I Did a Bad Bad Thing :laughing7: Lime Juice Edition

[ROIGuy]

Good morning Treasurenetters
I took some of the class that I find yesterday and submerged them in line juice & salt for 20 minutes. I never did that before and I wanted to see the results. Interesting for me as it didn't destroy the coins (they weren't that old) but it did clean them up so I could read them without glasses. Just an experiment that I probably won't repeat.
Happy hunting!
Pictures below:
Before

After

Before

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[Professor of Engineering]

Nice results!

I rarely if ever clean old coins...all clad gets a tumble!

 

[No gold in NY]

I have read on the forums that any coin dug from the ground has already lost a lot of value. So if it is unreadable and you clean it, what's the hurt?

 

[Treasureman25]

Looks nice! Is that the best way to clean clad? lemon juice in warm salt water?

 

[SanMan]

Looks nice! Is that the best way to clean clad? lemon juice in warm salt water?

I tumble everything, let God sort it out.

 

[ROIGuy]

Looks nice! Is that the best way to clean clad? lemon juice in warm salt water?

Best way? Probably not but these coins were pretty hard to read clad, so I knew they might have a bit of deterioration but wanted to give it a try. They cleaned up pretty nicely and they weren't old collectables to begin with

 

[A2coins]

PCGS grades any coin found in the ground enviornmentally damaged coin collectors will degrade a coin if you breathe on it lol

 

[Treasureman25]

I’ve heard the tumble term before.. what is that? A machine that tumbles your coins in a solution?

 

[A2coins]

Its a rock tumbler that you tumble your old dirty clad coins in so they can be redeemed for money

 

[ecmo]

I’ve heard the tumble term before.. what is that? A machine that tumbles your coins in a solution?

Here is a couple of photos of mine. As you can see it has 2 seperate canisters with a finger screw down lid. You can buy one slightly cheaper with one canister. I bought mine at Harbor Freight about 4 years ago for around $50 if I remember correctly but my memory may be in doubt, lol.

Anyway the canisters are rubber inside and the lids seal water tight. I generally put pennies in one container and dimes and quarters and nickels in the other with a small amount of powdered Arm & Hammer laundry detergent, salt and a dash of white vinegar. Add just enough to barely cover your coins and rocks, tumble 30 minutes.I'm sure others have different procedures but I than take my plastic strainer dump the coins and rocks into it under running water from the faucet to rinse them. I set that aside and rinse out all the muddy water from the canister. When they're clean I dump the rocks and coins back into the canisters but don't add water this time. Tumble again for 1 1/2--2 hours and the coins look presentable enough to take to the bank. Also when tumble washing put the pennies seperate from the clad coins otherwise copper from them will leach onto the clad giving it a copper tone.

 

[RustyGold]

Here is a couple of photos of mine. As you can see it has 2 seperate canisters with a finger screw down lid. You can buy one slightly cheaper with one canister. I bought mine at Harbor Freight about 4 years ago for around $50 if I remember correctly but my memory may be in doubt, lol.

Anyway the canisters are rubber inside and the lids seal water tight. I generally put pennies in one container and dimes and quarters and nickels in the other with a small amount of powdered Arm & Hammer laundry detergent, salt and a dash of white vinegar. Add just enough to barely cover your coins and rocks, tumble 30 minutes.I'm sure others have different procedures but I than take my plastic strainer dump the coins and rocks into it under running water from the faucet to rinse them. I set that aside and rinse out all the muddy water from the canister. When they're clean I dump the rocks and coins back into the canisters but don't add water this time. Tumble again for 1 1/2--2 hours and the coins look presentable enough to take to the bank. Also when tumble washing put the pennies seperate from the clad coins otherwise copper from them will leach onto the clad giving it a copper tone.View attachment 1792229View attachment 1792230

Great advice about separation of copper from other coins.

 

[SanMan]

I’ve heard the tumble term before.. what is that? A machine that tumbles your coins in a solution?

Here is a tumbler,........



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Class is over

Get out there and search up some coins

 

[Treasureman25]

Thanks guys!

 

[jeff of pa]

Dirt Toning is a Wonderful Thing on Old Coins & Tokens !