Went out for about an hour this afternoon. Found 3 Washington's, 2 Rosies, 4 Jeffs, and 13 memorials, and my first wheatie of the year. It was a 1953 D. Appears to be in Fine condition. Most of the clad was in the early 80's and with the ground minerals here in this area, hard to clean. Don't like cleaning coins unless I have to, but with what is coming out of the ground here, it is a necessity. Am going to try Goes4evers' coin cleaning trick and see if it works on others as well. The clad coins are not my favorite composition.
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First wheatie of the year
- Thread starter DK
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Congrats on the wheatie, DK, but when cleaning the coins....do not mix the pennies with the quarters, dimes and nickels, as they will turn them pink, if you use a salt and vinegar bath for the quarters, dimes and nickels! The pennies will turn green with corrosion if you use salt! I cleaned mine in vinegar and baking soda and then scrubbed and dried the pennies good and also the quarters, dimes and nickels soaked in vinegar and salt will need to be cleaned with fresh water and dried well to keep them from turning blue or green! Any moisture left on the coins will make them corrode or turn dark again! I laid mine on a towel, seperating the quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies in separate groups until they were completely dry!
I soaked spotted or dark silver in baking soda and water to clean them, sometimes you have to take them out when they get good enough and redo the rest until all have a better shine or condition (not just the silver but the clad coins too) Nickels will really look good even after soaked until they look better by using new salt and vinegar on them until they are what you would like them to be. Sometimes, you will have a blue, red or green one...no matter what! And yet most clean up good enough to spend! You can try it and do what suits you....Hope this helps I have lots of spare change I can spend when needed, but good to keep money on hand in case of the bottom dropping all the way out of the economy! Of course date coins should only be cleaned by a professional or you could ruin the value!
God Bless! Betty
Lots of gold and silver would be best, but not that rich to keep a supply of them on hand!
I soaked spotted or dark silver in baking soda and water to clean them, sometimes you have to take them out when they get good enough and redo the rest until all have a better shine or condition (not just the silver but the clad coins too) Nickels will really look good even after soaked until they look better by using new salt and vinegar on them until they are what you would like them to be. Sometimes, you will have a blue, red or green one...no matter what! And yet most clean up good enough to spend! You can try it and do what suits you....Hope this helps I have lots of spare change I can spend when needed, but good to keep money on hand in case of the bottom dropping all the way out of the economy! Of course date coins should only be cleaned by a professional or you could ruin the value!
God Bless! BettyLots of gold and silver would be best, but not that rich to keep a supply of them on hand!
Thanks Ma. I will try your advice. Like I said I do not like to clean coins that I am going to add to my collection. A cleaned coin decreases the collector value of the coin. Like all antiques, it is best to leave coins in the condition you find them, cleaning them in soap or water only. Most of the coins I am finding are going into my detector collection. If I find any of collector value, I will clean with soap and water, and leave as is. Thanks again for your help.
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I started really detecting in 1981, with my own detector, and found many wheaties, but not many Injuns! But in life you make mistakes and you live and learn from them, but sometimes after a long length ot time a person forgets and goofs again! 
God Bless! Betty!
God Bless! Betty!
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Congrats on your first Wheatie, Doug.