Amazing 1794 half cent and kgII

[Tony12100]

So afterwork today I really wanted to dig. Got out to a field ive dug many many times. Today i went super slow with no discrimination on the ctx3030. Dug a kg 11 with lots of detail left and shortly therafter a 1794 half cent. Only 80 some thousand minted. I thought it was a 2 center untill i got home and rinsed it off. I have finally perfected electrolysis and did fix it up a bit. The kg11 is still cooking.

 

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That's a special coin you found...Congratulations!!!

 

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[screwynewy]

The electrolysis method had taken me some time to perfect with the guidance of pros. Start with 1/2 gallon luke warm water add tablespoon kosher salt tablespoon of bakeing soda. Use a good piece of carbon as your anode or your possitive. Negative goes to the coin.. use small alogator clips. Use only a 9 volt battery... not an adaptor thats nine volts... the amps will kill your coin. Go slow. If the coins fizzes as soon as you start its to fast. Has to cook from the inside out. After about a half hour check it...if ot looks like its down to the copper stop ..then while still wet take a dab of pepsodent on your finger and very very light bring out the details. Yes coin people freek when you say toothpaste. The coins have been under the dirt for hundred of years...its not going to be a mint coin.

I'll have to try this method. It seems like it has less potential to over cook something too fast.

I don't know if the coin people are going to freak as much over the toothpaste treatment or the electrolysis

 

[DownNDirty]

That's a rare coin in great condition for a dug coin-congratulations! Thanks for sharing your method for electrolysis-I'm going to try it on a KGIII I found last year.

 

[Don in SJ]

Nice 1794 HC Tony!

 

[DFW_THer]

bump and banner nomination. 1794 HC belongs up top. Also for the top notch clean job. Truly impressed.

 

[Tommy G]

Great half cent, with the best detail I've seen in a post. I've only managed to find one of these, an 1806. I've always wanted to try electrolysis, but can't get up the nerve. I would love hear more about your technique. Great finds, and thanks for sharing!


Oops...saw the electrolysis info further up the string after I posting this. Thanks for the info, Tony.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

The electrolysis method had taken me some time to perfect with the guidance of pros. Start with 1/2 gallon luke warm water add tablespoon kosher salt tablespoon of bakeing soda. Use a good piece of carbon as your anode or your possitive. Negative goes to the coin.. use small alogator clips. Use only a 9 volt battery... not an adaptor thats nine volts... the amps will kill your coin. Go slow. If the coins fizzes as soon as you start its to fast. Has to cook from the inside out. After about a half hour check it...if ot looks like its down to the copper stop ..then while still wet take a dab of pepsodent on your finger and very very light bring out the details. Yes coin people freek when you say toothpaste. The coins have been under the dirt for hundred of years...its not going to be a mint coin.

I've been a coin collector my entire life (I was given a silver dollar the day I was born) and I don't have a problem with tooth paste the grit in it is so fine it's only like the coin went in, and out of one more cotton pocket. Obviously we don't rub a frosty full luster MS 65 coin with anything, but as you said "dug coin". The vast majority of coins dug don't have any luster remaining, you're doing well to get a true EF.

Really nice find BTW.
Pic will look even better if cropped first. The coin itself will be 3 X bigger.

 

[Evolution]

Thats two old coppers I've seen posted recently that have turned out really well after electrolysis. I'm going to have to try that. I probably wouldn't have the cojones to try it on a coin like that but it seems like you have the method down pat. Congrats on the digs. I'll give it a banner nod.

 

[park pirate]

Man that half cent is in nice shape congrats....

 

[Fattony315]

Awesome coins, congrats. Love that half cent.

 

[CASPER-2]