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Amazing find in trashy pumpkin patch...anything is possible
- Thread starter Barry NY
- Start date
I am sorry Barry and you guys.Did not mean to be rude but when I saw such a poor picture that have nothing to do with the original it made me wander.I have been detecting with others detectors and found my share of silver.I am a complete rockie with the Etrack.Keep up the good work Barry and let us know what we can dream about.As you say anything is possible.Look forward to your great adventures.Nick
Living along the Gulf Coast all the old silver found is very dark. I wet ground sure does a number on it. I am going to get me a tumbler for all the coins I dig up. A friend of my just got one sure makes cleaning a breeze on old silver and pennys. Really loved the find makes me interested in hunting in the morning. 
Will someone explain to me about cleaning coins, I have had it drummed into me "not to".
Crikey putting them in a tumbler will destroy any value wouldn't it? I have a gyrok tumbler and use it soley for gold and silver jewellery never coins.
When cleaning my gold finds I first use an ultra sonic cleaner, the cloudy amonia in the gyrok. I have abouk 2 lb or a kilo of stainless shot in it as the agent. Results after 20 to 30 minutes are as good as a jewellers pro clean.
But I will never clean my coin finds again unless someone can convinve me otherwise.
Crikey putting them in a tumbler will destroy any value wouldn't it? I have a gyrok tumbler and use it soley for gold and silver jewellery never coins.
When cleaning my gold finds I first use an ultra sonic cleaner, the cloudy amonia in the gyrok. I have abouk 2 lb or a kilo of stainless shot in it as the agent. Results after 20 to 30 minutes are as good as a jewellers pro clean.
But I will never clean my coin finds again unless someone can convinve me otherwise.
There is a popular misconception related to cleaning coins.
First, coins that have a dark, thin uniform patina shold never be cleaned. That goes for copper, nickel, silver or gold coins. This "look" identifies them as original coins, and they do command a premium.
Coins that are off-color or mildly spotted may benefit from a chemical dip (no abrasion) cleaning, but I'd refrain from that on key-date coins, line 1909-sVDB Lincoln Cents or 1916-d dimes. But that 1817 Large Cent, 1882 Indian Cent, or 1857 dime will see no harm.
Coins having heavy corrosion or generally black surfaces will not be harmed by a cleaning, and nearly any cleaning is acceptable as long as it does not create heavy scratches (no wire wheel!). These are the types of coins generally retreived from the ground and most characteristic of long-buried copper and nickel coins. Remember, too, silver coins having one small spot will be considered "corroded" and will be labeled as such by one of the three major coin grading companies (PCGS, NGC, ANACS). PCGS labels them as "Environmental Damage" while ANACS calls them "corroded" or "heavily corroded".
First, coins that have a dark, thin uniform patina shold never be cleaned. That goes for copper, nickel, silver or gold coins. This "look" identifies them as original coins, and they do command a premium.
Coins that are off-color or mildly spotted may benefit from a chemical dip (no abrasion) cleaning, but I'd refrain from that on key-date coins, line 1909-sVDB Lincoln Cents or 1916-d dimes. But that 1817 Large Cent, 1882 Indian Cent, or 1857 dime will see no harm.
Coins having heavy corrosion or generally black surfaces will not be harmed by a cleaning, and nearly any cleaning is acceptable as long as it does not create heavy scratches (no wire wheel!). These are the types of coins generally retreived from the ground and most characteristic of long-buried copper and nickel coins. Remember, too, silver coins having one small spot will be considered "corroded" and will be labeled as such by one of the three major coin grading companies (PCGS, NGC, ANACS). PCGS labels them as "Environmental Damage" while ANACS calls them "corroded" or "heavily corroded".
Doctorcoinz
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Lots of sites that look like bad sites can surprise with whats buried. Look at this way , if you think the site "looks bad" others probably
think the same and avoid hunting there. One of my methods is to choose sites that look like nothing probably buried there but what
the heck i will hunt it any way!. I have pulled rings out of sites that looked like trash dumps almost.
think the same and avoid hunting there. One of my methods is to choose sites that look like nothing probably buried there but what
the heck i will hunt it any way!. I have pulled rings out of sites that looked like trash dumps almost.