It has been 7 months since my last haircut, finally got one today!

[Goes4ever]

hunted at an old 1912 church today.... went there today for a couple hours, ground was HARD, real hard. We have not had any real rain in over a month. There was a lot of gravel in the ground too so digging was pretty brutal! I will go back when we get more rain.

I did get two nice old coins, 1902S barber quarter and 1910 V nickel. They were about 8" down in same hole and only gave me a signal from one direction, the signal was very iffy bounced around a lot and after I got down to them I see why, the V nickel was laying right on top of the barber quarter which is why the signal was bouncing. Not sure what are the cut marks are on the V nickel?? oh well.....I will take it. I have not cleaned the nickel yet at all, been gone all day and just got home.

I missed the grand daddy of barber quarters by one year! the 1901s !

last barber I got was on Dec 31st 2008, long time to go w/o a haircut...lol

 

[Goes4ever]

got the V nickel cleaned up, probably best detailed one I have dug this year, too bad it has those cut marks all over it, wonder what caused that?

 

[mlayers]

You got 2 great finds. nice looking coins....Matt

 

[garthbfan169]

That is awesome G4E sweet finds!!

 

[Tank69]

wtg

 

[Detectingfreak]

Nice job on the V nickle and the barber quarter!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great coins! What cleaning method did you use on the V nickel? Salt and vinegar?


Cheers,



Buckles

 

[ModernMiner]

Way to go on the oldies!
I still haven't found a Barber quarter.
-MM-

 

[Goes4ever]

Great coins! What cleaning method did you use on the V nickel? Salt and vinegar?


Cheers,



Buckles

no I started using lime a way on old nickels, it seems a lot less harsh and does not pit the coin. Seems to clean faster too.

 

[treasurefiend]

Awesome job bud!!!! I hate the way salt N vinegar looks so I stopped cleaning them but I will start using lime away!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great coins! What cleaning method did you use on the V nickel? Salt and vinegar?


Cheers,



Buckles

no I started using lime a way on old nickels, it seems a lot less harsh and does not pit the coin. Seems to clean faster too.

Do you use the gel? The green bottle? The liquid?

 

[Goes4ever]

Buckleboy............
just put the nickel in a small dish and spray enough on it to cover it and walk away. Check it in 20 minutes, take it out rinse, rub with your fingers, the red will start to come off, sometimes this is enough time, sometimes you need longer, all depends how red that bad boy is!

when your satisfied with the color, rinse it and dump baking soda on it and rub between your fingers to neutralize the lime a way, rinse... dry and smile looking at your sweet nickel!

 

[treasurefiend]

Buckleboy............
just put the nickel in a small dish and spray enough on it to cover it and walk away. Check it in 20 minutes, take it out rinse, rub with your fingers, the red will start to come off, sometimes this is enough time, sometimes you need longer, all depends how red that bad boy is!

when your satisfied with the color, rinse it and dump baking soda on it and rub between your fingers to neutralize the lime a way, rinse... dry and smile looking at your sweet nickel!

Great advise bud, thanks for sharin!!!!

 

[Goes4ever]

oops..... I forgot to add I use the green Lime a way bottle, could not find the gel anywhere, but the spray seems to work great!

 

[Nana40]

That nickel cleaned up great! Thanks for the tip on the cleaning method, G4E.

Super finds! Hope ya get some rain soon!

Nana

 

[Goes4ever]

That nickel cleaned up great! Thanks for the tip on the cleaning method, G4E.

Super finds! Hope ya get some rain soon!

Nana

I know the cleaning method has been mentioned before on the forum several times, but if it helps someone out I am glad to share the info! I think red nickels are ugly....lol I much prefer the after version