The problem with salt water detecting.

Sandancer

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What do I do with all these severely corroded coins? ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1601403572.143872.jpg
 

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smokeythecat

Gold Member
Nov 22, 2012
20,682
40,649
Maryland
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10
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1
Detector(s) used
XP Deus II
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All Treasure Hunting
Or a tumbler first for a bit and then put in rolls and take them to a bank. I have some to do myself.
 

Terry Soloman

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May 28, 2010
19,410
30,020
White Plains, New York
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Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I take mine and lay them out in the wet sand to spell, "SUCKER" but, I'm kinda weird. :skullflag:
 

cudamark

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Mar 16, 2011
13,171
14,457
San Diego
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1
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3
Detector(s) used
XP Deus 2, Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 3 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
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All Treasure Hunting
Yup, rock tumbler (or in my case, I need a cement mixer!) with some aquarium gravel, soap, and bit of vinegar. Just don't mix copper with the clad unless you like pink coins!
 

SamAdams

Tenderfoot
Sep 23, 2020
6
9
NH, USA
Detector(s) used
Generic
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I currently am building a set for each coin type I find, If i can read the date I keep it for the set! I call it my treasure hunting set! Trying to find each year and mint from every cent, nickel, dime or quarter makes them more significant to find. Instead of just tossing them, or spending them. For me, finding a 2019 Cent even if its wildly corroded already still feels good as long as it fills a spot in my collection!

Honestly really surprised noone else seems to do this with their clad finds.
 

Back-of-the-boat

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Apr 18, 2013
6,872
8,470
California
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AT GOLD/Garrett /C.Scope cs4PI/Garrett(carrot) pro pointer/ 5x8 double d coil and sniper coil/Lesche digger/Lesche "T" handle shovel.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Tumble, then roll, then deposit in bank,or send to me and I will deposit in my bank account.
 

zigzag

Full Member
Sep 17, 2011
181
202
ft laud, fl
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030, 2 xcal II 1000's, 1 has OBN's remote PP & peltor HP's, 2 aquasounds, dual field, sunspot 920i hybrid, 720i, 3 rtg scoops, Howie scoop
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Yup, rock tumbler (or in my case, I need a cement mixer!) with some aquarium gravel, soap, and bit of vinegar. Just don't mix copper with the clad unless you like pink coins!
Or pink silver jewelry like me. Lol
 

Ugly J

Greenie
Jul 12, 2012
18
45
Idaho
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E trac X-1, SEF 8x6
Excalibur II
Equinox 800
ATX
AT pro
White's 5900 Dipro
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All Treasure Hunting
Clean the coins and take them to the casino. No rolling. No fees. They just drop them in the coin counter machine and hand you the cash. Check them after cleaning just to make sure you didn’t miss something good.
 

dts52

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Jun 20, 2015
1,598
2,284
NW CT
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Equinox800 / AT Pro / AT Gold / Makro Racer
Vibra-probe / TRX pp
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Other
I take mine and lay them out in the wet sand to spell, "SUCKER" but, I'm kinda weird. :skullflag:

Oh, so that was you! And I thought I had stumbled onto a pocket spill! :BangHead:
dts
 

terry g

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May 9, 2009
160
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In the Mediterranean on a yacht.
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1
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2 x Excalibur ll, Excal 1000,
Soake in vinegar overnight and then scrub with a stainless steel kitchen scourer . I've cleaned hundreds of coins in the last few months.. Excalibur hates the steel ones so I don't dig those.
 

cudamark

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Mar 16, 2011
13,171
14,457
San Diego
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1
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3
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XP Deus 2, Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 3 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Soake in vinegar overnight and then scrub with a stainless steel kitchen scourer . I've cleaned hundreds of coins in the last few months.. Excalibur hates the steel ones so I don't dig those.

Too much work in my book. Tumble and rinse is all I'm willing to do to get them spendable, or, to make them good enough to go through the CoinStar.
 

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