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Restoring Buffalo's With White Vinegar

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 Posted 08/10/2010  12:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Waredu to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have a question about this. Can an expert (or even a non-expert) tell that it has been soaked in vinegar? Is it visible? Or does enough metal get eaten away to change the weight significantly?

To my naked eye, I can't tell - but I don't really know what to look for either I suppose.
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 Posted 08/10/2010  12:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add afclassic87 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have not noticed a weight change. The acid removes smallest amount of nickel. I don't think you would see much change compared to a non treated heavily worn buff.
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 Posted 08/10/2010  08:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fatboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes you can tell!
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You can tell the coin looks for lack of a better word... flat... ? The luster and age appears to go away and the coin is kinda a dull flat colored nickel.. that being said I did my first dateless and came up with a 1913!... I will be doing this again on my roll hunted buffalos
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The acid treated nickels also feel kind of chalky or rough in my experience.
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yea, I might leave them in a bit longer. I am still waiting on some nicadate I ordered.

anyone know if you can dilute nic-a-date so you can use more of it? just takes longer?
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