Metal detecting anyone?

I have a Compass 'the Judge 1 automatic.' Takes eight AA batteries. Bought it second hand in the early 70's. Cheap money for hours of fun. Still works good - last fall I found a pocket knife my brother had lost several years ago. He thought that was cool but rust had gotten the better of it.

 

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Looks like supper there! Future fisherman for sure!

 

I went out last weekend. A city find. I found this one with about three dollars worth of other cents. since this is already corroded. should I dip it in acetone?

 

I for one would like to see the difference.

 

Being beat up you really have nothing to lose. Good catch tho!

 

I will be going back. that day was about 500 sq ft of area. There is a lot more ground to cover.

 

I am glad I Tried this. The obv. fair'd well. and the d is visible. Still not a fan of trying to doctor the coin.

 

How long did you dip it?

 

Years ago I was hunting an old school yard and got a strong signal under a large bush. I had to lay down and reach under it to dig. I found a wheat cent and checked the hole again. Still had a good signal so I dug some more. I did this over and over again. Before I was done I had a handful of wheat cents. I guess I found some kids little stash. This taught me to always check the hole again before covering it up.
That was a really fun day. A few days later I found an 09 VDB along a path in the playground. I need to go back there someday.

 

I dipped it twice for about 3-5 min. The thing I read later is that acetone dosnt remove organics. I believe that's what is left. Its on there pretty good.

 

The one thing I liked about this place. I only found two zinc pennies.

 

Other way around. It does remove organics.

 

That's good to know. According to a post on another thread, Xylene removes organic compounds. Don't know if that is true but it might be worth a shot.

 

I'm jealous of all of the guys I follow on instagram who are in Europe. They pull medieval coins out of the ground every day.

 

In Tenn. My Father has found 1700 Netherlands coins

 

Nice bunch of finds my man,hope you cleanup this year!HH....

 

Found this yesterday, Ironic I found a King George III on Patriot's Day.

It's dated 1774

I also found another 1803 Large Cent with around EF Details a few weeks ago.

 

I was expecting something else here, still liked all these collections. Great job guys!