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« on: February 19, 2011, 12:35:16 am »
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I watch a lot of the videos with guys recovering coins and they immediately begin rubbing the dirt off the coin with gloves on and, I presume, putting scratches on the coin.

I've been pulling my coins out carefully and leaving the dirt on and waiting to clean them at home. I wrap each coin in a small bit of paper towel to prevent them from getting scratched until I get them home.

I think this is the best practice, but wanted to see what you guys do and recommend. I'm going to start doing videos of my hunts and want to show the *right* practice for this sort of thing and want to be sure I'm giving out good information when doing my videos...

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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2011, 01:48:14 am »
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There is a technique to rubbing the coin that will afford it very little damage, if any. Start from the edge and do a prying action on the clumped dirt. If you see silver or gold, stop right there. If you recognize the coin is one of high value, stop right there. There's no need to wrap the coin but it can't hurt. The dirt clumped on the coin will protect it.

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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2011, 04:36:00 am »
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            You started by saying that you dont just rub the dirt off but wrap it and take it home to clean ,  but what do you do at home to clean the coin ?

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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2011, 10:00:43 am »
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The way I do it, is soak the coin in some gentle soap and water, until the dirt starts coming off, then very gently  blot, do not rub, until I can see what I have found-Then do accordingly, if just COIN of  little value, clean it up, if good coin, dry by air, and contact a coin person. Wise

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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2011, 03:54:12 pm »
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When ever i recover very old coins i take some of the moist dirt and the coin and put them in to little press seal bags
the reason i put the damp dirt in as well is because if the coin dries out then the patina chips off and the coin ends up
all chiped,  so the moisture keeps the coin in the same conditions that it has been in for years or centuries.

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The way I clean them is to soak them in hot water. I rinse off all the dirt I can, then put the coins into an ultrasonic cleaner and let it loosen the remaining gunk. then I rinse again and keep doing that cycle of hot water, ultrasonic and soap until I get them as clean as possible. For clad coins, I do one cleaning then toss them into the tumbler except for those that don't need it.

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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2011, 04:26:03 pm »
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I rub the coins in the grass as there's enough moisture in the blades to give 'em a decent 'field cleaning'.

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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2011, 04:28:20 pm »
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Quote:Posted by GoldDigger1950
There is a technique to rubbing the coin that will afford it very little damage, if any. Start from the edge and do a prying action on the clumped dirt. If you see silver or gold, stop right there. If you recognize the coin is one of high value, stop right there. There's no need to wrap the coin but it can't hurt. The dirt clumped on the coin will protect it.


Yep!  Take em home and Boil them in Distilled water until the gunk is gone.

Now is it a KEEPER or a OK?



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