txpathfinder
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To clean a "V" nickel
Hello all, Just came back from a night-time dig at a big old house on a corner lot which is being renovated. The front yard is all dirt with a concrete path leading to the front door. That leads me to my first question. Before what years do you generally find concrete without re-bar in it? In other words, when was concrete just concrete without any metal in it, generally speaking? The reason, of course, is that there is no area as productive as just off the walk and When you have just pure concrete it is a lot easier to fish out the coins from this area.
Tonights finds were a mechanical thing-a ma -jig with the wheels frozen. A 1950's wheatie- Denver mark naturally (90 of my Texas coin finds are from
Denver ) What mint marks do find most in your state? and then I dug what looked like a slug, was bigger than a penny and now that I have run it under water and soft brushed I am sure it is a V-nickel (aka Liberty nickel). I hope to be able to read the date so as my post asks, what are the best techniques for cleaning a corroded nickel? It looks like it has red underneath and a blotch of black adhered to it. See photos.
By the way I have also dug a 1930's Washington quarter at this site, a 1920 silver men's cuff link and other goodies.
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Hello all, Just came back from a night-time dig at a big old house on a corner lot which is being renovated. The front yard is all dirt with a concrete path leading to the front door. That leads me to my first question. Before what years do you generally find concrete without re-bar in it? In other words, when was concrete just concrete without any metal in it, generally speaking? The reason, of course, is that there is no area as productive as just off the walk and When you have just pure concrete it is a lot easier to fish out the coins from this area.
Tonights finds were a mechanical thing-a ma -jig with the wheels frozen. A 1950's wheatie- Denver mark naturally (90 of my Texas coin finds are from
Denver ) What mint marks do find most in your state? and then I dug what looked like a slug, was bigger than a penny and now that I have run it under water and soft brushed I am sure it is a V-nickel (aka Liberty nickel). I hope to be able to read the date so as my post asks, what are the best techniques for cleaning a corroded nickel? It looks like it has red underneath and a blotch of black adhered to it. See photos.
By the way I have also dug a 1930's Washington quarter at this site, a 1920 silver men's cuff link and other goodies.
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