I Think I Got Ripped Off :(

They appear to have had at least some soaking and I doubt many of them will clean up or give a good coin afterwards. There is room for cleaning here, but probably only via long oil soaking to preserve whats left of the coins.

For this batch, it was 1/8th a Kilo purchase, my wife paid $279. For the others 1/16th for $195 and $185 which are in just as bad of shape if not worse.

Had to edit. I thought she paid less, however she paid a lot more than I thought.

They are a pretty poor lot. Are you new to cleaning? If so, they will be good to practice on. Some have potential. Cleaned or not, all these places have sifted the coins before selling on to you. You are highly unlikely to find anything of real interest, treat it as an education.

Chuck them in DW or OO, but anything with bright green spots keep separate.

First of all cheer up :) We have all been there. The crud that they are coated with was picked up from the environment over the last 1700 years or so. It won't release it without a fight. Patience is your best friend here. I personally don't like olive oil, it is OK for silver but for bronze I prefer distilled water. You can try OO after DW doesn't work, but don't try it the other way round. Other people swear by OO it is personal preference.

Better pictures would allow us to give a bit more advice on individual coins.

Your pictures are a bit dark so it's difficult to see if any details shows through the dirt. As for the price sorry to say but IMO that was way too high for these uncleaned lots. Hopefully with some soaking and brushing something nice might turn up.

OK images would be too small.
First link
Top row 5 from left
Second row 2 from left

Third link
Bottom row 1st coin

Of course you are only showing one side of the coin. There might be potential on the other sides. Use these coins for a bit of practice, you are not going to ruin a valuable coin, and it will pay dividends once you get your hands on some good stuff.

Unfortunately I made sure I put the side with any sign of detail to the top. I have checked most fairly close with a magnifier and could not see any details on most. Some were as smooth as a baby's arse.

Ohh, I didn't realize that photo bucket is not showing the actual size. If you download it / open it you can view the full 4608 x 3072 image. I will also try and take some brighter pictures of the this and the other packs as well.

I will send an email to the company as see if anything can be done.

Thanks for all the tips guys. I will try to post the other pics tomorrow.

First thing, keep them separate from your other coins. Second, if you are keeping them, they need to go into distilled water after you have picked the dusty bits off. Every scrap has to come off. Then they go into distilled water for a soak. Chances are that the centre of the coin has the rot. Have a look on the internet for "bronze disease". Before you attempt any of the recommended "solutions" check back on the forum, there are some wacky ideas out there.

There is a product called verdi-care, available from the States, the shipping was extortionate to the UK. There is also another product, don't remember what it is called but it is available from dirtyoldcoins.com. It is possible that none of these coins are worth saving, but it would be good practice to try. That way when one of your good coins comes down with a dose, you will be able to deal with it. Even when apparently "cured" BD can recur, so you have to keep checking your coins, which is good practice any way.