Not always the best

[Youngted]

I have been keen to get onto my favourite field. Sunday a visit ground rough & loose so not ideal A small group of 4th century coins found as individuals seen here is a group. Then a find that I have not made before a Roman medical spoon bowl most of the handle is missing.

 

[jim tn]

Singles add up. Nice coins and really like the spoon. Do you clean old coins like that? and if so how do you do it? HH jim tn

 

[Youngted]

You can clean the coins but that can only effectively done by manually using a scaple which takes a lot of care and time. The real "Grots" will be unlikely to have any detail on them the tend to be late in the 4th century made of poor material. You can try a barrel machine but I would expect to end up with just a disc, You could also use that on the other two again that would remove any patina.Although you would see the detail.These late coins have n value

 

[jim tn]

Thanks, I was just curious about the cleaning. Even though they are of little or no value, their age makes them unique. At least to many of us across the pond where 1700's is old. HH jim tn

 

[Youngted]

See my latest post found a good one !!