Finally got an older style key!
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That's an awesome find
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Up to you, but, personally, I like them cleaned and polished when I'm going to display them.
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POlish it and clean it up/ It is a wonderful display piece ;0
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Congrats on your old key. I personally like the just dug look. I only remove the dirt from the old keys I've dug.
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Thanks! I do love how brass cleans up. Most things I don’t do much more than remove the dirt, but I’m leaning towards a bit more restoration, it’s got a lot of meat on it
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That's beautiful, I sure wouldn't clean it ... more than scrub the dirt off it..
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If it were me. Whether I cleaned it or not would depend on what I am going to do with it. If I want to keep it indefinitely and display it, I would probably clean and shine it. If I was looking to sell it, I would leave it unpolished so the next owner would have options.
just my 2 cents
just my 2 cents
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SOME VERY GOOD POINTS DJacksin
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Very cool key and room tag. Great find. Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.
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Cool find !
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30+ YEARS, XP DEUS I & II ARE MY ONLY MACHINES
Well, the patina on these things shows its a classic piece, if you take the patina off, then you relegate it to classic junk...
Just my 2 cents. Copper and brass do not need super cleaning to see the antiquity value of an item..
Dug and recovered makes it a classic...
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Very cool. I love finding old keys.
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very cool key tag is great too.
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