~~~FIRST TWO LARGE CENTS at an 1860s SCHOOL HOUSE, video~~~

[treasurepirate1]

on Saturday my dad asked if i wanted to go detecting so i thought up a few places to go, we went out to an old church but there was going to be a wedding later that day so we moved on to an old 1870s boys school house that is now a medical center, when we walked up to the door it said it was permanently closed i think because of a mold infestation, so i decided to ask the owners of another school house that is now a home, we were hesitant to ask because i never asked a complete stranger if i could dig up there lawn to look for hidden treasure, but the owners were super happy to let me go and they even showed me some cool things they found just by digging in the garden. I started swinging along the fence line by some very old maple trees i first got a lead clasp of some kind a piece of iron and a modern penny than i got a good signal so i dug,when i stuck my pinpointer in the ground i got a beep from it so i pushed some dirt away and than i see large corroded green disk and i said oh my gosh my my fist large cent so i got the camera out of the car and stated filming it was an 1890 Victorian in excellent shape one of the less common dates i couldn't believe my first LC was a Victorian, than i dug a square nail and another miscellaneous object and my dad was about to leave quickly to get a drink than I got a good coin signal so he stuck around to see what it was it ended up as another large cent i couldn't believe it just 10 minutes later it was a 1909 with a big hole in the middle. later on i dug a roller organ reed, when my dad got back we left and said thank you to the owners they said we could come back anytime.
i onjly cleaned the coins with water and a toothpick but the green corrosion won't com off the back of the 1890 and i do not want to ruin the coin so i left it doead anyone have any info to gently get the corrosion off. thanks

 

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[hikeinmts]

Re: first two large cents at an 1860s school house

Excellent finds, and looks like an excellant area. Someone here will answer about the best way to clean
a "green" coin. I know that I use straight lemon juice for the brass/bronze/copper coins here in S. KOrea.
ANd have mixed feelings. You have to make a judgment, do I leave it and look at it the way it looks now, or
do I clean it and then have to look at it the way it will clean up. And, you honestly don't know what the effect
of cleaning will be. I have cleaned some, and had a beautiful coin......and I have cleaned others, and what was
left went into my "stuff" bin...comp;letely ruined. So, you have to decide.
Now, don't rush out and buy the lemon juice and try it on the coin. If you do decide to try lemon juice, then try
it on some common pennies that you have found. See what you think.
But, get some other peoples' suggestions. BTW, the front of the 1890 coin looks great. Good hunting.

 

[treasurepirate1]

Re: first two large cents at an 1860s school house

Excellent finds, and looks like an excellant area. Someone here will answer about the best way to clean
a "green" coin. I know that I use straight lemon juice for the brass/bronze/copper coins here in S. KOrea.
ANd have mixed feelings. You have to make a judgment, do I leave it and look at it the way it looks now, or
do I clean it and then have to look at it the way it will clean up. And, you honestly don't know what the effect
of cleaning will be. I have cleaned some, and had a beautiful coin......and I have cleaned others, and what was
left went into my "stuff" bin...comp;letely ruined. So, you have to decide.
Now, don't rush out and buy the lemon juice and try it on the coin. If you do decide to try lemon juice, then try
it on some common pennies that you have found. See what you think.
But, get some other peoples' suggestions. BTW, the front of the 1890 coin looks great. Good hunting.

i'm still just going to leave it, i may waight until the green corrosion drys up so much it just may flake off or just put some olive oil or lemon juice just on the corrosion not the coin and flake it off that way, because if i can get the corrosion off the penny has raised in value 3000 times it's original value , and i don't have any modern penny's that have a patina like this and with the green corrosion, even 1960s penny's that came out of the same ground are in much worse shape than the 1890 LC and have a matte finish not shiny like the the LC so i can't do any test runs on junk coins

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Re: first two large cents at an 1860s school house

Hot hydrogen peroxide for 10 minutes, repeat if necessary. It will not change the natural color of the coin, acids including lemon juice can change the color, and make it unnaturally "new" looking.

Yes if a coin is weak and nearly ready to disintegrate, then HP "can" turn it into a blank disk, but your coin is in good shape and solid. I guarantee HP will not hurt it.

You may or may not be able to get all that stuff off, (see post 1786 New Jersey by hogge) such is the nature of the best of dug copper. On average a third of the old coppers I find are completely toast. (depends alot on the type of soil)

Congrats on the "first"

 

[treasurepirate1]

Re: first two large cents at an 1860s school house

Hot hydrogen peroxide for 10 minutes, repeat if necessary. It will not change the natural color of the coin, acids including lemon juice can change the color, and make it unnaturally "new" looking.

Yes if a coin is weak and nearly ready to disintegrate, then HP "can" turn it into a blank disk, but your coin is in good shape and solid. I guarantee HP will not hurt it.

You may or may not be able to get all that stuff off, (see post 1786 New Jersey by hogge) such is the nature of the best of dug copper. On average a third of the old coppers I find are completely toast. (depends alot on the type of soil)

Congrats on the "first"

i may not take that harsh of a cleaning to it, i might take an eye drop and put the hot HP just on the corrosion not the coin to minimize potential damage.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Re: ***first two LARGE CENTS at an 1860s school house***video***

You used the word "corrosion" if it is in fact corrosion, and not just a build up of verdigris, you may end up with some pitting. It is a little hard to tell from just a picture. I do believe it will come off with HP. as I said it will not hurt the coin. go ahead and put it right in, you need like an ounce, and a drop will probably not be much good. To start with it is a 10 dollar coin (if it were not dug, and had stuff on it) not a 1000 dollar one.

HP is not "harsh" Didn't mean to scare you with the blank disk thing. That only applies to coppers that are rotten already, that's not the case here. Anyway it is up to you.