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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ikandiggit, post: 1369579, member: 16269&quot;]I came across something like this myself while metal detecting. It was caked with hard crud and no amount of soaking in olive oil helped. So, I resorted to drastic measures. <span style="color: #ff0000">(NOTE- I don&#039;t recommend this for anything but garbage items</span>!!!). I warmed up hydrogen peroxide and dropped the slug into it. The crud started to flake off. After several times of repeating this with fresh hydrogen peroxide, I was able to make out that it was a Victorian large cent. The next step was to determine the date which was still encrusted. I used denture tables in water and that process revealed enough to read the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to hunt around to find the disc with the &quot;before&quot; images but it wasn&#039;t unlike the OP&#039;s item. Here is the coin after cleaning:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/lc1cleaneda.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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