DREMIL FOR FINDS

[DIGGA]

HI THERE  FOLKS  I WENT TO NEWPORT TODAY  AND PICKED UP A DREMIL  IN A CASE  WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS   FOR   £14     I THAUGHT IT  WOULD BE A HANDY LITTLE TOOL FOR CLEANING UP FINDS ,,,,,,, HAS ANYONE ELSE ON HERE  USED ONE   AND  WHAT RESULTS  DID YOU GET   

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

I know , one of the guys uses a dremil to make rings out of coins , but as for cleaning up artifacts I think it would be to viscious.

[James]

i use brass brush for copper coins and other pieces, it gets a good finish on them after using electrolisis. also i use the other fixings it to remove large chunks of bronze diesease on certain artefacts depending on what it is lol  

[mel]

yes diggs i've used one for a few years got three of them you just goto be carefull how you use it.

[DATA311(Alan)]

I should imagine the dremil could prove to be a useful tool in cleaning certain objects but i would use caution.............................

[ROMAN STEVE]

i would be afraid to attempt it on anything
any good

[mole]

Personally I would,nt clean any coins or artefacts until they,ve been identified  and then I definately would,nt use a dremel it,s a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut

[Beefy (GARETH)]

SOUNDS LIKE A HANDY TOOL TO HAVE MR DIGGA I MUST SAY..............

[Debbie]

Digga - I would be more inclined to use it to sharpen the edges of your spade - an angle-grinder can be a bit too aggresive and harder to control along the sides of a cut-down spade, but a dremil would be easier to keep along the edges.

[U.K. Brian]

Do practise on worthless items first.

My first adventure with a Dremil/Dremel  was using the white fibre disc that looked nice and innocent like compressed cotton.
I touched it against the find and it cut a grove like a hot knife through butter.

So start on the slow setting !

[kaister]

i used i tiny cutting disk on two taps with a dremmel and it went through it like butter, i am sure it would be exellent at turning copper pennys in to more useful items, but as for cleaning them i wouldnt use it on any thing with any sort of value.

[davtec (dave)]

if its worthless give it a go

[handyman [Alan}]

when finds are returned from FLO, i wax them with a micro crystalline wax polish [renaissance] - leave them a few hours to dry and then use the dremel on slow speed to lightly buff up the polish.

results can be excellent.

[outlaw]

I was always under the impression especially with roman finds to just use soapy water and to be very careful to ensure before item is bagged etc, that it is dry.

[handyman [Alan}]

sometimes with roman coins, washing the dirt off can remove any outline on obverse or reverse. it's often best to lightly dry brush the coin with a soft brush, then hand it in for recording. on return, if u like the state its in, use the wax above to seal its context.