Son&Son
Jr. Member
- Sep 30, 2018
- 32
- 79
- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Compadre, Vaquero
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Picked up a Compadre last year before a trip to Florida, probably only have about 100 hours on it so far. I've pulled plenty of clad and pull tabs, a few neat relics, but this is my most exciting find so far as a collector of Hot Wheels.
I was hunting in my own back yard, the house dates to around the 1830s so I'm still hoping to pull some older stuff. I was hunting around very casually for promising signals since I don't have any time constraints on covering the property. This gave a pretty choppy maxed out signal on the compadre and I almost didn't dig it thinking it was just another chunk of rusty iron. Turned over the plug and there it was, just a couple inches down.
Worked on it for about an hour, running water and a brush followed by a Waterpik (picked up from a rummage sale with the intent of using it in the shop, this was the first time I put it to the test and it worked great for getting all the dirt out of the body. The decals slipped off (not original anyway so no great loss), the side flaps are missing, and sadly the wheels on one side were only held in place by the mud. The scum on the inside of the windshield came off where I could hit it with the Waterpik, but I couldn't quiiiite reach all of it. Did a final pass with toothpaste and a soft brush to take the last bit of scale off the painted surface and some off the exposed metal, was careful to avoid the windshield. Overall, I'm pretty excited about how it cleaned up!
(Spectraflame refers to the style of translucent paint over polished metal that was used on early Hot Wheels cars)
It isn't my rarest or cleanest car in my collection, but for the time being it is certainly my favorite. Thanks for reading.
I was hunting in my own back yard, the house dates to around the 1830s so I'm still hoping to pull some older stuff. I was hunting around very casually for promising signals since I don't have any time constraints on covering the property. This gave a pretty choppy maxed out signal on the compadre and I almost didn't dig it thinking it was just another chunk of rusty iron. Turned over the plug and there it was, just a couple inches down.
Worked on it for about an hour, running water and a brush followed by a Waterpik (picked up from a rummage sale with the intent of using it in the shop, this was the first time I put it to the test and it worked great for getting all the dirt out of the body. The decals slipped off (not original anyway so no great loss), the side flaps are missing, and sadly the wheels on one side were only held in place by the mud. The scum on the inside of the windshield came off where I could hit it with the Waterpik, but I couldn't quiiiite reach all of it. Did a final pass with toothpaste and a soft brush to take the last bit of scale off the painted surface and some off the exposed metal, was careful to avoid the windshield. Overall, I'm pretty excited about how it cleaned up!
(Spectraflame refers to the style of translucent paint over polished metal that was used on early Hot Wheels cars)
It isn't my rarest or cleanest car in my collection, but for the time being it is certainly my favorite. Thanks for reading.
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