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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3610364, member: 71642&quot;]Indeed.&nbsp; I finally made it to the basement coin lair last night and will post a few photos when I get a chance to crop/resize. </p><p><br /></p><p>Step one:&nbsp; distilled water.&nbsp; Soaked for a bit, agitated for a bit.&nbsp; Manually removed a bit of &#039;gunk&#039; with the help of a local thorn bush.&nbsp; Made it obvious a lot of what I was looking at really was just crud as discussed above.&nbsp; Some of the crevices had a waxy-like substance (going by using my camera set up and computer screen as my visual aid).&nbsp; Good thing I&#039;m used to looking at a screen in one direction while using instruments in another without watching my hands <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting observation when removing the medal from the water though was the way the water &#039;beaded&#039; and appeared hydrophilic like my car after the ceramic coat was applied.&nbsp; It just &#039;felt&#039; off too.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I bit the bullet and moved on to Step Two--the xylene.&nbsp; What an interesting aroma (yuck).&nbsp; The rest of the crud just melted away with only a little assistance from my favorite thorn to loosen things up and a cotton swab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Step three:&nbsp; I will not disclose whether I used a final distilled water rinse or not <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I must confess I thought the color had &#039;gone off&#039; when it was sitting in the xylene, but once removed from the bowl and evaporated the color was not different.&nbsp; It was probably a trick of my lights and using the laptop to visualize.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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