@@HolzhammerLite Have been for the last 30+ years and it's excellent. Gets rid of the 'green' etc and leaves patination and fast. Even sold many incl through auction.
It's good to see someone showing us how to clean and look after our coins. I belong to metal detecting clubs and we don't have anyone to show us how to do this. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you Claire - I shall try and put out more storing and cleaning videos as its all part of the hobby isn't it? Hope all well and thank you for watching!
Thanks, I will add the Pre-Lim to my cleaning supplies for my Chinese and Japanese coins, but I guess it's better just to leave my light green coins alone. Love it when I find those :))
24 hours soaking in ketchup works well. I recently cleaned a Diocletian coin and the details popped out. Ketchup works also on low value coppers from the Victorian era.
Thanks for sharing your cleaning methods with us, very interesting. I also use Renaissance wax on the wood sculptures I make and have done so since 2004. I have never used their Pre-Lim before but have just ordered a tin, so will give it a go. Yes please do a few more 'before and after' examples of your Roman bronze coins for us to see. I normally use the 'tin foil' treatment on my hammered silver coins, to remove any silver oxide build up, which certainly works for me. Keep up the good work Alex and a Happy New Year to you👍
Thanks bodger, Happy New Year also - try a tiny bit of prelim on silver it works wonders - perhaps too well I worry it might be too abrasive but it brings up hammered and denarii amazingly! Hope all well!
Hello there. Great video! I’m new to the cleaning of ancient coins hobby lol. And I’m struggling to find videos longer than 10 minutes that really get into the nitty-gritty of the Hobby. If you made a three hour long video you just cleaning a coin I would watch it! and probably clean alongside you lol. Keep the coin cleaning videos common the community needs it. Thank you
I only dry clean my Roman coins never wash them with water as it will take the surface of the coin off..you have a cracking collection of Roman coins,any Celtic potins..I've been lucky enough to find over 70 over the last few years..Look forward to you next video..all the best Kev..
There are far too many people in the "NEVER DO THAT!" brigade when it comes to coin cleaning. Like you, we always state on our videos and in the forum itself that non-professional cleaning WILL affect the value (historic and/or monetary) of valuable coins and any cleaning is done at your own risk and if in doubt you should leave it alone or seek professional advice. That aside, we all like to tease a bit more detail from our grots so use whatever method you're happy with. Your method looks to work well, and thanks for posting up a good video on the subject 👍
Ha! i bet you find a bit more than that Robert but yes, we are damn lucky and most of us know it... hope all well and thank you for watching! All the Best, Alexander
Interesting method. I generally just use tap water and cotton buds on coins that I don’t mind cleaning e.g. no value! Anything else I just leave pretty much as found!
Wonderful. Renaissance Wax is amazing. It's used for guitars as well. One has to work quickly, just a small area at a time. It has a great many uses from what I've read & seen. Looks like the New channel is starting well. Happy New Year Alex, hope you & Tasci have a wonderful Year. Let's hope this year is better than last year. Gil (addendum recently celebrated the 44th anniversary of my 21st birthday. No more fake ID.)
Hi Gil and Happy Birthday!!!! Bad luck about the no more fake ID even after 44 years - happens to us all!!!!! Hope all well and Happy New Year to you too!
I use Ren Wax on firearms, to put an inert separating layer between metals (usually steel) and the wood stocks. Wooden bayonet grips as well. Museums do this as well, on their mixed material 'compound objects' in their collections. I wouldn't use abrasive paste as you are here. Same people making Ren Wax also make the Ren Metal De-corroder and Vulpex. I've used the Vulpex soap to good effect, though an even better product is an American product called 'Orvus.' So Vulpex is a soap, made from fat, where as Orvus is a detergent, so synthetic. Museums are finding that Orvus is gentler on items, and a gallon of it in paste 'horse shampoo' form is ~$25 and a little goes a long ways and will last you your entire life. I'd bite the bullet and use a SOFT toothbrush on those coins. Polishing like that will leave deeper areas untouched while absolutely taking extra off all the high spots. The Ren Metal De-corroder I've heard is used at large vaults sometimes. Makes a blue liquid you just have to dip the coin into for a short time, supposedly. I'm looking for more info on this before I try it.
That was interesting! I had heard of the wax but not the cream. Of course, will never find Romans in the wilds of Texas, but fascinating nonetheless. And Hi Tas!! We have a new addition to our crew that Jack is slowly warming to. Hubby's uncle died a week ago, totally expected. There was no one else to take his dog, so guess who has a new dog. Get this...his name is Jack. He is a terrier type mutt, short haired, and twice the size of ours. He will be losing weight but was inactive with the old man and fed crap food. Now there is Big Jack and Little Jack, or Puppy. The cats are not crazy about the situation but he is cool with them. Big fat cat is still bigger than Big Jack, so there is that going for him. Fun times at our house. Everyone will be whisked off to the vet soon to catch up on shots and checkups.
Cyndye what is your address and I will send you one of mine! So funny about the new hound well done for taking him in/on but i was sorry to hear about your Uncle in Law. Big Cat being still bigger than Big Jack made me laugh the mind boggles! My email is in the ABOUT for your address! x
I have some of that renaissance wax and i found it leaves the coins almost wet with the residue, and smells a bit too Most of my cleans have just been a gentle rub with a toothbrush and some water, and then over to warlock allectus to ID them haha Good start to what looks to be an interesting channel fella Much grease to your elbow Cheers
Thanks Bruce - Im not crazy about Renaiisance wax... actually I find when it dries out there is not much of a difference.. it is handy for getting the Prelim paste off though whiuch reall can leave a residue... Hope all well _ I hear Cath's deus has arrived!!! Watch out!
Great video, i will get the prelim and have a go i use the renaissance already and like it. Thank you for sharing and please do the other coin. I love finding Roman stuff more than anything.
Me too! In fact in my next video on Holzhammer Sagas I find two little coins in a permanent pasture field where I had never found roman coins before... Hope all well!
Thanks Mick - we all have our different methods so i expect this to be a bit controversial.... it doesn't really matter though as long as one isn't outright ruining them! Hope all well and thanks for watching!
Nice film, but I clean my Roman coins way different. I use the same wax when I,m done with cleaning. You should never rub the coin because you just reach the higher parts of the details over and over. I do clean my coins with a tothpick or a porcupine sting under an affordable biocular mikroscope. I work over the lower fields and make them flat and smoth and I work around the legend and portrait. with this the higher parts become more visible. Regards from Austria
Hi Alex , only just popped up this channel ? anyway subbed it and hit the bell so all should be ok , some nice results on the coins mate well done ATB Rob .
Thanks Robbie - its mainly to post predominantly find-based shorter videos on - if ir doesnt work i will can it! Hope all well - are you finding a bit?
A very interesting video Ally ,you look after your finds so well 😀 I am guilty of hiding my Grandmother's Silver Plate in the cupboard of shame because I can't bare cleaning it lol !!!!😂🤣Happy New Year xxxShaz
Good video, I bought a composite pencil set at detectival, I haven’t really used it on my Romans’ as I don’t want to spoil them. I did use it on a Roman silver which had a lot of crust on it and it did remove it nicely, but I think bronze would damage it more.i haven’t seen that wax you use, I have the renaissance wax but might get some to try!
Hi again Alex. Well now you really are entering very interesting subjects, thank you, I was wondering why you didn't use cotton buds when using Renaissance wax?
Hi Colin - thanks for watching - i find when it comes to the wax part of the process you want to get it quite firmly in between all the nooks an crannies as it were... you need to get a bit tougher with it and a cotton bud wont quite be enough... but its each to their own when it comes to cleaning isn't it?! Hope all well
Nice one Ally, I thought it came out well, just out of interest Ally, do you ever sell any of your hammered or Roman coins, if so I would be interested, looking forward to more of these video`s, nice to see little Tasci at the end, all the best, Terry.
Thanks Terry - much appreciated! I haven't sold any.. yet ... you will be the first to know if/when I do if you like... Hope you are both well... hows the trains?!
Yes! I am quite lucky to have found a few... there is a playlist on HolzHammer Sagas on mainly Roman finds... and you may just stumble on a site one day and they will start rolling in! Where do you detect? All the Best, Alexander
Best is electrolysis.
I hope you don’t use it on copper and bronze!!!!?
@@HolzhammerLite Have been for the last 30+ years and it's excellent. Gets rid of the 'green' etc and leaves patination and fast.
Even sold many incl through auction.
@@kingston163 I have had very little success on bronze roman coins I would love to know how you do it... how can you zap the green AND leave patina?
Please don't use electrolysis on bronze roman coins.
It removes patina...
It's good to see someone showing us how to clean and look after our coins. I belong to metal detecting clubs and we don't have anyone to show us how to do this. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you Claire - I shall try and put out more storing and cleaning videos as its all part of the hobby isn't it? Hope all well and thank you for watching!
i have waited for you all my life🙂cleaning coin wise i mean, how lovely of you to share please show more cleaning of roman coines 😊
Definitely! Thanks for watching Veronica - Hope all well!
Thanks, I will add the Pre-Lim to my cleaning supplies for my Chinese and Japanese coins, but I guess it's better just to leave my light green coins alone. Love it when I find those :))
BRILLIANT Cheers
Thanks Keith! 😁🙏
24 hours soaking in ketchup works well. I recently cleaned a Diocletian coin and the details popped out. Ketchup works also on low value coppers from the Victorian era.
Thanks Alex for some great information as always. Al, NJ, USA
Not at all Al! Hope all well!
Thanks for sharing your cleaning methods with us, very interesting. I also use Renaissance wax on the wood sculptures I make and have done so since 2004. I have never used their Pre-Lim before but have just ordered a tin, so will give it a go.
Yes please do a few more 'before and after' examples of your Roman bronze coins for us to see.
I normally use the 'tin foil' treatment on my hammered silver coins, to remove any silver oxide build up, which certainly works for me.
Keep up the good work Alex and a Happy New Year to you👍
Thanks bodger, Happy New Year also - try a tiny bit of prelim on silver it works wonders - perhaps too well I worry it might be too abrasive but it brings up hammered and denarii amazingly! Hope all well!
Hello there. Great video! I’m new to the cleaning of ancient coins hobby lol. And I’m struggling to find videos longer than 10 minutes that really get into the nitty-gritty of the Hobby. If you made a three hour long video you just cleaning a coin I would watch it! and probably clean alongside you lol. Keep the coin cleaning videos common the community needs it. Thank you
Thanks Brayton - I will definitely do more! People did seem to like the last one - hope all well and thank you for watching!
I only dry clean my Roman coins never wash them with water as it will take the surface of the coin off..you have a cracking collection of Roman coins,any Celtic potins..I've been lucky enough to find over 70 over the last few years..Look forward to you next video..all the best Kev..
Hi Kev - hope all well - yes tap water is not good for whatever reason … I have found a couple of potions neither in very good condition… have you?
@@HolzhammerLite Yes mate found loads of nice ones..
There are far too many people in the "NEVER DO THAT!" brigade when it comes to coin cleaning. Like you, we always state on our videos and in the forum itself that non-professional cleaning WILL affect the value (historic and/or monetary) of valuable coins and any cleaning is done at your own risk and if in doubt you should leave it alone or seek professional advice. That aside, we all like to tease a bit more detail from our grots so use whatever method you're happy with. Your method looks to work well, and thanks for posting up a good video on the subject 👍
Thank you Hub! Hope all well! Getting chilly out there but bought me some very nice gloves toady which kept me little paws jolly cosy !
Great video, more more more.
Thanks Wright choice productions - much appreciated!! Hope all well!
Thank you so much for this video, sir. If only we could find stuff as cool as this in the states, only bud light cans and pig iron here!
Ha! i bet you find a bit more than that Robert but yes, we are damn lucky and most of us know it... hope all well and thank you for watching! All the Best, Alexander
Canada too, Robert! 😒
Interesting method. I generally just use tap water and cotton buds on coins that I don’t mind cleaning e.g. no value! Anything else I just leave pretty much as found!
I clean my coins less and less I must say but it’s something fun to do and experiment with isn’t it? Hope all well!
Wonderful. Renaissance Wax is amazing. It's used for guitars as well. One has to work quickly, just a small area at a time. It has a great many uses from what I've read & seen. Looks like the New channel is starting well. Happy New Year Alex, hope you & Tasci have a wonderful Year. Let's hope this year is better than last year. Gil (addendum recently celebrated the 44th anniversary of my 21st birthday. No more fake ID.)
Hi Gil and Happy Birthday!!!! Bad luck about the no more fake ID even after 44 years - happens to us all!!!!! Hope all well and Happy New Year to you too!
Same here Gil! On the 4th! Don't know how that could be because my oldest son turned 47 the day before. How can son be older than mother?
It's over-rated.
Definitely enjoyed that cameo by Tasciovanus!
Ha! Thanks! Hope all well!
Brilliant...always struggle to clean my copper coins and stop them flaking..will try your technique and report back.
Great video I use the same stuff to protect my coins. Thanks
Just brought them thanks
Good stuff! And thanks for watching! All the Best, Alexander
I use Ren Wax on firearms, to put an inert separating layer between metals (usually steel) and the wood stocks. Wooden bayonet grips as well. Museums do this as well, on their mixed material 'compound objects' in their collections.
I wouldn't use abrasive paste as you are here. Same people making Ren Wax also make the Ren Metal De-corroder and Vulpex. I've used the Vulpex soap to good effect, though an even better product is an American product called 'Orvus.' So Vulpex is a soap, made from fat, where as Orvus is a detergent, so synthetic. Museums are finding that Orvus is gentler on items, and a gallon of it in paste 'horse shampoo' form is ~$25 and a little goes a long ways and will last you your entire life.
I'd bite the bullet and use a SOFT toothbrush on those coins. Polishing like that will leave deeper areas untouched while absolutely taking extra off all the high spots.
The Ren Metal De-corroder I've heard is used at large vaults sometimes. Makes a blue liquid you just have to dip the coin into for a short time, supposedly. I'm looking for more info on this before I try it.
Thank you cavscout888 you sound like you know what you are talking about and your knowledge is much appreciated! All the Best, Alexander
That was interesting! I had heard of the wax but not the cream. Of course, will never find Romans in the wilds of Texas, but fascinating nonetheless. And Hi Tas!! We have a new addition to our crew that Jack is slowly warming to. Hubby's uncle died a week ago, totally expected. There was no one else to take his dog, so guess who has a new dog. Get this...his name is Jack. He is a terrier type mutt, short haired, and twice the size of ours. He will be losing weight but was inactive with the old man and fed crap food. Now there is Big Jack and Little Jack, or Puppy. The cats are not crazy about the situation but he is cool with them. Big fat cat is still bigger than Big Jack, so there is that going for him. Fun times at our house. Everyone will be whisked off to the vet soon to catch up on shots and checkups.
Cyndye what is your address and I will send you one of mine! So funny about the new hound well done for taking him in/on but i was sorry to hear about your Uncle in Law. Big Cat being still bigger than Big Jack made me laugh the mind boggles! My email is in the ABOUT for your address! x
@@HolzhammerLite That is incredibly sweet of you. I think I will take you up on that because I see you have a very big surplus of them.
I use kiwi clear shoe wax ,only £1 a tin and it's got the same ingredients as the dear wax 👍
very good
What are your thoughts on composite cleaning pencils ? Friend or foe 🤔
Hi Pete, I haven't actually used one yet but its on my list of things to get and try so I will let you know.... hope all well!
I have some of that renaissance wax and i found it leaves the coins almost wet with the residue, and smells a bit too
Most of my cleans have just been a gentle rub with a toothbrush and some water, and then over to warlock allectus to ID them haha
Good start to what looks to be an interesting channel fella
Much grease to your elbow
Cheers
Thanks Bruce - Im not crazy about Renaiisance wax... actually I find when it dries out there is not much of a difference.. it is handy for getting the Prelim paste off though whiuch reall can leave a residue... Hope all well _ I hear Cath's deus has arrived!!! Watch out!
Great video, i will get the prelim and have a go i use the renaissance already and like it. Thank you for sharing and please do the other coin. I love finding Roman stuff more than anything.
Me too! In fact in my next video on Holzhammer Sagas I find two little coins in a permanent pasture field where I had never found roman coins before... Hope all well!
Some good advice there Alex👍
Thanks Mick - we all have our different methods so i expect this to be a bit controversial.... it doesn't really matter though as long as one isn't outright ruining them! Hope all well and thanks for watching!
Nice film, but I clean my Roman coins way different. I use the same wax when I,m done with cleaning. You should never rub the coin because you just reach the higher parts of the details over and over. I do clean my coins with a tothpick or a porcupine sting under an affordable biocular mikroscope. I work over the lower fields and make them flat and smoth and I work around the legend and portrait. with this the higher parts become more visible. Regards from Austria
Very good advice Horsman, thank you! and All the Best, Alexander
Very interesting. I wish you showed a before and after of the coin. Would ultrasonic cleaner harm a bronze coin of that age?
Hi Alex , only just popped up this channel ? anyway subbed it and hit the bell so all should be ok , some nice results on the coins mate well done ATB Rob .
Thanks Robbie - its mainly to post predominantly find-based shorter videos on - if ir doesnt work i will can it! Hope all well - are you finding a bit?
Hi Alex , just found a pair of Roman tweezers on a new permission never seen any before 😁
A very interesting video Ally ,you look after your finds so well 😀 I am guilty of hiding my Grandmother's Silver Plate in the cupboard of shame because I can't bare cleaning it lol !!!!😂🤣Happy New Year xxxShaz
Ha! Shaz thats so funny!!! Hope all well - stay warm! x
pretty insane how many there are on your island
I know... can you imagine how many they find in Italy and North Africa??!! Hope all well!
Great video, thanks for the advice, new sub.
Thanks yeti dodger - much appreciated! Hope all well!
Good video, I bought a composite pencil set at detectival, I haven’t really used it on my Romans’ as I don’t want to spoil them. I did use it on a Roman silver which had a lot of crust on it and it did remove it nicely, but I think bronze would damage it more.i haven’t seen that wax you use, I have the renaissance wax but might get some to try!
It’s a mild metal burnished it is brilliant on silver too… a bit too good! Hope all well!
Hi again Alex. Well now you really are entering very interesting subjects, thank you, I was wondering why you didn't use cotton buds when using Renaissance wax?
Hi Colin - thanks for watching - i find when it comes to the wax part of the process you want to get it quite firmly in between all the nooks an crannies as it were... you need to get a bit tougher with it and a cotton bud wont quite be enough... but its each to their own when it comes to cleaning isn't it?! Hope all well
love coins :)
Thanks Maron - I will be doing another on Roman coins this week ... hope all well!
Nice one Ally, I thought it came out well, just out of interest Ally, do you ever sell any of your hammered or Roman coins, if so I would be interested, looking forward to more of these video`s, nice to see little Tasci at the end, all the best, Terry.
Thanks Terry - much appreciated! I haven't sold any.. yet ... you will be the first to know if/when I do if you like... Hope you are both well... hows the trains?!
@@HolzhammerLite I would Ally, a train vid will be up soon !!
Brilliant I cant wait!
Could you do a video on cleaning KG coins like found in the US?
Sure! I’ll see what I can do - thanks Dave
Now all I got to do is find a roman coin.....
Yes! I am quite lucky to have found a few... there is a playlist on HolzHammer Sagas on mainly Roman finds... and you may just stumble on a site one day and they will start rolling in! Where do you detect? All the Best, Alexander
Hello sir I have old money but I don’t history this money can you help me and for selling .
thank you alex for the informative and interesting video
Thanks Bob I am very pleased you liked it! Hope all well!