✅ SOLVED Coin or not? Coin beach Delaware

[Dbat]

Hi,
I posted this before under" anything important", but now I have better pictures. I took the pictures with my camera but when I send them through my phone ( computers having issues) they look more reddish in color than they do to the eye, notice the quarters color also. They are dark gray but there is no green. I notice what looks like a "p" figure on it near the two o'clock mark. I searched the internet and saw one that jumped out at me. Maybe it's only an old rock? It feels heavy like a coin, but it sure is fun investigating and researching things I someday hope to find!

Also can a nonmetallic coin appear metallic due to the build up on the coin?

Thanks for your help!

 

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[Tnmountains]

Does your detector ring in high on silver with it? You should be able to tell if it is metalic. Welcome to t-net!

 

[Dbat]

Thanks TNmountains. First time. Found without detector. I'm hooked regardless so hope to get a detector soon. It does react to a magnet which is why I wondered if non magnetic metals can appear metallic due to buildup on the coin? I'm thinking probably not?

 

[coachbedford]

After seeing these close up, I can say that, to me, this piece at least looks metallic. To my eyes, looks more iron than anything-- unfortunately. I'm looking for ANY silver-ish looking surface on here but don't see it. That said, I guess I still couldn't rule out heavily corroded/encrusted silver. And that "letter" does look like it could be a "P"-- or better yet, a "D". If by some chance this is a coin, I think the chances are far greater it is a crude Spanish silver cob coin or part of one (as opposed to the portrait Spanish silver in your pic). The one side still has what could conceivably be some raised kind of design (looks like a rectangular shape with a hood coming out of it) but unless I recognize that as a familiar part of the design of a Spanish coin, I'd have to settle for it being a quirk of the metal surface. Long story short, I'm dubious of it being a coin...but there could still be a chance.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

if a magnet attracts them the coin options fall dramatically. To about zero.


I don't see anything coinish about them. Look like spalls off an iron boiler

 

[coinman123]

I do not think it is a coin, but than again, it could be a contemporary counterfeit, some of them are made from iron, and would not survive well.

It also could be a piece of a 1943 steel cent, those coins don't survive well underground, they come out worse than a zinc cent.

 

[Dbat]

Thanks everyone. I'm ready to Mark it solved and get back out there for sure!! I'm sure making a find is great but I'm having a ball already! Nice to have such great people on this site!