It took a year to found out what I had

[agbonanza]

Yes, you read it correctly...a year. A year or so ago, I found what I thought was a coin covered with crud while metal detecting. I found it while hunting around what I am pretty sure is a foundation to a small house. It was about the size of a U.S. dime, but I could not see what it was. I took it home and cleaned it with a mild detergent and soft bristled brush, but no luck at all in figuring out what it was. I soaked it in olive oil since then. Every few weeks or so I would flip it over in the oil. Well, this weekend I decided to try and clean it again. Some of the crud came off and I could tell it was a coin of some sort...I decided to take the plunge and I built an electrolysis. After it "cooked" for a while, I took it out and cleaned it somemore with baking soda and a soft bristled brush. Much to my surprise it is a 1941 German 5 pfennig coin....complete with swastika. Here are a couple of pix that I took with my digital camera.

 

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[Rob66]

The Library is a great source of info.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Nice find and great job on the cleaning!

 

[romeo-1]

Nice find...that's committment!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice find! It's made of Zinc, they don't hold up well in the soil, your lucky to be able to ID it. HH, Mike

 

[goldencoin]

i would have tried salt and vinigar method...ask ray king

HH
-Gc

 

[Burdie]

Wow I gave up after two months on a coin. I better read up on coin cleaning. Nice job on that coin. Burdie