Swifty Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hello all, I have been having a little luck on the southern calif beaches lately, Managed to find this silver standing liberty half dollar along with a merc dime and a buffalo nickel. They are all in about the same condition being in the ocean and sand for who knows how long. Any ideas on how to clean them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azavsfan Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Awesome find. I've no idea other than maybe electrolysis? Try a quick search on that term for the process but no guarantees. What part of So Cal? County is enough if you're worried about others reading this. I used to live in Ventura County but didn't do much on the beach. I remember when I first got my Garrett 2500 and reached out to a local club member for some help detecting in general and he took me to a local beach. He told me that my 2500 wasn't very good for the beach (not true) and I'd be lucky to find anything but to follow behind him several yards so we could test his theory. Not long into hunt I got a signal his detector missed entirely and it turned out to be 2 clad quarters about 3-4 inches down. I got just over $1 that day. Good luck with those coins and happy hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 Azavsfan most of the Southern Calif beaches are visited by millions during the summer when the tides and surf are mild, A good amount of all the lost items stay lost till the winter storms and low tides hit just right. You were in the area living in Ventura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Swifty, Congrats on the great beach coins! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Hear it is a little cleaner, wrapped it in aluminum foil then a light scrub with a tooth brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 When I was in the UK we cleaned small silver coins by placing the coin with a bit of baking soda and water between sheets of aluminum foil and scrubbing the foil halves over the coin. Basically make an Oreo cookie, aluminum on outside and coin in middle with baking soda paste. The chemical reaction gets quite hot! But for larger silver items of bulk coins I have been wanting to try the boil it in aluminum container method as described at http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-clean-silver-131048 You can also put strips of aluminum in a stainless steel container and boil as at http://m.wikihow.com/Clean-Sterling-Silver-with-Baking-Soda-and-Aluminum I have some silver coins with very dark tarnish - I will give it a try and report back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 This is the version of silver cleaning I use. http://cleanmyspace.com/the-besk-kept-silver-cleaning-secret-ever/ When you put the silver in it just 'explodes' the tarnish off. You may want to do it more than once on a really tarnished ring as the aluminum foil will get holes in it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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