Christmas gift idea

pocketpiececommems

If you need a Christmas gift idea and you have a lot of coins to clean ask for a Rock Tumbler. That was one of the most used gifts that I got last year. And it works great!!

lordmarcovan

I got one last year, too. Have only used it once but it is indeed good to have.

pocketpiececommems

I had ten years of metal detecting coins to clean and it did the job on them. I did find that if the clad is seperated from the cents that it won't have that copper look when your're finished.

coinnut86

<< <i> got one last year, too. Have only used it once but it is indeed good to have. >>



Do you clean the ones you find, or what do you do with them?

Edited because I just realized I quoted the wrong person

phut

Hmmmm, think I'll start droppin' hints.

goldrush00013

I have one similar to this.

Cleans a lot of coins at once and is pretty quick about it.
I bought it originaly just to polish the coin rings I make , but have used it 5 or 6 times now for coins.

Dockwalliper

I have a cheap Harbor Freight tumbler, Its what I do when the ground is under a foot of snow.

coinnut86

I quoted the wrong person

lordmarcovan

coinnut86- I did hint that it might be handy for tumbling dug coins, so my wife got me one. I tried it on some crusty V-nickels and Indian cents and suchlike, which I'd dug. The results were mixed- I was trying crushed pecan shells as a medium, which was recommended to me by some local friends.

The last time I had a tumbler (a much cheaper one) I used regular beach sand as a medium and was tumbling some of those "uncleaned" ancient Roman coins from an eBay bulk lot, and the results were quite good. I just tumbled them overnight and in the few cases where they were overpolished (showing brassy colored high spots), I daubed 'em with sulfur-Vaseline paste and they redarkened nicely.

I think I might go back to the beach sand. It's plentiful enough here.