Some Buttons, Balls, a Buckle and a Bust!

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Al here. I headed back to the field this morning and I did a bit better today. (2-3-12) I spent a good 3 hours at this site. I concentrated on one little section at a time until I had to go. It was slow going for the first hour... I almost gave up. Then I got my first good signal. That was the small button, still with the shank too! Next was the larger button. No shank that time. Oh well. After another hour or so, I nailed the larger musket ball. The smaller one was not long after. For the rest of my time that I had, I stuck to two little corners of the field. While in the first corner, I got that all too familiar sound coming from my AT Pro, it was the 1807 Draped Bust Large Cent! (A first for me!) The last thing that I found was close to the exit and it's another first for me! The Colonial Buckle! Today was a good day!

H.H.

Al
 

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Great finds!!! :icon_thumright:
How are you going to clean the large cent?

Joe
 

Joe88 said:
Great finds!!! :icon_thumright:
How are you going to clean the large cent?

Joe

Thanks Joe. I did a bit with peroxide and q-tips but that's all I'm going to do. With my luck and limited coin cleaning skills that I possess, I'd probably destroy it, like everything else.
 

Here is the coin as clean as it's going to get, by me anyway.

H.H.

Al
 

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jewelerguy said:
nice large and cool buckle :thumbsup:
Thanks... The buckle is VERY brittle! I'm not even going to try to move it! As I stated earlier, I'd destroy it. I actually put it in its' own little plastic case just to protect it even more. Never know. It might be a gift someday.
 

AlFu said:
Here is the coin as clean as it's going to get, by me anyway.

H.H.

Al

Not too bad...check out this web site a came across regarding cleaning techniques:

http://metaldetectingworld.com/cleaning_preservation_coin.shtml

Not too sure if that web page has been posted before on this forum, but I think it holds
alot of cleaning techniques for all different coin and token compositions.
Good Luck.

Joe
 

Joe88 said:
AlFu said:
Here is the coin as clean as it's going to get, by me anyway.

H.H.

Al

Not too bad...check out this web site a came across regarding cleaning techniques:

http://metaldetectingworld.com/cleaning_preservation_coin.shtml

Not too sure if that web page has been posted before on this forum, but I think it holds
alot of cleaning techniques for all different coin and token compositions.
Good Luck.

Joe
Awesome site Joe! Thanks. To be honest though, I don't think I'll be cleaning any of my coins aside from good ole' soap and water. Peroxide works too but if you don't rinse it off again, the coin will start to pit and deteriorate.

H.H.

Al
 

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