A nickel I think

[jarid]

I can see the capitol dome on the back. I have never found such a corroded nickel usually the are red. This looks like silver. Maybe my first war nickel. Any ideas on cleaning it?

 

[ken ward]

You might try electralases.. or how ever you spell it.

 

[BillF]

It looks more encrusted than corroded. You can definitely see a coin in the section that is broken away. Try soaking it in mineral oil for awhile, maybe the gunk will fall away.
Good luck.

 

[jarid]

Thanks for looking

 

[herb pi]

Boil in baking soda ..might help

 

[MikeO]

I would go with Electrolysis personally. I doubt anything like the boiling of peroxide or something so gentle would benefit it.
At least you got out so it was a good day.

 

[JimGilmore]

soak in olive oil.

 

[DiggerODirt]

Looks like a crusty zincoln to me...???

HH,

 

[Porschephile]

Probably a war nickle...

Did it hit higher than typical nickle, more like a penny? War nickles in my neck of the woods all look like that. Just get a piece of metal or a knife and scrape off area over dome to expose mint mark to check. No reason to worry about damaging coin. Nature already taken care of that! LOL!

 

[kingingkunsan]

Probably a war nickle...

Did it hit higher than typical nickle, more like a penny? War nickles in my neck of the woods all look like that. Just get a piece of metal or a knife and scrape off area over dome to expose mint mark to check. No reason to worry about damaging coin. Nature already taken care of that! LOL!

My thoughts too.

 

[jarid]

Thanks for all of the replies.It is a nickel for sure I can see that much.It hit at 12-38 not the typical 12-13. I am hoping that it is a war nickel that would be my first.

 

[jarid]

Update it is my very first silver war nickel. I love my E trac.1943 another first with the E trac.

 

[C&RHunter]

Nice job on your first silver nickel........I found a barber quarter coated on one side with heavy black stuff. I carefully used electrolysis and the stuff lifted right off after a few minutes.........HH

 

[jarid]

Can you explain how the process works?
And thanks for the comments.

 

[BillF]

Jarid, how did you clean it off?

 

[jarid]

I soaked it in veggie oil and scraped it with an old credit card over and over again.

 

[BillF]

Persistence pays.

 

[C&RHunter]

Can you explain how the process works?
And thanks for the comments.

Here is the site I that I got the info for doing the electrolosis. On pennies be careful, if the patina comes off during this process the penny will be very pitted. Small relics etc is primarily what I use this for. It did clean the Barber quarter nicely.

gometaldetecting.com/electrolysis_coins.htm
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metal
detecting.com/electroysis

(Note: Regular nickels will turn a pinkish color)

 

[jarid]

Thank you C&R hunter