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New Member
Canada
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We rock hound and metal detect a lot when the weather is good. Last summer we dug this out of the mud at the low tide line. It hit really high on our detector . I wonder if it is gold? It was in this bright condition when we pulled it from the muck.   It was found in an area called Pirate Harbor, near Mulgrave Nova Scotia |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Squash, I don't know what would cause corrosion / pitting like that on a gold coin. Can you give us the diameter, thickness, and weight?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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XRF testing is the gold standard, so to speak, if you know a jeweler (or someone else) who can test.
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New Member
 Canada
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OK, I'll try to get specs/dimensions of the coin tonight and I'll post them here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could this be something Spanish. I'm just guessing to do something similar around the rim. Otherwise, not a clue. Would a conservator be able to remove some of the corrosion/deterioration?
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi Squash
I've been metal detecting in and around Atlantic Canada for the past 27 years both on the land and at the shores.I've found many coins that look like what you have. Your wife's coin is pretty typical of some of our saltwater finds..very pitted and corroded and often very little left to identify it.
If I was a betting man ( and sometimes I've have been known to lol)..I would bet on a large cent that's been a victim of the sea and salt, I think I can make out the bead ring on the reverse but you might never know .
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Moderator
Australia
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Gold doesn't corrode in marine mud, and gold doesn't turn black. Brass does. And once a corrosive agent (in this case, probably the mud itself) has stripped a coin down to bare metal, there's nothing that can be done to restore it.
And I should point out that just because something is coin-shaped, doesn't mean it was or is a coin. Might be a piece of a boat, or some fishing tackle, or some other maritime-related artifact that's been damaged and corroded.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That says it well. Definitely not gold!
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United States
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