My hunting partner found this today. It was in a fire but it looks like there's copper under a thin silver coating. What's going on? Counterfeit? Thanks!
My hunting partner found this today. It was in a fire but it looks like there's copper under a thin silver coating. What's going on? Counterfeit? Thanks!
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Interesting! I think that silver coins are 90% silver and 10% copper. So maybe the fire was able to expose or corrode the copper? But it could be counterfeit with a heavy silver plate too?
Detectors I use: Minelab Equinox 900 & Manticore
Favorite finds I have made:
1,000+ silver coins
104pcs of 1700's Trade Era Silver
Copper Culture Indian Artifacts
125+ War of 1812 Era buttons and relics
My wife (probably should have started with that one)
the better counterfeits were copper (cast or stamped) centers and a thin layer of silver plating was applied or even layered . this type of counterfeit sounds closer to a silver coin being dropped or smacked on a merchant counter top than a pewter or lead center counterfeit , remember the biting a coin to see if it bends in the old cartoons and movies to see if it was real?
your hunting partner is Patrick hill?
Dan
"Honesty is an expensive gift ,
so don't expect it from cheap people"
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Thanks, guys!
Yes, Dan...how'd you know?
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Very interesting find.
Minelab Manticore / SPECTRA V3i, Pro-Pointer II. Lesche Digger.
Oldest Copper: 1694 William & Mary Halfpenny. Oldest Silver: 1663 1-Reale
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Great find!
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