a newer find but a good-un

[Anonymous]

this is one i found the weekend before last ,its a george the second copper halfpenny dated 1745 its a personall best for me as they dont often come up in this condition ,found with the hot-shot at roughly six inches down and treated with "clear metal laquer" to preserve the finish

 

[Anonymous]

Hey Wolfie, what method did you use to clean the coin before you lacquered it. Congratulations on a real nice find! Many Thanks, lol,hh.
NamVetLesTreasureSeeker

 

[Anonymous]

i just left it to dry for a week then gently brushed it with a dry toothbrush ,NEVER EVER wash copper coins or artifacts cos as soon as you do they are messed up ,the couple of hard encrustations that where on the coin i got off with a sharpend wooden toothpick ,the main reason for using laquer is it retains the detail whilst excluding all air (oxygen causes the rot to start) another method with stuff without so much detail is to boil in mycrocrystaline (renaisance) wax until the air bubbles stop rising this means that all the moisture has been excluded and a air proof layer is on the item ;not to be done in the house though as the wax can catch fire easily i nearly lost my garage when one went up ,the beauty of the wax is you can do a batch of finds together