Once again I water hunted an area in front of two local beach establishments specializing in serving alcohol and good will.
Last week I had two people approach me on dry sand when I was searching for coffee money and ask if I would find a set of keys for one and three tiny gold crosses for another lost in the water. The tide was wrong and I was tired from a long day and I asked for their contact info "Just in case".
Today I did search for the items, but with no success, but I did find three silver Merc (2-1944 and 1-1935) which helped ease the exertion of 31/2 hours of hunting.
Three pairs of sun glasses and 10 clad coins along with the usual junk metal wrapped up my hunt for the day.
The wind was kicking up from the west and chilling my old bones in my 2Mil Neoprene Farmer John wet suit by the time I called it a day!
I have a question that has I have been wondering about.
Maybe someone out there can tell me if I can send in my silver coins with the sand/mineral (silver) oxide coating to the metals processors?
Peeling off the coating dumps sometimes half or more of the mass of the coin!
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In these pictures you can see the build-up that coats the dime which has sand, small stones and silver oxide in a mix---
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And how little of the dime is left when it is "peeled" compared to a new coin!
I find it interesting that only some of the coins I recover are thus affected. Many will only have a "dusting" of oxide coating and no accumulation to speak of.
These are all old, deep coins too, but taken from different areas of the beach which contains a clue I'm sure!
I look forward to any insights Fellow Hunters,
CJ
Last week I had two people approach me on dry sand when I was searching for coffee money and ask if I would find a set of keys for one and three tiny gold crosses for another lost in the water. The tide was wrong and I was tired from a long day and I asked for their contact info "Just in case".
Today I did search for the items, but with no success, but I did find three silver Merc (2-1944 and 1-1935) which helped ease the exertion of 31/2 hours of hunting.
Three pairs of sun glasses and 10 clad coins along with the usual junk metal wrapped up my hunt for the day.
The wind was kicking up from the west and chilling my old bones in my 2Mil Neoprene Farmer John wet suit by the time I called it a day!
I have a question that has I have been wondering about.
Maybe someone out there can tell me if I can send in my silver coins with the sand/mineral (silver) oxide coating to the metals processors?
Peeling off the coating dumps sometimes half or more of the mass of the coin!
[attachment 204724 SilverCoinsEtc.003Large.jpg]
In these pictures you can see the build-up that coats the dime which has sand, small stones and silver oxide in a mix---
[attachment 204725 SilverCoinsEtc.004Large.jpg]
[attachment 204726 SilverCoinsEtc.005Large.jpg]
And how little of the dime is left when it is "peeled" compared to a new coin!
I find it interesting that only some of the coins I recover are thus affected. Many will only have a "dusting" of oxide coating and no accumulation to speak of.
These are all old, deep coins too, but taken from different areas of the beach which contains a clue I'm sure!
I look forward to any insights Fellow Hunters,
CJ