LuisTH
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- May 9, 2007
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- Whites DFX series with 9" coil and 18" coil.
I got a 1 OZ fine silver dollar from 1998, which an officer who graduated back in 1998 gave to me, while i was still in the military in Aircrew AW.
He gave it to me because there is a tradition in the Navy, not sure about the other branches of the military, in which when an officer graduates he has to give a silver coin to the first enlisted personel he/she sees, and I was one of the lucky enlisted personnel.
Anyways, he told me to keep it and never depart with it, that it would bring me luck. Being in the military you can use all the luck you can get, so I put it in one of the pockets in my flysuit/coveralls, but without realising it, I put it with some of my small survival items and I never took it out of that pocket, unless it was to wash the coveralls or to transfer the items from one coverall to another. I had the small survival items, and the coin in a sealable plastic bag..
I was just looking through my old stuff and found one of my old coveralls, and the bag with the coin and the small survival items. The coin was covered with some black powder, which my guess is that it got it from my knife sharperner.
After cleaning it for about an hour with soap and a toothbrush most of the black stuff fell off, but it still has some of the black stuff in it and haven't been able to clean it up.
Any advice on what to use to further clean it up without damaging the coin?
He gave it to me because there is a tradition in the Navy, not sure about the other branches of the military, in which when an officer graduates he has to give a silver coin to the first enlisted personel he/she sees, and I was one of the lucky enlisted personnel.
Anyways, he told me to keep it and never depart with it, that it would bring me luck. Being in the military you can use all the luck you can get, so I put it in one of the pockets in my flysuit/coveralls, but without realising it, I put it with some of my small survival items and I never took it out of that pocket, unless it was to wash the coveralls or to transfer the items from one coverall to another. I had the small survival items, and the coin in a sealable plastic bag..
I was just looking through my old stuff and found one of my old coveralls, and the bag with the coin and the small survival items. The coin was covered with some black powder, which my guess is that it got it from my knife sharperner.
After cleaning it for about an hour with soap and a toothbrush most of the black stuff fell off, but it still has some of the black stuff in it and haven't been able to clean it up.
Any advice on what to use to further clean it up without damaging the coin?
