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I found a few more keepers at the older school

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Mark in S.E. IA

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Fri. Afternoon me and my hunting partner went back to the older school that we was at last Tue.

My plan for the day was to work the main play ground area. This area has a layer of pea gravel about 4" deep and that
 
and dates on both Buffs... it don't get any better than that. :thumbup:

HH Tom
 
Nice finds Mark. In addition to the silver, as Tom said, getting two buffs with readable dates is a good day! The discoloration on those two nickels is similar to the nickels I dig in this corner of the state. Obviously something in the soil. I've been able to "clean mine up" by running them through a rock tumbler. I don't encourage others to clean any of their old coins. But the nickels I've cleaned have little or no numistic value to begin with. And running them through the tumbler doesn't seem to damage them, making them shiny and presentable. If you're interested in the process, let me know and I can help you out. Again, nice finds. HH Randy
 
Thanks for all of the replies everybody.

I've tried the lime a way and it seems to work pretty good on those nickels, tokens and watch FOB's, but I would also like to hear Randy's recipe for tumbling nickels. I might have to try the tumble thing this winter.
 
how deep were those coins Mark? It seems to me when I reduce sensitivity back below 20 I get very little depth at all. Most sites I am running it at 24-26
 
Congrats on the great finds! Two Buffs and 2 Silver is a very good hunt for sure! Nice work, Beale.
 
G4e, On the X-505 and the X-50 the sen goes from 0 to # 20 and I think on the X-70 it goes up to #30, so when I was running at #18 I was almost max'ed out on the sen. I never like to run below #18 if I can help it, but sometimes I have too. I don't like to lose any depth.
 
not sure but maybe worth a look.

HH Tom
 
I didn't clean any of my coins for the first 35 years I detected. Mostly because I don't intentionally hunt for clad. When I did dig clad, if the bank wouldn't take it, I would usually find a car wash or pop machine that didn't seem to mind. However the past few years something has happened to the rejection mechanism at the car wash in that it won't take dirty quarters. And the bank flat out refuses to accept any "dirty" coins. So I bought a rock tumbler to clean the clad. It came with a couple packets of red "rocks", some "blue" rocks, and a big packet of "special" detergent. Not figuring it made any difference, I tossed a handful of random coins in and ran the cycle. Unfortunately, putting silver colored coins in with red rocks turns them pinkish color. So after reading the instructions, I learned the blue rocks were for silver colored coins and the red rocks are for copper. So that is what I ususally end up doing. Except for the zinc cents. I put the zinc cents in with a handful of aquarium gravel and some powder laundry detergent and they seem to do just fine.

Here is a pic of some nickels I've found....... [attachment 135370 oldnickels.jpg]


and how they looked after I cleaned them in the tumbler......[attachment 135371 tumblednickels.jpg]


For the most part, I followed the instructions and used the blue rocks. But if you look closely, you will see one of the buffalo nickels is a bit pink. (third one down on the left side) That one got tossed in with the red rocks by mistake. Some of the others are still a bit "rusty red". But I think it is because I got in a hurry. I believe if I ran them through again they would clean right up.

HH Randy
 
wow thats great i cant get my 505 sens. that high without it acting goofy,numbers start jumpin all over me and the wife hunt an old park seen a couple of mercs,buffs.we seem to only find clad quarters and pennies maybe this is why the sens.is only as high as 15?whats your take on why we cant find silver?help
 
I tumble all my clad, here is how i do it. Fill tumbler half full of clad, cover with water, add some dish soap. I run the tumbler for 2 hours, then empty the dirty water and refill again same way but this time I add 2 spoons of sand, tumble again 2-3 hours and rinse them off. They come pretty clean and more than good enough to put back into circulation
 
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