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Spike
10-24-2010, 05:49 PM
Not much for a month of hunting the same spots but that makes 17 big silvers for the year <: and my 4th and 5th ring both are silver. One was obvious but the other was dark and looked rusty but turned out to be sterling silver ring from the fiftys. I think the diamond is bigger than a carat and looks like a real set and all but as my luck would have it, it's not- but I will take it. I had my new excalibur 1000 right up till I found out it was a fake :mad: :mad:

Rusthunter
10-24-2010, 06:07 PM
Man your wife is going to kill you if you keep buying all those coins and rings off ebay! At least you got the dfx back now you have a decent machine to work with.

Spike
10-24-2010, 06:34 PM
No I had my E-trac :beatdown:

coinnut
10-24-2010, 06:38 PM
Nice finds Spike. :clapping: The Barber dime is :smitten: Great couple of finds there, and I like the close pin ring holder lol Nice copper, did you clean it up already??

Spike
10-24-2010, 07:08 PM
Its in olive oil now is that ok too use :dontknow: what do you use?

zrickkid
10-24-2010, 07:24 PM
Nice finds! thumbsup01

Jason in Enid
10-24-2010, 07:25 PM
Wow, those are some great finds!

coinnut
10-24-2010, 07:36 PM
Its in olive oil now is that ok too use :dontknow: what do you use?


Olive oil is Ok to use and works to loosen caked on soil. We have more corroded coppers up our way and we have to resort to hot hydrogen peroxide to make the best of a corroded coin. I usually just heat it up in a small shot glass and dip a soft toothbrush in it and rub it over the coin, as many times as I need to. I then dip a brass brush in the peroxide and scrub the copper fairly hard to remove more of the green. I repeat that process until satisfied.

jkress
10-24-2010, 08:08 PM
Great stuff Spike! :peace:

The WLH is awesome. You have done very well this year on the big silver.

Congrats and keep at it.