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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeepfreak81, post: 8205564, member: 93888&quot;]Hey all,</p><p><br /></p><p>So I can&#039;t recall who it was but someone had posted a folder of coins that were all damaged examples, bad looking coins.&nbsp; Almost like a lowball collection.&nbsp; I might have the details wrong but anyway, it hatched an idea for me to try and make up some folders and fill them using ONLY coins that I&#039;ve dug up metal detecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is obviously predominantly for fun, as very few dug coins have value beyond melt if they happen to be silver.&nbsp; But it would be kinda neat I thought to try this at least for perhaps lincoln cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my main question, cleaning them.&nbsp; Regular coin cleaning logic need not apply here, I&#039;m not concerned with putting hairlines in the surface of the coin, I wanna get the crap off of it while retaining as much of the metal as I can.&nbsp; I have a handful from the last season I was out that was just sitting in a jar so I&#039;ve soaked them in distilled water for 48 hours and just moved them to acetone.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not think this method is going to provide great results without some mechanical component don&#039;t you think?&nbsp; I could be wrong, maybe time is what I need?&nbsp; Soak for a week?&nbsp; Or go after it with a soft bristle toothbrush?</p><p><br /></p><p>The main purpose is to remove environmental dirt and grime the coin has collected whilst in the ground, while retaining as many details as possible (date, and mint mark, etc).&nbsp; So I guess I&#039;m just looking for some opinions here.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the mean time I&#039;ve got my little experiment going and we&#039;re at 48 hours distilled water and now about 24 hours in the acetone.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to give it at least another 24 before I pull them out and inspect them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts? Suggestions?&nbsp; I&#039;m looking forward to getting out and digging up some junk once the ground thaws.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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