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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2270225, member: 56859&quot;]You may still find a few identifiable keepers.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first foray into ancients was with uncleaned coins.&nbsp; I have &quot;before&quot; pictures <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-think-about-those-uncleaned-ancients-on-ebay.260701/#post-2101474" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-think-about-those-uncleaned-ancients-on-ebay.260701/#post-2101474">in this post</a>.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have any of the &quot;after&quot; pictures readily accessible, but most of them didn&#039;t look much different after soaking and cleaning for six months.&nbsp; A few from group B did turn out somewhat okay, meaning somewhat identifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did buy another large lot of uncleaned coins around that time.&nbsp; &nbsp; After six months of soaking and periodic brushing, I gave up.&nbsp; Two and a half years later, they&#039;re still soaking.&nbsp; I left them in a cup of olive oil and they&#039;re still in the cabinet, soaking away <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; One of these days I&#039;ll remove the olive oil and call it done.&nbsp; The oil has probably polymerized by now.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect any improvement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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