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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FreakyGsMom, post: 536195, member: 17127&quot;]Garrett needs an intervention.&nbsp; While the internet was down this is what my &quot;gifted&quot; child did this afternoon:</p><p><br /></p><p>:loud: <i><u>WARNING</u>:&nbsp; WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS DISTURBING!&nbsp; COINS WERE HARMED DURING THIS EXPERIMENT.&nbsp; DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!</i> :hammer:</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>1)&nbsp; He dipped a no date, way worn out Walking Liberty half in e-z-est until it was such a bright shade of silver you needed sunglasses to look at it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>2)&nbsp; He mixed flowers of sulphur powder with distilled water and dipped it for oh...15 seconds or so when the &quot;coin doctor&quot; directions said 5 seconds. Why do they call it flowers of sulphur, it doesn&#039;t smell like any flower I&#039;ve ever smelled. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>3)&nbsp; He declared it a failure and redipped the coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>4)&nbsp; He mixed sulphur with alcohol and dipped it again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>5)&nbsp; See #3 </p><p>6)&nbsp; He decided the failure was related to &quot;too weak of a sulphur solution&quot; he then mixed a solution/paste of sulphur and alcohol and dipped the coin in that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>7)&nbsp; See #3</p><p>8)&nbsp; He decided fire was the answer.&nbsp; His Father who up until this point had merely served as the &quot;adult supervision&quot; decided to get in on the action and they once again dipped the coin into the sulphur/alcohol solution/paste and with the help of his Father, he took my creme brulee torch from Williams-Sonoma and set fire to the poor coin, they repeated this process twice on each side for good measure. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>9)&nbsp; See #3</p><p>10)&nbsp; The coin was burned beyond recognition.&nbsp; His Dad suggested it needed a good scrubbing, so next they scrubbed it with my pots and pans scrubbing sponge.&nbsp; The coin was then 75% black &amp; crusty and 25% very porous metal that I think might still be chemically related to silver.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>11)&nbsp; See #3</p><p>12)&nbsp; Next I hear &quot;Mom, can I use your Tiffany&#039;s Silver Polish?&quot;&nbsp; What?&nbsp; &quot;The one in the blue box from the jewelry store&quot;&nbsp; NO!!!&nbsp; &quot;Do you have any other polish?&quot;&nbsp; Tube of MAAS metal polish given to child/snail and coin was subjected to yet another round of chemical warfare/torture.&nbsp; Coin was then a silver blob with three holes burned/eaten totally through coin.&nbsp; It did smell much nicer at this point as tube of MAAS was lavender scented. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>13)&nbsp; See #3</p><p>14)&nbsp; Snail now has cordless dremel and coin is being subjected to torture by lithium powered device.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing the coin weighs about 1/3 less than it did when this round of torture started.&nbsp; The dogs are frightened and my house smells like...I&#039;ll be nice and say hardboiled eggs but the reality is my house smells like the porta-potties after the chili cook-off at the county fair. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>15)&nbsp; See #3</p><p>16)&nbsp; He then asks &quot;I wonder what NCS would do if we sent this in for conservation, wouldn&#039;t it be funny if we sent it to them.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />dd:</p><p>17)&nbsp; Please help.&nbsp; This kind of senseless coin torture has to stop. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :rolling:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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