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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2348006, member: 71514&quot;]I was asked to try out my soup on a couple of hoard coins.&nbsp; I received two coins, one from the center of the hoard and the other from plough soil.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]477734[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477735[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]477736[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This was quite exciting for me because I haven&#039;t handled an uncleaned hoard coin before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally, these would have gone into distilled water for some time but the purpose of this experiment was purely to test the soup.&nbsp; I did the second coin first.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]477738[/ATTACH] </p><p>Each coin had three goes in the soup.&nbsp; I have never soaked three times before!</p><p><br /></p><p>The soap did soften the dirt making it easier to remove, the finished coins still have a layer of dirt on them that DW and brushing would probably remove, but we are still just looking at the soup.</p><p><br /></p><p>The green one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]477739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477740[/ATTACH] </p><p>The other one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]477741[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477742[/ATTACH] </p><p>The coins look considerably better in hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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