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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2555405, member: 71514&quot;]Nice job [USER=78229]@old49er[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>I started off by buying uncleaned lots.&nbsp; It is a fairly large topic.&nbsp; It all depends on where the coins have been for the last 1700 years.&nbsp; Stuff that is found in desert type areas probably needs no more than a brush and retaining the sandy patina is preferred.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other stuff needs soaking, preferably in distilled water (some use olive oil) and can take months.&nbsp; That dirt has been there around 1700 years and it isn&#039;t going to give up easily.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hoard coins are another matter.&nbsp; I know that YOC had the coin in soak for a couple of weeks.&nbsp; My method of removing the hard green mineral (takes around 40 minutes start to finish) does not work well on hoard coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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