new 5p

[jondav]

Anybody tried an in air test of the 2012 5p coin? it now falls in the rusty iron range of targets,they,ve changed the metal its made of,presumably the 10p and 20p are now the same.Steel most prob,now I hear you say so what,we dont want those "pocket money" coins anyway.Well personally when I go down the beach,I like to dig up all and every coin ,regardless,furthermore the 1 and 2 pound coins will probably go down the same road shortly,what then, when I tried my minelab on the 5p ,it would,nt so much as give a tiny squeak,unless you take the ferrous number down to zero. Its not all bad news however, when I tried the same coin on my other,more basic machine,in the shape of the Lazer scout,it gave a cracking signal. good on Tesoro/ lazer.

[Chef Geoff]

Just to depress you some more lol 10p's are just the same, both are now iron cored. But no plans to alter the others as far as I know.

[Richie sixpence]

Hi jondav & Geoff
Have you tried a magnet on these coins? Unfortunatly I dont have any new ones to try a magnet on 

Happy hunting 
All the very best Richie 

[IFINDNOTHING]

2012 5p and 10p are magnetic , as are modern 2p and 1p and will show up as iron signal on most detectors. Pulse machines for coins on the beach soon I think.

[topcat]

The beaches i have been searching in west Wales are full of 5p coins and they give a very low signal on my e trac also £1 coins give  very odd signal and all are very black and covered in crud i have found about £150 on 2 beaches and some silver gold and platinum so just have to keep going back , today was very cold and windy but it was better than being stuck indoors .

[Richie sixpence]

Yes well shocked when I eventually got a 2012 five pence and ten pence to try a magnet on our money must be going down the nick 

[dances with badgers]

forget the five's and ten's just get the gold lol.i throw modern coins back unless they are fifty pences or pounds.

[WeCan-Octavian]

Extract form well known information source

Steel 5p and 10p coins

Since January 2012, 5p and 10p coins have been debased and are now worth less than the face value of the coin. They are minted from nickel-plated steel instead of cupro-nickel, and are 11% thicker.

[Richie sixpence]

Progression what next  lol

[carling]

a seasoned tectorist told me a couple of years ago that he thought his e trac was faulty as he couldent pick up new 2p peices 

[ysbytymike]

There will be no British coinage for future generations to find. What modern stuff I have found was already
badly corroded even after a relatively short time underground.

[probono]

There will be no British coinage for future generations to find. What modern stuff I have found was already
badly corroded even after a relatively short time underground.

It doesn' even have to be underground to get badly corroded - I still pick up pennies and the like from pavements if I see them, but the 'new' ones are almost not bothering with. - wasn't there a call recently to try and get the 1p and 2p obsoleted?

[eddythefly]

ctx gives a double signal on steel/copper coins not tried steel/nickle as of yet.