Mr. Rosie...Mrs. Merc, please take a walk!

[firewxman]

Hi all...

Got out today at my park that keep producing...had a five silver day! Wahoo!

It was great spending time with NebTrac and West Texas Detector, and for the first time in a long time...I schooled ole Neb in the silver count!

Now if anyone has any advice on how to clean the Walker and Rosie...please let me know, and before all you coin people educate me in not cleaning coins...I know...it will ruin most of it's value, so please lets not go down that road, especially since its pretty much melt value at this point. I want the coin shiny and clean--it's going in my find collection!

The Walker appears as if the top layer of silver has eroded off, almost as if the chemicals used to fertilize ate away at the coin. Has anyone tumbled silver before?

Thanks!

 

[Goes4ever]

great looking silver!

 

[iskirkra]

Nice finds!! congrats, I am like NebTrac, the Walker is my favorite coin. Way to go!

Randy

 

[firewxman]

The Walking Liberty was a total surprise!

 

[NebTrac]

What can I say. I gladly accept my position today

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But I didn't get skunked. '18 Merc and 43P War nickle plus 17 wheats (There goes my ratio)!!!!!


Congratulations man and thanks for letting me tag along.

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By the way. It was Firewxman's First Walking Liberty Half and I was plumb tickled he found her!!!!

Also fun to meet up with WestTxDetector (off of youtube). We've been talking for quite a while and he just happen to truck a load of cattle up from Mexico to North Platte and called me when I was about

 

[Goes4ever]

As for the walker I would not tumble it, if it is not a good date, I cant see the date, you can try water and baking soda, make a paste and rub it between your fingers, sometime field silver looks like that. It is not ate away it is just got a gray covering over it. Should come off pretty easy. A pencil eraser will also spot erase the stuff where you want it off. I do that as well

 

[NebTrac]

You might try

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I've got one in 4

 

[helgriffan]

Wow Im on the wrong side of the state thats for sure Nice finds!!
Helgriffan

 

[firewxman]

As for the walker I would not tumble it, if it is not a good date, I cant see the date, you can try water and baking soda, make a paste and rub it between your fingers, sometime field silver looks like that. It is not ate away it is just got a gray covering over it. Should come off pretty easy. A pencil eraser will also spot erase the stuff where you want it off. I do that as well

It's a 1937, so just a common. I'll try the baking soda method. Thanks!

 

[E-TREC-Virginia]

Wow, that is a great day. I have not found a Walker yet, but I feel it coming. The Walker IMHO is the most beautiful coin ever minted.

 

[firewxman]

Wow, that is a great day. I have not found a Walker yet, but I feel it coming. The Walker IMHO is the most beautiful coin ever minted.

I agree...it's amazing!

 

[Ray-Mo.]

QuoteThe Walker appears as if the top layer of silver has eroded off) Actually I believe it has a type of gray oxidized crust built up on part of the coins surface.Electrolyse will remove the crust but will also pit the coin if not done in very light degrees a little at a time.
I have found many silver coins with the same crust on them,some worse and some better.I have read where some have had success removing with an eraser and backing soda scrub but not sure....

 

[TheMarshall]

Like Goes4ever said...try the baking soda technique.

5 silver coins ?

then take a piece of kitchen foil of sufficient size to wrap each coin in'

Individually; lay out a piece of foil. cover with a generous layer of baking powder, sit coin in powder and add some more over it.

Wrap up coin-in-powder.....do same for the others......

Boil a pint or so of tap water. place wrapped coins in a suitable non-metallic container and cover with the boiling water.

Leave for 24 hours in a warm environment.......then remove each one in turn but don't open directly, but rather rub the foil and coin between your fingers...in an abrasive manner.

The foil should dissipate into bits (if it hadn't already done so in its electrolysis process), and the gooey paste will hopefully clean the silver without 'damaging further' whatever state the coin was previously in.

Hope it does the trick for you....I've had great success with this method. (which I introduced into the hobby, several years ago.).........Matt

 

[firewxman]

Like Goes4ever said...try the baking soda technique.

5 silver coins ?

then take a piece of kitchen foil of sufficient size to wrap each coin in'

Individually; lay out a piece of foil. cover with a generous layer of baking powder, sit coin in powder and add some more over it.

Wrap up coin-in-powder.....do same for the others......

Boil a pint or so of tap water. place wrapped coins in a suitable non-metallic container and cover with the boiling water.

Leave for 24 hours in a warm environment.......then remove each one in turn but don't open directly, but rather rub the foil and coin between your fingers...in an abrasive manner.


Hey Thanks for the advice...I'll give it a shot!

I will take pictures of how it turns out!

Cheers

The foil should dissipate into bits (if it hadn't already done so in its electrolysis process), and the gooey paste will hopefully clean the silver without 'damaging further' whatever state the coin was previously in.

Hope it does the trick for you....I've had great success with this method. (which I introduced into the hobby, several years ago.).........Matt

 

[Ken in Georgia]

cool finds !

 

[niterider_58]

Awesome finds congrats