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Title: Sheep Pee And Fertilizer The Reason For Unreadable Discs? Post by: Spooyt Vane on March 19, 2013, 03:35:22 PM On a sheep farm with deep pasture and in the company of four other detectorists ..With over thirty coins (Georgian coppers) found and all thin and unreadable found ..The newbies were asking why and i said preobably sheep pee On a club site where we took out 300+ copper discs ..Which had artificial fertilizer on it for 30yrs ...It dismays me that should happen to objects and there is nothing we can do to save them :(
Title: Re: Sheep Pee And Fertilizer The Reason For Unreadable Discs? Post by: glynkid on March 22, 2013, 08:56:54 PM Yses Rob a good theory
but I must admit Ii havenot been on a site where the coins where mainly discs Title: Re: Sheep Pee And Fertilizer The Reason For Unreadable Discs? Post by: Richie sixpence on March 23, 2013, 08:57:39 PM Hmmmmm ......................... had a few blank non ferrous discs myself annoying to say the least, the sheep pee could be the cause the place i found these coins is sheep pasture land and I have found buckles on this same land and they are very thin and eroded too :(
Regards Richie Title: Re: Sheep Pee And Fertilizer The Reason For Unreadable Discs? Post by: dances with badgers on March 24, 2013, 02:38:43 PM we could eat all the sheep and shoot all the farmers :o ::)
Title: Re: Sheep Pee And Fertilizer The Reason For Unreadable Discs? Post by: galoshers on March 24, 2013, 05:17:33 PM i have found pre decimal on naturally very acid soil that were worn paper thin ,i was astonished at how thin they were and in another 50 years would have prolly vanished .
so naturally very acid soil will totally wear them away in time .. ??? Title: Re: Sheep Pee And Fertilizer The Reason For Unreadable Discs? Post by: anthonyjay on March 25, 2013, 08:51:26 AM The early Georgian copper coins were made with very 'soft' metal so they wore down easily and quickly. People would usually put their hand in the pocket and 'rub' a coin between finger and thumb, at least that is what I have been told in the past.
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