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Hi everyone-- Just a few pics of some of my recent finds. Found my first Buffalo nickel (1930-S) and three Wheats (1917 & two 1919-S) at the same park I found the Barber dime at a couple of weeks ago. Also found the cross, old pocket knife, and key there (along with most of the clad and trash). I was mostly running Auto+3 multi-tone conductive and pulled the Buff from 8 inches. The Wheats were all at 6 inches.
Today I went to an old church in town that was built in the late 1880's and found the '42 Merc, a '41 nickel, and two Wheats ('45 & '45-D). I thought it was kinda strange that all the old coins I was finding were all dated in the 40's. I also found half a dozen clad coins and that pendant(?) looking item next to the knife. There was quite a bit of iron trash in the ground, so I was alternating between multi-tone conductive and 2-tone ferrous to try and sort it all out.
Does anyone have any good suggestions for gently removing the rust from the Buffalo nickel without inflicting too much damage?
Thanks for looking and any helpful tips for removing rust you might pass along.
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Today I went to an old church in town that was built in the late 1880's and found the '42 Merc, a '41 nickel, and two Wheats ('45 & '45-D). I thought it was kinda strange that all the old coins I was finding were all dated in the 40's. I also found half a dozen clad coins and that pendant(?) looking item next to the knife. There was quite a bit of iron trash in the ground, so I was alternating between multi-tone conductive and 2-tone ferrous to try and sort it all out.
Does anyone have any good suggestions for gently removing the rust from the Buffalo nickel without inflicting too much damage?
Thanks for looking and any helpful tips for removing rust you might pass along.
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