Not a big find, but a big accomplishment for me!

[matt092079]

Over a week ago I found a coin that was just crusted beyond belief at an old house. It was mixed with a weird type of rock in the ground which coroded onto the coin. I wish I took a photo of it before and after, just so you can see the transformation. Imagine a crusty zinc penny, but even worse. Anyway...I was determined to find out what this coin was. After many many peroxide baths and nothing. Going back to it again, more peroxide...baking soda, scraping with a toothpick. Still NOTHING! So tonight, I do the peroxide again...this time I just took a knife(I know, but the way this coin was, there was no need trying to save the value of this coin) to the crust and it started chipping away. Finally! After one more hot bath of peroxide, I could see what my coin was...a wheat penny, not only that but I could read a date too. 1935.

Like I said, not a big coin find or a big find at all...but just the fact that I was finally able to identify what the coin was, for me was huge! lol Thanks for listening to my boring story!

 

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[craftywulf]

Good find as this lets you know you are where good silver can also be found.Love your post keep it up and can not wait for your next find

 

[Smoogle]

not boring at all because that coin could have been anything, including a rarity, so the fun is always in learning about your finds,

 

[Nirros]

good job....was the ground full of Slag?

 

[matt092079]

Yeah, I think it's slag. Right next to where I dug is a cement area where the owner has a boat parked and other things.

 

[matt092079]

Good find as this lets you know you are where good silver can also be found.Love your post keep it up and can not wait for your next find

Oh I know there is silver! Unfortunately the owner hasn't given permision to actually dectect around his house, just on the rest of the property. He owns a lot of acres. Which is fine...not complaining. A lot of CW relics have been found, but wouldn't mind getting some silver too! lol Maybe one day I'll get the nerve to ask and he will say yes. We have been doing landscape and yard work for him and his mother(who passed away) for over 16 years. My cousin found 2 wheat pennies right on top of the ground here. One was 1919 and the other 1920.

 

[goldencoin]

A good way to remove crust from nickels and pennies is a vinegar-salt solution. I use this cleaning method in the most extreme situations of crusting over (such as road tear-ups) and it will do the heavy lifting for you. However, know when to stop, it will pit nickels and turn pennies orange (although, they will turn back to normal color after a while). Great job!

HH
-GC

 

[matt092079]

Hm. I've seen bad results from a vinegar solution. A guy I work with found a 2 cent piece and used vinegar and it destroyed it. Could the 2 cent being made from bronze having something to do with it?

 

[golden silver]

Nice wheaty! Now go back and find that silver!

Golden Silver

 

[Nirros]

That slag can really destroy coins. I am currently hunting three of my families lawn , My girlfriends and My own yards....they all have it with my GF's being the worst I have ever seen....nearly a foot deep in parts . I was reading up on that stuff and they say if it is waste from processing gold then there is a good chance there is still gold in it.......you just have to crush it to powder refine it further.......interesting stuff. Anyhow just keep plugging and you will succeed.