Got a surprise cleaning my coins today!

Moonshadow

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Thanks to the advice of Chris and Diggin D, I went out and bought a rock tumbler last night. I was starting to get quite a collection of coins and wanted to reuse them. Put my first batch in last night and got them out this morning. They are nice and clean! As I was looking at them a little closer, I discovered a 1964 Eisenhower Silver Dime! Wahoo!! My first silver coin! Who'd a thunk it? :D.

I had also found a partial roll of quarters at a local park and couldn't make out the dates. I was curious as to how long they had been planted. I found them about 4 inches deep. When I got them cleaned...most of them read 1984. Wow, 20 years. That's so cool. ;D

Hope everyone has a prosperous day! HH!
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Lowbatts

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Eisenhower dime! Now that is the find of a lifetime! Can you tell what the country of origin is? Post a pic! I've got more than a few silver Rosies from '64 and my first silver dollar found was an Ike but wow, you found a crossover coin! I'm just funnin' ya, I know you meant a Rosie dime, I think...
 

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Moonshadow

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Hey Diggin D,

I went to Hobby Lobby and bought one. It's called Rolling Stone rock tumbler. I paid 30.00 for it. It's working pretty well so far.

Good Luck in your search for the nortorious silver coin!

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I look at my coins pretty closely before I clean them-- silver ones should stand out. They are usually a lot lighter in color, unless they are black from sulfur, but they are almost never the same color as clad coins.
 

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Hey Lab Rat,

That was the problem.....all the coins I've been recovering are almost black or at least dark brown. Been finding alot it a soccer field with alot of clay and turf over that. They are about two to three inches down. Can't even see the dates most of the time.

HH,

Moon
 

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