First Silver of 2009 & A First.....

Ricardo_NY1 · Jan 7, 2009

First Silver of 2009 & A First.....

Worked some wooded areas with my buddy Phil a few days ago and ran into a few wheats and a first V Nickel......it's worn, but I like it.

Next up was yesterday's find.......a 1906 dime,it came out black and crusty......that's not dirt in the photos.....it's that hard-to remove crap. I ran it through my scanner and noticed that out of all the barbers I have found, this one has the best detail, so.............

I grabbed a cup, slapped some salt and wrapped that coin in aluminum paper for several soaks......worked it a bit with Q-tips and several hours later, the appearance improved. This is like a basic electrolisis, and it works.

seger98 · Jan 7, 2009

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Nice finds! Did a nice job on that barber! :thumbsup:

kimsdad · Jan 7, 2009

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WTG Ricardo!!! :thumbsup:

Congrats on the first! :wink:

SilverDreams · Jan 7, 2009

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Great finds!

B|lker · Jan 7, 2009

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Nice Ricardo. i personally like the L.Copper :thumbsup:

The Master Chief · Jan 7, 2009

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Great find. i would also include how you cleaned in the how to section here

mikewaz · Jan 7, 2009

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Nice finds bud!
That Barber cleaned up real nice. Never heard of that method before.
Mike

crazyjarhead · Jan 7, 2009

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Nice start to the new year Ricardo :thumbsup:

camb1 · Jan 7, 2009

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Congrats on some great finds. Love that Barber. :thumbsup:

Captn SE · Jan 7, 2009

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Nice going, Ricardo! :thumbsup:

Were you actually listening for low conductors? I'd imagine with the lack of signals in the woods, you were willing to dig all signals.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

kdismuke1 · Jan 7, 2009

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SUPER FINDS.CONGRATS. :thumbsup:

Nana40 · Jan 7, 2009

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That dime looks great, Rick!!

Nana

LI Tom · Jan 7, 2009

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Sweet Barber and a nice first!!Well Rick,as we talked about,woods hunting produces less targets but quality keepers.Good going buddy. :thumbsup:

Dr. Ace · Jan 8, 2009

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Ricardo,

Nice finds! That's a good way to start out the new year. Hope you find many more. :thumbsup:

HH,

Dr. Ace

CRUSADER · Jan 8, 2009

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Its all about the 'firsts' :thumbsup:

Argentium · Jan 8, 2009

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Ricardo , Very nice finds indeed ! Could you detail that salt and foil method briefly ? Thank you

Argentium.

Codes · Jan 8, 2009

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Congrats on your first silver of the year! The ground is still frozen solid here so I cant get out yet. ::)

-Codes

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Jan 8, 2009

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Nice Barber, cool nickle... Grounds not frozen over there?

Keep @ it and HH!!

Ricardo_NY1 · Jan 8, 2009

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Argentium said:
Ricardo , Very nice finds indeed ! Could you detail that salt and foil method briefly ? Thank you
Argentium.

The way I do it is I fill a plastic or ceramic cup 1/2 ways with water and add about two spoon fulls of table salt. I then grab a small sheet of aluminum foil and wrap the coin in it........I tuck the coin in tight and double wrap the coin in the sheet so that the coin is surrounded and maiking contact on both sides with the aluminum. After that, just leave it in the cup for 15-20 minutes at a time. When you pull the coin out and unwrap it, if you smell it, you'll notice a slight rotten egg like smell. Not sure why that is so, but I'm sure there is some explanation for it. At that point, I go over it gently with a Q-tip. Repeat the process until the coin is where you want it to be. I've had some difficult to clean coins and this has taken care of all but one. There is a post here already about this........and this is where I first read about it............

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,163270.0.html

I gave this method a try before going all out with a real electro rig in order to clean up a barber quarter that I found which was stained black. I did other problem coins and they've all came out much better. I've ran these coins through my scanner at high DPI to look for scratches and I have seen none.

MUD(S.W.A.T) said:
Nice Barber, cool nickle... Grounds not frozen over there?
Keep @ it and HH!!

I've never seen the woods freeze..........the parks are still good to go here though.

Captn_SE said:
Nice going, Ricardo!

Were you actually listening for low conductors? I'd imagine with the lack of signals in the woods, you were willing to dig all signals.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Hey Dan,
There is definately a lack of signals in the woods we've been hunting at.........so I've been taking the time to dig the ones I feel could be either a nickel or IH. No luck with the IH's, but so far I've managed a Buffalo and the V Nickel.