Les West Central Fl Bronze Member Joined Jun 14, 2009 Messages 2,334 Reaction score 1,306 Golden Thread 0 Location Bradenton, Fl Detector(s) used Aquasound, Excal 2, Excal (NY), Infinium Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 22, 2012 #1 Headed out for a low tide hunt and went into the water chest deep. Found a few coins , a silver ring and a silver ankle chain. Not much to look at until I cleaned them. Here are before and after photos. Attachments Clean 001.webp 294.4 KB · Views: 208 Clean 002.webp 262.6 KB · Views: 224 Upvote 0
Headed out for a low tide hunt and went into the water chest deep. Found a few coins , a silver ring and a silver ankle chain. Not much to look at until I cleaned them. Here are before and after photos.
G general Hero Member Joined Sep 9, 2004 Messages 509 Reaction score 73 Golden Thread 0 Location Parrish fl Detector(s) used White's XLT,Tesoro tiger shark, excal 2, CZ21 Oct 22, 2012 #2 You do some great work! See you at the meeting.
C collector69 Tenderfoot Joined Apr 26, 2011 Messages 8 Reaction score 2 Golden Thread 0 Oct 22, 2012 #3 Very nice finds.
hamiddetecting Gold Member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Messages 6,461 Reaction score 2,725 Golden Thread 0 Location North Pole Detector(s) used Sovereign GT and Excalibur II, Whites, Garrett, Fisher, Alert, MD,Cscope,Tesoro, Compas, XP, Long Rs Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 22, 2012 #4 Good clean, well done!!
lookindown Gold Member Joined Mar 11, 2010 Messages 7,110 Reaction score 4,937 Golden Thread 0 Location Florida Detector(s) used ACE 250,AT PRO, CZ21...RTG pro scoop...Stealth 720 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 22, 2012 #5 Those have been in there for a little while...cant believe how good they cleaned up...that is a nice silver ring...congrats.
Those have been in there for a little while...cant believe how good they cleaned up...that is a nice silver ring...congrats.
search and recovery Hero Member Joined May 6, 2011 Messages 941 Reaction score 167 Golden Thread 0 Location Halifax, N.C. Detector(s) used Minelab Excal II, Whites Surfmaster Dual Field, Fisher CZ 6a,Teknetics G2,Deeptech Vista Gold, Tosoro Sand Shark, Minelab Sovereign GT, Sunspot sand scoop Oct 22, 2012 #6 Nice looking finds Les!
Les West Central Fl Bronze Member Joined Jun 14, 2009 Messages 2,334 Reaction score 1,306 Golden Thread 0 Location Bradenton, Fl Detector(s) used Aquasound, Excal 2, Excal (NY), Infinium Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 22, 2012 Thread Owner #7 Soaked the chain and ring in CLR, It desolved the calcium and lime deposits from the items. I then put them in a tumbler, they came out polished.
Soaked the chain and ring in CLR, It desolved the calcium and lime deposits from the items. I then put them in a tumbler, they came out polished.
John (west central FL) Full Member Joined Jun 28, 2008 Messages 191 Reaction score 36 Golden Thread 0 Location Florida Detector(s) used Minelab Excalibur II 10", Excalibur Sword 8", Sovereign XS2a Pro, Equinox 800, Equinox 900 Primary Interest: Beach & Shallow Water Hunting Oct 22, 2012 #8 Nice job. I might have to try some CLR.
Jason in Enid Gold Member Joined Oct 10, 2009 Messages 9,692 Reaction score 9,213 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 22, 2012 #9 very nice finds, and nice cleaning!
kiana7 Bronze Member Joined Apr 18, 2012 Messages 1,227 Reaction score 643 Golden Thread 0 Location Riverside,California Detector(s) used MXT PRO,Whites PI dual Field,CZ21,Stealth 790 Primary Interest: Metal Detecting Oct 22, 2012 #10 Les you did an awesome job on cleaning,very nice silvers especially that ring,,HH
leprechaun Bronze Member Joined Feb 20, 2012 Messages 1,997 Reaction score 607 Golden Thread 0 Detector(s) used CTX 3030; The only metal detector I'll ever need Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Oct 24, 2012 #11 Awesome finds Les, and great clean up, I use the tumbler alot on silver, It does a great job 90% of the time.
Awesome finds Les, and great clean up, I use the tumbler alot on silver, It does a great job 90% of the time.