First time find identification help

Beachnut · Aug 4, 2017

Hello everyone,

I am a first time fossicker and found this coin like item on the beach yesterday.
It is very thin and about the size of a 20 cent piece.
I'm nervous about cleaning it as its very thin.

Probably junk but being new to prospecting, I would like to ask for any advice from more experienced prospectors/collectors.

Thanking you in advance for any suggestions or advice.

AtomRat · Aug 4, 2017

Is there a sign of any letters or a minute fraction of any detail? Need some sort of clue to identify, but ive also got a few unknowns myself which are too far corroded to tell and usually very brittle especially around edges if thin

Goldpick · Aug 4, 2017

Unfortunately I think you will find that it is simply too corroded to be worth cleaning. Even if you do try cleaning it, I doubt whether you will find any markings - that's if it stays in one piece.

I reckon it may have been a penny at one stage, good luck with your future finds.

Phoenix76 · Aug 6, 2017

Yeah probably a penny, but maybe something real old, Spanish or something like that. But you will never clean that up enough to finds out. Best advice is to put it your glass showcase and tell everyone it's a Spanish Dubloon. I don't know if Spaniards had Dubloons, and I don't even know if that's how you spell it, but a great talking point. Good on ya mate.

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