hi there well im a metal detector guy found this last week its very dark in colour very diffrent from other one i would love to belive its brass it has not been clean yet but you can see the diffrence from other one as other one i had found our green cause of cooper but this one is black could some one let me no their opinion thank you
I'm sorry to say your coin is not brass. There is no way to tell 100% as far as I know, but I feel confident yours isn't.
Go to this link below to see a picture of an 1859 Brass Canadian One Cent piece. http://www.coins2.com/imgsearch/1859%20canada%20brass/ Hope it helps.
