Simple way to clean your orange-red brown corroded nickels

[ken135]

This might work on nickel three-cent coins, too.

Fatty Indian heads, too? They are ~12% nickel.

 

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[ken135]

I tried the GOJO and got this results with a V-Nickel.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[sjvalleyhunter]

Unfortunately I can’t get the video to play, but I’m assuming you just rub the nickels with the Gojo?

 

[Squirrel322]

I tried this with a few nickels and am happy with the results. The fist two I tried had some greenish oxidation in addition to the red. They still cleaned up but the coins where pitted and rough. The second two I did only had the red oxidation and came out much nicer than the first two. I'm very happy with how the 1926 Buff came out, big improvement!

 

[Squirrel322]

Unfortunately I can’t get the video to play, but I’m assuming you just rub the nickels with the Gojo?

Let your coins soak in GoJo overnight, then gently rub them. Repeat until they are clean. I used a q-tip to clean the details.

 

[wilcam47]

Sometimes that can devalue a coin...but if its not too valuable a coin that would be good choice

 

[ken135]

Squirrel- thanks for the Q-tip suggestion. Works really well.


Tried this Gojo on an Eagle cent. These coins had ~12% nickel. Results were not as good as what I've seen with nickel coins.

 

[ken135]

Was able to get better results with three cent (trickel) coins.





Another Three cent (Trickel)

 

[ken135]

This took about two weeks of soaking with GOJO and rubbing gently with a Q-tip.



Coin was slightly bent right side.

 

[A2coins]

Nice job just dont do key dates

 

[Joe Strong]

Really, great results. I'll try it. Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[sphillips]

Nice job just dont do key dates

Do you recommend not doing anything to coins with keys dates? Thx

 

[smokeythecat]

What about an 1866 shield nickel that is still somewhat shiny underneath?

 

[ken135]

Sphillips - Smokeythecat - to clean or not to clean? If it was a real valuable coin (>$1000), I might take it to a professional coin cleaner and get their opinion.
But it is what it is.... A damaged coin. Many coins come back from professional graders as "Environmentally Damaged". Cannot be graded.
I guess the metal leaches out of the coins microscopically while in the ground leaving small holes.
Personally, I like to see the coin and not the corrosion. A worn down coin with some details is preferred than a corroded one with no details.

 

[Elvis]

Awesome!! Thanks for the info.

 

[Xraywolf]

Do you recommend not doing anything to coins with keys dates? Thx

Coin might well have more value left alone than whizzed.
At a certain point, it is what it is, and any attempt to spiff it up is going to be very obvious and greatly detract from its value, whereas if its left alone it is in an authentic ground dug state, and no one is trying to deceive anyone.
[In most cases a soak in soap water and gentle tooth brushing to remove crud is acceptable] Soaking for days or weeks in olive oil is another way to remove crud without going overboard.

Much of what occurs to metal in the ground for long periods is a chemical reaction and cannot be undone [any more than you can undo the rust on your car door], attempts to do so damage the metal and therefore should not be done in a vain attempt to make it look pretty.

 

[sphillips]

Coin might well have more value left alone than whizzed.
At a certain point, it is what it is, and any attempt to spiff it up is going to be very obvious and greatly detract from its value, whereas if its left alone it is in an authentic ground dug state, and no one is trying to deceive anyone.
[In most cases a soak in soap water and gentle tooth brushing to remove crud is acceptable] Soaking for days or weeks in olive oil is another way to remove crud without going overboard.

Much of what occurs to metal in the ground for long periods is a chemical reaction and cannot be undone [any more than you can undo the rust on your car door], attempts to do so damage the metal and therefore should not be done in a vain attempt to make it look pretty.

Thx Xray!

 

[pepperj]

Looking at the 1936 Buffalo Nickel, and I was going to buy it off a site and it stated: Found buried in the ground with a metal detector-I think the cleaned version would be the choice for many.
Really the coinage has been already hammered with the environmental damage.
Like stated before the key date ones leave as be, but the run of the mill dug coinage is there really any value lost?
Well done on the cleaning-as I never heard of the product before either.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Thanks for the tip !