Blind.In.Texas
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I am not even going to post the picture of it. I dug it up at Camp Logan in the dark. I knew right away it was a coin. The crust on it was so thick you could barely see the edge. I soaked it in canola oil all night and chip at it with my finger nail.
The ELECTOLYSIS ruined my coin. It wasn't even in there very long. My oldest coin yet. A 1918 no mark wheat. I am sick... I have electrocuted many coins before. At low low voltage and current and have never had one do this. Maybe I'll post a picture of it when I am not so mad. After letting the coin soak over night a good bit of the crud had come off. I needed more off and was in a hurry. There was no need to be in a hurry because it had lain there for about 88 years. I am such a retard.
You should have seen it. All the lines where in the wheat!! There was only slight wear on the hair. The back of the coin had full embossing!!!! The date was nearly perfect!!!!! I will never electrocute anything but iron from this point on out. I have spent hours out there and this is the first coin from that period. That kind of stuff is so hard to come by. It looks like it went through a rock tumbler. So much work. So much digging. And now this.
It's not a high dollar coin, but, it was nearly at the top end of it's circulated condition value. I'm not kidding when I say it looks like it had just come off the press. No more No more No more.
I did however find a bowl which I think was used to melt lead. I must consult my map of the area to be sure that an armory of sorts was near there. I did not find any lead in the area though. Pics of the bowl later.
Laater...
The ELECTOLYSIS ruined my coin. It wasn't even in there very long. My oldest coin yet. A 1918 no mark wheat. I am sick... I have electrocuted many coins before. At low low voltage and current and have never had one do this. Maybe I'll post a picture of it when I am not so mad. After letting the coin soak over night a good bit of the crud had come off. I needed more off and was in a hurry. There was no need to be in a hurry because it had lain there for about 88 years. I am such a retard.
You should have seen it. All the lines where in the wheat!! There was only slight wear on the hair. The back of the coin had full embossing!!!! The date was nearly perfect!!!!! I will never electrocute anything but iron from this point on out. I have spent hours out there and this is the first coin from that period. That kind of stuff is so hard to come by. It looks like it went through a rock tumbler. So much work. So much digging. And now this.
It's not a high dollar coin, but, it was nearly at the top end of it's circulated condition value. I'm not kidding when I say it looks like it had just come off the press. No more No more No more.
I did however find a bowl which I think was used to melt lead. I must consult my map of the area to be sure that an armory of sorts was near there. I did not find any lead in the area though. Pics of the bowl later.
Laater...
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