Found Black Silver today, toothpaste clean test !! Before and after...

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hello all

Found this dime today, wow it was black as night. I know toothpaste to work good on tarnished silver but I just wanted to confirm it some more. just a fast 5 min cleaning. (Normal fluoride toothpaste). Won't make your silver re-tarnish and won't make it smell like death. Like silver cleaners do...

Here are some before and after pics of how it went, I hope you enjoy, and learn a new trick!!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[creeper71]

I figured we all knew don't clean any valuable coins, even a rinse with water can be risky. Value can go down on cleaned coins. This can be used for your .925 silver jewelry too, not just coins.

Keep @ it and HH!!

You must have forgotten that there are alot of people who come here thru search engines an other means to find info on all types of things an they probly will not know not to use tooth paste as a cleaner on valueable items....

 

[allen]

looks like that method works pretty nicely !!

 

[creeper71]

looks like that method works pretty nicely !!

That method puts fine scratches in the silver, might as well use very fine sand paper with Wright's silver cream smeared on it.. have about the same result....

 

[rjw4law]

Silver with good detail, nice.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

looks like that method works pretty nicely !!

That method puts fine scratches in the silver, might as well use very fine sand paper with Wright's silver cream smeared on it.. have about the same result....

Remember we already said don't use it on any valuable silver... I'm suggesting this method for cheap silver coins dug from the ground and jewelry for that, it works great and leaves stuff smelling good. If you prefer your jewelry or coins to stink and smell like death other than have tiny scratches you can't see with the eye. Then keep using the Tarnex everyone. Oh Tarnex strips layers of metal off at a time btw... Almost everything you use puts tiny scratches on your coins. From the cloth you use or from anything you use to clean it, scratches it from cleaning. Like you guys are saying not only can they see the scratches from the toothpaste. They can also tell if you cleaned it so your grade will likely be dug or environmentally damaged and cleaned.

As far as value going up from you cleaning a coin is very slim. If you do it yourself using anything, you likely will have bad results and fail. Even if its in a way you can't tell, like the scratches. If you want a coin to go up have it professionally cleaned and graded... Its like trying to refurbish an old chair yourself, do it yourself value will likely go down because your not a professional and you are pron to do bad things. Like use toothpaste on valuable silver... So the best Idea is to leave the cleaning to the Professionals at the grading company on valuable coins, if you want it to go up.

I don't know whats worse telling people they can increase the value of a valuable coin by cleaning or telling people to use toothpaste on valueless items.

Well I'm sticking with this cleaning method It works great for what I need it for.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

I figured we all knew don't clean any valuable coins, even a rinse with water can be risky. Value can go down on cleaned coins. This can be used for your .925 silver jewelry too, not just coins.

Keep @ it and HH!!

You must have forgotten that there are alot of people who come here thru search engines an other means to find info on all types of things an they probly will not know not to use tooth paste as a cleaner on valueable items....

Ok, I can't disagree with this I should have put a warning. Sorry

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[sscindercoop]

Congrats on the silver

 

[Iron Patch]

looks like that method works pretty nicely !!

That method puts fine scratches in the silver, might as well use very fine sand paper with Wright's silver cream smeared on it.. have about the same result....

As far as value going up from you cleaning a coin is very slim. If you do it yourself using anything, you likely will have bad results and fail.

Keep @ it and HH!!

Well lets see, I just dug one three weeks ago that only had a few letters exposed but after cleaning all words could be read and it was many times better. Oh.. I also sold it for $5,000. I've done the same thing with buttons too... from very corroded to beautiful and worth many times the value as dug.

 

[Silver Searcher]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Iron Patch, You have learned a skill at cleaning and can clearly do a good job. Most people don't know what you know and will not have the same results...

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Iron Patch]

Iron Patch, You have learned a skill at cleaning and can clearly do a good job. Most people don't know what you know and will not have the same results...

Keep @ it and HH!!

But it all goes back to my saying you never need toothpaste or any abrasive because there are other ways.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

Thank you,

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Iron Patch]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

It's being damaged in the same way a dug coin already is.... a lot of scratching, just not obvious to the naked eye. I do know what a coin looks like after using an abrasive and don't like it because it makes the high points very shiny and leaves the rest of the coin as is. I'd rather clean it in a way that it cleans all parts equal. Now is it a big deal if it's not a valuable coin, and you like the look.... nope. Just a matter of taste, but there's other ways to clean dug items without rubbing the crap out of the high surface points.

PS... A buffed silver coin with a mirror type finish looks brutal. It's most certainly clean, but man it looks bad. That's on coins that are more modern silver and not covered in the black stuff. I have a couple friends that polished their reales. (looks terrible)

 

[Silver Searcher]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

It's being damaged in the same way a dug coin already is.... a lot of scratching, just not obvious to the naked eye. I do know what a coin looks like after using an abrasive and don't like it because it makes the high points very shiny and leaves the rest of the coin as is. I'd rather clean it in a way that it cleans all parts equal. Now is it a big deal if it's not a valuable coin, and you like the look.... nope. Just a matter of taste, but there's other ways to clean dug items without rubbing the crap out of the high surface points.

You just dull the high points out :P

SS

 

[Iron Patch]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

It's being damaged in the same way a dug coin already is.... a lot of scratching, just not obvious to the naked eye. I do know what a coin looks like after using an abrasive and don't like it because it makes the high points very shiny and leaves the rest of the coin as is. I'd rather clean it in a way that it cleans all parts equal. Now is it a big deal if it's not a valuable coin, and you like the look.... nope. Just a matter of taste, but there's other ways to clean dug items without rubbing the crap out of the high surface points.

You just dull the high points out :P

SS

Bury it again?

 

[Silver Searcher]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

It's being damaged in the same way a dug coin already is.... a lot of scratching, just not obvious to the naked eye. I do know what a coin looks like after using an abrasive and don't like it because it makes the high points very shiny and leaves the rest of the coin as is. I'd rather clean it in a way that it cleans all parts equal. Now is it a big deal if it's not a valuable coin, and you like the look.... nope. Just a matter of taste, but there's other ways to clean dug items without rubbing the crap out of the high surface points.

You just dull the high points out :P

SS

Bury it again?

Bleach

 

[Iron Patch]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

It's being damaged in the same way a dug coin already is.... a lot of scratching, just not obvious to the naked eye. I do know what a coin looks like after using an abrasive and don't like it because it makes the high points very shiny and leaves the rest of the coin as is. I'd rather clean it in a way that it cleans all parts equal. Now is it a big deal if it's not a valuable coin, and you like the look.... nope. Just a matter of taste, but there's other ways to clean dug items without rubbing the crap out of the high surface points.

You just dull the high points out :P

SS

Bury it again?

Bleach

Yep, you guys have all the answers!

 

[romeo-1]

For the record, i didn't polish my 8 reale...I cleaned it. Besides, i have a back up!

 

[RPG]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

It's being damaged in the same way a dug coin already is.... a lot of scratching, just not obvious to the naked eye. I do know what a coin looks like after using an abrasive and don't like it because it makes the high points very shiny and leaves the rest of the coin as is. I'd rather clean it in a way that it cleans all parts equal. Now is it a big deal if it's not a valuable coin, and you like the look.... nope. Just a matter of taste, but there's other ways to clean dug items without rubbing the crap out of the high surface points.

PS... A buffed silver coin with a mirror type finish looks brutal. It's most certainly clean, but man it looks bad. That's on coins that are more modern silver and not covered in the black stuff. I have a couple friends that polished their reales. (looks terrible)

I kinda like the way it looks dug. If you already know what it is, why clean it? A little dirt don't hurt nuthin. IMO.

 

[romeo-1]

well I use toothpaste on all my Silver coins and it's never done any harm what so ever

SS

It's being damaged in the same way a dug coin already is.... a lot of scratching, just not obvious to the naked eye. I do know what a coin looks like after using an abrasive and don't like it because it makes the high points very shiny and leaves the rest of the coin as is. I'd rather clean it in a way that it cleans all parts equal. Now is it a big deal if it's not a valuable coin, and you like the look.... nope. Just a matter of taste, but there's other ways to clean dug items without rubbing the crap out of the high surface points.

PS... A buffed silver coin with a mirror type finish looks brutal. It's most certainly clean, but man it looks bad. That's on coins that are more modern silver and not covered in the black stuff. I have a couple friends that polished their reales. (looks terrible)

I kinda like the way it looks dug. If you already know what it is, why clean it? A little dirt don't hurt nuthin. IMO.

Personal preference...nothing more.