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Now why oh why couldn’t it have been American?

The color gave me a start for a second.  Definitely not the standard run-of-the-mill US clad corrosion…

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Cool, Those coins can give you quite a start, Last one I dug was a token. 😵 

Looked them up and they are made of an alloy called "Nordic Gold".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Gold

Is the object marked "Sterling" actually sterling?

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9 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Is the object marked "Sterling" actually sterling?

Unfortunately not. It appears to be a small emblem off of a Sterling truck. That company was in business from the late 90s to the early 2000s.

FYI, the unidentifiable mass next to the rimfire casing appears to be an old bullet, or at least a lead mass.

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13 minutes ago, Geologyhound said:

Unfortunately not. It appears to be a small emblem off of a Sterling truck. That company was in business from the late 90s to the early 2000s.

FYI, the unidentifiable mass next to the rimfire casing appears to be an old bullet, or at least a lead mass.

Heh, I call that "ABC" lead, Already Been Chewed. 😁 I find a lot of it, mostly musket balls chewed by farm animals.

Nordic Gold is a name that will probably go the way of German Silver, which is Nickel. There is no gold in Nordic Gold.

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11 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Heh, I call that "ABC" lead, Already Been Chewed. 😁 I find a lot of it, mostly musket balls chewed by farm animals.

I’ll have to remember that one. 😄

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Great little hunt with a few nice finds.

My grandmother has a plate just like that.

Good luck on your next hunt.

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2 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Great little hunt with a few nice finds.

My grandmother has a plate just like that.

Good luck on your next hunt.

Thank you, and you too!  My mom and dad handed down the plates when they got a new set.  There are fewer now than there used to be…

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44 minutes ago, dave_e said:

😆

I thought you were going to show a seated 20c coin.

Oh how I wish!😁

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