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So I found this V nickel yesterday. It looked to be in excellent shape when I dug it; with lots of detail, and a great patina. It had a little dirt stuck on it, so I held it under a trickle of running water, and gave it a scrubbing with a nylon brush. That's it. No chemicals. No scraping or picking. A few seconds of scrubbing on both sides. I saw no pitting at all before I cleaned it. Look at it now. Toast.