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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2397958, member: 1892&quot;]I will be frank, and hope that this doesn&#039;t offend because that&#039;s not my intent.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are strong similarities between techniques like this, and trying to teach someone how to shoot in an online-only interface. People wish to be spoon-fed, and I don&#039;t consider anyone wanting to be spoon-fed worthy of gun ownership, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin conservation is an exacting process, requiring genuine scientific method with all that implies. Some of it is downright <b>dangerous</b> to the person and the environment. I have - very deliberately not all in one place - dribbled out enough in the last few months in this forum alone (some of the most obvious of it <i>in this thread</i>) to have already enabled anyone with the proper disciplined mindset and scientific approach to go out and <b>safely</b> experiment on their own. Acquiring all that information would be trivial for the type of person who would make a good conservator.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not going to spoon-feed it. I <b>will</b> put it all online in one place, I am already working toward that end, but that place will be behind a paywall and incorporating &quot;unlocking steps&quot; to weed out those who want instant gratification. You need to understand a very much larger picture before becoming a successful coin conservator, because (for the thousandth time) <i>no two projects are the same, and optimal technique is as varied as the coins</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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