oh no,indian head nickle turned copper

[headhunter]

I tried doing the electroylis mentioned in this forum.It did what it was supposed to do but it turned copper looking.this was the first old coin i found with a metal detector and would love to get it back to looking normal,any suggestions PLEASE??thanks

[OZ_IL]

Originally Posted by headhunter

I tried doing the electroylis mentioned in this forum.It did what it was supposed to do but it turned copper looking.this was the first old coin i found with a metal detector and would love to get it back to looking normal,any suggestions PLEASE??thanks

The buff's I found all had an 'bronze' look to them. They are 75% copper yah know! Just think of it as lesson learned

[headhunter]

so i take that as it's ruined huh?thanks folks for all the ideas anyway and "ya know,i didn't know they were 75% copper untill now",yep lesson learned

[OZ_IL]

Originally Posted by headhunter

so i take that as it's ruined huh?thanks folks for all the ideas anyway and "ya know,i didn't know they were 75% copper untill now",yep lesson learned

That's why my buff's and my V(yep, also 75% copper) nickel came out of the ground copper color and will remain that way, cleaning or no cleaning.

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by OZ_IL

That's why my buff's and my V(yep, also 75% copper) nickel came out of the ground copper color and will remain that way, cleaning or no cleaning.

I have never found a V nickel that was in better shape than barely recognizable.

[OZ_IL]

Originally Posted by Rudy

I have never found a V nickel that was in better shape than barely recognizable.

I wouldn't call mine a beauty either

[bazooka]

The color can be restored, but at a price. I figured out a method that takes out the red color to dug nickels and makes them nice and silvery again. The problem is, it's highly abrasive so a coin with weak details like V-nickels may not fair well, and it's certainly not something you would do to anything valuable. But it works great if you just want the original color restored. I have no problem using this on no-date buffs or old non-war jeffersons. I wouldn't do it on one of my V's though as you may lose plenty of detail, possibly even the date.

http://dirtjournal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2491

[Lightningjack]

Hello! In this post Detector showed a buff nickle he cleaned..It looks great.

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=26268

[searcher64]

I wonder what navel jelly would do to the nics, never tried it yet. How about lemon oil? we use orange oil on raw car metal to keep them from rusting, when we went down for long periods on time.(:-)

[bazooka]

I wish he would have posted his method... it doesn't look pitted like mine do.

[Detector]

What I did was to take a brass wheel on my dremel and it takes the red right off. A brass wheel doesn't do near the damage a regular steel wire wheel will do.

I'm glad you reminded me about the nickle. When I get home I'll check the status as see what it looks like.

[Lightningjack]

Originally Posted by Detector

What I did was to take a brass wheel on my dremel and it takes the red right off. A brass wheel doesn't do near the damage a regular steel wire wheel will do.

I'm glad you reminded me about the nickle. When I get home I'll check the status as see what it looks like.

Never thought of trying my dremel, I've never seen a buff with no date start to come back before..It really surprised me.

[bazooka]

Cool, thanks for replying! I've been thinking about getting a dremmel because using my brass brush on my hands really takes a toll. Actually, the brush I have now is steel...the one before was brass. Heck, I'll order a dremmel right now! You didn't use any chemicals?