My First Hammered

[ysbytymike]

    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

[Chef Geoff]

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  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".

[ysbytymike]

I am Innocent - 'honest guv'.. 

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 

[Roman (Ray)]

welldone on your first hammered mucker.so pleased for you great stuff keep em coming.
raymondoo

[Mike]

Would appreciate some expert advice if possible
Cheers
Mike

Lovely find.

The coin needs some loving care by lavishing some silver polish on it.

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[Mike]

very well done indeed mike

[wayno]

Hey well done Mike stunner mate

[Neil]

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