Question_ Diggers kiss on minie ball

[Tigerdude]

I have a few blemishes /scratches on some minie balls. Sticks out like a sore thumb. Any hints on fixing or covering them up? Thanks

 

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[Digger70pa]

Turn the bad side down when your displaying them.

 

[villagenut]

Bury them for another 150 years

 

[vpnavy]

I don't know about the other members but it would help me if I was able to see a few pictures for some type of solution...

 

[Davers]

I have a few blemishes /scratches on some minie balls. Sticks out like a sore thumb. Any hints on fixing or covering them up? Thanks

Ahhhhh..Someone who thinks (Worries) like me.

For years when I scuffed a Minnie , I buried it back (A-lot) Deeper Or threw it into a place where it would be Hard to Retrieve.. Now I give them to a Buddy Who does not mind the "Kisses".

I have reburied some for 3 years & it did not help much, got a couple in planters outside for 2 years now.
I only got 5 from this Battle site & hit 3 of them with my shovel , I gave the first 2 to a Neighbor , gonna leave 1 buried as long as it takes LOL.
TMI Sorry

Heard of some folk using white out or a little white flat paint mixed with 'local' dirt then dab it on.

Just if you ever Sell them make sure u say they were "Fixed".
I asked this ? on Cleaning & Preservation a couple years ago, wanting a quick re-patina process.
I'm sure there is a Chemical mixture to make that happen but it's likely to much trouble unless it's on a plate back or rare Bullet.
Also thinking back ill bet Counterfeiters would like this info.
GL

 

[Tigerdude]

Here is one. Ouch!

 

[Digger70pa]

Ahh that's nothing. I've almost cut some in half. It happens buddy. There's nothing you can do with it but be glad you recovered it. Most of the time I give them to the farmer. Grease the palm. I've learned over the years to dig a little bit bigger hole. HH TIM

 

[alabama11]

One thing have noticed is the harder the ground the more collateral damage to relics. I bunged up three nice bullets in the last year. The rock hammer is an unpopular culpret with me now. There are not many dropped bullets around here that i have found so the fired ones are imperfect usually. Plus bulldosiers and plows smash up many. Break out the whiteout.

 

[1637]

ware underware. brad

I have a few blemishes /scratches on some minie balls. Sticks out like a sore thumb. Any hints on fixing or covering them up? Thanks

 

[N.O. noir et d'or]

ware underware. brad

Ok - This one hit me in a delayed fashion. When it did, I spit up my coffee. I guess 1637 and I are fairly childish!

 

[Davers]

Here is one. Ouch!View attachment 1381828

Ouch!!!
Is right, I been there done That.

 

[jeff of pa]

I'm surprised I don't see touch up Paint or fingernail polish.
you should be able to find something close enough to at least make it
less obvious.

though a little more drastic if you have one to sacrifice.
you could experiment on it with a Little Elmer's Glue and white Scrapings sprinkled on another part of it to see if you can hide dings.

 

[relic nut]

I'll take a "kissed" bullet" over a rusty nail any day. It's the price we pay sometimes. Just turn the good side out and be glad it wasn't a button.

HH RN

 

[d2]

When I first started detecting real hard I began digging holes, big plugs, like every signal was a belt plate so if I ever did come across a belt plate I wouldn't put a mark on it. I found a belt plate and never put a mark upon it. I still pull out a bigger plug than normal, about 2 times the size of a coffee cup but I very seldom ever hit my signal but once or twice a year I will clobber a bullet. I think it happens more when the bullet is standing up rather than laying down...d2

 

[Tigerdude]

Yes, need to slow down. I dig a really big hole now