Draped bust half cent, KgIII, three silvers and more!

[testing123]

Out visiting my buddy now and got to try a new place yesterday while he was at work. Turned out to be a pretty good site!
Within 5 minutes got a King George III half penny. Then got a nice old lock and skeleton key. Was pumped after that and after 7 or so hours ended with:
Two mercs
Wartime nickel
Two V nickels
Three buffalo nickels
Indian head cent
Draped bust half cent! My first. A little toasty but that's fine with me. Thought it was a two cent piece at first but was a nice surprise to see the draped bust image.
Some buttons

 

[testing123]

Couple more pics

 

[testing123]

Does anyone have an idea on the lock's age?

 

[Garrett424]

Nice finds.
A toasty LC is still a great find. My 1st was so toasted it took a year to even figure out what it was...

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Excellent finds! I'm no help on the age of the lock, but by any chance does the skeleton key fit it? That would be a first...matching lock and key, found separately. Thx for sharing, great stuff...Ddf

 

[JeffInMass]

What an awesome day- Congrats on all the great finds!

-- Jeff --

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE FINDS Testing123 :..
Thanks for sharing!​

 

[plymouthian12]

Great hunt

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[Silvermonkey]

That all adds up to a great hunt in my book!

 

[against the wind]

Congratulations on the Nickel Tri-Fecta.
That was an excellent hunt.

 

[trapperart]

Looks like a good day to me congrats on all

 

[dirtlooter]

pretty awesome finds, I would be so stoked to find just part of what you found

 

[Kurios1]

WOW! That's a pretty impressive haul of keepers there. Congrats on your first Darped Bust Half Cent. Toasty or not you have it notched off the bucket list. Great hunting.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the very nice old coin shooting!

 

[Ahab8]

Really great outing my friend

 

[Diggin Dude]

Nice finds!! Cool old coppers and key! Congrats and HH

 

[testing123]

Got around to checking the wheat cents and one is a 1914-D!!

Best way to clean?

 

[Garrett424]

Got around to checking the wheat cents and one is a 1914-D!!

Best way to clean?

I usually use some dawn and warm water with a SOFT brush if necessary. Then soak it olive oil or mineral oil for a few weeks or months. Re clean, rub lightly with Vaseline to seal it and either store or display.

You can do the hot peroxide trick first but honestly the coin doesn't look bad. I would use the most gentle cleaning necessary.
You don't want it "too" clean. I would stay away from any acids like lemon juice, vinegar, etc. That can (and usually will) easily destroy whatever value you have.