A little more silver from The Giving Beach

[TomW244]

I went back to my favorite beach, but the initial hunting conditions were awful. The waves were crashing into the shore and a rainstorm kept me from hunting for most of the falling tide. My first hour of hunting (before the rainstorm) produced only a fishing weight and two pull tabs. After the rain, I decided to try once again, and I'm glad I did. Although I didn't get anything to write home about, I did manage to find a couple of dateless wheat pennies and two pieces of silver - a 1957 USA quarter and a small ring marked "STERLING". (That was all that was written inside the band - there was no hallmark.) It wasn't my best day, by far, but I still came home with silver, which cleaned up well enough! Happy Hunting and good luck to all of you!

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[TomW244]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Thanks!

 

[Kace]

Sweet!!

Kace

 

[TomW244]

Sweet!!

Kace

Thank you!

 

[washingtonian]

Nicely done. Quite the haul there. Congrats!

 

[TomW244]

Nicely done. Quite the haul there. Congrats!

Thank you, sir!

 

[Whyme]

Nice finds! I like that ring, very cool.

 

[GB1]

nice silver

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on the silvers.

 

[TomW244]

Nice finds! I like that ring, very cool.

Thank you!

 

[TomW244]

nice silver

Thanks!

 

[TomW244]

Nice job on the silvers.

Thank you!

 

[xcopperstax]

I went back to my favorite beach, but the initial hunting conditions were awful. The waves were crashing into the shore and a rainstorm kept me from hunting for most of the falling tide. My first hour of hunting (before the rainstorm) produced only a fishing weight and two pull tabs. After the rain, I decided to try once again, and I'm glad I did. Although I didn't get anything to write home about, I did manage to find a couple of dateless wheat pennies and two pieces of silver - a 1957 USA quarter and a small ring marked "STERLING". (That was all that was written inside the band - there was no hallmark.) It wasn't my best day, by far, but I still came home with silver, which cleaned up well enough! Happy Hunting and good luck to all of you!

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Nice finds, not a bad day. I've had plenty of days finding nothing! Hey I'm very curious what method you used to clean the quarter? I have a merc and a seated dime that have that same gray oxidation and I was wondering if it would be possible to clean them without completely destroying them.

 

[TomW244]

Nice finds, not a bad day. I've had plenty of days finding nothing! Hey I'm very curious what method you used to clean the quarter? I have a merc and a seated dime that have that same gray oxidation and I was wondering if it would be possible to clean them without completely destroying them.

I use a method I found posted by TNet member Buckleboy in the Cleaning and Preservation forum. Here's a direct link: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/442189-how-clean-blackened-silver-coins.html. Saltwater is particularly harsh on silver coins, so they sometimes come out a little pitted. I've found this method to be my favorite, though, as other methods I've tried before discovering Buckleboy's post really wiped away some detail.

 

[Rookster]

That's a great day.Congrats

 

[TomW244]

That's a great day.Congrats

Thanks Rook!

 

[xcopperstax]

Thanks for the link!