I just bought an Equinox 600 to get back into this hobby. I did a little detecting about 30 years ago, but I consider myself a newbie.
While most of the youtube videos and forum post view iron finds as anathema, I am doing a lot of searching on my old family homeplace which was built in 1856 and finding old iron items (not nails and trash, ha) are of interest to me as they were used/lost or cast off by my ancestors.
So, do any of you have suggestions on how to clean and prep iron items like tools, horseshoes, etc??
Most of what I see pertains to coins, copper and brass.
thanks,
Mark
While most of the youtube videos and forum post view iron finds as anathema, I am doing a lot of searching on my old family homeplace which was built in 1856 and finding old iron items (not nails and trash, ha) are of interest to me as they were used/lost or cast off by my ancestors.
So, do any of you have suggestions on how to clean and prep iron items like tools, horseshoes, etc??
Most of what I see pertains to coins, copper and brass.
thanks,
Mark