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Cool..... I found a split band:clapping:

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burlbark

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I have been sick for the last week and put in only an hour or two hunting between working and decided to go in the back yard and shoot my compound bow. I had lost a couple of arrows over the years and decided to see if I could find them with my metal detector. I didnt find any arrows but kept getting a 78-79 vdi at 7-8". I brushed away the top leaf and scanned closer, 78-79 at 6". I dug it out and somehow missed scratching it, finally, it came out in a plug.

I am going to need to clean it as it has encrusted sand on the back side of it. I do not see any pitting so this could end up good. Soaking in olive oil as I type. Good way to start the week.
 
Don't clean just yet! (That looks to be close to an uncirculated coin for wear.) Most of that gunk looks to be external and needs to be soaked off in an inert solvent first. Two safest to the metal would be just plain old paint thinner and Xylene. (Use gloves with this one especially.) An olive oil soak before hand would be ok/probably needed. What color was the dirt you found it in? Even if that coin is green....it is down right "The Bomb"! Proceed carefully as you do have something there.
 
nw1886 said:
Don't clean just yet! (That looks to be close to an uncirculated coin for wear.) Most of that gunk looks to be external and needs to be soaked off in an inert solvent first. Two safest to the metal would be just plain old paint thinner and Xylene. (Use gloves with this one especially.) An olive oil soak before hand would be ok/probably needed. What color was the dirt you found it in? Even if that coin is green....it is down right "The Bomb"! Proceed carefully as you do have something there.
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Thanks..... I am going slow with this one. It appears to have been dropped the day it was minted. I do have some toluene, any recommendations on how to go about this process? The dirt was a grey clay.
 
Toluene is one of the "mellow" soaking solvents, but It's been a long time since I've used it. I'd do the olive oil to penetrate and loosen the encrustation first and baby your way to "That's beautiful enough!". Don't pop off anything aggressively as you don't want to expose white metal in a patch. Just a basic wooden toothpick (to test) after a couple day soak. Even, slightly mottled color is where you want to be. If ground recovery coins could all be like that! Scott
 
Very nice coin! Looks very good. I dont know if you want to try it or not, But I have had very good luck with soaking silver in ammonia. It doesn't give it a shiny look but cleans all the staining and dirt off. You could try it on a lesser silver coin and see if it gives you the look you are looking for. I have used this method alot and coin dealers cant tell its been cleaned.
 
Well I am done picking at this thing. I soaked it in olive oil and heated it up and heat cycled it over and over again. Most of the encrusting was rusted and had to be mechanically removed. I used a golf tee, a needle and a xacto blade to pick away at it.

I looked the year and condition up and there was one on ebay for 70$ that had no pitting so I decided to go for it and used whatever means I had available to clean this up and be done with it. Hello to muriatic acid mild strength. I applied it and rinsed and cleaned and repeated the process half dozen times. It sure broke the rust off of it. It didnt turn out perfect but it can be put away now. What do you guys think? She is still a pretty lady.
 
Looks like you did a pretty fair job of clean up. I know you can also use an electrolysis method to get rid of the black oxidation. But for me personally I'd stop there, and just enjoy a very nice find.
 
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You did an incredible job. I work in a coin shop and see so much cleaned and destroyed stuff it's sad.......need a job?:clapping:
We also see nice ground recovery coins too.....many. Even advanced collectors appreciate them and they can still be bringing good money. (Detail,uniformity of color and surface texture is all it takes.) So good to see conscientious intelligence at work! :thumbup::thumbup: That slight amount of residual is perfect! It is what it is.......and what an IS! Perfect. (A high grade '24 S @ that!)
 
nw1886 said:
You did an incredible job. I work in a coin shop and see so much cleaned and destroyed stuff it's sad.......need a job?:clapping:
We also see nice ground recovery coins too.....many. Even advanced collectors appreciate them and they can still be bringing good money. (Detail,uniformity of color and surface texture is all it takes.) So good to see conscientious intelligence at work! :thumbup::thumbup: That slight amount of residual is perfect! It is what it is.......and what an IS! Perfect. (A high grade '24 S @ that!)
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Thank you.....thank you. Maybe I will find some more silver tomorrow. Thanks Guys:clapping:
 
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