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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2977931, member: 10461&quot;]Nice result.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water" rel="nofollow"><b>electrolysis</b></a>.&nbsp; I found it handy in the past, using a similar method to clean my detecting finds.&nbsp; As you hinted, there are pitfalls, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll want to wanna watch out you don&#039;t overdo it.&nbsp; I accidentally &quot;burnt up&quot; the first large cent I ever found.&nbsp; It was heavily corroded, though I could tell it was a 1796-1807 Draped Bust cent.&nbsp; Because it had unstable surfaces (it had been in the ground near the edge of a salt marsh), I ended up with nothing but a featureless slug after attempting electrolysis.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(When first dug, you could barely see Lady Liberty&#039;s hair bow and a wreath on the coin- just enough to ID the type.&nbsp; By trying to coax a date off the coin, though, and using electrolysis process, I ruined it.&nbsp; Not that it was in really great shape to begin with.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I will say that this electrolysis process worked great on silver, though, and sometimes on dark nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just proceed with caution on really porous or corroded stuff- you can make it worse, as I did.&nbsp; But generally speaking, this process can be a useful tool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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