but probably will not get to do that. Hope to graduate to a metal detector some day soon.

 

[shawninNY]

Dbat , what Dave was referring too, is a really cool phenomenon that happens most frequently with steady winds , after storms churn a lot of fresh sand up on the beach , the wind blows loose surface sand away! but the weight of the coin or shell or rock prevents the sand under the item from moving, so in a few hours the coin or whatever is on a little pedestal of sand on Long Island I've seen it most in fall and winter

 

[Dbat]

Sounds cool I'll have to watch for it. Thanks!