how do you guys clean your wheaties after you dig them?

[cmalo1985]

hey guys im new at this just wondering how you guys clean your copper pennies after you dig them ?

[goldentruth]

Water with dishwashing detergent, soak overnight.
(Note: see my comment on "Cleaning coins properly" Post.)

[fistfulladirt]

The common date wheats get tumbled in aquarium gravel and a spot of dish soap, for half an hour or less. Common dates are valued at 2-4 cents each.

[Jason in Enid]

Aquarium gravel in a tumbler. They're just copper pennies and have very little value above melt.

[Goes4ever]

I USED to clean wheats, until I found out they are literally everywhere. I get tired of digging them, to me they are merely a sign that silver is near. I sell all of mine on ebay, I leave the dirt on them, sell em as metal detector finds. I average 6 to 8 cents each for them on ebay

[sniffer]

I knock the surface stuff off, check the date and then throw them in a container with the others. if it's a key date I clean it with a little water and dish soap. that's it

[kayden]

Baking soda boiling water

[goldentruth]

Also some people just brush the dust off to show the original earth and keep the value on a rare coin!

[cmalo1985]

thank you guys for all your advice i appreciate it greatly im new to the hobby just got my ace 250 on christmas so ive been very excited been searching my yard and got alot of copper pennies and 2 wheaties one of the wheaties are from 1929 but no silver lol but its getting real cold here in ny so might have to stop till the weather gets nicer lol

[gleaner1]

Baking soda boiling water

Interesting, I'm gonna try that. I got about five pounds of culls to experiment with.

[cmalo1985]

Baking soda boiling water

this is the way i did it and worked great worked way better then boiling peroxide. is this method safe to use with all coins? ? or do you recomend not too? thanks for all the help

[fistfulladirt]

Baking soda boiling water

this is the way i did it and worked great worked way better then boiling peroxide. is this method safe to use with all coins? ? or do you recomend not too? thanks for all the help

Baking soda is a mild abrasive. Every now and then I take a dug silver rosie or merc and a little baking soda in a paste between 2 fingers and grind away. May have to try the soda/boiling water on the wheats, as the peroxide method tends to darken my IH cents that I've dug.