A couple of rings and mickey mouse

[richg]

Was out at the old lake yesterday for a couple hours, found piles of junk and a couple good ones. 2 silver rings, a 1945 merc, dateless buffalo nickle and a neat little mickey mouse and donald duck hair beret. Its cool. Good Luck Hunting!!

 

[Mike K (Ohio)]

WTG

 

[James N.D.]

You need to use some Nic-A-Date on that Nickel so you can at least know what the date is on it. I like the Mickey Mouse item you found and congrats on your other great finds.

 

[richg]

What is Nic-A-Date? I never heard of it?

 

[James N.D.]

It is an acid that eats away at the softer metal around the Nickels Date. That is why it pulls the date thru so it is visible. A bottle should cost about $5.00 and should be carried by your local coin dealer. The acid is Ferric-Chloride. It comes in a 1 and 1/4 OZ Bottle. All you do is apply it to the date and let it sit for about 5 or so minutes and wipe it off with a cloth. Repeat process until it eats thru the crud on the coin and pulls the date so it is visible. There are a few others I have introduced this acid to on this Forum and they are glad they heard about it and purchased it for their NO-DATE Nickels that they find.

 

[Chuck@TreasureHut]

Nice Finds.....Rich.....any ring find is a good find, and those look pretty nice.

 

[richg]

Thanks for the info!! I will have to get me some of that. Do you know if it is a straight ferric chloride? I believe we might have some at work that isnt used anymore, I would have to check. Thanks again for the info and Good Luck Hunting!!

 

[James N.D.]

I think it is since that is the only thing listed on the back. I would check in on finding some of the product or some info about it first in case it is deluded with something else but didn't list it.

 

[Ocean7]

n/t