Great way to end the summer

[diggyboy]

4 wheats and a merc from the 1920s. If anyone knows how to clean mud off silver without damaging it please let me know because it won't come off mine

 

[gleaner1]

mud is mud and will fall off with a bit of water spray.

 

[diggyboy]

No it is glued on like a coating I already tried washing it

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

No it is glued on like a coating I already tried washing it

Toothpick? Just don't scratch the surface of the coin

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

I would like to say, but these cleaning debates get tiresome. It's not a '21 ? then just experiment on it for yourself. A common date in average VG or F condition you really can't loose anything, it's a perfect candidate for experimentation.

Look here.
How To Clean Silver Coins

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds (even with the dirt) diggyboy - thanks for sharing...

 

[diggyboy]

Thanks for the info and support

 

[diggyboy]

The last number is hard to see but it looks like a seven or a one I think I will just leave it as it is for now

 

[birdman]

I use baking soda and water making a paste and lightly rubbing the coin . Works well but I only do this on my silver coins that are common.

 

[wheatfinder13]

Great silvers

 

[michigan_twobox]

Take a cup of white vinegar and mix in two teaspoons of salt, put the coin in the mix for a few days. This works good for me.

 

[michigan_twobox]

P.S. don't soak copper and silver in this mix at the same time or it will turn silver copper colored. Make two separate containers and deprecate them.

 

[diggyboy]

I use baking soda and water making a paste and lightly rubbing the coin . Works well but I only do this on my silver coins that are common.

Thanks for the info

 

[michigan_twobox]

Oops I meant to say separate them lol

 

[diggyboy]

P.S. don't soak copper and silver in this mix at the same time or it will turn silver copper colored. Make two separate containers and deprecate them.

Thanks michigan twobox

 

[diggyboy]

Oops I meant to say separate them lol

Thanks for the info michigan twobox

 

[diggyboy]

Sorry posted twice lol

 

[lab rat]

I wouldn't recommend vinegar-- to harsh unless a common coin. Baking soda won't hurt it, but rubbing it might. Here's my method: 1) Take a small glass jar and put a layer or two of aluminum foil on the bottom of it. 2) Pour baking soda in the jar to fill it halfway or more. 3) add water to just cover the baking soda. Stir it up a bit so all the baking soda is wet. 4) add more baking soda so you have a thick wet paste. 5) put the coin just into the surface of the baking soda so it is covered BUT NOT TOUCHING THE FOIL. Lay it flat so it doesn't sink down too fast. 6) take an old pan and fill it 1/3 full of water, and set the jar in the middle of the pan on the stove. Turn up the heat to bring the water in the pan CLOSE to boiling but NOT BOILING. If it starts to boil, take the pan off the stove right away. 7) let it simmer for about 30 minutes. 8) recover the coin and rinse it off in cold water. Handle it gently and DON'T RUB IT! If the crust doesn't fall off, you might try this a couple more times, but be patient with it or you could mess up the coin. (Worse case scenario, the crust will fall off and you'll find that the coin has been run over several times and is messed up anyway...)

This method has worked well for old silver quarters I've found on the beach with sand crust stuck to them. Silver oxides, halides, and sulfides are reduced back to pure silver and the coin comes out looking like it is fresh from circulation.

 

[diggyboy]

Does that method work on pennies too because one of the wheats I found that hunt looks like a 1909 but it has a thick green crust on it.