Chipping silver from the tundra!

cjon455

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Spent some time chipping coins out of the ice with nepa-will, mostly clad but did manage a 39 merc ( 3 fty) and 4 wheats (16 fty). Also got the cool 1949 rabies vaccination tag which I gave to Bill since he collects them. All in all a fun day! Thanks for the invite bill! 20170118_100458-1.jpg 20170118_153840-1.jpg 20170118_145902-1.jpg 2017-01-18 15.50.08.jpg 20170118_154538-1.jpg
 

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Tommy G

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Nice hunt. The Merc looks to be in pretty good condition too. Congrats!
 

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cjon455

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Bet today was a real work out working the frozen ground. Paid off nicely with some great finds. That merc is a definite sweet one but, that old tag is not far behind.
Congrats!!
 

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Always nice to find a merc she is pretty Good job!!!!
 

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Bet today was a real work out working the frozen ground. Paid off nicely with some great finds. That merc is a definite sweet one but, that old tag is not far behind.
Congrats!!

Thank you!, I gave the tag to my buddy along with a few others ive found over the years, he collects them
 

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Thank you!, I gave the tag to my buddy along with a few others ive found over the years, he collects them

Yeah, he's got some nice ones from Scanton. I was born in Scranton.
Nice friend you are....
 

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Hammer and wood chisel?? I'm curious because I've been at a standstill because of the frozen ground............
That's an amazing feat (to me) to pull keepers in this climate............the button is cool, too.
 

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Yeah, he's got some nice ones from Scanton. I was born in Scranton.
Nice friend you are....
thanks!, I gave him 2 1908 dog tax tags as well, theh were sitting in bags in boxes in my closet lol

Hammer and wood chisel?? I'm curious because I've been at a standstill because of the frozen ground............
That's an amazing feat (to me) to pull keepers in this climate............the button is cool, too.
nah I used my t handle shovel and literally jumped on it to penetrate the ground lol
 

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Well done Chris.

I like that button too.

Best of luck to you sir!
 

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Glad to see you got out Chris. I'm surprised the ground is still frozen anywhere in PA!

Hopefully it'll last! Cheers
 

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Congrats on pulling those keepers Chris, not a bad tundra hunt.
 

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Congrats on the merc and dog tag, I like the looks of the button
thanks art, thought it was cool to find because it's so small

Glad to see you got out Chris. I'm surprised the ground is still frozen anywhere in PA!

Hopefully it'll last! Cheers
thanks steve, was nice just to get out, nothing earth shattering but fun

Care to share what you did to clean it up? Looks good.
just a little baking soda paste. Actually I just wet the coin and rubbed dry baking soda on it. I don't recommend this on coins of value however
 

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