DIGGER27
In Memory Of
I saw a video on youtube for a much faster way to clean my clad so I tried it.
Aquarium stones, fill the barrel with vinegar til it just covers everything, then I poured in some salt and a little lemon juice just for kicks.
It actually worked fantastic.
I got my very dirty coins waaaay cleaner in 2 hours of tumbling than they look after 6 or more with my old recipe of dish washing fluid and water and rocks.
I let them run for 2 hours but I bet even less time might work as well...I will experiment on the next batch.
I did make a little mistake, however.
In one barrel, I accidentally threw in a couple of pennies by mistake.
In this pic you can see they are really clean but notice a few in there with a coppery tone on parts of a few coins.
This next pic shows my other barrel contents but I had several pennies in this batch by mistake.
I now have a whole bunch of golden coins!
Here are some normal quarters to compare.
I hope you can see the difference because they are really gold in color.
It's actually kind of funny.
I am taking them to my bank because they will count them in their machine for free and I hope they accept them.
I know the Coinstar machine will take them but I hate losing that 9%.
The pennies came out great too, but next time I am going to be real careful about mixing any pennies in with my clad.
The only gold coins I want are the kind I find and dig up in the dirt from now on.
***Itsaring below also reminded me I forgot to tell you to was these batches in some water mixed with baking soda to neutralize the reaction from the acid in the vinegar...and he says this might not work so well on beach coins.***
Aquarium stones, fill the barrel with vinegar til it just covers everything, then I poured in some salt and a little lemon juice just for kicks.
It actually worked fantastic.
I got my very dirty coins waaaay cleaner in 2 hours of tumbling than they look after 6 or more with my old recipe of dish washing fluid and water and rocks.
I let them run for 2 hours but I bet even less time might work as well...I will experiment on the next batch.
I did make a little mistake, however.
In one barrel, I accidentally threw in a couple of pennies by mistake.
In this pic you can see they are really clean but notice a few in there with a coppery tone on parts of a few coins.
This next pic shows my other barrel contents but I had several pennies in this batch by mistake.
I now have a whole bunch of golden coins!
Here are some normal quarters to compare.
I hope you can see the difference because they are really gold in color.
It's actually kind of funny.
I am taking them to my bank because they will count them in their machine for free and I hope they accept them.
I know the Coinstar machine will take them but I hate losing that 9%.
The pennies came out great too, but next time I am going to be real careful about mixing any pennies in with my clad.
The only gold coins I want are the kind I find and dig up in the dirt from now on.
***Itsaring below also reminded me I forgot to tell you to was these batches in some water mixed with baking soda to neutralize the reaction from the acid in the vinegar...and he says this might not work so well on beach coins.***
