Sirius

I'll admit being wrong now, additional scratching at the edge with a pen knife revealed the copper at last. I didn't want to damage the coin in the way you suggested, so I did it my way by picking at it. Consider me humbled.

There is very little void, at some points the core is even with the nickel clad on the edge. This is also the one and only example i've seen of a coin with a missing copper core from all the clad quarters i've dug. If there was indeed corrosion then why don't I see the usual suspect of green oxidized copper leeching out of the coin or even the copper itself? I'm not gonna scratch up the coin to go searching for something that's likely not there.

I was responding to GB. Basically why would I need to scratch deeply when the core is so close to the surface. I took a not so tarnished clad quarter and scratched the rim on a brick and it instantly exposed the copper core, whereas the coin I found yesterday didn't show any signs of having a copper core after scratching the rim on a test surface. My question now is: could this be a counterfeit quarter?

I just scratched it to do an acid test on the rim. But my question is why would it be such a thin layer of copper. These things were made with 75% copper 25% nickel clad in mind, as shown with the other coin of the same year. It's curious so i'm still asking around about what it could be.

Yeah coin shop said it wasn't anything, I had to check myself and it wasn't silver. Still no copper core though which is very strange. Scratching it produced a silvery core instead of a copper one.

Thats the thing though, the nickel clad has been in the water enough to cause it to turn red but there's no copper leeching? I'll need to find a comparable quarter and show the difference. I guess i'll let the coin shop settle it. I'm probably coping with the fact that it's likely a regular old clad quarter

I have found silver coins. Comparing it with the coin I found yesterday it kinda looks the same. Coin I found yesterday looks less grey black though. SchoolofhardNox is right though it's tough to compare via color as corroded silver can be many colors. Top coin standing liberty Bottom coin the quarter I found yesterday

yeah going to a coin shop tomorrow. Also all 1967 quarters I see on google images show the same thing nickel clad with a copper core that is clearly visible with a orange color. This is also seen on the salt water ruined 1967 quarter that I have as well. Something like this, so i'm just not sure about the one I found today as the rim is blackened instead of green/pink.

One last comparison though. I fished out a 1967 quarter from my clad coin stack and a 1966 one. Both are noticeably different from the one I found today with around the same amount of wear. In order from top to bottom 1966 clad, 1967 clad, 1967 something.

It's certainly a strange coin nonetheless, thanks for the input.

top is copper clad and what I normally find, bottom is what I found today. The core also kinda has a chunk taken out of it, and underneath is still black patina.

Not sure I should be taking a wire brush to it. Also here's a comparison between the normal stuff I find and the coin I found today.

I was out and about today detecting my usual spots and I found this strange quarter. Normally when I find coins, I check the rim and give it a good scratch with my nail to expose the copper. This time I found a 1967 quarter that didn't have any of the usual wear and tear found in clad, and it was dark purple sandwiched within, much like the silver coins I've found except this coin has a visible distinguishing line between the clad faces and the inner metal due to beach exposure . Scratching it with my nail did not expose any copper either. Do silver quarters even exist beyond 1964 and if so are they valuable?

Incredible is subjective. I love silver so it's mostly silver! Some gold if i'm lucky! I'm up like almost 30 rings for the year currently at 29. mostly silver some junkers and like 1 gold ring.

Alright alright I might have to increase the sensitivity on my Legend. Been keeping it at 26-27 and it's been doing alright for me. No chains yet though, so hopefully this change will make a difference! The legend has been quite an amazing beginners first detector for me. It's simple enough to learn and operate and the finds have been incredible! It's an adventure every time I'm out there detecting, as you never know what you might find!

You'd also have to keep your hunting locations secret until it gives up all of it's treasures! Some places are less hunted than others and there's probably a number of reasons why, but ultimately it all depends on where the ocean starts depositing stuff. Even if a cut exists, it never guarantees finds from my experience. Most people don't have the time or energy to scout out multiple beaches, but I think it's important to do so. Moving quickly from one beach to another if the targets are slim to none, is probably the best plan. If you do end up finding coin lines/ cuts with alot of targets, it's probably best to clean out the location and mark it for next time. The ocean will always keep washing stuff in. Even if you go back the next day you're sure to find stuff unless the ocean washes in sand instead of treasures!

Nice turkey! Thanksgiving came early this year!

And here I thought you guys weren't sanded in! My location is central valley and it's still sanded in here for the most part. It takes a lot of searching around to hit the jackpot!

it's pretty clear they've been out there for a while. Still haven't beaten my record for more than 3 silver coins, but it has beaten the record for the most silver coinage (in terms of coin size) found in a single day! Also sometimes the patina comes out easily and reveals the silver underneath if you accidentally rub it too hard.

As you may know, I've been complaining about beaches being super sanded in lately, and I've been searching for beaches not so affected by this seasonal cycle. Mainly I've discovered that hunting places where bulldozers have stirred up the sand helps alleviate some of the sanding in problems, but the tide will bring the sand back fairly quickly, so there's a short time frame of when the dozers leave and when sand fills the cavities they've left behind. I will also correct myself, from what I said earlier about how I thought beaches where you have to pay to get in are not great hunting spots. They are absolutely great places to hunt; as long as there are swimmers, there's treasures. That being said the area that was bulldozed over had been sanded in again, so I had to look elsewhere to hunt for treasures. Thus, I went an 45 mins south, to a place where I had previous found a coin line before, and had consistently found to have coin lines whenever I went. When I arrived and started detecting, the coins started popping out left and right. That's when I noticed the elevation of the sand was much much lower in some places compared to when I hunted the same area previously. A cut had formed! I feverishly moved along the cut as it rose higher and higher, finding all sorts of quarters, dime, nickels and pennies. The tide was against me this time, as I planned to hunt this area last and it was rising fast! (I was at the concrete ship beach early that morning and found some coins, but not a whole lot) Luckily most of the finds were up against the cut so All I had to do was move along the cut and hit every target I could hit. Eventually I came across a target that I thought was a nickel, oh it was a nickel alright, but not your standard nickel! It was a buffalo nickel, which told me that old stuff was washing up! (or at least being washed out from the cut) "I had to continue quickly, there could be silver coins here!" I thought to myself. So I did, and eventually came across another target with the TID of 44. I was busy pinpointing another target I had pulled up and planned to pull the higher TID target, second. When I finally got around to it, I pulled out a silver ring. Color looked a bit off, and I thought perhaps it wasn't silver, but hey a ring is a ring. (later on I checked and it's marked 925 though it's been pretty worn away) Continuing down the cut, I kept pulling more and more coins. Eventually I pulled up a silver quarter and a silver dime close to each other, as they tend to be. By the end of the cut the targets were few and far between. Satisfied with the finds for the day I turned around and started walking back, while looking for any targets I missed. By this time, it was high tide, and the water was close if not already at the cut, so I had to move quickly. One of the last targets was a high tone and I dug it up, I discovered that I had found another silver quarter! I knew this cause I checked the edge, and even scratched at it with my fingernail to try to expose any copper that may be covered up with patina. Also checked the date and it was from 1964. Overall it was a great haul, and much needed one at that! I will be back down again this week .Hopefully there will still be more treasures to find!

The metal detecting vids I watch seem to be on par with what I expect to find out on the field myself. Especially if the locations are near where I live and also hunt! (mainly local beaches) I'm not in any social media groups regarding metal detecting except this one so i'm not seeing any fake stuff. If I do see fake stuff it blatantly obvious and I avoid it all together.

Too lucky, I mostly only find silver here and stuff is sanded in so it doesn't help. Did go out today and found a chunk of change and more silver in a new spot! So i'm excited to get out again.

yeah when I lose a target I dig a few more scoops just to check if I buried it. I exclusively use the legend as it's the only one I have. Are you out in the wet often? I can't go too far out because all I have are knee high boots. How often do you find good stuff if you are searching in the surf?

Why low recovery speed, Also i guess i better turn some things off and try it out. The beaches have been terribly sanded in and it's really difficult to find much of anything really. For me gold always rings up the same as nickels, and most if not all the time they were quite clear. Never really found any deep gold yet, and all iron sounds i've dug have been just that: iron. I dig everything that sounds good so i'm definitely not missing much tbh, just poor luck of the draw on gold!

The rocks really do trap gold near the surf, but there are times when the rocks get washed up and the heavy gold with it. It also doesn't help when things get sanded in; rocks and gold just get buried beyond the range of my detector.