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DeepTech

1880s Home/Dump Site

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gadreel

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Loving my Compadre! The 1880s home/dump site I have found just keeps on giving up stuff.

Here is my original post about the site: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?91,2012440

Here is a photo of finds from this weekend 1909 no VDB and what i think is 1911 - S wheats and one of my favorite finds ever a "1930s to early 1940s CONSAIR (Convair later Consolidated Vultee) airplane manufacturers pin. Silver pin has a classic design of a Revolutionary War Minute Man with three planes and the Consolidated / Convair Eagle that has CONSAIR above it in the four corner. Item has a safety pinback mechanism and has no makers or content mark, but may be Sterling as these mostly are.
 
I have yet to try this method, so, take it for what that's worth.........I was told that dirt, clay and rust can be removed by soaking an item in molten paraffin or even candle wax. The theory is that the wax penetrates the contaminates and then they come off with the wax when re-heated. I don't see that this could hurt anything and, who knows, it may even work. Has anyone else heard of this method? Or, better yet, tried it?
 
Those are some nice finds. :thumbup:

I don't see why a soft toothbrush and a little soap would do any harm. Maybe soak it for awhile before gently brushing it.

tabman
 
I bought some stainless steel shot for my tumbler, its used for cleaning jewelry and it works really well. You should check it every hour or so when tumbling, it doesnt take to long to do its magic and I bet it would clean up that piece good without damaging it.
I did some reading up on it before I purchased it and the key to using it is how long you let it run for.
If this would interest you I can post some pics of it in a bit and also some jewelry I cleaned with it. It even cleaned up some small thin chains I found.
Ive only used it on silver so far so I dont know about other metals like copper or gold.
 
thats a great find , keep us up on the other finds, old dumps are so interesting
 
Very interested in your tumbler sir!

Neil said:
I bought some stainless steel shot for my tumbler, its used for cleaning jewelry and it works really well. You should check it every hour or so when tumbling, it doesnt take to long to do its magic and I bet it would clean up that piece good without damaging it.
I did some reading up on it before I purchased it and the key to using it is how long you let it run for.
If this would interest you I can post some pics of it in a bit and also some jewelry I cleaned with it. It even cleaned up some small thin chains I found.
Ive only used it on silver so far so I dont know about other metals like copper or gold.
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I am at work now. I will post some pics tomorrow night of the shot and jewelry I cleaned. The tumbler is a lortone single barrel and the shot I bought off ebay. I bought 2 lbs of it.
 
I have tried an ammonia bath and it seems to be loosening up some of it but its slow going. I have a tumbler I guess I could try it with some sand and throw in a batch of ugly clad coins in with it? How long would you tumbler? Overnight be enough?

-s
 
After looking at the picture again, the stuff on the item looks very dark, almost black. Is it possibly a tar based substance, instead of clay? If it is, WD-40 should loosen anything that is tar (petroleum) based.
The WD-40 will not hurt the silver.....I would try that before tumbling in sand.
 
Here is the stainless steel shot I use. Its got about 5 different pieces to it. Its called the jewelers mix. It cleaned the jewelry in the pic, alot of which was black and all of it was dug, did a really super job. It took 2 to 3 hours, check every hour, some pieces arent as bad as others and finish quicker.
I bought and used the recommended amount which is 2lbs of shot for my Lortone 3A tumbler.
It left no scratches, Im really impressed with this stuff.
 
Wow, that stuff did do a great job. Is that an opal ring in the upper left of your picture? If so, I would have been very reluctant to put that in the steel shot! Opals are pretty soft, comparatively. In any case, it looks like it worked like a champ......thanks for the tip!!

Stay safe......
 
Well I picked up a little 3 lbs tumbler from the freight store. I see the jewelers mix SS shot so will try to order some. Right now I am going to try Walnut shells. I found a tip to buy the Walnut shells from the pet store its "bird litter". You can get a small bag for less that $10.

After the stuff tumbles for a day or two in the Walnut shells I will post some pics.
 
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