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Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 6:12:37 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1650 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey gang... I've been working a spot I found this past fall and I have pulled out a few nice bottles, but I have also found some coins, musket balls and a lead dog figure... check it out... Wayne Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 6:14:04 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1650 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Here is the dog... relieving himself... Attachment (1) (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 2

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 6:18:02 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1650 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline I'll post a picture of some of the coins, but I'm having trouble getting the details of them... I have found some silver, a large cent from Massachusettes minted in 1787, walking liberty halves, silver dimes, and indian head pennies, V-nickles etc. Hard spot to dig and there is a lot of broken glass, so I have cut my suit to shreads, but I think it's worth it. Wayne (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 3

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 7:40:29 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline stuff like coins are hard to photograph. If you have access to a flatbed scanner they work great for coins and other small items _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 4

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 7:58:47 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2238 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline I just found that out Here's a pic of the coin I found today. it's an 1897 quarter. I'm going to try and scan it next. Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 5

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 8:05:59 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline My little Pentax Optio does a stand up job on coins, I think... Ron Attachment (1) _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 6

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 8:10:14 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2238 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline show off...just kidding. I'd say it does a fantastic job! _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 7

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 8:19:48 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey Zane... I was disappointed you didn't bid in the auction... I was hoping those coin necklaces would rope you in...ROR! Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 8

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 8:21:36 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2238 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline all I saw was the bottle if you're talking about the auction to benefit the forum. hmmmm? Here's the pic I just scanned. Man what a difference! Attachment (1) < Message edited by zanes_antiques -- 1/6/2007 9:02:19 PM > _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 9

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 10:06:29 PM    wvhillbilly   Posts: 719 Joined: 5/21/2006 From: West Virginia Status: offline Nice coins guys. So whats the best way to clean them roman coins since ive seen 3 nice ones on here today someone knows what they are doing. Ohh Bearswede if it wasnt noon before I woke up today the coins woulda got 40 outa me _____________________________ Check out my bottles for sale! http://Glasstrader.yolasite.com (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 10

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/6/2007 11:45:22 PM    JGUIS   Posts: 1931 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline That dog looks like it's trying to pass a chess piece or a chicken bone or somethin'. _____________________________ Problems are not solved by the same level of thinking that created them. (in reply to wvhillbilly) Post #: 11

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 12:01:34 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2238 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline Go easy on the mutt!  _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to JGUIS) Post #: 12

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 12:48:54 AM    capsoda Posts: 9832 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Why would anyone make a lead dog crapping!!!!! Geeeeez _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ http://www.bornagainamerican.org (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 13

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 1:03:46 AM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: online Wayne use your Macro or close up setting on your camera, the flower looking symbol. Do you have any way to mike the Musket balls, it's hard to gauge size without something in the pic to guage it by. Say maybe a ruler I guessing these are Revolutionary War era? Were there any battles or encampments in the area? Is the dog cast or carved. At times soldiers had idle time on their hands and would carve items from the lead bullets. If that is the case it will bring a pretty penney. < Message edited by cc6pack -- 1/7/2007 1:05:04 AM > (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 14

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 9:16:16 AM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey Phillip... I use lemon juice, mostly...And a lot of scrubbing with detail brushes and green scrubbies... Sometimes resort to electrolysis and muriatic acid (highly caustic!!!)... When I get to bare, shiny metal (if I have to go that far), I re-patina the coin using gun bluing liquid, among other things... Somewhere on the archives here are discussions of various methods used by forum members... Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to wvhillbilly) Post #: 15

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 11:14:40 AM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1650 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline cc6pack... Hey Dennis...  These things were all found underwater in a old wharf/dock area where ships unloaded or tied up.  There was a ton of debris to move out of the way, heavy current, low visibility at times, cold water, overhead boat traffic... you know, all of the fun things to deal with when you're underwater... All the stuff I found here came from overlapping time periods... I found a 1787 large cent, a 2 cent piece, some indian head pennies, a hard luck coin from 1830's some V nickles, standing liberty half dollar, barber heads, even a "Goat Club" coin from 1930... they are all pretty chewed up from being underwater for so long, so I might try some electrolysis to bring them back, but I'd have to talk to Ron about that... What do you say Ron??? The lemon juice first? Wayne (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 16

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 11:14:55 AM    wvhillbilly   Posts: 719 Joined: 5/21/2006 From: West Virginia Status: offline Thanks I was thinkin about spayin them with clear coat after they were cleaned to keep the clean metal look to em. _____________________________ Check out my bottles for sale! http://Glasstrader.yolasite.com (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 17

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 12:03:18 PM    bearswede Posts: 3191 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey, Wayne... I use that technique on cheap Romans I buy in bulk... You may want to go really slowly with any dug American/colonial coins... I know that U.S. coin collectors frown on any messing with the original patina... Try looking online for cleaning techniques... Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 18

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 2:37:04 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: online Wayne Salt water will disolve the silver coins turn them into silver oxide, if they're pitted real bad not a lot you can do, don't clean the lead objects other than maybe a light brushing with a soft bristle brush. An old toothbrush works great. I vote don't clean any of the coins. Ain't blackwater diving fun...............NOT (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 19

RE: Coins, musket balls and ??? - 1/7/2007 11:08:19 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1650 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey bearswede and 6pack... I took a couple more photos of the Massachusetts colonial large cent coin... it came out a little better... Wayne Attachment (1) (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 20

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