Mammothman
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I think I must have scared the neighbors when I saw what I found today. The story, there is an empty lot north of my apartment building that once had a house on it. It didn't occur to me until yesterday to detect the area and by the time I got out it was almost dark. The wind came in freezing and without a jacket it ran me off, but not before I found a 1924 Wheat Penny, the oldest coin found so far. The find gave me hope, as did some good pings as I trudged back to the apartment. Today the sun was well down and it was hard to see, but I couldn't resist hitting the area again. Right off the bat I hit a 1977 penny, which spurred me on. Several bottle caps, a door latch plate and aluminum cans later the Ace 350 pinged like crazy. It was a shallow hit and I scraped away the thinnest layer of dust to find three coins laying in a circle about 3 inches in diameter. Scooped them up and rechecked, no more pings. It was too dark to see the coins, but I knew I had two dimes and a penny. By this point it was so dark I gave up any more hunting, reluctantly, and headed home. Got the coins into the kitchen and ran some water over them to wash away the dust. I picked up the unidentified penny first to find it was a 1919 Wheat. I was ecstatic, but nothing could prepare me for the next sight. I picked up one of the dimes to find a 1914 Barber Dime and screamed like a little girl. Prior to this my oldest find was the 1924 wheaty the day before and a 1942 penny over the weekend. I grabbed up the second dime to find the 1924 Mercury and I blew the roof off my apartment screaming. I was shaking from excitement. Finding coins before had always been exciting, but nothing like this. I figure this must have been a pocket drop for the coins to be so close together. I want to find a way to clean up the coins and shine them a bit and mount them in something for display. If I wasn't hooked on MD'ing before I'm a fanatic now. I just want to keep screaming. Advice on what to clean them up with?
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