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I was visiting an old friend in CT this weekend. He got an Ace 150 for his birthday in 2005 and never assembled it! On his property are a few old foundations and stone retaining walls. I showed him historic maps online with the old structures on them and told him I would not be his friend anymore until he let me assemble it and show him how to use it. As soon as the rain stopped this afternoon, we got out and almost immediately I found a beat up 1903 IH with my old Garrett CXIII. He had a hard time with small targets, but started pulling out large farm equipment, Axes, plows, etc. One piece of equipment says "CULTURAL WORKS, ALBANY NY"
I found the IH, an 1887 Nickel, and a large old iron safe, which unfortunately was thrown down into a ravine and opened. I wonder who opened it and how long ago and what the contents were.
Needless to say, I had to pull him away 4 hours later when the rain started. Now he has the bug.
Can anyone PLEASE tell me if there is anyway to restore nickels in this condition?
I was visiting an old friend in CT this weekend. He got an Ace 150 for his birthday in 2005 and never assembled it! On his property are a few old foundations and stone retaining walls. I showed him historic maps online with the old structures on them and told him I would not be his friend anymore until he let me assemble it and show him how to use it. As soon as the rain stopped this afternoon, we got out and almost immediately I found a beat up 1903 IH with my old Garrett CXIII. He had a hard time with small targets, but started pulling out large farm equipment, Axes, plows, etc. One piece of equipment says "CULTURAL WORKS, ALBANY NY"
I found the IH, an 1887 Nickel, and a large old iron safe, which unfortunately was thrown down into a ravine and opened. I wonder who opened it and how long ago and what the contents were.
Needless to say, I had to pull him away 4 hours later when the rain started. Now he has the bug.
Can anyone PLEASE tell me if there is anyway to restore nickels in this condition?
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I will have to say it looks much, much better too! Could hardly read the date on it before I cleaned it, but now it looks great! I let it clean for a few minutes at a time, then checked it...didn't leave it in for too long. I wouldn't try to clean a priceless piece in there, but hey, when you can barely see or read anything on the coin anyhow, ya know?
