tumbler

[bluelodge]

anyone have an idea for a good coin tumbler for clads...can't find but a few on internet...thought maybe someone had another link besides ebay or amazon...I've got a bunch of clads to clean...thanks

 

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[CincinnatiKid]

Hello. KellyCo has a few listed under accessories. Also check local hobby stores. US clad coinage doesn't clean well after years in the ground. Don't expect clad to be "shiny" after tumbling. Good luck.
Peace

 

[bluelodge]

Hello. KellyCo has a few listed under accessories. Also check local hobby stores. US clad coinage doesn't clean well after years in the ground. Don't expect clad to be "shiny" after tumbling. Good luck.
Peace

thanks Kid...

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

Put a long bolt through the lid of a plastic peanut butter jar pointing outward, and fasten it with a nut, put the lid back on the jar, put the bolt in an electric drill on slow. This is cheap as it gets for a home made tumbler...goes around and around with your coins and cleaning materials as good as an expensive one!

 

[SusanMN]

You really don't need to tumble your clad. If it is rinsed of dirt, it will run though a coin machine no matter how dark it is. Crusty pennies, foreign coins and bent coins are about the only things gets rejected.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Hello. KellyCo has a few listed under accessories. Also check local hobby stores. US clad coinage doesn't clean well after years in the ground. Don't expect clad to be "shiny" after tumbling. Good luck.
Peace

Harbor freight carries them as well....








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[Randy Combs]

I got a new one at Harbor Freight for 40 bucks, works great!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

I have a double barrel tumbler it works great with a fine power cleaner I get, and they do come out shinny! Of course the clad are not worth that much trouble! Lol! Coin star!
I will have to try the drill thing.
One of these days one of us will come up with a way to clean a lot of clad cheap and easy! Cement tumbler maybe!

 

[Jason in Enid]

If you want a good tumbler, you need to get a Lortone.

 

[luvsdux]

I've used a Harbor Freight tumbler for several years. Only complaint - i had to find a proper sized O ring for a belt as the supplied belt(s) were too puny and didn't hold up very long. And, by the way, never tumble pennies with your silver colored clad or you'll end up with a tumbler full of copper colored coins.
luvsdux

 

[Frankn]

I use the Harbor Freight vibrating tumbler. Fill it 1/2 with sand. The sand is used to hold a jar. The jar is 1/2 filled with laundry detergent which is formulated to remove dirt and crud. I am currently using Wisk, but most will do the job in about one hour average. The best part is it won't hurt a coin. Frank...

 

[DixieLandMan]

+1 for the Harbor Freight model. I tumble all my clad coins in it as well as pennies.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I have used teh Harbor Frieght tumbler for the last 3 years...No problems at all....I dont use any media either....All I do is put a little Dishwasher detergent. It works perfect for a couple hours of tumbling.
I used to use Gravel...Sand..all sorts of things...then i remembered....All i need to do is have it clean enough for the bank or coin machines....So trying it with just coins proved that it does about the same thing...and alot less work

 

[CincinnatiKid]

luvsdux is accurate! Thanks luvsdux!
I "tumbled" cents, nickels, dimes and quarters together when I first received my "tumbler"? Bad move on my part.
You can "tumble" US clad. Don't expect it to ""shine" though.
SusanMN and others know better.
Peace

 

[TrashFinder]

I have a Harbor Freight $40 tumbler. I played around with different things and here is the formula I came up with: Use almost any bath tub scum spray bottle type cleaner - 50 pennies at a time. Just enough cleaner to cover the coins. Then - use parakeet type gravel (small sandy stuff that is sharp edged). It only takes a table spoon or so of it with the cleaner. Seal it up as directed and let it run a few hours. Then, pour off the sludge into a cup (save it for the next run), take the tumbler canister outside to a hose or outside faucet and run a good stream into the can, and the sand will wash up and out. (DO NOT USE A SINK WITH A SEWER DRAIN AS THE GRAVEL WILL SETTLE IN A TRAP, OR MAY SETTLE IN THE SEWER LINES!) Be sure to mix it up while doing that. Dump the coins out on a towel and lay out to dry. They will mostly be shining. Sharp edges will still be on the cons! The thing that is oppressive are the clad pennies look dark but, if you look closely, it is the Zinc holes that make them look dark, but they are clean holes!