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cleaned up some buffalo and V nickels for the first time

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dk dogs

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In over 4 years of detecting with my Ace 250 I have never found a buffalo or V nickel. Since I received my E Trac a little over 3 weeks ago I have found 8 buffalo nickels and 2 V nickels. I was doing some reading on here and other sites about cleaning them. Most turned out well but where really worn. This one turned out really good so I thought I would share. I took some in to the local coin store and had an offer for $20.00 for one and $10.00 for another one but I decided to hang on to them.
 
Man, when their in good shape like that, they are a cool looking coin. Very nice dk!
 
Plan for about 20-30 min per coin. Get some SOS pads. Wet the coin and the SOS pad. Start rubbing. It's messy and takes some time. When most of the rust color is off get some of the finest steel wool you can and go over the coin. Its will polish right up.
 
Did the coin shop offer to buy after cleaning.. Wow.. My shops here run from cleaned coins and don't even want them.. ?????
 
Yes
 
What coins did he offer to buy? Because the ones you posted are common dates, did you have semi key date buffalos?
 
I took them all in. I'm pretty sure they wanted the 1919 S ones. I'll have to double check when I get home. Working all night.
 
The best way to clean the nickels is a method I learned from Tanacat - soak the nickel in SOY Sauce for a couple hours. Scrub with a green scungy sponge. Soak some more. Repeat the scrub. It leaves the nickel with a natural tone and no scratches or polish.
 
anytime I soaked it in anything that was vinegas based, liked soy, ketchup, etc....it left pitting, that is why i use a sos pad
 
I've tried the ketchup idea and it basically destroyed the nickle. But the way I see it, nickles are pretty much worhtless coming out of the ground anyway, so a good cleaning like dk dogs did at least makes the coin presentable for your nickle book even if there isn't much value left. The way they come out of my ground, they are worthless anyway.
Gary
 
Rick,couldn't agree more. I wouldn't ever consider cleaning a coin that has numistic value but the nickles are so badly corroded and so are some copper pennies, that some cleaning is needed in order to get any detail out of it. I never touch silver except to run water over it to wash the dirt off. Good point.
Thanks Gary
 
it is VERY rare for a dug nickel to ever be worth anything unless it is a VERY rare key date, most collectors would never want a "red" nickel in their collection, therefor I clean ALL my old nickels with a sos pad, easy, quick and it works great
 
I agree 100%.
 
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