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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tulipone, post: 2270186, member: 71656&quot;]<b><span style="color: #ff0080">I am fast coming to the conclusion that the key thing when cleaning ancient coins is correctly picking the coins to work from.&nbsp; Don&#039;t buy a batch unseen.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t misunderstand me, I am not throwing the towel in with the current batches but fast coming to the conclusion that they are mostly very low grade.&nbsp; This seems to be borne out by the seller I got mine from is selling very nice cleaned coins.&nbsp; There is a possibility that he randomly selects the coins he cleans, but realistically he is going to pick for the bunch and flog the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p>A progress update on day 4 shows a few very smooth metal lumps with few distinguishing marks and some show some promise of faint lines and designs underneath.&nbsp; The mud has all dissolved and even some of the more crusted coins are starting to &#039;melt the crud off.&nbsp; Without doubt there are some signs of bronze disease but most of the crud dissolves other patches.&nbsp; I have a feeling that the majority of these coins are so flat there is very little to key the crud to.&nbsp; The good news is that the crud dissolves off - the bad news it dissolves off leave little hope for the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>So a scrub with cotton buds and a water change completed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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