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roy1954  
Posted : Saturday, 5 January 2013 12:22:08 PM(UTC)
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hi all,had a couple of hours yesterday with jason not too bad six silvers and a ww11 thumbs up for victory pin not seen one before a nice find,good hunting to all.
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Friday, 26 April 2013 10:02:39 PM(UTC)
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i got the same pin last week!!what where they for?
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goldstalker  
Posted : Saturday, 27 April 2013 1:48:56 PM(UTC)
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what did you use to clean the coins up ??
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tonznz  
Posted : Saturday, 27 April 2013 2:03:21 PM(UTC)
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Roy uses lemon juice as first option on silvers, I try soap and water , but I mostly use ammonia as well as lemon juice , but on copper/bronze coins I find only olive oil has a chance of recovering a coin.

best info I have found on coin cleaning:

http://www.anythinganywhere.com/info/clean.htm
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