🔎 UNIDENTIFIED is there a best way to clean metals

[MrMark]

is there a best way to clean metals that have been buried

 

[EKG]

be careful do it outside

 

[cudamark]

is there a best way to clean metals that have been buried

Depends on the metal and what it's caked with.

 

[ticndig]

also depends on the value of what's being cleaned , rare items are best left as found or cleaned by someone with experience . An old horse shoe,smack it with a hammer.
the point is don't devalue your find by cleaning.

 

[CRUSADER]

Yes, case by case basis.

 

[ColtsPop]

For brass and other nonferrous metals I implore you to limit most cleaning to hot soapy water. For iron you can go farther because it isn’t typically valuable