HannibalNectar
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I spent the weekend cleaning some of my coins with my electrolysis machine. Most came out really nice one of the really crusty ones(1886) came clean with alot of work. You can see the silver is damaged from the fields fertilizer. It gives it a look like it's been sand blasted. But it still has better detail than some of the others.
Im really happy with the half dime and quarter. They look great. The half reale was the first one I did. I couldn't even see the date before. The only issue is that where there was severe tarnish now they have that sand blasted look. I still think they look WAY better all one color, then splotchy colored.
Right now I have a 1894 half dollar bubbling away.
I use a car battery charger in a fish bowl with borax in the water. I use a steel rod about 3/16" thick and bend it so it circles the tank. Then I put the coins in the middle.
Black tarnish and dirt bubble right off. The hazey white chalky crust (I usually get from fertilizer heavy fields) takes more time. I let em go for an hour or more. After that I use a toothbrush and water. Sometimes I go back and forth between the toothbrush and electrolysis.
If im not getting anywhere with that I will use bakingsoda tooth paste And target the bad spots. Then go back and forth between that and the tank.
I only do this on coins that aren't worth a bunch.
And I know people are going to burn me at the stake for touching them but whatever. You can find your own and leave them crusty. I still think its better to have a cleaned coin you can show people and look at then a crusty one you can only see wet or under a light.
UPDATE.
I JUST FINISHED A COUPLE MORE ITEMS.
A 1894-s BARBER HALF
And A VERY OLD RELIGIOUS PENDANT.
I found both of these together in a corn field. The cornfield has been family owned since the early 1800's
The barber half looks better in the before pictures than it really looked in person. It had a whitish patina that is chalky when dry.
Know the coin looks great
Im really happy with the half dime and quarter. They look great. The half reale was the first one I did. I couldn't even see the date before. The only issue is that where there was severe tarnish now they have that sand blasted look. I still think they look WAY better all one color, then splotchy colored.
Right now I have a 1894 half dollar bubbling away.
I use a car battery charger in a fish bowl with borax in the water. I use a steel rod about 3/16" thick and bend it so it circles the tank. Then I put the coins in the middle.
Black tarnish and dirt bubble right off. The hazey white chalky crust (I usually get from fertilizer heavy fields) takes more time. I let em go for an hour or more. After that I use a toothbrush and water. Sometimes I go back and forth between the toothbrush and electrolysis.
If im not getting anywhere with that I will use bakingsoda tooth paste And target the bad spots. Then go back and forth between that and the tank.
I only do this on coins that aren't worth a bunch.
And I know people are going to burn me at the stake for touching them but whatever. You can find your own and leave them crusty. I still think its better to have a cleaned coin you can show people and look at then a crusty one you can only see wet or under a light.
UPDATE.
I JUST FINISHED A COUPLE MORE ITEMS.
A 1894-s BARBER HALF
And A VERY OLD RELIGIOUS PENDANT.
I found both of these together in a corn field. The cornfield has been family owned since the early 1800's
The barber half looks better in the before pictures than it really looked in person. It had a whitish patina that is chalky when dry.
Know the coin looks great
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