3 Silver Quarters found

[pointdlr]

Found these quarters yesterday at a very old home site. First hole I dug had the 1961. I knew it would be a good place. Of course, I scratched the 1948. The 1902 Barber was the third one and gave me a nice trifecta of silver.
I have read over and over about how you shouldn't clean silver. I read through all the posts on the cleaning forum. What I am hearing is not to use Silver polish or other corrosive chemicals. This Barber quarter is spectacular in its details. I can read "LIBERTY" on the headband, and I really want to try to touch it up. Does anyone have a non-corrosive method? I read a few things about acetone. Am I being stupid? I just feel like there has to be a way to clean w/o ruining. I am not even sure if the problem with this quarter is tarnish. It seems too gray and I was able to wash off a decent amount of it with soap and water. Any ideas?
Along with the quarters, I found this cool baggage check token. I did a little research and found out that the maker "John Robbins Boston" started in 1841 and closed shop sometime around 1885. Since I only covered about 1/4 of this yard, I think there are seated coins in my future.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson.
www.prehistoricartifacts.com

 

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[RONC(OR)]

nice finds congrats

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Nice finds Jon ... heck of a good day ... 3 silvers (one being a Barber) and a very nice tag would make any mder's face light up ... congratz ~ Jimmy

 

[Driftking102]

Nice finds on the silver Quarters!

 

[KirkTN]

3 SILVER QTRS. IN A DAY IS OUTSTANDING!! COOL RELIC TOO. WTG

KirkTN

 

[seger98]

Super nice finds!

 

[bootybay]

I love those relics...and fantastic on the barber and other silver.... wtg..

 

[Gonehunting]

cool tags, silver is always good GH

 

[Captn SE]

Jon, three quarters in one day is awesome!!
Congrats!

Your barber looks to be oxidized (Grey/black discoloration), but it's hard to tell how bad it is. That usually means there will be some pitting on the surface of your coin if you remove the oxidation. Two techiniques I use are electrolysis, or a simpler baking soda/water paste rub. Moisten a generous amount of baking soda with a little water, and lightly rub your coin between your thumbs and forefingers. You should start to see the discoloration coming off (your fingers will get black). This is only recommended for coins that are oxidized and are not key-dates. If you want to clean your silver, and don't care about numismatic value, you will get results with the baking soda rub. From the looks of your barber, you're not going to lose any value by cleaning.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Pentico]

3 in one day is so sweet!
Congrads!
Chris & LeeAnn

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds,

That's a solid outing.

HH Jer

 

[daytondigger]

Nice trio of silver quarters there. I was going to post my silver roosie and 1836 large cent, but I've kinda lost my ambition for it now.

 

[ModernMiner]

Wow John, great day for you! Congrats on the silver. Cool old baggage tag too.
Looking forward to seeing more from that spot.
-MM-

 

[sonny60]

silver is always great to find WTG

 

[lostlake88]

Nice finds. Good luck with that barber. I have my doubts that it will some day be nice and shiny like that 61 quarter. I like that quarter. Something about the 60's and the fact I have never found anything silver from the 60's as far as coinage.

 

[wyattrr]

Always nice to see Silver at least once during a hunt, but three times...even better. HH

 

[allen]

those are awesome finds...