AirmetTango Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Fantastic find, Steve - huge congrats! And thanks for sharing the play-by-play on a memorable hunt…that was a fun read! Certainly a nice success story for Garrett’s new machine series, as well! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Kinsey Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Thanks for the information, Steve. Nice find. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodge Scent Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Nice! Hopefully we can say that was an auspicious start to the Vortex's performance in the field. As far as cleaning your copper, I agree with SchoolofhardNox. Early in my detecting days I ruined several coppers just by rinsing them in water. The last 100+ coppers that I have dug got "dry cleaning" only. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayard Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 That's an encouraging find, although not enough evidence by itself for me to want to buy a Vortex. Please keep testing and reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Nice work Steve and you did not have to drive far to find it! Now lets see if you can find a gold ring with it...There is a good video that Aquchigger (how to clean copper coins) made a while ago thats worth a watch... strick 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 2 hours ago, Bayard said: That's an encouraging find, although not enough evidence by itself for me to want to buy a Vortex. Please keep testing and reporting. I'm not trying to convince anyone they should buy one. In fact I'd prefer nobody get a Vortex based on anything I say. "I got one cause Steve said but I'm not happy cause".... nope, hard pass, not interested. The only reason I said anything is I like a good story and it was too good a story not to tell. But does it prove anything other than a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then? No. You'll probably have to look to other people to get the evidence you are looking for if that's what you are after. Anyone that is remotely skeptical should probably wait 6 months to a year after release to make sure the all but inevitable updates are out and a final fully tuned product has been in end user hands long enough to get the full picture. I’ve updated the original post with more details on my settings. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob S. Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Steve... So glad you could experience what we find routinely here in NY! Great one for your first! So many Coppers over here are usually toast, but yours looks nicely preserved. Go easy on the patina. Copper oxides hold the original surface quality intact. If you totally remove it, you have a pitted disaster. If I find a good specimen, I use some baking soda and water (paste) to just carefully remove the ground dirt with a Q-Tip. After that, I brush in a little mineral oil to keep the surface from getting too dry and slow down further oxidation. Vortex... Easy to set up, easy to swing, makes good finds right outside the box! I don't need more than that! For me it will be a comfortable upgrade from the Apex. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☠ Cipher Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Thanks for your testing Steve, and I think you’re right about sometimes it just takes a different machine or different kind of machine to pluck something new out of a hunted site. One of my greatest finds was made with a Simplex after running every machine I’ve ever owned over the same lawn. Somehow the Simplex was the one that sniffed out a silver Civil War Officers Shield. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob S. Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 In keeping with the sub-topic of copper finds and how to clean them, I offer this advice and celebrate our 4th! As I said earlier, Large Cents can be burnt "toast". I use this method to take these coins to a level whereby you can sometimes read type, date, and just plain enjoy them... Not perfect and not always successful, but it works wonders for me most of the time. I have many Coppers that are unrecognizable with stubborn encrusted dirt, oxides and thoroughly pitted surfaces, to the point you give up even reading a date. WARNING: If you are a numismatist, don't read the following! 🙂 Get yourself (or make your own as I did) an electrolysis bath. Electrolysis will remove the stubborn materials, but the coin will be black, pitted and still unreadable in most cases. Next I use a green scrubbing pad. You can buy them at your local $1 store. Carefully rub the black from the coin's relief (if there is any left). This I follow with a #0000 steel wool scrub to polish the whole coin. The first time I tried this, I was amazed, I could actually read a date. Below is one such coin that was totally unrecognizable and sat in the "dead" drawer among others! STEVE: Do not try this on your coin! 🙂 This coin is an 1806 Draped Bust Large Cent that I can now enjoy showing to friends... Before it was just a copper planchet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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