This ATP impresses me more every time out.

[WHADIFIND]

WOW! WHAT A COIN!!! UPDATED PICS BELOW.







It's already shown me how it can find things, separate signals, depth, versatility, etc. etc.
Today it showed me just how small an object it can "see".

I finally went out for my official "Beginning of Spring" hunt. (I know, I know...)

Anyway, when the very first plug looks like this:



It gets easy to assume that maybe it's gonna be a
good day.



And....it was.



A bit of a strange day as well. When one pulls
up a plug and sees just one more clad quarter.
They tend to assume.



I mean, even after a simple wash, would anyone think
otherwise?



But, see the silver? That's because I was
positive it was just another clad and I was checking the
dates of all the clad to see what time frame was there.
I have no qualms about rubbing clad coins in the field.
The date information is important when hunting.
Who knew?

Here's the rest:


Just about all those pennies are between 1961 and 1975.

2 whole wheat toasts



This is what impressed me today. Look
at how TINY those pieces are!!



It's says "FLAVOR" across the middle.



Interesting token.




Blingie's gonna break his neck someday.



Ya know, I think Fishy has more on the ball
then I give him credit for, he's looking at the
silver quarter.

All in all a very nice day and walk.

Thanks for peeking!

 

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[Loco-Digger]

Wow Whadi. looks like you had a "SUPER" hunt. That is the 1st silver Quarter that I have seen which looked like a clad. I have dug some with a slight grayish oily film on them, but none in that condition. GL & HH

 

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[WHADIFIND]

Ok, remember Fishy's quarter?

This is what I started with:



So, I began to see about cleaning this up a bit and just tried some of the easiest methods.
I used aluminum foil/boiling water/baking soda
That had almost no effect!
So, I tried baking soda and water paste. Nothing!
So, I said, ok, you just aren't worth all this effort!! You '64-d quarter!!
Next I broke out the vinegar, the pumice infused hand cleaner, wd40, simple green, comet cleanser!!
I even soaked the thing in TARNEX !!!!

N O T H I N G !!! (Well, hardly nothing, still looked like a clad)

I said, well I'd had enough of this and broke out the SOS steel wool pads, after about 10 minutes, I just BEGAN
to see it looking a bit silverish!

So I dropped it in my Ultra Sonic, Muriatic Acid, Electrolysis, microwave cooker. Still looked crappy!!!

Finally, I broke out my high speed Dremel tool with a wire brush on it and went over the bad spots.

That's how I got it to this point!

Now, I know this is all pretty far fetched but in all seriousness, I have NEVER encountered a silver coin
like this one! I don't know what it had on it but it must've been akin to kryptonite!

This particular 1964-d *SILVER* quarter only had this much attention shown to it when whomever coated the
thing in whatever they used!!!! I worked on this for better than 4 hours!!! Counting the attempts at soaking in various different solutions. If you look at the close ups you can STILL see remnants of what I still can't get off!!



Just thought I'd update this thread with this information about a most incredible coin!

Thanks for peeking, again!
Whew!

 

[against the wind]

Nicely done,,
That quarter sure looked like clad
1963 is definitely a "Silver Date "
Congrats on a Super Hunt.

 

[tony curnick]

I have had an ATP for 2 years, it's a fantastic machine for the price and it's stood.up to some abuse!

 

[Obelix]

Great finds today.

 

[BFR]

Good digs!! Love the pink superman key ring!

BFR

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Well you did a darn good job of freeing it from what ever encased it! And there's your 1963 silver quarter!
That was a lot of work! Did the coated surface feel slightly rough before cleaning?
I've never seen anything that clingy on a silver coin.
Do you think it was a chemical, or paint type coating?
Almost looks baked or burnt on.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Well you did a darn good job of freeing it from what ever encased it! And there's your 1963 silver quarter!
That was a lot of work! Did the coated surface feel slightly rough before cleaning?
I've never seen anything that clingy on a silver coin.
Do you think it was a chemical, or paint type coating?
Almost looks baked or burnt on.

It never looked or felt like there was an intentional coating. I'm thinking that maybe it had started to be plated? I mean, whatever it was seemed to be a few molecules deep in the silver. To date, this is the weirdest silver coin I've found in almost half a century of looking!

Thanks!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

It may remain one of those - forever myesterirs!

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz on a great hunt! You had a good assortment of stuff including silver coins and jewelry. Very nice!

 

[TheGreatNorth]

Nice quarter! That ATP is a solid machine! I keep mine in the trunk at all times, and still pull it out when the CTX angers me![emoji35]