Took my detector to work today

[NOLA_Ken]

I'm building a room addition on an 1860's house here in town, and decided to bring my detector and hunt a bit on my lunch break. Found a lot of junk, (and a lot of my own nails) but managed to pull this lovely little gem out. It doesn't look like much, but it's a 1937 buffalo, and it's the first one I've found here. Any ideas on how to clean it up?

 

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[J-dude]

Nice!

 

[mainer]

Cool. You will never forget your first. I use ketchup to clean my nickels. Someone else may have a better methoed, but it works for me.

 

[mlayers]

Nice find there got to be more. Better take the detector again.....Matt

 

[NOLA_Ken]

tried a bit of ketchup (thanks mainer) and got it a bit cleaner.

 

[mainer]

Looks good. Now go find some more. And some silver too.

 

[augusthog]

Kewl lookin nickel

 

[HISPAN]

nice Bufalo ...congrats !

 

[crazyjarhead]

Buffalo's are a tough breed to clean if not impossible . Everyone I have found has looked rusty and beat up. Your buff is actually in good shape. Glad the ketchup worked out. Keep taking that detector to work and enjoy your lunch breaks

 

[fmrUSMC_0844]

Nice buff. how many legs does old Black Diamond have?

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

Cool

 

[freddy williams]

Electroalises would be best I could not tell you how to build one though ..

 

[Goes4ever]

I have tried so many things to clean nickels and the best thing I have found to lightly clean them is an SOS pad, wet the pad and lightly rub the coin under running water, just enough to remove the crud, you want to improve the looks for your collection anyway right? ..........and do not clean one if it is a key date

 

[billpa]

Bonus pay that day.the ketchup worked I,ll have too try that.

 

[liftloop]

I'm doing the catch up thing rite now to my buff-low nickel that I found last year...thanks for the tip...what a forum...

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Nice buff. how many legs does old Black Diamond have?

first thing I looked at, but he's got all four....

 

[hikeinmts]

Hey, that buff nickle cleaned up real nice. Please, tell me about the ketchup method....
Do you cover the coin and leave it for _____ hours? Or do you apply it with a toothbrush, and
________.....help me.....I have a couple of types of Korean coins that I find here that I have a devil
of a time cleaning them.....and I've tried everything......except ketchup.....

 

[smittyw]

Good job. Ketchup idea new to me, good. Also, first I have heard of looking at number of legs on the buffalo. Gather that they made some errors coins with only three legs and that they may have some additional value? Checked the one I found yesterday and it does have 4.

 

[steelheadwill]

Your nickel came out great

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Hey, that buff nickle cleaned up real nice. Please, tell me about the ketchup method....
Do you cover the coin and leave it for _____ hours? Or do you apply it with a toothbrush, and
________.....help me.....I have a couple of types of Korean coins that I find here that I have a devil
of a time cleaning them.....and I've tried everything......except ketchup.....

I just let it soak in a pile of ketchup on a plate for a while then used a soft toothbrush.

Good job. Ketchup idea new to me, good. Also, first I have heard of looking at number of legs on the buffalo. Gather that they made some errors coins with only three legs and that they may have some additional value? Checked the one I found yesterday and it does have 4.

As far as I know the only three legged buffalo is on a 1937 d and they are worth a few hundred dollars, but people have faked them, so check them carefully.