Never thought Id ask this, help cleaning a coin?

[WHADIFIND]

Never thought I'd ask this, help cleaning a coin?

Just went for a short walk and got what I pretty much expected. But, when I got home I got a little surprise.




I can't convince Blingie that it's not some sort of body ring.



A tiny lead, um what? Button?



Someone said these were some sort of leather rivets, the last time.
I found 2 today and both still have some material on them. They are showing front and back.



I thought this was just another crudded up nickle until I knocked the top layer of dirt off.
If you look really carefully, you can see there appears to be quite a bit of detail left, under the crud.
I can even see the beginnings of a date, lower left.



The back shows some detail too.

I've not had much success cleaning nickles. I've heard, Ketchup, Soy sauce, Vinegar, Mustard, (hmmmmmm I'm getting hungry! LOL ).

Any thoughts after looking at this poor little nickle? I'd like to make his retirement happy.

Thanks for peeking!
HH!

 

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[Citiboy289]

Soak it in Diesel Fuel stir every few days AMAZING

 

[Twinkletoes]

Nickel's actually clean up pretty well. If you assume that the coin has no value in the condition it was found, you have a lot of liberty to do whatever you want to improve it's appearance. All of the cleaning agents you listed are acids. Bases may work better in certain instances. I keep household ammonia on hand as one of my cleaning agents. Once the "crud" is removed I have even used a buffing wheel to bring back the original luster. Nice find, have fun cleaning it! H Digs!

 

[pong12211]

I have used the cleaner called awesome I get it from the dollar store it seems to work pretty good on nickles...

 

[WHADIFIND]

There are just so many things people use to clean nickels. I might just try a side by side comparison of several of them. Trouble is, each nickel will have it's own type of crud.

Thanks for the hints!

One more thing, this nickel and the two leather rivets came from the same section of this large ground. Sound like I might be on to something? Time wise, I mean.

Thanks again!
HH!

 

[Petrie502]

Looks like a buffalo nickel, put aluminum foil in the bottom of a Pyrex dish pour in boiling water add the coin on top of the foil then pour in a cup of PH up or arm & hammer was powder! (Both are sodium carbonate but the PH up is 100%) it works great!!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Looks like a buffalo nickel, put aluminum foil in the bottom of a Pyrex dish pour in boiling water add the coin on top of the foil then pour in a cup of PH up or arm & hammer was powder! (Both are sodium carbonate but the PH up is 100%) it works great!!

I always thought this was a technique for silver. Works on nickles too? Neat!

Thanks!
HH!

 

[mangum]

S.O.S. Pads do a great job. I would only advise using this method on nickels. I would also advise only using this method if it's a fairly worthless coin & you want to see some detail (I had to say that so I don't get yelled at lol) Anyways below are my results & a link to my post. It brought a really rough, bad coin back to life. Give it a try!

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/326585-sos-pad-buff-nickel-works-miracle.html

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

I tried the "Ketchup" on my nickel slug and it did not do a thing.... What you need to do is get some Plutonium and some Samarium and mix them up then put your coin in and let it sit there for 32 years rinse off then repeat....
You'll have a great clean coin at that point !! hehe,
Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Twinkletoes]

I tried the "Ketchup" on my nickel slug and it did not do a thing.... What you need to do is get some Plutonium and some Samarium and mix them up then put your coin in and let it sit there for 32 years rinse off then repeat....
You'll have a great clean coin at that point !! hehe,
Keep @ it and HH !!

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[Digger2]

I clean all my clad in a tumbler (lortone) I use pea gravel and just a little dawn with just enough water to cover the gravel. After a half hour, I change the water and keep it up til they're clean. Some of the coins are clean in an hour or so, some take longer. I tried olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, lime juice etc, these tend to stain the coins so I no longer use them.
I use an abrasive sponge on the back of aluminum doubloons (which are plentiful here in south Louisiana).

Roy

 

[Wldbil]

I recently dug a 1918 Buffalo that looked a lot like yours. I put it in Distilled Vinegar and added a tea spoon of peroxide. The solution will turn blue as it cleans and it only
cleans the side facing up, so you will have to turn it over. But it works wonders, the only thing is that it will look like it has been cleaned. This also works if you can't get
a date off a nickel, it will bring the date out so you can read it.

 

[Argentium]

I actually used worchestershire sauce , it cleaned it but was a bit too acidic (micropitting ) white vineger should do it (dilute with water)

 

[Petrie502]

I clean all my clad in a tumbler (lortone) I use pea gravel and just a little dawn with just enough water to cover the gravel. After a half hour, I change the water and keep it up til they're clean. Some of the coins are clean in an hour or so, some take longer. I tried olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, lime juice etc, these tend to stain the coins so I no longer use them.
I use an abrasive sponge on the back of aluminum doubloons (which are plentiful here in south Louisiana).
Roy

This is how I clean my clad as well,

 

[WHADIFIND]

UPDATE ON BUFF NIC

Hi all,

Blingie and I just thought some might be interested in an update on how the nickel cleaned up.

Everyone gave such wonderful techniques I couldn't make up my mind. So, I used them all. LOL

I'll let you be the judge.

Think it's a worthy display piece now?

BEFORE:


AFTER:





Thanks!
HH!

 

[Dr.Tones]

SOS pad next time... It doesn't pit

 

[WHADIFIND]

SOS pad next time... It doesn't pit

Um, no, but time does. I did use an SOS pad as well.

HH!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Glad it wasn't anything rare, you would have got the same results with a dremell

SS

 

[WHADIFIND]

Glad it wasn't anything rare, you would have got the same results with a dremell

SS

Awww yeah, but I was havin' fun! LOL

But, ya know, compared to the way it started out. It didn't turn out too terrible. Looks like a rough and "tumbled" old warrior that's been thru the ravages of time. Truly looks antique now! You could just barely make out what it was before.

(dremel!!! Now why didn't I think of that!?!?)

Thanks!
HH!

 

[cjon455]

Not bad sir not bad