Gordon Couger writes

Freshly knapped flint of the right kind would be sharper than any steel
blade could ever be and hold its edge a great deal longer. I have found
arrow heads that were still pretty sharp after being in the ground hundreds
of years.

Swap you a flint arrowhead for a low denomination roman coin (rather
corroded due alkaline soil), or a musketball?

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Oz
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