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Anyone what some stew???

JamesBondaka

JamesBondaka

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Just doing my usual clean up of coins after a few months.....mostly got with the etrac but some from my new ctx. Dig in!

Now, it got to go thru them all to see whats good. I will post if anything outstanding.
 
moonshine said:
it looks clean already, what are you doing?
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They have been rinsed off a few times but trust me theyre not....and theres nothing worse than dirty coins............except for Madonna.
 
does it work? what else is in the water besides coins?
 
Just some cleaner to help get some of the dirt/grime etc off. They still will have a fine amount of dirt on them but at least they are not dirty as they were.
 
You might try some "BOULLION" cubes...gold or silver doesn't matter. Or is it Bouillion..... :pinnochio
Congratulations on a lot of clad. I hope something turns out to be old and surpirse you.

NebTrac
 
NebTrac said:
You might try some "BOULLION" cubes...gold or silver doesn't matter. Or is it Bouillion..... :pinnochio
Congratulations on a lot of clad. I hope something turns out to be old and surpirse you.

NebTrac
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Ha! Im getting closer to finding out everything after going thru about 2000 coins....yikes. There was some silver in the batch ....and some other goodies! One piece needs more cleaning....I hope its what I think it is. More pics coming soon!
 
Ok Del....here you go! The coins were not much to speak of but nice to get. The oldest coin was 1940. A lot of digging thats for sure! Most of the coins were found with the etrac as Ive only had the ctx for a few months. I would say that most of the coins...I would have found with either detector but this is not for sure. The other items that were good are posted in the todays finds forum, under ctx beach finds. I think you would like some.

I hope you have not frozen over there!
 
D&P-OR said:
Kool digs!-----What's that upper right coin?
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Some good things yes but a lot of clad. Sorry, no Silver dollars in the bunch. :( The upper coin is a token.
 
Oh, I now know whats wrong with the stew.............It does not have enough "karats" in it!:lol:
 
I've played around with a lot of different cleaning methods over the years but the best combo that works for me is to use a rock tumbler with a simple water rinse afterwards. Find some sand or pebbles (something hard enough to slightly scratch copper, which is the prime ingredient in clad coinage), and then find some solid copper wire and cut it into 1/2" to 3/4" strands. I recently found a short section of solid copper braided cable in my yard and cut it up with some wire snips. I lost the original tumbling chamber, but I found that a half-gallon apple juice container fits the tumbler perfectly - but I have to change said container because the rocks and medium eventually get through the container walls! I also fill it 3/4 full of water and add a drop or two of Dawn soap.

Use maybe a handful of sand, and two handfuls of copper wire sections (1:2 ratio) for your tumbling medium. Tumble for 6-8 hours, then rinse. Clad coins come out of the solution with a slightly shiny, smooth surface, and picky cashiers won't refuse to take the coins. Works on copper pennies, nickels, clad dimes and quarters, coppery tokens, zincolns, bronze, and brass items. Seems to help the overall appearance of severely pitted copper pennies and Wheats that have lived underground for 60+ years.

Don't tumble them too long or you will end up with a bunch of blanks! This takes about 3-5 days of solid tumbling though. Usually 6-8 hours is plenty depending on the condition of the coins! Good luck!

I can post pics of my setup when I get home.
 
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