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It's harvest season.....

Digger

Digger

Constitutional Patriot
Staff member
And today I managed to harvest 81 cents in a field that just had the beans combined! Using my dynamic duo (ETRAC with the Joey and X-TERRA 705 with the 6-inch DD) I recovered an 1853 Seated Dime, 1889 Seated Dime, 1892 Barber Quarter, 1868 Shield Nickel, 18?? Shield Nickel, 1883 V Nickel (with cents), 1901 V Nickel, 1902 V Nickel, 1906 V Nickel, 1880 IH cent, 1887 IH cent, 1890 IH cent, 1893 IH cent, and two 1911 Wheat cents. As usual, the nickels are red and the pennies are corroded. The 1889 Seated Dime and the 1892 Barber quarter look like most of the silver does when it comes out of the ground around here. The 1853 Seated dime was tarnished when it came out of the ground. But a "quick fix" with the aluminum foil cleaned it right up. HH Randy

Here are the before rinsing pictures.....

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And here is the after rinsing picture.....

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Once again I am jelous

HH
Jeff
 
Congrats on the fantastic finds Randy! The seated look to be in very good shape! I really like seeing all the "Old" money! Nice hunting, Beale.
 
My goodness with all those coins I would have had to be carried out of the field. I would still be running around yelling!!:crazy:
 
What a great day. Lots of fields around us are being harvested right now so I need to get busy and go diggn!
 
Wow, what a haul! I'd be exited if I had a month like your one day in the field! :clapping: Really nice finds Randy, congrats! I must have missed the aluminum foil cleaning trick in one of your other posts, can you share it?

HH
mike
 
That sure is pretty. Glad you got out for a little fun.
Before you know it the ground will be white with snow.

Happy Hunting

Bruce
 
I don't recommend to anyone that they attempt to clean their coins. That is entirely up to the individual. I chose to make an effort to remove the tarnish from this dime because it didn't appear to be corroded. Just tarnished. To do this, I put a cup of water in a cereal bowl and placed it in the micowave until it was just ready to boil. I took it out of the microwave and stirred in a spoonful of baking soda and a shake of salt. I put a couple drops of the solution on the dime, and wrapped a small piece of aluminum foil (with the shiny side facing the dime) around the coin. As I pressed the foil against the dime, I could begin to feel the heat and smell the sulfur! I dropped the dime into the water and let it set for a couple minutes. During that time I could see a few bubbles coming from the "coin packet". I removed the dime and it was obvious that it was losing the tarnish. I wrapped the dime in a clean piece of foil and repeated the dunking process a couple more times. When it got to the point I liked the looks, I rinsed it off and rubbed it a little bit with a soft rubber pencil eraser. There is still a little bit of tarnish around the details. But all in all, I think it came out pretty good. JMHO HH Randy
 
Great Randy....you did in one hunt what it takes me:clapping: a year to dig. HH TomB
 
Does the shiney side make a difference? I have read that it does for other uses but I can not figure out why. For any other uses such as cooking there is no valid proof.
Molecular compaction? IDK

Just Curious
Jeff
 
Gday Randy,

Well you have been living up to your name, digging some great oldies.
Those silvers are in great condition.
Congrats and thanks for showing us

T59
 
I doubt that the shiny side would make a difference. The chemical reaction is between the silver and the aluminum, and "both sides" are the same on foil. The only reason one side is shiny and the other matte is due to the rolling process when it is manufactured. I suppose, theoretically, the shiny side would be "smoother" and make better contact with the coin. (just guessing at this point). Putting the shiny side toward the coin is what I read on most of the google search results. And I figured if I didn't say one way or the other, someone would likely have asked "which side toward the coin"? :lol: HH Randy
 
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