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green indian heads?????

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I have found some indian heads, but they are not at all as nice as all the ones posted on this forum, they all have a thick green coat of corrosion on them, the soil up here is nasty on copper, any ideas as to how to get it off without hurting the coins, I know they are in nice shape, cause there is a small exsposed area on them, and they have good detail. can any of the pros help me out here? Thanks.
 
I would recommend soaking them in hydrogen peroxide.It's a gradual process and the length of time that the coin needs to be soaked varies.Another excellent alternative would be to make or purchase an electrolysis machine.Electrolysis is probably faster in most cases and does a beautiful cleaning job.
 
You dont want to remove any of the nice even green patina, But if they are crusty the peroxide works pretty good and doesnt harm the good patina too much.. electrolysis will take off all the patina and pretty much uin most coppers.. However if you have some that the crust just wont come off electrolysis will do the trick.. every coin is different.. and what works on one may completely destroy another.. depending on the site I get beautiful ones right out of the ground to eaten away crappy ones.. and sometimes only a few feet away from each other.. dry ground the best for copper.. find a site with good drainage(plenty of stone or sandy, and higher than surrounding areas, not farmed since the early 1900's, preferable hard wooded trees with few pines and not field.. ..and you will find nice coppers
 
I found it about 4PM today (9/15). Here's how I clean mine. First off RESIST rubbing the date clean out in the field!!!....When you get home take some peroxide and put it in a film cannister about halfway full. Put that in the microwave until it JUST starts to bubble. Then take it out and drop the coin in. Let it stay in there until it stops fizzing. Take the coin out and look at it....now that gunk's light green. Lightly use a soft toothbrush on it in water (oh yeah, remember to PLUG THE DRAIN......I had to do some disassembly on my drain trap to get one back once.) If there's still gunk on it then repeat the process. When you are sure that peroxide won't do any more, stick it in olive oil for awhile.....sometimes even 2 or 3 weeks. Clean off the olive oil with a soft cloth. The green patina will stay on the coin after doing all this stuff. I do this to all of my IH's and Wheaties. Also keep in mind that the American Numismatic Association frowns on the cleaning of coins, but what the hey? I'd much rather see a nice coin than what looks like a moldy oyster cracker!!
sorry this was kinda long...hope it helps
 
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