Lee Davison

The woods that I search are mostly oak but there are a few pines in there as
well. When I retrieve a coin it is often black on one side, nearly as new on
the opposite. Apart from soap and water which has little effect, does anyone
know how to clean the black coins? you can still see the date etc, you just
have to hold it to the light.
Ive noticed that when I show people my goodies they always go straight for
the shiny coins and dont even bother to pick up the black ones, most of
which are at least pre 1930s.
It would be nice to have a bright shiny coin collection, rather than the
dark collection of circular discs I have at the moment.

Cheers and ta
Lee

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lsj7

Lee Davison wrote:
> The woods that I search are mostly oak but there are a few pines in
> there as well. When I retrieve a coin it is often black on one side,
> nearly as new on the opposite. Apart from soap and water which has
> little effect, does anyone know how to clean the black coins? you can
> still see the date etc, you just have to hold it to the light.
> Ive noticed that when I show people my goodies they always go
> straight for the shiny coins and dont even bother to pick up the
> black ones, most of which are at least pre 1930s.
> It would be nice to have a bright shiny coin collection, rather than
> the dark collection of circular discs I have at the moment.
>
> Cheers and ta
> Lee

In the Army we used to clean the radio points with an eraser. I don't think
it will hurt coins.

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lsj7

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