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134 year old Carson City Silver sees the light again:jump:

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diggin jimmy hoffa

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Got out Sunday for a couple of hours with my detecting buddy for a tearout hunt.

Finds were very sparse, but managed to come away with a keeper.

1877CC Seated Liberty Dime and a collar stud with pearlized pattern on it (not shown).

I need to figure out how to get the black crud off. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. It looks like tar, but fingernail polish remover didn't phase it.

Hope everyone is able to get out between the rain and storms that are headin our way .

DJH
 
That's the same as my only seated. Only yours is in much better shape. Congratulations to ya. I love Carson City minted coins.

NebTrac
 
Carson City Yeeeeehaaaawww! Very nice!
 
NebTrac said:
That's the same as my only seated. Only yours is in much better shape. Congratulations to ya. I love Carson City minted coins.

NebTrac
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Sorry, but I hadn't noticed that your avatar was a Seated until just now and a 1877 at that.

Must be a common year:shrug:

DJH
 
I found the same dime last summer at only 3 inches deep by a tree. Very nice conditions for the old coin, just like yours. I recently found a Mercury dime really encrusted and with a coat of dry algae for being under water for who knows how long. I created a simple electrolysis system following the steps shown in this site: http://www.dirtyoldcoins.com/restore/electrolysis.html. It worked well. The residual black stain I removed by making a baking soda paste (baking soda + some water) and rubbing the coin between my fingers. It came out back to life! See the pictures. I used a 6V phone adapter and left the coin for a couple of minutes, but checking it every 30 seconds.
 
What a great looking coin !

I've had very good luck removing hard crud - like tar and other from silver coins with an Electolysis Bath - I only use this process on silver coins when it's really needed - it's a non abrasive way of cleaning that won't damage metal objects - as long as you don't leave them in to long.

Electrolysis is very safe to use - it will only go after the foreign matter on the object your cleaning - but be careful - pull the coin out every 30 to 60 seconds - after all the crud is gone - it will go attack the metal.

Good luck !
 
E-TRAC-OHIO said:
What a great looking coin !

I've had very good luck removing hard crud - like tar and other from silver coins with an Electolysis Bath - I only use this process on silver coins when it's really needed - it's a non abrasive way of cleaning that won't damage metal objects - as long as you don't leave them in to long.

Electrolysis is very safe to use - it will only go after the foreign matter on the object your cleaning - but be careful - pull the coin out every 30 to 60 seconds - after all the crud is gone - it will go attack the metal.

Good luck !
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Thanks Mark for the input. I'm giving it the Electro. bath this weekend and will post a cleaned up shot of it afterwards.

DJH
 
I too dug an old silver 1895 diem and it had the black surface crap. I wouldn't use electrolosys, as it surely erodes metal th esecond you turn on the juice. I had a guy tell me to put the dime in aluminum foil after being run under hot water. I tried it and my dime came out as new. I think it may have plated the dime including the black crud.
 
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