Is anyone using an ultrasonic cleaner to clean your finds??

[Dan(NM)]

I just picked one up from my father in law and was wondering if I need to use a special solution with it? There were no instructions with it, thanks.

 

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[redcobra8u]

Interested to hear the answer here.

 

[TheHunterGT]

They use sound waves to clean...so most use just plain water. You can add a drop of dish soap to help if desired.

They do make a cleaning solution for them as well....Isonic and Blitz being 2 popular ones.

I do not own one but have been reading up on them lately as I plan on purchasing one soon...so take that with a grain of salt.

There very well could be models that "need" a solution of some sort. But from what I see and understand...most just use plain water as the sound waves are doing the work.

 

[Jamie Garrison]

Would this be used instead of a "tunbler"

 

[Normsel]

Not sure if they work any better than tumbler but don't expect shiny mint looking coins when you get done, they will be clean but not shiny

Look up on the internet for what others use.. I am sure there are threads on Tnet to

 

[Jason in Enid]

ultrasonic cleaners don't work for our dug up finds. Maybe if you had jewelry that you couldn't get recesses cleaned, but for our coins and other normal finds, it does nothing that an old toothbrush can't do. It will not remove corrosion, oxidation, scale, etc. Many people have tried them over the years, all with the same results.

 

[scotty544]

Get a cheap tumbler at harbor freight, use aquarium gravel, dish soap and water and tumble overnight. ...unless it's a valuable rare coin, in that case you need to have a professional do it.

 

[cofresi]

The item you ae going to clean must not touch the metal portion of the cleaning bowl, or it will wear your item badly. Always have the item suspended in the plastic basket for such cleaning. I used one on a old roman bronze coin. It took the bronze patina off and revealed it was actually a silver roman coin 310BCE.

 

[Dan(NM)]

I have a tumbler for my clad, I was going to try and clean my jewelry finds with it, thanks for the input.

 

[jlanders]

The use of a detergent depends on the contamination. If it’s purely mud, warm water will be sufficient, but if you need to remove other sorts of contamination a detergent can be useful. You need to make sure it’s a cleaning detergent that won’t attack the base metal you are cleaning.

 

[Detector Wars]

Tried it, useless. It only cleans moderate dirt, which you can clean easily anyway. Anything tough like corrosion, forget it.

 

[CASPER-2]

just be careful...they are not kind to some stones in jewelry