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- Dec 6, 2010
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- SC Lowcountry
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F75SE, Bandido II, Sovereign GT, Fisher1280X, Nautilus DMCIIB, Deus2, Manticore.
- Primary Interest:
- Shipwrecks
She may not be purdy, but she's....
...my first!
I should have taken a first "before" shot rather than a "mid" and a "finish" shot so you could see what I was up against
Quite a while back I was in "Nawlins" on a visit and had the occasion to metal detect an old vacant lot with an old buddy Joe (who I have since lost touch with...if you are reading this Joe, call Doug in Beaufort) I got a reading on a clump of hard cemented gunk. I could barely make out a hint of green in it. I tossed it in a box of junk and forgot about it until last weekend when I was going though the junk box. I started picking at it thinking it was an old copper coin and then noticed by the edge it was a flattened button. I also noticed what looked like a pelican on the front and observed that it had a lined front with a roped border. I could make out "eans" on the back. Looking in Albert's button book that matched up to an LA61. My concern was how to clean the rest of the gunk off you see in this "mid" stage pic. I had rec'd several opinions but figured the button was in such rough shape and the fact that even a dental pick could not get the cement off, I ran the button on electrolysis on a 12volt battery charger on the 2 amp trickle for about six hours. I got almost all the grunge off. Just as a finishing touch, I soaked it in olive oil for 4 days. The follow on pic shows the end result. BTW I was stationed in New Orleans for 3 years and did lots of metal detecting and privy digging, but this is the only Louisiana button I have ever dug. The pelican that almost wasn't.
...my first!
I should have taken a first "before" shot rather than a "mid" and a "finish" shot so you could see what I was up against
Quite a while back I was in "Nawlins" on a visit and had the occasion to metal detect an old vacant lot with an old buddy Joe (who I have since lost touch with...if you are reading this Joe, call Doug in Beaufort) I got a reading on a clump of hard cemented gunk. I could barely make out a hint of green in it. I tossed it in a box of junk and forgot about it until last weekend when I was going though the junk box. I started picking at it thinking it was an old copper coin and then noticed by the edge it was a flattened button. I also noticed what looked like a pelican on the front and observed that it had a lined front with a roped border. I could make out "eans" on the back. Looking in Albert's button book that matched up to an LA61. My concern was how to clean the rest of the gunk off you see in this "mid" stage pic. I had rec'd several opinions but figured the button was in such rough shape and the fact that even a dental pick could not get the cement off, I ran the button on electrolysis on a 12volt battery charger on the 2 amp trickle for about six hours. I got almost all the grunge off. Just as a finishing touch, I soaked it in olive oil for 4 days. The follow on pic shows the end result. BTW I was stationed in New Orleans for 3 years and did lots of metal detecting and privy digging, but this is the only Louisiana button I have ever dug. The pelican that almost wasn't.
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