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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 1687190, member: 19250&quot;]Kind of guessed a jeweler was not the best choice to take an item like this to. If bronze or copper it may of corroded&nbsp; in the river due to chemicals in the area. Living on the Chesapeake bay I can tell you that the waters in different areas well are very poluited. I the Baltimore harbor where industry and 100&#039;s of years of dumping has left the animals who live there with&nbsp; heavy medals as well as other chemicals in the bottom material. Be it sand or mud. If this coin was lost in the early 1500&#039;s in a body of water that has had industry near by it would corroded. I have seen studies where acid and other chemicals were found in bottom samples. Thus if it was found in mud you&#039;re lucky it did not just break apart when picked up. This is a very cool find I hope somehow it&#039;s ID . Maybe an e mail plus pictures to a few museum&#039;s may shed some light.Someone out there has the answer...like the coin you just need to find and dig deep enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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