Old copper coin "George" found what to do

[cchunter]

I stop by this new site I researched for the first time and found this old copper coin. The first pic is how it look when it first cam out of the ground. I could not tell what it was but I knew it was old. I brought it home and washed it off got most of the thick crust off. There is a thin layer that chipped off on the edges. What is the best way to clean that off? Just pick it off, soak it chemical? I don't want to scrub it off and damage the coin. This is by fare the oldest coin I've ever found metal detecting. Oldest I'm found is 1914 wheat penny. I'm not sure what this coin is and can't see a date on it. On the side that has the head looks like it says " George" would that be king George or George Washington. I'm going to do some research on Tnet but wanted to post picture first.

 

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[cyfun]

Put dirty coins in a container and cover with salt and vinegar. Put the lid on and shake/swirl it occasionally. After a half an hour, drain off the liquid, rinse with clean water and the coins will come out extremly clean.

For extremely difficult to clean coins, tumble the coins in a rock tumbler following the instructions with the rock tumbler you have purchased.


Put dirty coins in a glass jar and cover with a liquid calcium deposit cleaner. Put the lid on and shake it occassionally. After one half hour or longer, drain off the liquid (it is reusable), rinse with clean water and the coins will come out super clean.

For difficult to clean coins and ones that are almost unreadable, soak them in pure virgin olive oil for four to six weeks. iF that vegetable oil just doesn't cut it. Wash with a bit of dishsoap. Rinse with warm clean water.

Always use 'Acid-free' material to preserve your coins. Other material will tarnish your valuable coins over time.

 

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[Vino]

Put dirty coins in a container and cover with salt and vinegar. Put the lid on and shake/swirl it occasionally. After a half an hour, drain off the liquid, rinse with clean water and the coins will come out extremly clean.

For extremely difficult to clean coins, tumble the coins in a rock tumbler following the instructions with the rock tumbler you have purchased.

Put dirty coins in a glass jar and cover with a liquid calcium deposit cleaner. Put the lid on and shake it occassionally. After one half hour or longer, drain off the liquid (it is reusable), rinse with clean water and the coins will come out super clean.

For difficult to clean coins and ones that are almost unreadable, soak them in pure virgin olive oil for four to six weeks. iF that vegetable oil just doesn't cut it. Wash with a bit of dishsoap. Rinse with warm clean water.

Always use 'Acid-free' material to preserve your coins. Other material will tarnish your valuable coins over time.

Please...what ever you do? Do not listen to that post!!! You will surely ruin the coin!!! That is not what you do to old coins.

 

[pmorrow42]

Recently found a large cent from War of 1812 area. Coin was badly corroded and mostly unreadable. After research I bought two bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide 3%. Got a small microwave safe plastic bowl, poured about 1 inch of peroxide in bowl, Heated the peroxide in microwave (45 to 60 seconds), dropped the coin in and watched the magic happen. This process was slow. I went through two large bottles (my coin was heavily corroded - much worse than yours) Once fizzing stops (about 5-7 minutes) I would pour out old and repeat process. Afterwards, the coin was extremely dry, almost chalky and hard to make out. More research led me to doing an olive oil soak for a couple of days. After the soak, the coin has a darker, richer look and details can now be seen. Not a perfect process and will in no way turn your coin into anything mint. Always research the possible value prior to doing this as often times some things are more valuable left alone. For me, the value of my coin was lost due to too much corrosion. At the end of the day I wanted an artifact from the War of 1812 era that had enough detail to make out what it was. I did the same to an old flat button (found same day next to the coin). Flat button was coated with corrosion and no marks or writing could be seen. Repeated the same above, also took some time. After all said and done I have a very readable maker on back of button "W.Wallis Extra Rich" Turns out this guy was a button maker in England from 1800-1828 and made buttons for the British military.

Hope this helps!

 

[cyfun]

this came directly from our club web site. you saying it wrong?

Eureka Treasure Hunters Club

 

[Vino]

this came directly from our club web site. you saying it wrong?

Eureka Treasure Hunters Club

Yes...so wrong...its ok for clad coins...but not for coins that could be valuable. ..Im not here to just disagree. .Im here to help others...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice find congrats!

 

[voodoo]

cool. Post more pics when cleaned up. Thanks for sharing and congrats!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Good find,
you should "try" to reply to other posts more often.
At least this reply will get a 9 month old post (about nothing besides worm tracks in a cave) off of page one.

Great find !!!

 

[cchunter]

Yes I knew that was the wrong way to clean this kind of coin!!

Please...what ever you do? Do not listen to that post!!! You will surely ruin the coin!!! That is not what you do to old coins.

 

[treblehunter]

Nice find, it should clean up nice with hot peroxide baths, I love how you skipped right over into the 1700's!

 

[treblehunter]

Or you could break out the dremel and wire wheel attachment?


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