Don in SJ
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This post is in response to those questioning whether coppers can be in the ground for over a hundred years or more and look rather great after a light cleaning or hardly none at all.
Sugar sand in the East and Upper Mid-West can and does at times supply the right conditions for copper relics and coins to remain in a relatively great condition, despite being in the ground, exposed to the harsh moisture conditions. Fast Drainage and lack of vegative matter make the big difference in not allowing acidic conditions to increase to help start corroding any copper/brass item.
I think perhaps one of my best "as found" old coins was this 1796 Liberty Cap Cent I found back in September 2004. The site was white Sugar sand but was very near a cedar swamp, which the soil is highly acidic, and totally destroys coppers, but since this was found on a higher knoll of sand (ancient sand dune type) the drainage of the sand allowed for this copper to remain in relatively great shape.
Sometimes they come out of the ground, even sugar sand in bad shape, but the chances are always better in this well drained "soil" than in a area of less drainage and more vegative matter.
Also included a few photos of coppers that cleaned up well either with distilled water or Peroxide........
Don
Sugar sand in the East and Upper Mid-West can and does at times supply the right conditions for copper relics and coins to remain in a relatively great condition, despite being in the ground, exposed to the harsh moisture conditions. Fast Drainage and lack of vegative matter make the big difference in not allowing acidic conditions to increase to help start corroding any copper/brass item.
I think perhaps one of my best "as found" old coins was this 1796 Liberty Cap Cent I found back in September 2004. The site was white Sugar sand but was very near a cedar swamp, which the soil is highly acidic, and totally destroys coppers, but since this was found on a higher knoll of sand (ancient sand dune type) the drainage of the sand allowed for this copper to remain in relatively great shape.
Sometimes they come out of the ground, even sugar sand in bad shape, but the chances are always better in this well drained "soil" than in a area of less drainage and more vegative matter.
Also included a few photos of coppers that cleaned up well either with distilled water or Peroxide........
Don
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