Greetings. New member here. I found this quarter while metal detecting and wonder if it's an error quarter or PMD. It's a 2000 New Hampshire state quarter but it seems to be on dime planchet. It's the same thickness as a dime. I've not yet weighed it as I don't have a scale. But, I have one on order and will weigh it as soon as it arrives. In the interim, do any of you experts know what I found? Here it is beside another 2000 New Hampshire state quarter. Thanks!
You can bet on PMD. The elements are a powerful thing... @paddyman98 has posted lots of finds like yours. Hopefully he will show up soon and confirm if that is the case.... And welcome to CT!
Many thanks! I was hoping for something good, but I realize how rare it is to find such. This quarter was found about 1 foot from an 1883 Liberty Head V Nickel. Both at an elementary school that's relatively new. Crazy evening of detecting.
Let me guess. The environmentally damaged quarter on the right is the one you have a question about? Basically 99.9% or greater percentage of the time when someone states "I found this quarter while metal detecting", it's PMD without even looking.
Correct. However, every other clad quarter pulled from this site is basically just darkened; no matter what its age. This one rang up different on the detector and I almost didn't dig it. It was shallow; roughly an inch down. As stated, newer school. Built in the late 90s. I've simply never seen anything with this much 'damage' in clad. The ground isn't acidic enough to eat the clad coins.
Thanks for the reply. I'm assuming it was most likely damaged pre-drop, then. Maybe someone acid-bathed it up. ha
I have found Quarters during metal detecting on rough beaches mixed with rocks, pebbles and sand. The coins are tumbled around so much they look as your Quarter. Here is a rocky beach in NYC That's me detecting
