copper

I recently found this buried at an Arizona dumpsite. It signalled as a 39 on my White's DFX, and was so black I thought it was painted. After trying 4-5 cleaning methods, I finally revealed what looks like a hand wrought copper initial pin. Can anyone tell me anything about possible source...

Does anyone know where this comes from? Thanks

Spoon appears to be copper and is very thin. Any idea of the age?

Ok. Found this on my first outing with EQ-800. Site History: House on 1 acre fully surrounded by farmland. Dug this at approximately 6" deep approximately 30 feet away from a location where a prior building once stood. in 1977 as a kid, at the age of 6 and after, I would explore what was...

Ok. Found this on my first outing with EQ-800. Site History: House on 1 acre fully surrounded by farmland. Dug this at approximately 6" deep approximately 30 feet away from a location where a prior building once stood. in 1977 as a kid, at the age of 6 and after, I would explore what was...

Hi Everyone, Found these recently. The thing I am uncertain about is the star shaped object. It looks like it could either be a pendant for a necklace or now I am thinking maybe it’s a rosette? I did find it in an area where I had previously dug a 1780s New Jersey Large Cent, but I have also...

Hi Everyone! I am a long time browser, but first time poster in the north eastern US. I've been metal detecting for about 2 years now, fulfilling a life long dream from when I was a child and would see people on the beach looking for "treasure." I have mainly metal detected my property which...

I just came home with this large coin that was found in a parking lot curb island at a local school. I had no idea what I'd found initially; simply that it rang up like copper usually does. It reads Ford 1903 1933 Thirty Years of Progress V8 on the other. Very happy with this unique find. Time...

Greetings all! I've spent a decent amount of time searching this forum, and have decided it's time to ask some questions to y'all who have been in the detecting game a while :) My neighbor recently learned that there was a guy who used to live at my house who made quite a bit of money...

Hi everyone. My name is Ruby and I'm a total noob. I always wanted to MD. So I did some research, settled on a detector (f75). I have been watching all the youtube vids trying to get up to speed. There is a bit of a learning curve here and i'm not the sharpest knife in the draw. But I learn...

Well, it's been a looong winter (like always) in Minnesota! But at long last, the ground has started to finally thaw out - well, at least during the day. It still freezes again at night sometimes as it does still get to the low 30s. :( Anyway, made it out a couple times last week with my new...

So I have dug some old bronze, copper, and brass items in marsh area as well as sodium rich areas. Many of them seem to develop bronze disease. I am in the process of soaking a bridal rosette and a clock part in a sesquicarbonate solution at the moment as well as some copper pieces. It is a mix...

I was just wondering if any of you cleaned and reused or make crafts out of your finds? I would only do this with non historically relevant items while preserving the. I have pulled up old bricks and large pieces of iron which I cleaned, coated, and epoxied to tiles for keepsakes for the...

In the thread titled "Cleaning copper - If you want to" http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=256868 I showed how sodium thiosulfate, a common chemical used in B&W photography, spa treatments, and medicine, reversed the black tarnish on pennies, though not the green corrosion...

I got interested in a thread by Fool on cleaning sulfur residue off copper. I know there are a lot of cases where one wouldn't want to touch the patina on a metal, and I'm not suggesting doing anything in those cases. I mentioned in that thread a well known method I had used for silver, where...

OK. So a couple of disclaimers right out of the gate. 1. Sorry about the potato phone. My camera decided it was done saving my so called adventures....2. Camera says "maybe you should get out of the yard". So... I decided to hit the yard again today and found this thing. It's a case of some...

This isn't a dug coin. This is something my Great Grandfather gave me 40 years ago, along with a bunch of other old coins. It is where my love of old coins started. I wish I knew the story behind how he attained it, as it was almost 100 years old when he was born. The little bit of research I...

Found this large copper piece in a CSA camp today. I thought it was brass but after cleaning it a bit I noticed a spot the digger must have nicked and its shining like copper. Hope its off a cannon?? Threaded on both ends about half inch down the hole and smooth in between. Weighs 1/2 to...

Scored myself this beautiful Connecticut copper the other day

found a copper case with grande dutchesse love paris on it in a sheild engraved it is only 1 and half inch round and three eights thick hinge sealed shut but has a little weight for its size if anyone has an idea your wisdom would be greatly appreciated thank you