Found on Crescent Beach, Fl

[Kafrank78]

I don’t know how to safely remove enough corrosion to tell what these actually are…one looks like a coin, one looks like maybe a pendant of some kind…possibly

 

[Kafrank78]

I don’t know how to safely remove enough corrosion to tell what these actually are…one looks like a coin, one looks like maybe a pendant of some kind…possiblyView attachment 39486View attachment 39487View attachment 39488View attachment 39489View attachment 39490

I’ve soaked them in white vinegar for about 48 hours, but I’m afraid to hurt them

 

[Kafrank78]

I’ve soaked them in white vinegar for about 48 hours, but I’m afraid to hurt them

 

[bigtim1973]

Search home brew electrolysis on youtube and that would be a good thing for those.

Easy to do

 

[Kafrank78]

Thank you! I’ve been reading about that, but wasn’t sure if it would work on whatever is under all that rusty looking stuff. Will give it a try!

 

[Mark kus]

Yes electrolysis keep a close eye on them while doing it works great
mark

 

[Kafrank78]

One hour in

two hours in

 

[Kafrank78]

After two hours…keep going?

 

[Kafrank78]

View attachment 39517After two hours…keep going?

 

[Kafrank78]

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[Kafrank78]

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[Kafrank78]

Yes electrolysis keep a close eye on them while doing it works great
mark

Thank you!! Just posted pictures after two hours…I’m assuming I keep going? Lol! I have no idea what I’m doing, but this is really fun!

 

[Kafrank78]

Thank you!! Just posted pictures after two hours…I’m assuming I keep going? Lol! I have no idea what I’m doing, but this is really fun!

Yes electrolysis keep a close eye on them while doing it works great
mark

Should I change the baking soda water at all during this? It’s gone from orange to green and smells funny

 

[Ronstar]

I swear when you blow the pic up it looks just like the hamburger I burnt the other night.

I would think by now you would know if its a coin or button but I’m kinda thinking maybe it could be iron slag if there was a forge right around there close at some time??????

 

[Kafrank78]

I swear when you blow the pic up it looks just like the hamburger I burnt the other night.

I would think by now you would know if its a coin or button but I’m kinda thinking maybe it could be iron slag if there was a forge right around there close at some time??????

Probably, lol…I was hoping with all the big storms and the erosion of the beach it unearthed something cool from that 1880 Merchant ship. https://www.staugustinelighthouse.org/2021/10/11/crescent-beach-shipwreck-the-caroline-eddy/

But, yeah, with my luck it’s nothing cool!

 

[Geologyhound]

Sure it’s cool, you just experimented with something new and now you know how to do it for the future!

 

[Kafrank78]

Sure it’s cool, you just experimented with something new and now you know how to do it for the future!

So true!! This was so much fun!!

 

[Kafrank78]

Struggling to get the camera show this, but one of these has a definite pattern emerging, still have no idea what it is…but at least something is showing, lol

 

[Kafrank78]

So true!! This was so much fun!!

The wire I have wrapped around the objects is galvanized steel…should I be using some other type of wire on these? The wire on the anodes is copper

 

[Kafrank78]

The wire I have wrapped around the objects is galvanized steel…should I be using some other type of wire on these? The wire on the anodes is copper

And I am only using an laptop charger, because it’s what I had handy and was referenced in one of the articles.