Hunted a foundation today and recovered 2 excellent condition large cents. Haven't cleaned them up yet but they are an 1850 Braided hair variety and an 1828 Matron Head variety. Also found 5 buttons including a nice two piece eagle cuff button, a pocket knife, suspender buckle and a few other things.
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2 Great Condition Large Cents and other miscellaneous relics
- Thread starter Evolution
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Mark in S.E. IA
New member
wow, those LC's sure did clean up nice, WTG on the nice finds.
March22Collector
New member
Honestly, I was stunned at how well those cleaned up. How long in the peroxide? Heated? How long in the water bath? Very nice finds!
In the peroxide for about an hour while I watched them carefully pulling them out several times and Q-tipping them as I went. (peroxide was heated for 20 seconds in microwave several times) Not too long in the water... just a few minutes to get the peroxide off of them, then some renaissance wax (you can buy it online) applied with a q-tip and then buffed with an old wash cloth to get desired result. Thanks for the reply.March22Collector said:
doninbrewster
New member
Wow! Those LC's came out great. So often they are corroded to the point where if you play with them to try and clean them up all the detail disappears. Sometimes it's a fine line. These look really nice, especially the 1828 considering how it looked coming out of the ground. I use warmed up peroxide too, but only on coins that have a fairly solid surface to begin with. If the detail is in the crusty corrosion than it will be gone once it hits the peroxide. I'm not familiar with the wax. I use Care as the preservative. Nice finds including the buttons.
quicksilver
New member
Can I ask how you do a peroxide bath on old copper? Man they turned out very nice.
I responded about four posts above this one with the method. Like Don in Brewster said though, you have to be sure of the condition of the coin before you drop it in the peroxide. If the copper itself is already flaking off (not the dirt covering it, but the actual coin) its not likely to do well in the peroxide. I could tell by looking at these coppers that they would do well in peroxide. I've found a few over the years and messed up my fair share of them also.quicksilver said:
bootyhoundpa
Well-known member
Wow they dont get any better than that...very nicely done...congrats...
hunter_46356
New member
Makes me sick to see guys who don't know what or how to clean old finds like these. They fire up a home made electrolysis set up and strip or ruin some great finds. Down right disrespectful in my opinion. You my friend have got it right. Outstanding job of preserving a couple of great pieces. Hunter
Blind Squirrel
Well-known member
Congratulations Evolution! Those are ALL good finds! You must have been smiling ALL the way home! Best of luck and...
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
It's definitely something that you learn and pick up tips for as you go. I've seen so many different ways and opinions about cleaning copper coins. After a bit of trial and error in my detecting career, this is without a doubt (in my opinion) the best way to do it if the coin is in good enough condition to handle the peroxide. Some coppers are just so far gone that it doesn't really matter what you do... they will just flake away. You have to watch the coin carefully in the peroxide though and clean it off with a Q-tip as you go.hunter_46356 said:
It all is based on the soil conditions. If soul is easy on copper, almost any cleaning process will make them
Look nice. Like to see that result on a green crusty LC... Not gonna happen. Great finds though! Nothing personal on your technique, just wanted to point out the underlying copper condition as the main factor. Go get yourself some more from that site!
Look nice. Like to see that result on a green crusty LC... Not gonna happen. Great finds though! Nothing personal on your technique, just wanted to point out the underlying copper condition as the main factor. Go get yourself some more from that site!