1835 capped bust dime

[firefighter254]

found this at an old home site today a mint 1835 capped bust dime and hears a link to the video of the hunt...... ............

 

[mikewaz]

Beauty!!!
I have a hard time finding mercs in that condition.
Way to go!
Mike

 

[karib2517]

holy cow daz nice

 

[HISPAN]

Hello firefighter254 !!
A coin very nice ... You are a great hunter of relics. Never mind that the cleaner coin ,the patina of return in 20 years (or you can make an artificial patina) , I only a silver coin each month and always the destruction at the time of cleaning ...... in my country only silver coins in the hands of pirates or under the Ocean.




Home-made oxigenization:

You should not be a chemist to do that. You should come into your bathroom and find a liquid for the lime and rusting removal.
The cleaners, containing ant acid or alkali, are not suitable. Take a cleaner with hydrochloric or phosphoric acid and put gloves on your hands. The home acid cleaners are viscous, dense. They will give you dark black oxide or so called rainbow patina on a silver coin.
What kind of patina you will obtain is not possible to guess due to the great difference in the coin alloy components and because any coin has a microparticles of other metals on the coin surface, which give indeed a multicolor instead pure silver patina (it’s black).

Non-oxigen patinization:

Many people know that good black patina can be created by using photographic neutral fixative (sodium sulphite), which acts in this case in the same way as in photographic process. It contacts with insufficiently oxidized molecules of silver and forms a sustainable compound of the black color. It’s sustainable in chemical sense, not in physical one. A sulphite patina can be erased with tissue or washed out with soap. Many couterfeited coins, which we can find at Internet, contained a bit of silver, cast of aluminum or zinc, can be oxigenated at home in order to make us happy bidders.

There is only one thing that has no solution .....


Greetings!

 

[Skelly607]

WOW! very very sweet

 

[ruck]

WOW! - NICE! - CONGRATS! & H H! Ruck

 

[lostlake88]

Very cool. Great find. Very rare find. This is one coin type I wish I would see more of here, but rarely do.

 

[firefighter254]

thanks again to all who viewed and HH to all

 

[Baldingboy]

Congratulations firefighter....unbelievable coin!

 

[Poptopagain]

Very Nice!

 

[Deepdiger60]

Good find it took 175 years to get that beautiful dark blue patina but like most said its yours nice hunt Dd60

 

[firefighter254]

thanks for looking i was told 2 different storys 1 being that if a coin that was dug would be worth less to a dealer and 2 being that some dealers like the coins shiny so you damned if you do and damned if you dont i like my coins clean thanks for looking

 

[kuger]

sounds like you got some bad info,really bad info,and #2 I guess you dont want your dug coins to retain there value for a rainy day?Your call!!!

 

[l.cutler]

A dug coin is only worth less to a dealer if it exhibits scratches, corrosion or other environmental damage. No dealer prefers shiny coins, unless they are naturally shiny in mint state with original mint luster. Collectors prefer original surfaces so dealers pay the most for what there customers want.

 

[CRUSADER]

A dug coin is only worth less to a dealer if it exhibits scratches, corrosion or other environmental damage. No dealer prefers shiny coins, unless they are naturally shiny in mint state with original mint luster. Collectors prefer original surfaces so dealers pay the most for what there customers want.

Exactly right, the dealer's must have been quoted out of context or they were completely crazy.

 

[allen]

congrats on that absolutely gorgeous dime !!!

 

[gwdigger]

Thats a beautiful coin. Much more beautiful before the cleaning IMO.



When I started detecting 20+ years ago I cleaned some of my early finds. I found that by putting them on a piece of brown paper bag in the window sill and flipping the coins every few months they would retone and chase away the artificial brilliance. I will try to find a few of those coins and post what they look like now.

 

[firefighter254]

thanks everyone

 

[kyphote]

Maybe he doesn't plan on selling and just likes the look of shiny coins. I like mine with character, but to each his own. Outstanding find!

 

[Dixiedigger]

Great find

 

[firefighter254]

thanks