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Tumbled my clad and pennies...

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Just a quick post, with some snow and fairly cold temps I decided to go ahead and clean up my copper memorial cents and the clad / nickels. Ended up with 15 lbs 9.5 oz of the clad and 13 lbs 7.9 oz of the cents. I don't have a $$$ total yet, will do that toward the end of the year.

Just an FYI I use an inexpensive American made old tumbler, some aquarium gravel, white vinegar, a bit of lemon juice, and water to clean the coins. Hope everyone who can still detect is getting out there and making some good finds!
 

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Kellyco said:
Looks like you're about all set to play some Donkey Kong.
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Hah! Probably will turn it in for one gold coin or a nice batch of 90% US Silver.

Soil Surgeon said:
Congrats on the harvesting of a bumper crop of clad ! Great photos too !
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Thanks Soil Surgeon! Here is a pic of the clad rolled up, it came to $274.
 

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LovestheShiny! said:
Just an FYI I use an inexpensive American made old tumbler, some aquarium gravel, white vinegar, a bit of lemon juice, and water to clean the coins. Hope everyone who can still detect is getting out there and making some good finds!
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Just posting on this thread once again , to thank you for posting your cleaning recipe . While cleaning my garage I found a container of clad coins I had forgotten about ( about $18 worth ) from last year :D .Most where very heavily oxidized .
I added some other clad I found on a few recent hunts (almost $3)and used my recipe (water and ammonia ) only about of a fifth of the coins came out clean and shiny .
Using Ammonia sucks and You have to rinse the coins off outdoors on account of the fumes . The remaining coins were still so "red" I didn't think any thing would make them presentable .
I didn't have any aquarium gravel so I used my old standby Steel Shot BB's .The coins came out great !I will be using your recipe from now on ! :yes:
Thanks again for the great tip ! :goodidea: :waytogo: :waytogo:
 
Soil Surgeon said:
Just posting on this thread once again , to thank you for posting your cleaning recipe . While cleaning my garage I found a container of clad coins I had forgotten about ( about $18 worth ) from last year :D .Most where very heavily oxidized .
I added some other clad I found on a few recent hunts (almost $3)and used my recipe (water and ammonia ) only about of a fifth of the coins came out clean and shiny .
Using Ammonia sucks and You have to rinse the coins off outdoors on account of the fumes . The remaining coins were still so "red" I didn't think any thing would make them presentable .
I didn't have any aquarium gravel so I used my old standby Steel Shot BB's .The coins came out great !I will be using your recipe from now on ! :yes:
Thanks again for the great tip ! :goodidea: :waytogo: :waytogo:
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Very neat, Soil Surgeon, glad that "recipe" worked out for you! Thanks for the kind words, and best wishes on pulling more good coins!
 
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