Quick park strip hunt. Silver Dime, Crustiest War Nickel ever! UPDATED BELOW.
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Waveoff
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Congrats on the nice finds! The medallion looks like a Buddhist monk amulet. Buddhists wear them like Catholics wear religious medals of saints and whatnot. The chain definitely looks Asian because a lot of Asian gold and silver have those W shaped clasps. As for the war nickel...try soaking it in ammonia for 5-10 minutes at a time and then toothbrushing it between soaks. For a thick crust like that, you might have to whack it with a hammer like Jamflicker described doing in another thread. http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=253235
beephead
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Big Congrats! I clean my war nickels with navel jelly.
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Stiffwrists
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Thanks on the information on the medallion. I'll try the ammonia on the nickel. This forum is so helpful!
Waveoff
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I've heard of others having good success with naval jelly like beephead mentioned. Let us know how it cleans up and what method(s) you used.
Jamflicker
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Soak the war nickel in lemon juice over night then clean with baking soda. Nice finds.
cellrdwellr
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Nice hunting , congrats!
Stiffwrists
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I've heard of others having good success with naval jelly like beephead mentioned. Let us know how it cleans up and what method(s) you used.
Sorry for the dumb question. How do you use the Naval Jelly? Soak it? Is Naval Jelly thick and gooey like petroleum Jelly?
Waveoff
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Stiffwrists
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Captain Silver
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Congrats on the Rosie, War nickel and the rest...good quick hunt!
rob.ream258
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Yep - but that nickel may need a couple months in a tumbler first...
Sweet hunt - congrats!!!! That medallion looks cool but what it says and the story will make it great.....
Waveoff
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Beachhunter
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Nice war nickel, pendant and Rosie. Thanks for the pics!
metaladdict
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Medallion could be ghandi but not sure if he had a mustache?
Stiffwrists
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Thanks. I think Waveoff was correct about it being a Thai Buddist medallion. I was able to find one similar online. Not sure of the age of it through. The mouth area is blurred out in the design to represent a vow of silence.
ollievon
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Electrolysis will clean that up in no time...just find an old phone recharger you don't need, splice the lines (you can determine negative and positive with a cheap voltage meter at Home Depot) and then attach those wires to alligator clips (red (positive) and black (negative).
Find an old ratty metal spoon and a pint glass you don't care about - fill the glass with warm salt water, attach the negative clip to the top end of the handle of the spoon and the positive clip to the coin, then submerge the coin.
THEN PLUG INTO THE OUTLET...
You should start to see the coin fizz after about 5-10 seconds, if it doesn't just UNPLUG, and switch the alligator clips. Once the fizzing starts watch the gunk just fall off in droves, it's crazy, especially with silver coins.
Good luck!
Find an old ratty metal spoon and a pint glass you don't care about - fill the glass with warm salt water, attach the negative clip to the top end of the handle of the spoon and the positive clip to the coin, then submerge the coin.
THEN PLUG INTO THE OUTLET...
You should start to see the coin fizz after about 5-10 seconds, if it doesn't just UNPLUG, and switch the alligator clips. Once the fizzing starts watch the gunk just fall off in droves, it's crazy, especially with silver coins.
Good luck!
ollievon
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Be sure to put the spoon in the water as well with the coin, but don't let them touch. The clip attached to the coin can go into the water with the coin, that's fine.
Make sure the clip on the spoon goes on the end of the handle, don't put that clip in the water, or ....ZAAPP!
Make sure the clip on the spoon goes on the end of the handle, don't put that clip in the water, or ....ZAAPP!
