Seated Wilver!!! *UPDATED: after cleaning*

[couch tater]

After 8 months & hundreds in clad I finally found my first wilver coin!!!

I was going through the motions at a nearby park the other night with my ace250 when I got a good coin signal. When I dug the coin I put my light on it.. It was an 1876cc Seated Liberty Quarter!!! I was surprised to say the least.

It looks like I nicked the back of the coin w/ my shovel, which doesn't bother me, lesson learned i guess. I would however like to attempt to remove the crud covering lady liberty on the front, I just think it would look nicer and I don't plan on selling it. So if anyone has experience removing that build up on a silver coin I would appreciate any knowledge you could share. thanks!




Hope to find more wilver and I will share it if I do. hh!


***UPDATED***

Decided the black crud covering the front was too much an eyesore, so I risked cleaning the coin. I used electrolysis in an attempt to remove the build up.

I thought it turned out well and was happy with the results. Here are some before/after pictures.









Thanks for looking. hh

 

[couch tater]

*bump, new pictures included with original post*

thanks for the responses. I found the coin about 6-7in down. Didn't want to use any cleaners on it, so i went with electrolysis.

 

[poppa19]

awesome silver, looks to be in pretty good shape great find.

 

[Gilligan]

Great find. Watch the electrolysis though, it may look cleaner, but it ruins the worth of the coin to any collector. I made a dreadful mistake of doing electrolysis on an 1802 large cent I found. It cleaned it alright--too good. It ruined the naturally old look, you can see all the pitting on it and I probly destroyed the collector value of it. Probly one of the worst mistakes I ever made with a find. I will never do it again. Let professionals clean any great finds like that!