Title: My First Hammered Post by: ysbytymike on October 13, 2011, 09:07:34 PM Visited a new farm on Wednesday - well to cut a long story short, found this little thing.
Looking at Spink 2010 page 250 and I think its a sixpence dated 1561 (just three years into her reign) Would appreciate some expert advice if possible Cheers Mike Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on October 13, 2011, 09:14:54 PM Yep Elizabeth ist sixpence , 3rd ssue Tower mint , Mintmark is a 'Pheon'
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: wayne on October 13, 2011, 09:15:39 PM good find mike
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: jaydogg on October 13, 2011, 09:17:55 PM Lovely profile of ol Gloriana there, a fine addition to any collection. I'm guessing by the condition of the coin it was a pasture find. Well done.
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: legio11augustus on October 13, 2011, 09:34:48 PM well done on your first hammered
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Napoleon on October 13, 2011, 09:34:48 PM ;D Brilliant Mike thats a superb coin you lucky man . hope you get more mon ami.Nap
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: ysbytymike on October 13, 2011, 09:47:16 PM Thanks for the fast response Rob. Cheers
Your right Jaydogg it was indeed a pasture find. Hey Nap, your finds seem to be a different colour to mine!! ;D Well done bro, Was that with your new machine? If so, you seem to have got it sussed already m8. Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Napoleon on October 13, 2011, 09:59:00 PM yeah because the field i got is contaminated by rubbish coins lol , no i did use the Minelab explorer this time but will keep the rest of this farm for the winter but going to try a different farm next week . Cheers Mike and again bravo for the hammered . ;)
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Nick on October 13, 2011, 10:00:00 PM Nice to see a complete coin in such good condition.
Well done Mike on your first hammered :) :) Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: DEADLOCK on October 14, 2011, 07:25:29 AM Great find mike well done
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Got one hammy on October 14, 2011, 07:36:08 AM Visited a new farm on Wednesday - well to cut a long story short, found this little thing. Looking at Spink 2010 page 250 and I think its a sixpence dated 1561 (just three years into her reign) Would appreciate some expert advice if possible CheersGreat find,the mask strikes again. Mike Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Jassy on October 14, 2011, 08:01:28 AM Beautiful Mike, well done on your first hammy, wish you many,many more!!!
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: rjm on October 14, 2011, 08:06:00 AM Would appreciate some expert advice if possible Cheers Mike Lovely find. The coin needs some loving care by lavishing some silver polish on it. Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: dances with badgers on October 14, 2011, 08:11:05 AM weldone mike,my first hammie was the same
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on October 14, 2011, 08:24:52 AM Would appreciate some expert advice if possible Cheers Mike Lovely find. The coin needs some loving care by lavishing some silver polish on it. :o do not listen to Sparticus - Please dont put Silver polish on it Mike , Its spent the last Four hundred and odd years in the ground happily building up an aged character the last thing you want to do is apply 'Uncle Bobs Ole Rejuvenating Cream' to it. :o Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: ysbytymike on October 14, 2011, 09:26:56 AM ;D ;D Been doing a lot of reading regarding cleaning coins so will not be putting any chemicals near my finds.
A comment I read the other day was that even the 'fluoride' in drinking water can affect the deposits you find on coins that have been in the ground a long time. What was recommended was to 'spit' on the coins to clean them. I'm not chemist so I'm unsure if the acidity in our natural body fluids would be strong enough to affect but you have to try to clean them somehow, so that's what I used to clean that coin and it seemed to work fine. Spit and an old soft toothbrush. After the majority of the contamination was removed by this method, I then did give the coin a quick wash under tap water with no noticeable affect. Mike Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Chef Geoff on October 14, 2011, 09:48:53 AM Well done Mike, there will be no stopping you now ;) Was that with the XTerra?
Now you cleaning regime.....Ahhhh your innocents is so sweet ;D Yes tap water has many nasty things in it, never quite sure how we are allowed to drink it lol but these chemicals have a greater effect on copper based items rather than silver. Go and buy some deionised water from the garage it will save your spit and is a lot more sociable. If the tooth brush is anything other than a baby's one then it still could be too hard, there are loads of posts on here regarding cleaning but if they contain anything other than water, foil, vinegar, soda oh yes and spit I would shy away using it on anything "good". Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: ysbytymike on October 14, 2011, 10:10:47 AM I am Innocent - 'honest guv'.. ;D
Yep Geoff, it was the x-terra. Getting to know the good signal from the rubbish now. Don't seem to be digging much in the way of iron since I've been spending time getting use to it. The coin I posted was just one of the 30 or so items I pulled out that afternoon. Most were things like foil, coke cans and rivets but I did manage two buckles which I photographed last night. So, will have included on this post as soon as i can get them re-worked. Mike Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Roman (Ray) on October 14, 2011, 10:31:58 AM welldone on your first hammered mucker.so pleased for you great stuff keep em coming.
raymondoo Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Mike on October 14, 2011, 02:48:55 PM Would appreciate some expert advice if possible Cheers Mike Lovely find. The coin needs some loving care by lavishing some silver polish on it. noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Mike on October 14, 2011, 02:51:12 PM very well done indeed mike
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: wayno on October 14, 2011, 04:57:20 PM Hey well done Mike stunner mate
Title: Re: My First Hammered Post by: Neil on October 14, 2011, 04:57:31 PM Well Done Mike - may you have many more - you never forget your first, and its a cracker!
Follow Chefs instructions and you won't go far wrong - he should now he's found one or two! ::) Congratulations - Neil |