I Tried A Dry Coin Tumbler Batch With Yesterday's Finds:cheers:

[John-Edmonton]

Instead of tumbling a batch of coins with hot water and one of the many solution concoctions out there, I figured a dry tumble should also be effective. The coins rubbing against each other plus the removal of the dried sediments makes an excellent mixture for cleaning. After about an hour, I just added hot water several times to the open canister and dumped it out until the water was clean. I then spread out the coins on a newspaper and they came out nice and clean.

A nice alternative to cleaning up a mess batch of coins washed with soap, gravel, kitty litter, ammonia or other common additives.

 

[fongu]

A coin tumbler is on my Christmas list and hopefully a handheld GPS unit. I've seen before and after photos of cleaned coins and it's amazing what they can do.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I have cleaned over $10,000.00 dollars worth of coins with my tumbler. It's a "MUST HAVE" for serious hunters.

 

[sjohn61]

Sometimes I use just a little pea gravel if really bad, but just enough to clean...Has always worked for my clad in a tumbler!

 

[justdon]

I want to get one.Is the harbor freight tumbler a good one?

 

[John-Edmonton]

I use a Lortone. It lasts a long time. I can't speak for the Harbor Freight one, as I have never owned one.