In the ground for almost 150 years and it looks perfect! Tsgman

tsgman · Nov 10, 2008

I cleaned it up and I was very pleased how it turned out!

JerV3 · Nov 10, 2008

Yes,

That is beautiful man. The patina is just what you want. I dug out some colonial buttons this week and they cleaned up just like that. It doesn't get much better than that.

HH Jer

Detectingfreak · Nov 10, 2008

wow thats stunning! :thumbsup:

hogge · Nov 10, 2008

WHOA!

kg6yll · Nov 10, 2008

Your right it looks perfect! Good Job :thumbsup:

KG6YLL

Don in SJ · Nov 10, 2008

Oh yeah, that one is in great shape, good ground, good relic, excellent clean up!!

Don

N.J.THer · Nov 10, 2008

That looks great...congratulations.

NJ

TreasurdiggrNY · Nov 10, 2008

You're right, it looks perfect, congrats :thumbsup:

Glenn

MonkeyBoy · Nov 10, 2008

Looks great!! Did you put wax on it

I get out all my plates and give them a good coat of Renaissance wax once a year or so.. seems to really help.. the first ones I dug began to crack around the edges after a few years but the ones I have waxed since they came out of the ground do not seem to have cracked.. or very little if they did..

HH

MB

Bavaria Mike · Nov 10, 2008

Wow, that breast plate turned out better than one could expect! Very nice and HH, Mike

shaun7 · Nov 10, 2008

nice find

what is it? please excuse my ignorance :tard:

shaun7 · Nov 10, 2008

Bavaria Mike said:
Wow, that breast plate turned out better than one could expect! Very nice and HH, Mike

well thats cleared that up

tsgman · Nov 10, 2008

MonkeyBoy said:
Looks great!! Did you put wax on it I get out all my plates and give them a good coat of Renaissance wax once a year or so.. seems to really help.. the first ones I dug began to crack around the edges after a few years but the ones I have waxed since they came out of the ground do not seem to have cracked.. or very little if they did..

HH

MB

I just used a Q-tip with a little olive oil on it, really brought out the dark green patina.