Cleaning coins in a rock tumbler?

Look at this. I am trying to decide if it is for real:

http://www.coincleaner.friendpages.com

 

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yikes!!

this would be an excellent method for turning collectable coins into junk silver!

 

I don't see anything dated April 1 on his site

Maybe he's just as stupid as he sounds.

 

ROFL...
The pieces of gravel will do terrible damage to any coin!!!!!!!! Even if you use a soft medium like cornhusks it will still looked cleaned. I know because I’ve tried it with pocket change .

 

I bought a rock tumbler for clad coins I find metal detecting. Works pretty good and I dont feel to guilty putting a bunch of dirty coins back in circulation. This person is going down the wrong road for sure

 

I tend to think that this and all similar stories are a hoax.

 

I really like the title..."Cleaning coins for fun & profit"

Then the instructions say 1 cup sand???
Might just as well "clean" your coins on a belt sander!!

 

You don’t want any hairlines from rubbing with the towel, I guess

 

Ughh. I cleaned a couple of Morgan's my uncle gave me before I knew any better. I still have them, but damn they look bad!

Does anyone else have any coin cleaning horror stories they'd like to share? Catharsis can be good for the soul.

 

Mass coin cleaners. Scroll to the bottom of the page.

http://www.westinstfrancis.com/default2.asp?sID=Hist

 

Come on guys, your telling me this isn't the way it's done?

 

One comment in his Guestbook:

"And all these years I've been using a belt sander to clean my coins. Thanks for showing me a better way!"

 

WILMA !!! Tell Barney and Betty I have the coins ready, so get ready to go the Dinasorus Theater!!

 

You know what cleans coins really well? Some 20M Nitric acid.

 

I just crack open a car battery and drop the coins it for about 1 hour. I makes them really shinny. I have often wondered why more people dont' clean this way. I have found so many struck through grease errors once the coin is cleaned. Oh well my gain huh.

 

Isn't it kind of a pain fishing them out ? Or do you just dump the contents onto the sidewalk ?

 

Hey I never thought of that. I used to just stick my hand in and grab them.

 

I have a tumbler for my clad Detecting finds and I know dozens of poeple that do the same. Many Detector dealers sell tumblers on the side. Its the fastest way to clean dirty coins before you put them back in circulation. They end up with a nice "Matte" finish. lol

 

Dockwalliper---you posted that when I was on my way to say the same thing...
I hear that many detecting guys use a tumbler to clean the coins that are only worth face before they put them back in change.

Speedy

 

Cleaning coins in a rock tumbler

The problem is uninformed people who read stuff like this and actually believe this is a good idea.