How to clean a rong?

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mnruxpin

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dang thats been down there a while, silver probly, just guessin. heres the best video ive seen

 

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dang thats been down there a while, silver probly, just guessin. heres the best video ive seen



Wear gloves if you use a stainless steel item! This produces a toxic substance.
 

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For worthless silver, I'd use baking soda. Electrolysis for better rings. BTW, you'll have better hits if you spell ring correctly. ;)
 

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I find a lot of crusty silver and some crusty stained gold, which all is 10k or less. I first just carefully crunch the oxide off of the coin or ring to make sure I don't have something of great value then I use a dremel wire brush for the silver. If it is something of interest I do the electrolysis, then baking soda rub. The gold I hit with the dremel polish wheel then mothers polish.. yesterdays hunt...

crusty OBN0378 (2).jpg then cleaned.. OBN0377 (2).jpg
 

sandswimmer

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Once that crust dries out , a lot of it will just flake off. I then use a dremel with a soft brass wire wheel followed by a buffing wheel.
You can get a cheap dremel with all the attachments at Harbor Freight for $10 bucks......I've cleaned 100+ rings with the one I bought there.
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Thanks for the quick replys! I'll see which one I want to try when I get back to NC. The ctx says the ring is gold. It has a golden color you can see through the stone on top. I figure it was in the water for 30+ years. Found it at Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. Still have tomorrow then we head in land. Do some fresh water hunting then! Having a great time with the Excalibur!
 

mnruxpin

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Thanks for the quick replys! I'll see which one I want to try when I get back to NC. The ctx says the ring is gold. It has a golden color you can see through the stone on top. I figure it was in the water for 30+ years. Found it at Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. Still have tomorrow then we head in land. Do some fresh water hunting then! Having a great time with the Excalibur!

cool man
 

kcm

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For worthless silver, I'd use baking soda. Electrolysis for better rings. BTW, you'll have better hits if you spell ring correctly. ;)

Hey! I clicked on it just so I could find out what a rong was! :laughing7:
 

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Make sure you post us a Cleaned picture.. :thumbsup:
 

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WOW - your quarters are smaller than your nickles where you hunt :tongue3:

I find a lot of crusty silver and some crusty stained gold, which all is 10k or less. I first just carefully crunch the oxide off of the coin or ring to make sure I don't have something of great value then I use a dremel wire brush for the silver. If it is something of interest I do the electrolysis, then baking soda rub. The gold I hit with the dremel polish wheel then mothers polish.. yesterdays hunt...

crusty View attachment 1354811 then cleaned.. View attachment 1354812
 

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Hey - Buzz bay is my turf - well ..one of my turfs

Thanks for the quick replys! I'll see which one I want to try when I get back to NC. The ctx says the ring is gold. It has a golden color you can see through the stone on top. I figure it was in the water for 30+ years. Found it at Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. Still have tomorrow then we head in land. Do some fresh water hunting then! Having a great time with the Excalibur!
 

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might be 10k - I would use electrolysis on it - if you don't have a set up - see if some that does will do it for you :thumbsup:
 

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I use a small square of aluminum foil ...sprinkle a bit of salt..wrap it around the wet ring tightly ..and place in a half cup of hot water.

Leave it an hour or so. I then use a ultrasound cleaner to remove the loosened oxides but have used soapy fingers to rub black off in the past.

Finally polish with wet baking soda.

10K gold can be corroded. 14K also can develop slight discoloration but just rarely. Most of my 14K gold is almost perfect.
 

mnruxpin

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Wear gloves if you use a stainless steel item! This produces a toxic substance.

hey, whats the science behind that? been doin it in my kitchen since early 80s. peeps also say chlorine gas is emitted? is there a better item than stainless, read some where that graphite or some automotive scrap metal could be used.
 

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For worthless silver, I'd use baking soda. Electrolysis for better rings. BTW, you'll have better hits if you spell ring correctly. ;)

LOL. I'm am always checking my spelling. But I hate using my phone!
 

jbwish

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Don't do what I tried. Used automatic coffee pot cleaner liquid and soaked about 2 dozen coins I gathered out of a river, they were heavily oxidized. Turned
every one of them bright copper colored, Nickles, dimes and quarters.
 

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