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Thats what makes them so dangerous. Not my area am afraid. It makes me think twice about diversifying my collection. Still a victory Hibernianscribe getting him to pull them. If he relists them as novelty then i suppose thats fair enough but in the future they will reappear on ebay as geniune no doubt.

Well done. Good job. Sometimes the moral stick works. ?

1871 gone. Hes pulled it.? He's only just listed the other as a novelty. Probably relist it as the same.

You would think he would know better than to ruin his reputation over a few quid for fake Victoria pennies. What a bozo. I'll be closely scrutinizing anything he's selling from now on. I've bought from him also. What I've noticed with ebay and our mass reporting is that if its not got a bid on it they will pull it but once it's running they don't. I can see that going on to complete sale unless the seller can be persuaded. Perhaps a friendly word about reputation , future faith etc might sway him.

Highly suspicious one ere. Has that heart shape on it the Lizzys have. It doesn't look right either. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charles-II-hammered-coinage-three-Pence-Silver-Coin-/272805389565

No doubt end up as individual lots on eBay that bunch. Lord Westair shilling here. George III. Ain't seen one of these before. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332342236894 And...Suspicious looking http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272804023109

Couple of wronguns here. I've reported them. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263141319994 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162628582256

? Lol. Classic. Point proven eh! ?

Crazy isn't it. People paying silly money for coins wacked with an axe or whizzed with a grinder. Common sense tells you it's deliberate damage. I just cannot understand the mentality of these buyers. A fool and his money are quickly parted.

Indeed. Looks like that angle grinders been busy again ?

? Lol. Got my first one of those last night in my change. Bought a pint of milk and my morning paper with it today.

I can see your point about that. Early shillings from the reign of Elizabeth definitely yes. Once they are clipped they would be extremely hard to distinguish from say a Sixpence but once they started clearly stamping coins (J1) with the denomination this would render such an act pointless so it doesn't explain the damage on mine in my opinion plus there is stab marks on the kings effigy , a strong case for defacement I'd say.

I suppose in some cases your theory could well be the case but I'd still swing towards a political or faith statement in others. Depending on how you rotate a coin a x could well be + so it could symbolize the cross which could point towards Catholics. Also the x could symbolise a ritual killing if you like. I suppose it depends on individual coins and the wear on them plus the markings placed on them, if i saw a badly worn shilling that had a defined xii marked into it I'd roll with your theory.

Think my one aboves a clear defacement. 4 lines plus peck marks. I've seen James I sixpences also scratched. If it was badly worn I'd agree but the denomination is clearly eligible also. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/James-I-1603-49-Hammered-Silver-Sixpence-1603-mm-Thistle-/391858831445

Onboard. ?

Another one bites the dust. Good work guys. ?

Quite true. Good analysis. Considering how unpopular Charles was it is odd that many coins of his do not turn up defaced. I figured with James it was Catholics or people who were anti scottish that defaced them. I've seen a few crossed out of his. That ones got peck marks also like someone's took a stab at him. Your right also about it being early issues. The others I've seen are all 1603-1605. Thistle & Lis mm.

Has anybody got any hammereds that have been deliberately damaged or defaced? I dug this one a few years ago. I've seen quite a few more since of James I that have been defaced in a similiar manner. Occasionally Commonwealth coins pop up in bad shape also with graffiti.

Aye i hear ya. Its just me. I got so cheesed off digging rusty nails and horse shoes and cuts of rusty barb wire on the earlier machines i don't bother with it anymore.

I have the Euroace which is under the 400. There is a feature on mine where you can stop the machine alerting you to any iron objects. You can see the machine flash it up on the display but it makes no alert tone. I just use that rather than dig iron . I do occasionally run the machine in all modes but it can go mental on some fields that are trashy with iron junk.

Reported ! Seems to be a fairly new tactic of scamsters. Damage / falsely age replicas to make them less obvious to some.

Thanks guys. He previously referred to them as old crap in boxes i think it was. A fairly accurate description. Last time they were in a bag then a box in his garden. I did notice he never gave nor recieved feedback for the last two that i assume went on to sell. Maybe the buyer pulled out. There was a few false bids put in that where withdrawn to warn others i assumed. Lets hope eBay pull this one!

He's back again with more crap. I emailed him previously when he was selling the WRL Eddy 1st groat and John shortcross replicas. Please report them ! Not sure if they are all replicas but the groat is i can see the WRL stamp on it. Perhaps this is a new tactic to confuse buyers , lace it with a few low value genuine coins. I suspect they are all fake though and he's deliberately damaged them. The shortcross ones look to have the same moneyer as the WRL ones (Simond) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122636948835

I discriminate the iron out on mine completely. Old horeshoes and nails. I did my share of digging those in the 70s / 80s with an old c-scope. Completely turned me off detecting altogether that did. Took me 25 years to give it another go.

Lovingly buffed up with an angle grinder perhaps. Must of run out of brasso! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132287507999