HELP!!

[surfer61390]

I am very confused. I am new to treasure hunting and i am not sure how to tell if a coin is silver(date, texture, sound). If someone could let me know how to tell a silver coin apart from the rest, that would be great help.

 

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[BjC]

Get a magnet and see if the coin sticks. if it dosn't stick then it's silver... I use this method on Canadian coins so I'm not sure about usd...

 

[neilo]

Silver coins are much higher in conductivity, and depending on your detector will give a much louder signal.Clad coins will give a lower tone but as I said it depends on the detector. Not knowing what detector you use it is hard to define but if you have a meter on your machine it will read at the higher setting.Another indication will be by using your discriminator on your machine,because they are high on the conductivity scale they wont discriminate out easily and if they do it will only be on the highest setting. seeya Neilo

 

[Kiros32]

It takes some practice, but silver can definitely be spotted by the sound it makes against other change. The easiest way to tell is by the date.

Halves: anything pre-1965 is 90% silver, 1965-1969 is 40% silver
Quarters and Dimes: anything pre-1965 is silver
Nickels: war nickels at 35% silver, 1942-1945

Hope this helps and welcome to the forum!

 

[blurr]

Date is definitely the way to go. I would also check all of the '65 coins, as some are said to have been silver (halves were 40% silver from 65' to 70'). Then check by sound and look at the edge. If the edge is all silver then bring it to a coin shop to have them take a look at it. By the way, you can't check American coinage with a magnet. All clad coins are made of copper and nickel, and nickels made from...you guessed it nickel.