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Hi all , I went for a stroll through some woodlands today with the detecter and found a coin. The problem is the detail has been worn away and its not in very good condition at all. On retrieving the coin i noticed a blueish greenish colouration around the coin which i thought makes it bronze or copper. After getting home i put it in some vineger for a little while. After giving it a little rub in my now smelling of vineger sleeve i can see its actually silver in colour but still cant make out any readable markings. Ive tested it with a magnet and it doesnt stick. Is there another way i can tell if its real silver ?

I cant seem to work out how to make my pics smaller to upload as it says my files are too big and doesnt work !
The coin is a little smaller than the old one pennys and a little bigger than a 2 pence.....

I've sent you an E mail fella

Thanks Rob i appriciate all help and advice  8)

Gut feeling , I would go with George iii halfpenny

Thanks Stig, just downloaded it and installed..... gonna have a practice go now !

This one is for all the "Detanglers" out there..... ( metal detecting anglers)  8)

what the hell l doc ive see bigger ells in morgans pond  ::) nice one mate  :D :D :D

lol.... now i know how to put pics up you lot can look out !!!!! be asking for id on everything lol.....

thanks for the info stig fella  8)

thats ok doc we will all hel;p you as much as we can and i think i can speak for all of us  ;)

thanks colleggwent .... yeah you guys rock !!! I must admit ive got the bug really bad lol ..... all i got in my head is " gotta go detecting gotta go detecting gotta go detecting " ......put my machine away yesterday afternoon and around an hour later i was having cold sweats with cold turkey !!!!!

Would be great if i bump into some of you while out detecting some time......

L D the coin doesnt look silver. but for silver coins the best way to clen is simply spit on the coin and rub gently with a piece of silver foil. if its silver (as apposed to nickel) it will give off a bad smell, like sulphur.
use clean piece of foil dont forget to rub gently tho (barely the weight of your finger) heat is generated and a chemical reaction will lift the dirt/grime off the coin.
you may need to repeat the process several times. but this is the best and least abrasive way i have found.
remember GENTLY does it

Yeah having cleaned the coin a little more in dirty dish water it seems to be more of a copper bronzish colour now mate but still though its in pretty bad condition.... gutted really i think it would be my oldest coin so far but cant tell. What amazes me though is where I found it ! In the middle of some woods it was .... whats the odds. Thanks for the sulpher tip zorro ..... :)

Even tried doing a few rubbings with a crayon and some paper !!! just not enough detail left though....shame really.

So nobody can identify it.. shame really but remember that you had the pleasure of finding it and now you have learned more than you knew before so all in all a very good find for you.