"Clad".

[Chris Reddie]

Can anyone define "Clad", as in a clad coin?

Thanks.

[Gordon]

In 1965 the silver looking coins in the US, (10 cent, 25 cent 50 cent) were
changed from silver to a sandwich with a center layer of copper. These coins
get dirtier looking compared to the old silver coins. When you are detecting
over here, you often find these coins and question whether they are silver
before you read the date. Almost always though when you find a silver coin
you "know" it is silver before checking.

A worse blight is the zinc penny which came about in 1982. These coins start
decaying almost right away and show up on the detector as almost any coin
value.

This is probably more answer than you wanted.
Gordon

In article <7vtc8k$b...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>, dv...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA

(Chris Reddie) wrote:
>
>Can anyone define "Clad", as in a clad coin?
>
>Thanks.

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In article <7vuo10$hrm$1...@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, Gordon
<wesg...@earthlink.net> writes

>In 1965 the silver looking coins in the US, (10 cent, 25 cent 50 cent) were
>changed from silver to a sandwich with a center layer of copper. These coins
>get dirtier looking compared to the old silver coins. When you are detecting
>over here, you often find these coins and question whether they are silver
>before you read the date. Almost always though when you find a silver coin
>you "know" it is silver before checking.
>
>A worse blight is the zinc penny which came about in 1982. These coins start
>decaying almost right away and show up on the detector as almost any coin
>value.
>
>This is probably more answer than you wanted.
>Gordon
>
>

Good answer, Gordon.
While we are at it, what is a "wheatie"?
--
Denny Woodthorpe

[Nathaniel Bates]

Since he hasnt answered the thread, a "wheatie" is an old Lincoln penny with
two heads of wheat on the back, instead of the house (Memorial Bldg.).
All the silver I dig here comes out of the ground looking like it was
dropped yesterday. The clad usually has the silver eaten off by acids in the
ground, as is now copper, or the silver/nickle coating has turned black. But
that may not hold true in all parts of the U.S. as the soils are different
in different regions. But thats how it is in Tennessee.
As for the zinc cents, they read as junk/rings on my GTAx 1000. Copper cents
read as a penny, good and solid. And yes, the zinc cents look pretty chewed
up when ya dig them! Even if they have only been in the ground for a year.
In parks, etc., I set my detector for dimes and quarters and notch the rest
out. Ill leave the cents for people with $50 detectors.
Good hunting,
N. Bates

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