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<p>[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 4423283, member: 80804"]You might consider that there are many different fabrics from which your "toothpicks" might be made - both metallic and non-metallic tools include (but are not limited to) materials ranging all the way from soft wooden toothpicks, bamboo skewers and brass tools, up to tungsten needles and Dremel-tools. How appropriate any one of them is must be determined on a coin-by-coin basis. Learning how to tell which tool is most appropriate for digging or flicking off encrustation and deposits on any given coin is really the trick. It's the sort of knowledge you can really only gain by experience.</p><p>Let me just add this about the advice you get (even mine). Virtually every one of us has gone on this quest, or will go through it eventually: </p><p><font size="6"><b><font face="Book Antiqua"><span style="color: #b3b300"><i>~~The Search for the Magic Bullet~~ </i></span></font></b></font></p><p>Like perpetual motion, cold fusion or the Oak Island Treasure, the perception that such must, somehow - <i>grail like</i> - exist to be found is a powerful siren-song. "Somehow, boys, despite all evidence of its lack of likelihood, we'll finally manage to find the ultimate solution which quickly, safely and inexpensively allows anyone to bring any coin back to as close to its original state as is desired and universal entropy allows."</p><p>Don't hold your breath. It does not exist. It is highly unlikely ever to exist - no magic bullets, sorry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 4423283, member: 80804"]You might consider that there are many different fabrics from which your "toothpicks" might be made - both metallic and non-metallic tools include (but are not limited to) materials ranging all the way from soft wooden toothpicks, bamboo skewers and brass tools, up to tungsten needles and Dremel-tools. How appropriate any one of them is must be determined on a coin-by-coin basis. Learning how to tell which tool is most appropriate for digging or flicking off encrustation and deposits on any given coin is really the trick. It's the sort of knowledge you can really only gain by experience. Let me just add this about the advice you get (even mine). Virtually every one of us has gone on this quest, or will go through it eventually: [SIZE=6][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=#b3b300][I]~~The Search for the Magic Bullet~~ [/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/SIZE] Like perpetual motion, cold fusion or the Oak Island Treasure, the perception that such must, somehow - [I]grail like[/I] - exist to be found is a powerful siren-song. "Somehow, boys, despite all evidence of its lack of likelihood, we'll finally manage to find the ultimate solution which quickly, safely and inexpensively allows anyone to bring any coin back to as close to its original state as is desired and universal entropy allows." Don't hold your breath. It does not exist. It is highly unlikely ever to exist - no magic bullets, sorry.[/QUOTE]
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