Pretty good Saturday hunt....Got the SE pretty stable...Thanks Mike:thumbup:

[tomtowns]

I finally ended up with the sensitivity set at 18 & for the most part the percieved problem has went away...The crosshairs still want to jump into the upper left but I think it may be because of either a common ferrous metal or mineral but still not sure??? I still have the Gain cranked up, but I THINK, that only affects the AUDIO??? Anyway the SE seems to be acting a little more mild mannered....I did manage to get in a full day yesterday & found 1 Sacagawea 36 quarters 48 dimes & a handful of zincoln's...No silver...Also found a button just like Mike in Va. Beach that was the deepest of the day at about 8-9" Mine has an 8 above the crossed rifles & a K below...The background pattern is the same & It has a SCREW on connector with two little prongs on the back of the button...I don't know if it's WW-I but it's nice...Also found a boyscout neckerchief clasp...Gold colored with a fox in the middle painted red...This was all in the shadow of the Governators office...Capitol park...man I couldn't believe all the coins & finally got tired & started only digging if I thought it might be silver...I sure know where to go if I get hungry & need a can of beans

 

[James N.D.]

Silver is great to find but if there is a lot of Clad, that is also fun to retrieve since it adds up quickly. And one could always use the Clad at the end of the year to buy additional Detector Supplies or a nice Old Coin in High Grade. Glad to hear the SE is working good for you and look forward to seeing you improve with it each time you get out. Good Luck and HH.

 

[tomtowns]

Thanks James, Speaking of clad....what is the best way to cash them in? All of them that I pull out of the ground are leached through or are otherwise badly discolored...I have a brass vibrator for polishing rifle cases but I don't think that will do it...at least not with the medium I have in it...any suggestions??? Will the banks take them??? Is there any way to redeem Zincolns???

 

[Rick(ND)]

On the copper coins I use my rock tumbler with some aquarium gravel and use water with about 1/8 cup of real lemon juice and tumble for about a hour or 2 and they look great. Now the clads are a little harder and will do the same and tumble for a couple hours and rinse and take out the nice looking ones and tumble the rest as before, but instead of lemon juice I use a little muriatic acid(have to be very careful with this) used for cement. Tumble for a hour, rinse and put back in water with lemon juice for another hour and they will look like new. I just did James Clad and pennies 2 weeks ago and rolled up $167 dollars worth and they all looked like new.

Rick

 

[tomtowns]

Yeah I'm surprised at all the change that I've picked up with the Se...In just the 2+ weeks I've had it, I imagine in a year I'll be able to stack up quite a pile...It's good to know how to clean them...thanks...HH...TT

 

[tomtowns]

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[James N.D.]

I am not totally sure but I do remember one of the Club Members mention something like that at one of out meeting last year I believe. Staloch! Need assistance! As far as I know, if you found that many then you could get something like a refund but you could only do it once. But is it really worth the time and effort? Probably not. And listen to Rick(ND) about cleaning Clad Coinage. He loves doing it and he knows a few things. Good Luck and HH.

 

[James N.D.]

You sure are a big help and I am very thankful for that. I will be bringing the last of the Clad shortly and it won't be as close to what I had before but it still is money and it needs cleaning. Thanks again Rick!

 

[tomtowns]

I've printed out his method & may try a few of my own...When I was in the Navy, one of my areas of responsibilities was a steel deck that was unpainted...Every week I had to have it polished...Orange Koolaid worked best...I think it was the citric acid...all I would do is squirt it on & run a buffer over it real quik, let it dry & rebuff it again...Shined like new...I used to pour concrete & we used citric in the mix...I might try it & see how corrosive it is...I'll post when I find out...tt

 

[jeff & Maria]

The Commerce bank here has one in the lobby. You just dump the coins in and it will give a receipt for the amout that you then take to the teller for paper money. I wonder how clean they have to be to be accepted. Technically it is US Money so it has to be accepted or exchanged for good money. Kind of like bringing a ripped up bill to the bank and exchanging it for a good one. The US Gov destroys TONS of money each day.

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

J & M,

First year I tumbled my zincons and lincolns. Definitely not worth the time in my mind. Now just dump them in a bucket, swish them around with soapy water to remove the dirt. Then dump them in a coin star machine. It will accept almost all of them.

I sometimes tumble the clad, otherwise just clean it the same way as above and bring it to the bank where they don't charge 10%.

I do tumble my older nickels, some come out beautiful, others not so good. And last couple years tumbled my wheats and IHs in hydrogen peroxide and uncooked rice. They really cleaned up well and it did not remove the patina.

Chris

 

[Rick(ND)]

I enjoy try different cleaning methods when i am not busy in the bar, make some night enjoyable that would be boring normally. I think I now have the perfect method as the coins you brought me come out great now.
What I should do is take other peoples clad they find for detectors and supplies and clean it so they have something to show for their finds they get and give me something to do on those cold nights when it is slow in the bar.

Rick

 

[Larry--IndianaHVAC]

Sounds like you had a good hunt Tom!