Aluminum Jelly

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

Hi i watch the show called: Cash & Treasure the other nite
on Tv and they show one of the guys cleaning up a old
button, it was a hunt that Trasure Depot put on up in
Conneticut. Jimmy(PA) said that those guys used a
chemical called Aluminum Jelly so it went the next day to
the hardware store & had them too order me a bottle of
the it just too try it out & here are the results. Used a Brass
brush too to give the coin a light brushing. If you don't want to
see a SHINE on them just stick them into a piece of POTATOE

1955-D Lincoln Cent & base off a Toy Car
1903 Barber Half Dollar

[Jimmy(PA)]

Wow those results are even better then I expected, Id like to try it on some of my less valuable or hard to read coppers.

Jim

[zerohypert]

Interesting idea... thanks for the tip.. I should try that with some of coins that recieved from someone else.. some of them are darken and everything.

Great result!

[klava]

Looks like great results X. If I can ever get out and huntand find anything illgive it a try lol

-K

[stringfrenzy]

Seems like pretty good stuff. I may have to look into this a little more. Thanks for the post.

[l.cutler]

On the show I believe they used the chemical and only a soft toothbrush on some relics, buttons and buckles I think. I don't know what effect this would have on coins, but with the addition of a brass brush is much too aggressive for any collectable coins. The coins pictured have been very harshly cleaned, and any collectors value has been taken away. If this is done to a coin with collector value it would be a very costly mistake.

[Don in SJ]

Words of Wisdom: Don't use on coins!!!!!

Here is an advertisement for it that has a good statement:

We are offering aluminum jelly for Relic Hunters who wish to clean
their buttons that have remaining gilt. It is not recommended for
cleaning all buttons but does an amazing job on some. If you don't
know how to clean buttons we recommend you visit a relic forum
and get advice.

I know several of the guys who find lots of military brass buttons and the aluminum jelly is not used for coins, and is not used for most of the initial cleaning of brass buttons, it is usually used after the brass button was cleaned of the dirt and crud first, then the aluminum jelly is used to bring out the hidden gilt!

I still clean my brass buttons first with peroxide, and distilled water at the end, and if there is gilt that looks like it can be improved, I use lemon juice quickly to brighten the gilt. If I had Aluminum Jelly on hand I would use that instead, but never would I use it on a coin or to initially clean a button of the dirt on it.



Don