Sundays finds and cleaning question

[Kent in AL]

Sunday's finds and cleaning question

Got out to an old homesite I haven't hunted in a couple of years and found a Jefferson nickel from probably the forties or fifties and a token. The token is from the Hartselle Dairy (Hartselle's the small town I live in) good for an amount of milk (quart? gallon?). It's aluminum and has corrosion on part of it making it impossible to read all of the words. The corrosion is like what I've found on Alabama tax tokens also made of aluminum. It's very hard, almost like calcium deposits. Anyone ever successfully clean this type of crud off of aluminum?

Thanks,

Kent

 

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[lonewolfe]

Re: Sunday's finds and cleaning question

Nope, usually doesn't come off very well, and if you take it off, it destroys the coin, token, etc. even more
Best thing to do is, try a little tooth paste and a soft brush and get off what comes off, and call it good.

 

[stoney56]

Re: Sunday's finds and cleaning question

Yep, old fashioned milk money.

 

[Kent in AL]

Re: Sunday's finds and cleaning question

Thanks for the replies. Ever notice how a piece of scrap aluminum comes out of the ground all slick and clean but aluminum tokens are usually corroded. DOH!

 

[Pudsbrat]

Re: Sunday's finds and cleaning question

I found one here in Arkansas good for $1.00 off a suit that was pretty badly corroded and I used my dremel with a brass or stainless brush attachment and it cleaned it off really good...might give it a try in a very small area just to see what it will do to the token before you clean the whole thing....

 

[stoney56]

Re: Sunday's finds and cleaning question

If you try it, test it on an Alabama tax token 1st! Remember condition on tokens is about like coins, gotta be careful about the cleaning process. HH