Help~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow that is a long long time. By the way, (I will also post this in the buy section), would anyone happen to have some really crusty/verdegris covered coins they would sell to me for a MODERATE price? I would like to test out some cleaning methods.

Andrew

thanks!

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Originally posted by greekandromancoins

Hello Buffaloboy,

Susan's method is the safest and best advised course of action. You may use distilled (deionised) water as an alternative to olive oil. I prefer to do so because the coins get oily and a nusiance to handle. The disadvantage is that the water must be changed pretty regularly.

Some of the coins will inevitably resist cleaning no matter how long you soak them for. For these, you might consider other options, perhaps careful electrolysis combined with normal mechanical cleaning.

Peter

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I have tried both and I think they work but after a long time the advantage to the distilled water is you do not need to clean with anything after to remove the oil, also distilled water is cheaper . the better Grade olive oil you use is said to have an Impact I have used extra extra virgin olive oil but it is expensive.

where can I get pictures of the coins you are talking about?

Buffulo..can you post a picture of your crusty coins ?...did you see any metal or are they all coververed with hardened soil/dirt...etc.

Greek...i tried recently few coins(in the same condition of those in the picture above) in a ultra sound cleaner that I bought. And this thing seems to work well on thick greek coins. Dirt starts to break off little by little. The vibration that this machine gives off loosen the dirt then you start to seen them fall. But you have to keep your eyes on your coins because it's powerfull enough to pry of some patinas specially on roman imperial coins.
Now I have dipped few uncleaned coins in olive oil first to wetten the dirt a bit...then I'm gonna drop them in the machine then see how they go. I think that would help the ultra sound cleaner pry off the dirt much easier....I'm gonna wait and see :)

Sorry greek...i just red your post. Now why didn't I get notified that someone replied ?..hmmm...anyways
here's the one I got from The Source :

http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/S...er&pagenum=0

It's a shop here that ressambles somewhat Radio Shack.
Ti'll now I tried several things like dipping coins in olive oil first for few days before dropping them in the cleaner....but that didn't do much thing...then cleaning solutions...also didn't loosen the dirt before their bath in the ultra sound cleaner.
The best cleaned coins were those that I didn't add nothing..only tap water which you fill the stainless steel tank of the cleaner with..tbefore dropping the coin/coins in...on the stainless steel. Because the cleaner comes with plastic seperator that goes in in between the tank and your coins.
But I found that the seperator is no good for cleaning ancient coins because the dirt is too tough.It's better without it. So for now the best thing is not to add anything....just water...then you drop your coin. Then you hit the start button which is a 3 minute timer. So several cycles are needed before you see some results. But with each cycle you'll notice pieces of soil(that is hundreds or thousands of years old)that are stuck on the coin start vibrating..then little by little they come off. But you have to do some tests first with different types of coins to learn what work best with this machine.

Regads,
Patrick