Lets See Your "Before and After" Photos

[coinman123]

Let's See Your "Before and After" Photos

If you have any "before and after" photos of your finds post them here. Such as a coin before a cleaning and after it to see the difference. I think seeing the difference of a coin just because of a simple cleaning is amazing.

Here is my favorite "Before and After", it is an 1803 large cent that I found back in September. I did a simple Q-Tip, Olive oil, and quick soak in water to make it look like this.

Before:

After:



Here is another "Before and After" on a 1696 William III HalfPenny, at first I thought it was a Charles II but after cleaning I found out I was wrong.
Before

After

 

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[Ahab8]

Love this thread Coinman! One of my favorite parts of this forum is seeing the difference before and after cleaning. Here's a few of mine


And my fave. I never expected this to have the detail it does



The tree coin was a bit scary. But I gently rinsed all of the dirt off it and dabbed the face with a new mascara brush. Then placed it in some lemon juice and waited to get the toning that I wanted. I love that it didn't get shiny. Thanks for showing yours CM and I'm excited to see more

 

[Keppy]

Love this thread Coinman! One of my favorite parts of this forum is seeing the difference before and after cleaning. Here's a few of mine
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And my fave. I never expected this to have the detail it does
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The tree coin was a bit scary. But I gently rinsed all of the dirt off it and dabbed the face with a new mascara brush. Then placed it in some lemon juice and waited to get the toning that I wanted. I love that it didn't get shiny. Thanks for showing yours CM and I'm excited to see more

some nice photo's there..

 

[coinman123]

Love this thread Coinman! One of my favorite parts of this forum is seeing the difference before and after cleaning. Here's a few of mine
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And my fave. I never expected this to have the detail it does
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The tree coin was a bit scary. But I gently rinsed all of the dirt off it and dabbed the face with a new mascara brush. Then placed it in some lemon juice and waited to get the toning that I wanted. I love that it didn't get shiny. Thanks for showing yours CM and I'm excited to see more

Those came out good! Both coin are great, I'm surprised that you got the corrosion out so good, I would have thought that the large cent you had was near toast but then you cleaned it and brought out so much detail it probably has Extra Fine Details. I also would think that the Tree coin would be helplessly pitted too after being dug but I was wrong again! I agree with you on not wanting dug coins to get shiny, I like leaving them a little patina. I love seeing photos like that, a dirty item soon becomes great because of a cleaning, the difference between before/after on your photos is amazing.

Coinman123,

 

[Ahab8]

Thanks Coinman. Most every coin I dig here in Maine comes out completely encrusted with this thick muddy type stuff. If you get lucky and the coin went into the ground in great condition it seems as though it actually can preserve them. But if they're pitted at all it just destroys them. The nicest ih I've ever dug came out with this super hard crust on it. Under that crust was this coin in incredible condition. As far as the tree coin it seems as though every silver coin I've ever dug has come out in beautiful condition regardless of the age. I have no idea why. The tree coin was in some sandy soil and on the very top edge of a steep embankment that drains very well. That said I was blown away at the detail under there. Especially considering that lots of them didn't look all that great straight from the mint. Here's a pre civil war navy button that cleaned up great.

 

[TokenMan]

Hmm...def not the awesome coins & buttons you have cleaned, but here is a mystery piece I found sunday and thought the detail was, well just cool. I posted in what is it and some think it's a lantern or lamp tube. Anyway, it's not much and just wanted to share

 

[Turbo21]

Most of the ih I dig. Have a crust on them that a peroxide dip and a qtip cuts right through. Never thought this one would have the detail it did





And I wish this one would have cleaned up better lol

 

[Keppy]

If you have any "before and after" photos of your finds post them here. Such as a coin before a cleaning and after it to see the difference. I think seeing the difference of a coin just because of a simple cleaning is amazing.

Here is my favorite "Before and After", it is an 1803 large cent that I found back in September. I did a simple Q-Tip, Olive oil, and quick soak in water to make it look like this.

Before:
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After:
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Here is another "Before and After" on a 1696 William III HalfPenny, at first I thought it was a Charles II but after cleaning I found out I was wrong.
Before
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After
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Nice photos @coins ..

 

[Ahab8]

Great results guys! Turbo my ih's have that exact same crust. Sometimes it's so thick that it takes a full 8 hours or more in the hp. My nicest ih was like that. Unfortunately I must have accidentally erased the dirty pic. Keep em coming I love seeing these. Token man that's a really cool piece with beautiful detail

 

[Ahab8]

Just found this pic on the iPad. This is after some soaking

Then after about 8 hours or more

 

[firebird24]

BEVOR AND AFTER

German ZF41 for K98 Sniper Rifle

 

[firebird24]

GERMAN WW2 P38

BEVOR AND AFTER

 

[firebird24]

GERMAN WW2 P08

BEVOR AND AFTER

 

[Jason in Enid]

Just found this pic on the iPad. This is after some soaking
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Then after about 8 hours or more
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What did you soak it in?

 

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[Ahab8]

What did you soak it in?

I left it in hp for hours. Prob 4 hours on some. If an indian head has no corrosion and just has crust on the exterior you can basically leave it in as long as you want and it won't hurt it. I actually found this out by accident. I put one in the ih and I fell asleep. Woke up hours later and saw how well it did. So I pulled out some of the old ih's that had a thick crust that I thought would never come off. Heated up some hp and put those in and just left them there. Used a soft toothbrush and sure enough the crust came off. I've found that if you have any copper coin that doesn't have any pitting or open corrosion spots you can't hurt it with hp.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I left it in hp for hours. Prob 4 hours on some. If an indian head has no corrosion and just has crust on the exterior you can basically leave it in as long as you want and it won't hurt it. I actually found this out by accident. I put one in the ih and I fell asleep. Woke up hours later and saw how well it did. So I pulled out some of the old ih's that had a thick crust that I thought would never come off. Heated up some hp and put those in and just left them there. Used a soft toothbrush and sure enough the crust came off. I've found that if you have any copper coin that doesn't have any pitting or open corrosion spots you can't hurt it with hp.

Thanks for the reply, no one more question on this... are you using the generic low percentage HP you buy in the grocery store or are you using a high % "beauty supply" version?

 

[Ahab8]

Thanks for the reply, no one more question on this... are you using the generic low percentage HP you buy in the grocery store or are you using a high % "beauty supply" version?

Just the regular cheap stuff bud. I'm afraid the real stuff might be too strong. I only use lemon juice on silvers

 

[Bob207]

This is one of my best results cleaning. When I saw it in the plug my first thought was "toasted copper".







I gave it a light dry cleaning with toothbrush and dropped it in olive oil. A few days later I took a q-tip to it and this is what showed up.





So happy the way it came out it became my avatar

 

[Ahab8]

This is one of my best results cleaning. When I saw it in the plug my first thought was "toasted copper".

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I gave it a light dry cleaning with toothbrush and dropped it in olive oil. A few days later I took a q-tip to it and this is what showed up.

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So happy the way it came out it became my avatar

That's a very nice result. I'm glad this thread was started, it's fun to see these awesome coins and relics being saved a Brough back to nice condition