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Clad day

C

cwilk

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I have to figure out this new camera. Sometimes my photos are OK, sometimes, like today, they're crap. That paper towel isn't helping. No contrast. Its been in use since August 2009. Had a feeling the site I chose today would give up some silver. Not today. It was loaded with clad and I mean loaded. 99 coins in 2 hours. 2 wheats, one is soaking. A ton of junk. Started skipping zinc cents about an hour in. I'll get them next time.

Chris

I have an article in May 2010 issue of LT. If you read it, let me know what you think. Be honest.
 
Lots of clad on that site. Congrats.!!
I do get that magazine what's your pen name ?
 
It's my real name which is close to my handle here. Chris. cwilk. You'll get it. I got my copy today. Probably take longer to Winnipeg. The article is short and I like the idea. I tried to keep it at one page. They had to shrink the photo way down to get it to fit.

Chris
 
What do you soak your coins in, if you don't mind me asking? I've been using generic olive oil. Is there a better or quicker way?
 
I tumble my clad. Search the forum, there are a thousand old posts about how to do this. Anything old I leave alone except for wheat cents that I can't read the dates on. I like the look of old coins as they come out of the ground. There is an article in Lost Treasure (May 2010) about a guy who found a 1916 D dime. He had it graded. He had cleaned it or at least the grading service graded it as such. He devalued it by at least 50% in my opinion. He should have left it alone. My opinion. I soak those no date wheats in hydrogen peroxide to try to figure out what they are. I guess you're new here. I found about 13,000 clad coins last year. My tumbler runs for days and days and days sometimes. The real bottom line is do what pleases you. Some folks polish their silver coins which makes me cringe. Some folks put their clad back into circulation just like they dig it.

Chris
 
Thanks. Eventually when I've collected enough clad, I will clean them up and cash them in. As for wheats and silvers, I had'nt planned on doing much. Like you I appreciate their appearance "as is"..and likely will not ever part with them anyways. Will try the peroxide for the old ones I can't quite read though...thanks again.
 
n/t
 
I thought it would be interesting to try to say what I had to say in 1000 words. It ended up around 1200. I would have liked a bigger photo and in color but, oh well. See what you created, Bill? I need some ideas now. I got a few spinning around in my head. Next rainy day I'd like to write something.

Chris
 
Get them ideas on paper. You might have found a new career. Course LT don't allow you much room to really spread your wings with their word limit. You could try their annual. I miss their "Treasure Facts" magazine. Used to do a lot of articles in that one. Now it's incorporated into their "Treasure Cache" annual. If you got a line on any treasure yarns you might get a piece in the annual. I believe it has a higher word limit unless they have whacked that since I last had a piece in it.

Bill
 
I liked it your article.
I often wonder about who held and lost the item I have found.
Were they like me nervous or heartbroken?
Were they Kids or adults.
And the fact I could take my 1878 S Mint Silver Dollar on a time machine with me and probaly get a hotel room AND a meal is quite fascinating.
P.S.
Good finds
 
Thanks for the kind words.

Chris
 
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