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I’ve soaked them in white vinegar for about 48 hours, but I’m afraid to hurt themI don’t know how to safely remove enough corrosion to tell what these actually are…one looks like a coin, one looks like maybe a pendant of some kind…possiblyView attachment 39486View attachment 39487View attachment 39488View attachment 39489View attachment 39490
I’ve soaked them in white vinegar for about 48 hours, but I’m afraid to hurt them
Thank you!! Just posted pictures after two hours…I’m assuming I keep going? Lol! I have no idea what I’m doing, but this is really fun!Yes electrolysis keep a close eye on them while doing it works great
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Thank you!! Just posted pictures after two hours…I’m assuming I keep going? Lol! I have no idea what I’m doing, but this is really fun!
Should I change the baking soda water at all during this? It’s gone from orange to green and smells funnyYes electrolysis keep a close eye on them while doing it works great
mark
Probably, lol…I was hoping with all the big storms and the erosion of the beach it unearthed something cool from that 1880 Merchant ship. https://www.staugustinelighthouse.org/2021/10/11/crescent-beach-shipwreck-the-caroline-eddy/I swear when you blow the pic up it looks just like the hamburger I burnt the other night.
I would think by now you would know if its a coin or button but I’m kinda thinking maybe it could be iron slag if there was a forge right around there close at some time??????
So true!! This was so much fun!!Sure it’s cool, you just experimented with something new and now you know how to do it for the future!
The wire I have wrapped around the objects is galvanized steel…should I be using some other type of wire on these? The wire on the anodes is copperSo true!! This was so much fun!!
And I am only using an laptop charger, because it’s what I had handy and was referenced in one of the articles.The wire I have wrapped around the objects is galvanized steel…should I be using some other type of wire on these? The wire on the anodes is copper