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  1. Tommyboy Japan

    My Lesche is rusted after 2 sessions

    The Lesche hand digger I bought is excellent, digs through the soil like butter. However, when I took it out yesterday to clean off last weekends dirt, I realized after only two metal detecting sessions it seems to already be rusted. All down the serrated edge is a bright orange colour, and just...
  2. B

    Electrolysis How and What You Use

    I am curious what the MDF community suggests or what you are using for cleaning items using electrolysis. I have been using electrolysis for years but in the back on my mind I have always wanted to ask members what and how MDF members are using to clean their finds. So today is the day I would...
  3. GKL

    Ideas on what this coin MIGHT be ?

    I dug this coin on a hunt Thursday, it is the same size as a penny, but it is NOT attracted to a magnet. With the level of crud built up would it more likely be an IHP rather than a Lincoln penny ? Has anyone ever had a Lincoln penny look this bad ? (maybe it's neither an IHP or Lincoln) If I...
  4. M

    Green 1910 Wheat penny!

    I found this the other day, but didn't clean it right away and didn't think I would get a date, but after reading a thread on using steel wool I gave it a try. Although faint I could read the date. It is my oldest coin so far. The other wheats are next oldest. The back of the 1910 doesn't have...
  5. ken135

    A way to clean those orange-red brown dug nickels

    Worked ok for me. Results were OK. Check out video. Really simple to do. https://youtu.be/XgUBjaEAFpA
  6. lensmanicu

    Cleaning memorial cents

    Can someone tell me the best way to clean encrypted pennies.
  7. Deep Nickels

    Advice On Cleaning a Morgan?

    Hi everyone! I started detecting back in March and about a week ago I (somehow) came across my first Morgan. Now after coming home and getting her in some water, I've found some green corrosion and a bit of tough black corrosion mainly on the heads side of the coin. Would you guys reccomend that...
  8. M

    To Clean or Not To Clean?

    To clean or not to clean? that is the question. I am switching to sites that might increase finding coins. Many You Tubes and websites say don't clean your valuable coins. If a coin is crusted to the point of not being identifiable, it goes without saying that I have to clean it - but to what...
  9. A

    Please Don't Rub!

    Hey Folks- Just a general tip here. I know, it's human nature, we are curious, we want to know the mystery, but for the Love of Pete, please STOP rubbing your finds! Oh my goodness, if I see one more guy on Youtube rubbing his silver, it's going to kill me. As a numismatist, this just...
  10. Wolf-Dog

    Help Needed. Did I Ruin My Silver Round?

    I have 2 silver rounds (not found MDing) that I stored in plastic coin-containers. One of them looks completely fine, but the other one isn't looking so good. I believe moisture may have gotten into the container when I closed it, and it looks like it is tarnished now. Any ideas on what might...
  11. G

    First good find!

    What is the best way to clean a 1858 flying eagle penny? Any good home remedies? I want to clear it up without ruining it. Thanks in advance. Turn picture sideways.
  12. ArthurEvans

    Thiosulfate works on copper, not silver...

    In the thread titled "Cleaning copper - If you want to" http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=256868 I showed how sodium thiosulfate, a common chemical used in B&W photography, spa treatments, and medicine, reversed the black tarnish on pennies, though not the green corrosion...
  13. ArthurEvans

    Cleaning copper - If you want to

    I got interested in a thread by Fool on cleaning sulfur residue off copper. I know there are a lot of cases where one wouldn't want to touch the patina on a metal, and I'm not suggesting doing anything in those cases. I mentioned in that thread a well known method I had used for silver, where...
  14. OneStudPuppy

    List of all California beaches who use machinery for sand cleaning / sifting?

    Wondering if anyone knows of a list or website which lists ALL California beaches, and lists which use mechanical cleaning methods etc. I have been googling but not much solid results wise. I used to live in Huntington Beach for a while and personally know they do, quite a detailed job too.. I...
  15. ollievon

    Chemical Reaction Issue

    Had a strange find in my drawer this morning where I have some of my found coins together, just your random assortment of Wheaties, War Nickel's etc. But this morning I noticed that a Barber dime I found earlier this year was discolored (or at least was turning blackish) and noticed it was on...
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