First copper of the year
- Thread starter del
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Full Metal Digger
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Nicely found, Del! It certainly has enough detail to identify. I can almost read the date, 179x? Are you going to try to clean it up any more or just leave it as is?
del
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Dave , its a 1795 the last picture is a bit pixelated from being too blown up . I'm undecisive on my next move .. leave it or try to smooth out the roughness a bit . Thanks
Lodge Scent
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Dan, a Liberty Cap for your first copper of the year is a good omen! Tough call on to further clean or not. If I was to do anything I might burnish it a bit with my 220 grit foam sanding block. It is slow going but very precise.
Tony Two-Cent
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Congrats on the Liberty Cap, Dan! It's a coin that we can scarcely dream of finding here in the Midwest.
del
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Most definitely Roger , Thanks
A good omen sounds very nice Jeff , you might have to show a tutorial on this burnish method you speak of ?
Tony , this site has all the tells of it being in this prime timeline and the reason I wanted to go back before the ferns sprout up.
Lodge Scent
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Dan, I have a 100, 180 and the 200 foam blocks. The 100 makes quick work on tombacs. Just lay the block flat, place the tombac on the pad and using various degrees of pressure, just move the button around on the pad until you get that crud layer off. Then I might switch to the 180 or the 220 to get that dark layer of oxidation off. Same idea for coppers. Practice with a few toasted common coppers to get the feel of it. You can virtually remove just a few microns of crud at a time until you get to the level of "cleanliness" that you want. I have also used that method to get an ID on some totally toasted coppers. They looked completely blank but there is still some elevated surface area like the head or even the date that will come into view with some "polishing" with the foam blocks. Hey was that Liberty Cap #1,000 ???