How To Clean Coins (165)
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I was shown this method today. Very simple but very effective for cleaning your clad coins.
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I do what I call 'laundering' of my filthy coins. I go to the vending machines in my office, put in the crap coins, select cancel and out come clean coins.
Got to be happy with that ;)
why are people so dumb? why are they compelled to comment on using the wire brush and the whole "you should never try and clean a valuable coin"? He made it VERY clear this was not about cleaning valuable coins. MOVE ON. It's ok we all know you are super intelligent cause you know not to use a wire brush on a one of a kind coin.
BTW.. Deep Digger...I love your videos and your passion!
Ednerd The people who said that were just trying to help, it's not as big of a deal as you're making it.
andrew kemnitz not making a big deal. but those making the "don't use a wire brush" comment are. Again..not necessary to make that comment when Dan had already made it perfectly clear. Me I'm just asking a simple question and I'd really love to know the answer.
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Ednerd Z
Hi Dan, tried your method, salt and vinegar, unfortunately the smell drove out of the house and down to the chippy, I'm now £5.20 down, which is more than the value of the coins I was trying to clean. Found a James 1st silver half Grote last week ... "GET IN"
0:07 My nephew having a hearty laugh when the word "Mega Donkey" came up.
Fantastic. I found £3.75 in total, they were really green. Found your video, tried it and 20 mins later most of it twrrific and spendable. Just got to wait for the £1 coins overnight. Many many thanks.
The one before decimal coins came in. They are actually nickel / brass. It is really known ad 3d but I thought some vierers wouldnt know what the 'd' referred to (the one with 12 sides) but a particularly fuzzy one has much the same weight and shape as a modern £1 coin so I always throe them into the coin machine and see which ones it takes. Most will get spat out but not all.
Makes me want chips...
Have u had your chips yet 😂😂😂
Crisps
@@aleksandrarama what?
@@christophercole7015 crisps is British for chips
there is an abrasive paste made in the UK (sold worldwide) that woodturners use called Yorkshire Gri, that works wonders on cleaning coins up
Cleaning is called...
DESTROYING !
Yes for the most part this is true but what if in those coins you have a valuable coin would this actually mean, "a use to be valuable" because cleaning is a bad thing? I'm new at coin collecting but I have a water cooler jug full from old cars.
Love the online metal detecting community. Although I'm not really a part of it.
Thank you for this video! It did work even faster for me, after I put them in a small jar with a lid and gave them a bit of a stir. :)
A good tip for cleaning spendable coins you find on the beach, like £1 and 20p etc. Is to just rub them using just your fingers in the wet sand. They clean up like new and then you can spend them right away on chips or ice cream :)
i have been detecting for about 2 weeks now, found my first Indian head penny 1864 date, i googled how to clean it and this salt vinegar solution was the top result. Sadly it completely destroyed the coin it went from partially legible to utterly destroyed, you cant even tell what it is now the Indian head is gone its just sad :(
+SKYLANDBAK Vinegar contains acetic acid, which is quite a strong acid. Don't be fooled by the heavy dilution. Also, US cents are pure copper, which doesn't form a protective patina in the ground. Most of the detail will be in the corrosion products on the coin. You have to clean off the dirt whilst leaving these compounds behind. A UK penny of 1860s date would be bronze which often develops a smooth green patina that is more robust and easier to clean. I get good results by washing the dirt off, then warming the coin til very dry, at which point any dark scale can be brushed off.
+Bryan Rothschild That's not a nice response to a beginner in the world's most interesting hobby. He made a genuine mistake because he's a beginner. Don't forget, coins from the ground will always need some cleaning, the secret is knowing how far to go. That takes experience.
I made the same mistake with my first Indian head too, go watch aquachiggers video on cleaning copper coins. the trick is to never wash copper coins, scrape off some dirt with a toothpick and that's all, leaving some dirt on the copper to show the details
+Derek Hipolito u could clean copper coins by using an eraser n rub it thats what i do to clean my copper coin charm
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nice tips cheers :) the best i found for cleaning the silver hammys dan is a spit shine. place in tin foil spit in to coat completely rap it tight and a chemical reaction will happen it get hot followed by the worst smell of rotten eggs u will know when happens best to do outside then leave 4 and cople of minutes take it out then with abit toilet paper wipe the **** away comes up shining a treat
That is a great way to clean the modern coins but I don't bother cleaning the modern muck and I just chuck it in the change converter in the local supermarket. It takes all sorts of filthy coins including the cupro nickel 3p which sometimes get recorded as a £1 coin. Old washers all go in there and its pot luck what they go down as. Anything foreign is also a lottery, lol.
my friend a lot of thanks for posting this video,it really helped.I have many old coins for my collection and l did what you told,well not ten minutes have passed and they clean as new
Enjoyed your video. Suggest using the Vinegar and Salt in a tumbler. Only takes 30 minutes and you don't have to stick around enjoying the smell. LOL. I clean mine in the garage so no problem, too much, with the smell. Also no need to re-clean if you use a tumbler. Clean clad separately from the pennies. Thanks.
I'm always nervous to clean my coins. But, you've given me something to think about. Thanks for sharing
"Yep, aving that, aving that as well"
Sounds like me lol
i use the same method ,works very well but dont leave em to soak to long!,
works also great on empty cartridges!
White or brown vinegar works, just make sure you add a table spoon of salt and give it a stir, works a treat just make sure you don't put copper coins in with silver looking coins (cupranickel) other wise they'll go pink LOL, trust me it's hard work trying to spend a pink 10p haha.
hope this helps
Paul
Brilliant. Brown sauce does the same. Think it is the natural acids in the vinager and cheap hone brand brown sauce. Like you say best to leave over night. Brown sauce is great for 1p 2p and new coins/clad great one dan.
best thing I've used to clean metal of any kind, including coins, is a trick a jeweler showed me. he uses a 50/50 of windex and mr. clean to soak pieces in for a few hours, a tooth brush. I once made up 3 gallons of the stuff and it worked to unsieze a small engine leaving it overnight. doesn't damage the metal, but eats away any dirt or corrosion. it's pretty cheap too if you don't use name brand products.
im a huge detecting fan, ive been following cajuncoinhunter and another one your subd to, i cant wait till i get my own detector, got plenty of farm land where my mom lives plus their used to be a roman temple their that was discovered when they built houses, so cant wait to got looking and document what i find, i got permision to go on the land so just need a detector and ill be out making my own vids, great work deep digger dan,
tring it out right now..just got my 1st detector out of the box..walked out my back door to the yard..and in 1 meter of searching got 63 cents U.S...woo whoo got in..was no ones..now its mine all mine..buzzin
hello dan!...fantastic video...I do a lot of videos on guns and shooting...one of the things we use to clean and work on firearms are brass brushes and punches...the brass will not damage other metals nearly as much as stainless steel brushes...you might want to use your brass brush as your primary brush and use the stainless for cleaning the stubborn stuff...take care and all the best to you!!!!
Cleaning coins, makes my OCD go off the scale. Dan I get loads of modern spendable coins, I don't bother cleaning as they all spend in the self service tills in Morrisons, I bag them all up and at the end of the season get a couple of trolleys of booze and dog food for my boy and load up the tills with my shite.....It gives me grate satisfaction, BTW I show quite a few modern golds and historic Sovereigns on my little channel. Cheers
I thought I was watching how to clean my coins not how to season my chips.🤣
Should have been Thank you. Bought my self a XP Deus and within 20 minutes I found two Nickels stuck together about 10 inches down 5 feet from my house. Very pleased. the date 194??...
Interesting approaches for clad coins or otherwise. Not exactly the way we do it. But not bad. Although we might use something similar for small batches of more valuable coins.
Try mixing the vinegar with the baking soda...in very small amounts of baking soda...if your sink gets stopped up dump baking soda in it and then pour in the vinegar...I do this once a month just to keep my pipes clean of sludge
hi dan i tried this and it worked perfectly. thanks
I clean my water with regular clean water, use a toothbrush to scrub. For harder cases a sanding sponge (one side sanding pad, rest normal sponge). Or even a brush that you use to scrub your hands and nails clean after getting them dirty. Just do NOT scrub the coins to hard, you only will dmg them that way. But it should take care of even old coins like I always do. No point in chemicals if it isnt needed :)
have around 30,000yen coins which i got from my job disassembling old cars. I find coins from 1yen to 500yen which is so dirty and old. Even banks are turning eyes on me when i exchange it. LOL
This made me realise how useful and easy to read 千, 万, 億 etc. are
McDucky it's a bit tricky converting from 100万円 onwards to english thousands millions etc. Lol
Oh my God, I would gladly clean them all for you.
Thanks dan, good tip on the roman coins ;)
Works a treat 👍 happy days ,thanks
I use the vinegar and salt but in a stone tumbler... I get way to may to mess around by hand. Also it will clean those so called "shot" coins that you think have no hope.
Dan, if you want to clean silver coins, use some toothpaste, just scrub it with toothpaste, works for me fine! olso jewlery or other stuf, work perfectly!
also used toothpaste
also use lemon and baking soda aswell mate
Excellent Dan, great video and I'm pleased my tip worked for you and thanks a million for the shout outs.
happy hunting, cya soon
Paul
I found that plain vinegar works just as well. When I added salt, the "copper" coins turned pink and the "brew" started fizzing, probably electrolytic action of dissimilar metals.
I cleaned some copper coins (1penny, 2pence and other unvaluable) this way and they really turned brighter than ussual.. but look good in my album 😂.
yep. i tried it. works well.
soak it in hydrocloric acid. that also does he trick
Nice one Dan now they are clean get out there and spend em should be anough for brekie and dinner
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it or not but coca cola is really good on copper coins ,just let then soak over night and they look like new again and it doesn't damage the coin at all ,just removes the muck :)
sounds strange I know but give it a try and let me know what you think ,ive tried it many times and iam amazed by the results ,they look like they were just minted ,let me know what you think or even post your results or your thoughts on it ,cheers
It is just the bubbly (carbonic acid) in the Coke that does that, vinegar works better and is a lot cheaper.
What is an electrolysis kit ?
Warren Lauzon
Just guessing, but with a bit of rum, the left over Coke is better than vinegar.
You'll probably end up spending more on the coke than the coins are worth..
Useful tips, so thanks for the vid. But I doubt any of those coins are 'Clad' as you keep refering to them. Clad is an American & Canadian term to denote a steel cored coin. Most of what you have there (infact I would think all) are Cupro nickel coins. We do have clad coins in the UK but have only had them for a few years. The 5 & 10p are now minted from stamped steel & have a nickel coating (6% of the coins make up) & the 1 & 2p is stamped steel that is copper plated (6% of the coins make up. Everything else in circulation is NOT clad.
Maybe White Vinegar might not smell as bad? Looks like you used Apple Cider Vinegar, works great for toe nail fungus too, 2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar to some warm water in your foot bath, twice a week for 30 minutes. Or for spiders, mix White Vinegar and Coconut Oil in a spray bottle, spray all the corners of your home, cieling, etc, will keep the spiders away.
Layer a pan with baking soda,
Put coins on baking soda,
Pour boiling water on coins,
Layer baking soda over the coins so the are completely covered,
Wait 5 minutes,
Then dig them out one by one and rub them until they get clean (use nitrile gloves), sometimes you don’t have to rub them but this method does not scratch and cleans them up like new.
This works even better if it is slightly warmed. I use a mug warmer with a glass jar for the silver and copper jewelry.
I've used the spit a foil method a few times and it just removes the tarnish completely, smells like rotten eggs though
Thank you very much for this video and tips. :)
yes white vinegar is just as good, just remember never put in copper with nickel coins else the nickel coins go pink....they do look nice though but I doubt you'll be able to spend them LOL, I had a pink pound coin for ages ahhaha
Hi Dan, I'm new to detecting and just found my first coin. It came out of the ground with a lot of definition and a date of 1843 visible, it's a half penny. I put it in a plastic bag and after a month got around to trying to clean it. It's now unreconisable , I haven't touched it, it's corroded and gone black. How can I clean it, is it saveable. CheersKenny Mac
Let me answer your question instead of that inexperienced person.
Never clean old coins or it's bye-bye value.
I feed my non spendable stuff I dig up into soda machines and press the "change return" button. It'll usually give you different coins back. As for the copper pennies I save till I have a ton then dump them into this 420 cleaner stuff. Works really well, and its reusable
Please what is 420? Because I have a water cooler jug full of pennies from old cars & don't know how to clean them
@@rhondacotten it’s called 420 cleaner you get it at smoke shops
thank u deep digger dan that helped me a ton!
Thank you sir. Very educational.
Clean in a flash!
Brown sauce works a treat not even joking my grandad showed me when i was younger
I just use the never fail water and baking soda paste for the silver coins. Works nice
I've got tons of pennies that I get out of old cars & cars that don't belong to anyone thru my job. Really I started out just saving them by putting them in a water cooler jug so that when it's full I could cash them in. Most of these pennies are really bad with corrosion so what I'm wondering is should I clean them & then look for what I call miss prints when they were minted? I've been told that it's like one in a million that I would find a rare or valuable coin. Please any advice because I'm new at this game & I don't want to go thru a long process of cleaning & looking at each one if that is the odds.
If you don't like the smell of vinegar you can use citric acid or the juice of squeezed lemons.
Very helpful...
I found a 1996 Celtic cross pound coin with a decus et tutamen inscription on the side. Is it worth anything?
As always Dan. Great video.
Awesome, I was wondering how to clean all my beach coins, I have them sitting in a bucket of water. I managed to bank heaps at the coin counter machine, but these ones would probably clog the machine up. I will go and get some vinegar.
I'm using lemon juice on my olimpic 50p coins because most of them turned brown. And it's working and now they have there shine back
loving your vids, been watcing from the sidelines for a while, my kids like to watch as well, ill be donating you some cash into your paypal account, ive been really keen on metal detecting but never had the money to go out and buy myself one, so this new competition your running is perfect, i love the work you do with the competitions for the kids, your a top bloke, ill bang £20 into paypal for you in the morning,
Use lemon juice and salt mix it tougher it cleans them instantly
Instead of using the smelly vinegar you should trie Citric acid in combination with salt.
Three or four minutes in this solution and 90 % of your modern coins are shining.
Rins them with washing up liquid and spend them (or save them for a rainy day of course)
It works a treat and you are quite correct when you say don't mix coppers with the clad as my experience gave me a beautiful looking bronze-age brooch that actually looked like bronze after I did a mixed metal clean.
P.S. Are you any good at taking spotters?
it was awesome i will make diging vides on my channel some maybe
Pretty sure that's malt , white vinegar is clear but anyway... answering gemhunters question, yeah it's still citric acid so it'll work...you can also buy a big 1kg bag of pure citric acid for like £7 off amazon which doesn't stink and doesn't cost loads.
tomato sauce works amazing for coins , i didnt believe it at first myself but it does
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So many people say you “ruin the value” he made it clear never to do this with any valuable coin so if someone still does it with a valuable coin it’s their fault for not listening
vinegar is a mild acid so don't leave them in a long time
Take them to the machine at the bank and deposit them.
Very helpful video, nice one :)
Lool to the people saying "Don't use a metal brush"- a logical person wouldn't do this to any coin earlier than an Edward VII and certainly no one would clean silver like this...I hear silver can also ware very fast when it is rubbed excessively by someone's thumb
You're better to use laboratory grade acetic acid, the main constituent of vinegar, and a more pure form of table salt. Great video, just me chipping my two pence in ;)
That electrolysis kit looks like a death trap also.
Thanks for the tips
Thanks dan, i have a bunch of dirty coins
Hi im kinda confused after seeing the last part. In the beginning u say vinegar and salt but in the end u say vinegar and water? so which one is it?
at 1:28 he says "copper and salt" just to confuse us even more! ;-)
Those coins look delicious after that marination
But how do you clean copper beacose all of my coins i found are copper even the 18 century ones.
If it happens that I unknowingly mixed some copper pennies in with the rest of the clad, how can I remove the pinkish stains off the clad ones?
Forget the salt n vinegar and just buy some harpsichord power plus toilet cleaner(black bottle) from the pound shop and put a bit in a tub and drop any of the following coins in.
5p,10p,20p,50p,£1,£2 and coins like sixpence,shillings etc that are silver or silver coloured.
Put the lid on the tub but make sure all coins are covered and then just shake for about 5-10 mins then remove lid and fill tub with water then take coins out one by one and clean with a cloth(on modern coins I use wire pad) and they should be nice and shiny.
Don't try and put copper coins in it as it turns them pinkish so I usually just wash with soapy water and dry.
I also recommend you wear rubber gloves as the toilet cleaner can irritate the skin.
+Jazzy Briggs You mean Harpic, which is Phosphoric acid. It's actually a weaker acid than vinegar, only the other ingredients can stain the coin. Not only that, it's quite expensive. If you really get into modern coin hunting, these chemical methods are useless for the large quantities involved. You need a barreling machine, steel shapes, soap and ammonia. The machine can just about clean the coins fast enough to keep up with the pace a competent detectorist can find them at. Mine will do sixty £1 coins at a time, and two batches per 24 hours....
+freeganjustin yes I mean harpic power+ which is a toilet cleaner and comes in a black bottle.
It does work as I've been using it for over 2yrs to clean my coins and other stuff that is hallmarked silver without any damage to the item at all.
It's not expensive as its £1 a bottle from the pound shops or £2 if you go to morrisons and you don't need a tumbler or any other equipment for it to work.
As for it being weaker than salt n vinegar then I suggest your talking about the wrong product as your eyes will start to water as soon as you take the top off as its that strong.
+Jazzy Briggs From a chemical perspective the acid involved in Harpic is weaker. It is however more concentrated, which is a different thing. I was in a laboratory once where a flask of glacial (super concentrated) acetic acid was opened. The choking fumes took ages to clear. I actually made up the solution Dan recommends, using hot vinegar to dissolve extra salt. It works well, but after a small handful of £1 coins were done, the acid was used up. These home chemical methods are fine if you only find a few pounds on the wet beach whilst searching for rings, or a little decimal on pasture while you search for Victorian stuff. If you search specially for recent coinage to spend, the time will come when you simply won't be able to clean it quick enough to keep up. A good barreling machine will last 30 / 40 years (I got mine in 1983) and will clean tens of thousands of pounds worth of spendies. What's not to like?
Hi Dan. Good advice there. I'll give it a try. :)
Welldone nice job ... keep it up.. awesome
Great video. I like Paul and his videos so already subbed there.
GL & HH!
Chris
Lemon juice is also very good
Back when the £1 coins where round!
Yhank you for the hint. ET🐻
Great video Dan, when you clean the Romans, does soaking in the olive oil from the start kill off the bronze disease over time, I think every one of mine has ended up with it!
Great little video thanks for sharing =)
Deep digger dan is awesome!!!!
Yah thanks that i will try
white vinegar is stronger in acid than malt, and probably would work better !
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it really works
Why did my science teacher send me this??
Probably cause of the vinegar and salt lol
It biology tho
cool video good info