Fire Dime

[Samuel_Champlain_FTW]

I hunted an old junky spot today in two tone ferrous mode. I heard a high tone and thought I'd investigate. At first I thought it was a bent modern dime... but once I got back to the car, I noticed it was an 1871 Canadian dime with a strange corrosion.

I've never seen silver like this before. Someone just told me that it was probably in a fire. Considering it's date and where I found it... I may have an interesting little piece of history here (a huge fire destroyed my city 150 years ago).

Cup half full...

Happy hunting!

 

[doc1964]

I found an 1888 seated dime earlier this year with the same type of fire damage - nice find!

 

[Samuel_Champlain_FTW]

Right on, doc. Thanks.

I am going to give a shot at cleaning it after I finish work. I want to see if a couple of these new methods work. One involves soaking it in lemon juice... the other is aluminium lined bowl, baking soda and boiling water.

It's worth a shot.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yeah, thats a cool find alright! Let us see how it cleans up.
Mud

 

[Samuel_Champlain_FTW]

So far I've tried both techniques... the lemon juice and the aluminium/baking soda/boiling water. Both were unsuccessful in cleaning it up, whatsoever. Not a change at all... if anything, it may have made it worse. I'm going to pick up a silver cleaner tomorrow, see what happens.