Fighting Irish

..but can't figure out what it is The coin is about 24mm in diameter and its thickness is less than 1mm I will get a chance to measure its weight this weekend It looks like this coin, but the coin i have looks silver not gold http://www.ringramcoins.com/HG1778.htm http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/public/86752/DSCF0221.JPG

Ye i was thinking of asking a few farmers. Are you from Ireland?

Ye Ireland is tricky, i think the law pretty much says you can't MD near national monuments and you can't MD for relics/archaeological finds. If you are caught MDing i think in theory you'd have to prove you were not MDing for relics/archaeological finds, which is impossible

OK the scales i used only measured in grams and it read as 4grams but jumped to 3grams for a split second a few times

Thanks for the info I wasn't looking to sell it, just looking to find out what it was If it is a gaming token, approx when were they made?

It looks like WHAT? Actually, the picture you supplied looks like nothing so much as a dustbin lid visited by several cats and a huge drunk man during the night... (Oh wait, the reverse is a lot clearer) The Richard Ingrams coin shows a George III guinea, so yours is either a silver copy or a token or a model. It would need very careful cleaning by someone with expertise in restoring coins - have you thought about consulting your local museum? MDing isn't allowed in Ireland so i'm not sure what to do with it

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/public/86753/DSCF0239.JPG On the crest side of the coin i can make out "17" On the face side of the coin i can make out a "I" and a "D" the "I" is to the top left of the head and the "D" is to the top right Found in Ireland with a metal detector, it was only about 4-5 inches deep