A morning at the beach

[Joe-Dirt]

So I’ve been out of work due to a blown out knee for about 3 weeks now and my wife is sick of me being around. Soooo this morning I took a ride up to Hampton beach NH to give her some space (; anyway, I wasn’t expecting to find anything more than garbage and clad. I was just about to leave and I got a very deep (10”) 90-91 signal on the AT pro and figured it would be another quarter or a bottle cap. Much to my surprise this popped out. It’s not in very good shape, but it’s a first for me!!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Any advice on cleaning??

 

[xcopperstax]

I blew out my knee a few years ago. Good luck with the recovery it's a long haul but you can do it!!! Great find there! There is the tin foil baking soda boiling water method which could possibly help but when the coin is pitted like that it may make it worse. Tumbling it could help. I'd wait for someone to comment who is more sure on a cleaning method.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Thank you sir!!

 

[namxat]

Is this silver? HFS, was this a saltwater beach?

Provided its a common silver coin (you should not clean a rare coin yourself, get lemon juice and and alu foil (Xcopperstax, maybe tin works too yet alu is cheaper presumably and every supermarket stocks it). Form some kind of container or trough from several layers. Press the coin into that trough or container so that it has full contact with he foil. Add lemon juice so that coin is fully submersed.

A electrochamical (no joke) now takes place, whereas the silver compounds should revert back to silver and the foil is a sacrifical anode.

Tips:

Watch it, it goes quickly and if the results are undesirable stop it and rinse the coin! Better black and crusty than shiny and toast!

Turn the coin often, since it works more quickly on side contacting the foil.

Do it in a sink or similar place the whole thing may literally eat thought the foil layers eventually and I persanlly still do not like that cooper & alu compound stain on the carpet.

Depending on what the crust is, it may be quite stinky and he stink may stick to fingers so maybe use rubber gloves.


Greets Namxat

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I’ll give that a shot. It was on a salt water beach and the first silver I’ve ever found on a salt water beach so I’m kind of stumped. Every other silver I’ve dug has been fairly shiny. Thank you

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the big silver!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Cleaned up ok, can’t read the date but she’s mine, all mine (;

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first Walking Liberty Bob. Hope your knee recovery goes well. I've had 2 surgeries on the same knee. It's never fun.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Congrats on your first Walking Liberty Bob. Hope your knee recovery goes well. I've had 2 surgeries on the same knee. It's never fun.

Thank you sir, I hope it doesn’t get to that

 

[Inspector]

Nice large silver, congrats on the save

 

[goldnugget]

Nice Find I am currently detecting some beaches in Florida up north near Georgia and finds are slim to none Love to find those Walking Liberty Half Dollars / goldnugget

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Nice Find I am currently detecting some beaches in Florida up north near Georgia and finds are slim to none Love to find those Walking Liberty Half Dollars / goldnugget

In the summer when I vacation near this beach, I’ll hit it around 5am and there will be at least 5 other guys swinging so I’m very very surprised no one has dug it. It was 20 feet from the main bath house and the signal was very strong. It’s suposed to rain tomorrow so I’m heading back to see what the Memorial Day weekend crowd left behind (;

 

[Hawks88]

Hi Bob. Hope your knee feels better soon. Finding a walking liberty in any condition would make my day. That silver made it worth the drive. Congrats to you sir.

 

[xcopperstax]

Is this silver? HFS, was this a saltwater beach?

Provided its a common silver coin (you should not clean a rare coin yourself, get lemon juice and and alu foil (Xcopperstax, maybe tin works too yet alu is cheaper presumably and every supermarket stocks it). Form some kind of container or trough from several layers. Press the coin into that trough or container so that it has full contact with he foil. Add lemon juice so that coin is fully submersed.

A electrochamical (no joke) now takes place, whereas the silver compounds should revert back to silver and the foil is a sacrifical anode.

Tips:

Watch it, it goes quickly and if the results are undesirable stop it and rinse the coin! Better black and crusty than shiny and toast!

Turn the coin often, since it works more quickly on side contacting the foil.

Do it in a sink or similar place the whole thing may literally eat thought the foil layers eventually and I persanlly still do not like that cooper & alu compound stain on the carpet.

Depending on what the crust is, it may be quite stinky and he stink may stick to fingers so maybe use rubber gloves.


Greets Namxat

I use the term tinfoil and aluminum foil interchangeably but yes I think you are correct it's aluminum foil you want to use. My mistake there.

 

[namxat]

Xcopperstax,

I am not a native speaker and maybe "tin foil" is just the normal saying in the US, so maybe not a real mistake. I think British use "tin" coll. for canned food, though I am quite sure nobody uses expensive tin anymore for canning.

Do you use baking soda, tin foil and let it sit a while or do you use boiling water for quicker results?

Greets Namxat

 

[Gridwalker306]

Congrats on the big silver. You could build a quick and very simple electrolysis rig, works really well to get the black stuff off, and you can decide when it’s clean enough to stop.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Xcopperstax,

I am not a native speaker and maybe "tin foil" is just the normal saying in the US, so maybe not a real mistake. I think British use "tin" coll. for canned food, though I am quite sure nobody uses expensive tin anymore for canning.

Do you use baking soda, tin foil and let it sit a while or do you use boiling water for quicker results?

Greets Namxat

I went the tin foil route, got the crud off but there’s no date to been seen. Still happy with it

 

[BLK HOLE]

Very nice big silver, congrats