metalwrkr
Senior Member
Okay, so I have about 5 years worth of clad accumulating since I started detecting detecting again. This is what my Wif refers to as my "Dirty Money" stash and it has been driving her crazy ever since it reached the half of a 5gal bucket stage. I have been looking for a suitable used rock tumbler that will clean a sizable amount at a time but they go for a pretty penny even used. I finally decided to buy a new one like the 15lb Thumbler "B" series. They are on the high side of $230, an awful lot to spend on only cleaning coins. I reload cartridges for target shooting so I was in a local national sports store and a brass tumbler was on sale. It will take up to 30lb (drum, coins or brass, water and aggregate) at a shot. I have a Hornady 5lb vibratory tumbler that I have tried for coins but it is not aggressive enough for really dirty coins. Polish yes, clean no. At any rate, I bought one like the one pictured and will use it for both coins and brass. Seems reasonably robust and well thought out. It also has excellent reviews for brass cleaning. I am starting a first load of coins today and will keep you posted and throw in a few pictures as well. The worst part of this whole deal is that most of the stash is unsorted so I have that to look foreword to.......................RK