why are people so dumb? why are they compelled to comment on using the wire brush and the whole "you should never try and clean a valuable coin"? He made it VERY clear this was not about cleaning valuable coins. MOVE ON. It's ok we all know you are super intelligent cause you know not to use a wire brush on a one of a kind coin. BTW.. Deep Digger...I love your videos and your passion!
@andykemnitz1225
9 жыл бұрын
Ednerd The people who said that were just trying to help, it's not as big of a deal as you're making it.
@Ednerd
9 жыл бұрын
andrew kemnitz not making a big deal. but those making the "don't use a wire brush" comment are. Again..not necessary to make that comment when Dan had already made it perfectly clear. Me I'm just asking a simple question and I'd really love to know the answer.
@yo.boi.skyelar
7 жыл бұрын
Ednerd ii
@nathantorresstanevil6958
6 жыл бұрын
Ednerd Z
@craftylot
11 жыл бұрын
I do what I call 'laundering' of my filthy coins. I go to the vending machines in my office, put in the crap coins, select cancel and out come clean coins. Got to be happy with that ;)
@dennisng3465
4 жыл бұрын
0:07 My nephew having a hearty laugh when the word "Mega Donkey" came up.
@chriscaine7689
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. I found £3.75 in total, they were really green. Found your video, tried it and 20 mins later most of it twrrific and spendable. Just got to wait for the £1 coins overnight. Many many thanks.
@notmanynamesleft
25 күн бұрын
You can still spend them even if they're filthy
@Doug56
11 жыл бұрын
Hi Dan, tried your method, salt and vinegar, unfortunately the smell drove out of the house and down to the chippy, I'm now £5.20 down, which is more than the value of the coins I was trying to clean. Found a James 1st silver half Grote last week ... "GET IN"
@Skynexbox
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! It did work even faster for me, after I put them in a small jar with a lid and gave them a bit of a stir. :)
@jpwoodwork
7 жыл бұрын
there is an abrasive paste made in the UK (sold worldwide) that woodturners use called Yorkshire Gri, that works wonders on cleaning coins up
@rkb6783
5 жыл бұрын
Cleaning is called... DESTROYING !
@rhondacotten
Жыл бұрын
Yes for the most part this is true but what if in those coins you have a valuable coin would this actually mean, "a use to be valuable" because cleaning is a bad thing? I'm new at coin collecting but I have a water cooler jug full from old cars.
@eugene251
7 жыл бұрын
my friend a lot of thanks for posting this video,it really helped.I have many old coins for my collection and l did what you told,well not ten minutes have passed and they clean as new
@jhnby1017
11 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video. Suggest using the Vinegar and Salt in a tumbler. Only takes 30 minutes and you don't have to stick around enjoying the smell. LOL. I clean mine in the garage so no problem, too much, with the smell. Also no need to re-clean if you use a tumbler. Clean clad separately from the pennies. Thanks.
@iluvgtasan
11 жыл бұрын
Love the online metal detecting community. Although I'm not really a part of it.
@pondguru
11 жыл бұрын
The one before decimal coins came in. They are actually nickel / brass. It is really known ad 3d but I thought some vierers wouldnt know what the 'd' referred to (the one with 12 sides) but a particularly fuzzy one has much the same weight and shape as a modern £1 coin so I always throe them into the coin machine and see which ones it takes. Most will get spat out but not all.
@simonshenry
11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Brown sauce does the same. Think it is the natural acids in the vinager and cheap hone brand brown sauce. Like you say best to leave over night. Brown sauce is great for 1p 2p and new coins/clad great one dan.
@pondguru
11 жыл бұрын
That is a great way to clean the modern coins but I don't bother cleaning the modern muck and I just chuck it in the change converter in the local supermarket. It takes all sorts of filthy coins including the cupro nickel 3p which sometimes get recorded as a £1 coin. Old washers all go in there and its pot luck what they go down as. Anything foreign is also a lottery, lol.
@rhondacotten
Жыл бұрын
I've got tons of pennies that I get out of old cars & cars that don't belong to anyone thru my job. Really I started out just saving them by putting them in a water cooler jug so that when it's full I could cash them in. Most of these pennies are really bad with corrosion so what I'm wondering is should I clean them & then look for what I call miss prints when they were minted? I've been told that it's like one in a million that I would find a rare or valuable coin. Please any advice because I'm new at this game & I don't want to go thru a long process of cleaning & looking at each one if that is the odds.
@SootyHunt
8 жыл бұрын
"Yep, aving that, aving that as well" Sounds like me lol
@mach1mustang1971
11 жыл бұрын
hello dan!...fantastic video...I do a lot of videos on guns and shooting...one of the things we use to clean and work on firearms are brass brushes and punches...the brass will not damage other metals nearly as much as stainless steel brushes...you might want to use your brass brush as your primary brush and use the stainless for cleaning the stubborn stuff...take care and all the best to you!!!!
@MrGerryodonothing
9 жыл бұрын
It works a treat and you are quite correct when you say don't mix coppers with the clad as my experience gave me a beautiful looking bronze-age brooch that actually looked like bronze after I did a mixed metal clean. P.S. Are you any good at taking spotters?
@420alldway
11 жыл бұрын
im a huge detecting fan, ive been following cajuncoinhunter and another one your subd to, i cant wait till i get my own detector, got plenty of farm land where my mom lives plus their used to be a roman temple their that was discovered when they built houses, so cant wait to got looking and document what i find, i got permision to go on the land so just need a detector and ill be out making my own vids, great work deep digger dan,
@TreasureByMeasure
7 жыл бұрын
I'm always nervous to clean my coins. But, you've given me something to think about. Thanks for sharing
@Lyndam98
8 жыл бұрын
Makes me want chips...
@Noname-ny4vx
3 жыл бұрын
Have u had your chips yet 😂😂😂
@aleksandrarama
3 жыл бұрын
Crisps
@christophercole7015
3 жыл бұрын
@@aleksandrarama what?
@alex_gacha4425
3 жыл бұрын
@@christophercole7015 crisps is British for chips
@lyricedits3742
3 жыл бұрын
I found a 1996 Celtic cross pound coin with a decus et tutamen inscription on the side. Is it worth anything?
@The1BlackBear
8 жыл бұрын
Should have been Thank you. Bought my self a XP Deus and within 20 minutes I found two Nickels stuck together about 10 inches down 5 feet from my house. Very pleased. the date 194??...
@silversteve1893
11 жыл бұрын
nice tips cheers :) the best i found for cleaning the silver hammys dan is a spit shine. place in tin foil spit in to coat completely rap it tight and a chemical reaction will happen it get hot followed by the worst smell of rotten eggs u will know when happens best to do outside then leave 4 and cople of minutes take it out then with abit toilet paper wipe the **** away comes up shining a treat
@ArcturanMegadonkey
11 жыл бұрын
White or brown vinegar works, just make sure you add a table spoon of salt and give it a stir, works a treat just make sure you don't put copper coins in with silver looking coins (cupranickel) other wise they'll go pink LOL, trust me it's hard work trying to spend a pink 10p haha. hope this helps Paul
@Diggerww2
11 жыл бұрын
i use the same method ,works very well but dont leave em to soak to long!, works also great on empty cartridges!
@kanenicholson5215
6 жыл бұрын
hi dan i tried this and it worked perfectly. thanks
@ArcturanMegadonkey
11 жыл бұрын
Excellent Dan, great video and I'm pleased my tip worked for you and thanks a million for the shout outs. happy hunting, cya soon Paul
@golddiggerdave
5 жыл бұрын
Cleaning coins, makes my OCD go off the scale. Dan I get loads of modern spendable coins, I don't bother cleaning as they all spend in the self service tills in Morrisons, I bag them all up and at the end of the season get a couple of trolleys of booze and dog food for my boy and load up the tills with my shite.....It gives me grate satisfaction, BTW I show quite a few modern golds and historic Sovereigns on my little channel. Cheers
@dcox01
11 жыл бұрын
As always Dan. Great video.
@kennethmackenzie3941
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Dan, I'm new to detecting and just found my first coin. It came out of the ground with a lot of definition and a date of 1843 visible, it's a half penny. I put it in a plastic bag and after a month got around to trying to clean it. It's now unreconisable , I haven't touched it, it's corroded and gone black. How can I clean it, is it saveable. CheersKenny Mac
@randomnessamethyst8438
7 жыл бұрын
Let me answer your question instead of that inexperienced person. Never clean old coins or it's bye-bye value.
@gemhunter99
11 жыл бұрын
Can you use white vinegar? or does it have to be cider vinegar?
@mattg6936
10 жыл бұрын
Works a treat 👍 happy days ,thanks
@mikepowell3587
11 жыл бұрын
Nice one Dan now they are clean get out there and spend em should be anough for brekie and dinner
@HostileMakeover
11 жыл бұрын
best thing I've used to clean metal of any kind, including coins, is a trick a jeweler showed me. he uses a 50/50 of windex and mr. clean to soak pieces in for a few hours, a tooth brush. I once made up 3 gallons of the stuff and it worked to unsieze a small engine leaving it overnight. doesn't damage the metal, but eats away any dirt or corrosion. it's pretty cheap too if you don't use name brand products.
@SurrealWorldNews
11 жыл бұрын
A good tip for cleaning spendable coins you find on the beach, like £1 and 20p etc. Is to just rub them using just your fingers in the wet sand. They clean up like new and then you can spend them right away on chips or ice cream :)
@notmanynamesleft
25 күн бұрын
Or you can just spend them when they're filthy? 🤔
@sgt.davideswigerusmc5113
9 жыл бұрын
So is it vinegar & salt or copper & salt? Just messin, about 1min. 28 in, a slip of the teeth. Good job.
@NandiCollector
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video and tips. :)
@coincleaningservice9430
9 жыл бұрын
Interesting approaches for clad coins or otherwise. Not exactly the way we do it. But not bad. Although we might use something similar for small batches of more valuable coins.
@Leviuddd
11 жыл бұрын
Dan, what kind of vinegar do you use?
@howstuffisdone
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks dan, good tip on the roman coins ;)
@millcityblaze1978
9 жыл бұрын
i have been detecting for about 2 weeks now, found my first Indian head penny 1864 date, i googled how to clean it and this salt vinegar solution was the top result. Sadly it completely destroyed the coin it went from partially legible to utterly destroyed, you cant even tell what it is now the Indian head is gone its just sad :(
@freeganjustin6699
9 жыл бұрын
+SKYLANDBAK Vinegar contains acetic acid, which is quite a strong acid. Don't be fooled by the heavy dilution. Also, US cents are pure copper, which doesn't form a protective patina in the ground. Most of the detail will be in the corrosion products on the coin. You have to clean off the dirt whilst leaving these compounds behind. A UK penny of 1860s date would be bronze which often develops a smooth green patina that is more robust and easier to clean. I get good results by washing the dirt off, then warming the coin til very dry, at which point any dark scale can be brushed off.
@freeganjustin
8 жыл бұрын
+Bryan Rothschild That's not a nice response to a beginner in the world's most interesting hobby. He made a genuine mistake because he's a beginner. Don't forget, coins from the ground will always need some cleaning, the secret is knowing how far to go. That takes experience.
@derek8095
8 жыл бұрын
I made the same mistake with my first Indian head too, go watch aquachiggers video on cleaning copper coins. the trick is to never wash copper coins, scrape off some dirt with a toothpick and that's all, leaving some dirt on the copper to show the details
@faddayaady5623
8 жыл бұрын
+Derek Hipolito u could clean copper coins by using an eraser n rub it thats what i do to clean my copper coin charm
@shirleywitowski5994
7 жыл бұрын
johnny blaze 1
@DavittFinol
6 жыл бұрын
If it happens that I unknowingly mixed some copper pennies in with the rest of the clad, how can I remove the pinkish stains off the clad ones?
@Enigmaprince
8 жыл бұрын
Hi im kinda confused after seeing the last part. In the beginning u say vinegar and salt but in the end u say vinegar and water? so which one is it?
@StevesProjects
8 жыл бұрын
at 1:28 he says "copper and salt" just to confuse us even more! ;-)
@XxHaRtBrEaKxX
11 жыл бұрын
Dear deep digger Dan can your metal detector detect metal in the water?
@pjaj43
4 жыл бұрын
I found that plain vinegar works just as well. When I added salt, the "copper" coins turned pink and the "brew" started fizzing, probably electrolytic action of dissimilar metals.
@carmellitz1854
11 жыл бұрын
thank u deep digger dan that helped me a ton!
@uncletuesday
7 жыл бұрын
Aloha .... great video ! How do you prevent copper coins from turning pink when cleaning? Mahalo Bruce
@ghostyoo6573
3 жыл бұрын
I usually fully soak them in window cleaner for a day and a night and it works on all coins without ruining them, however it works the best on copper
Awesome, I was wondering how to clean all my beach coins, I have them sitting in a bucket of water. I managed to bank heaps at the coin counter machine, but these ones would probably clog the machine up. I will go and get some vinegar.
@MisterSilverMonster
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir. Very educational.
@SIG442
11 жыл бұрын
I clean my water with regular clean water, use a toothbrush to scrub. For harder cases a sanding sponge (one side sanding pad, rest normal sponge). Or even a brush that you use to scrub your hands and nails clean after getting them dirty. Just do NOT scrub the coins to hard, you only will dmg them that way. But it should take care of even old coins like I always do. No point in chemicals if it isnt needed :)
@johnmoreland8706
8 жыл бұрын
tring it out right now..just got my 1st detector out of the box..walked out my back door to the yard..and in 1 meter of searching got 63 cents U.S...woo whoo got in..was no ones..now its mine all mine..buzzin
@321Hamzah
9 жыл бұрын
I just found a British coin dated 1799. What is the best way to clean it and how do I know if it's of any value?
@Sillykat420
9 жыл бұрын
+Hamzah Hussain I recommend you first check its legitimacy, and then donate it to a museum.
@321Hamzah
9 жыл бұрын
i tried the vinegaqr and salt method but it has turned it sort of green, what should i do?
@Sillykat420
8 жыл бұрын
Paul Cooper Umm... I'm concerned about why you felt the need to say that.
@ThePhilandPam
11 жыл бұрын
Great video Dan, when you clean the Romans, does soaking in the olive oil from the start kill off the bronze disease over time, I think every one of mine has ended up with it!
@TGBCH
5 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video, nice one :)
@6641dave
11 жыл бұрын
Dan, if you want to clean silver coins, use some toothpaste, just scrub it with toothpaste, works for me fine! olso jewlery or other stuf, work perfectly!
@chrisfry7915
11 жыл бұрын
Great video. I like Paul and his videos so already subbed there. GL & HH! Chris
@420alldway
11 жыл бұрын
loving your vids, been watcing from the sidelines for a while, my kids like to watch as well, ill be donating you some cash into your paypal account, ive been really keen on metal detecting but never had the money to go out and buy myself one, so this new competition your running is perfect, i love the work you do with the competitions for the kids, your a top bloke, ill bang £20 into paypal for you in the morning,
@war2slayer
11 жыл бұрын
thx dan now I learnt something from you . great job m8 , super . ps does It work on euro,s too ?
@philspartan176
10 жыл бұрын
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it or not but coca cola is really good on copper coins ,just let then soak over night and they look like new again and it doesn't damage the coin at all ,just removes the muck :)
@philspartan176
10 жыл бұрын
sounds strange I know but give it a try and let me know what you think ,ive tried it many times and iam amazed by the results ,they look like they were just minted ,let me know what you think or even post your results or your thoughts on it ,cheers
@warrenlauzon5315
10 жыл бұрын
It is just the bubbly (carbonic acid) in the Coke that does that, vinegar works better and is a lot cheaper.
@rbeck3200tb40
10 жыл бұрын
What is an electrolysis kit ?
@kimjameson7979
10 жыл бұрын
Warren Lauzon Just guessing, but with a bit of rum, the left over Coke is better than vinegar.
@SKYLANDBAK
9 жыл бұрын
You'll probably end up spending more on the coke than the coins are worth..
@DerekNaylor
11 жыл бұрын
Think white vinegar works well to :-). ..I have only ever used brown and it does work well
@fdafa9941
5 жыл бұрын
can I put them in salt and vinegar crisps ?
@Lucky-mr1wr
4 жыл бұрын
Brown sauce works a treat not even joking my grandad showed me when i was younger
@davidcoupland3055
5 жыл бұрын
I'm using lemon juice on my olimpic 50p coins because most of them turned brown. And it's working and now they have there shine back
@dawns9895
10 жыл бұрын
This works even better if it is slightly warmed. I use a mug warmer with a glass jar for the silver and copper jewelry.
@tonyoliver6797
10 жыл бұрын
I've used the spit a foil method a few times and it just removes the tarnish completely, smells like rotten eggs though
@ArcturanMegadonkey
11 жыл бұрын
yes white vinegar is just as good, just remember never put in copper with nickel coins else the nickel coins go pink....they do look nice though but I doubt you'll be able to spend them LOL, I had a pink pound coin for ages ahhaha
@Supradrew
11 жыл бұрын
Hi Dan. Good advice there. I'll give it a try. :)
@shannonbtanner
11 жыл бұрын
Try mixing the vinegar with the baking soda...in very small amounts of baking soda...if your sink gets stopped up dump baking soda in it and then pour in the vinegar...I do this once a month just to keep my pipes clean of sludge
@pallaster1
8 жыл бұрын
Clean in a flash!
@elvincalayag7054
4 жыл бұрын
it worked!!! thanks for the vid by the way i subscribed,turn on the bell and liked!!!
@keywellcoinsmafiametals8726
11 жыл бұрын
I just use the never fail water and baking soda paste for the silver coins. Works nice
@kayleight44
8 жыл бұрын
could i use this way on two shilling coins?
@traviswilliams8455
11 жыл бұрын
Deep digger dan is awesome!!!!
@frankyalvarez7160
6 жыл бұрын
Layer a pan with baking soda, Put coins on baking soda, Pour boiling water on coins, Layer baking soda over the coins so the are completely covered, Wait 5 minutes, Then dig them out one by one and rub them until they get clean (use nitrile gloves), sometimes you don’t have to rub them but this method does not scratch and cleans them up like new.
@abhishekphatak401
2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful...
@Mustii786
11 жыл бұрын
Welldone nice job ... keep it up.. awesome
@Jhet
5 жыл бұрын
Those coins look delicious after that marination
@tristanfox872
6 жыл бұрын
So many people say you “ruin the value” he made it clear never to do this with any valuable coin so if someone still does it with a valuable coin it’s their fault for not listening
@notmanynamesleft
25 күн бұрын
Can you do a video on spending the dirtiest coins? I don't think legal tender can be refused regardless to the cleanliness 🤔
@viddobrisek6953
9 жыл бұрын
But how do you clean copper beacose all of my coins i found are copper even the 18 century ones.
@blitzb4
11 жыл бұрын
I use the vinegar and salt but in a stone tumbler... I get way to may to mess around by hand. Also it will clean those so called "shot" coins that you think have no hope.
@willzo0o269
4 жыл бұрын
I thought I was watching how to clean my coins not how to season my chips.🤣
@Ageingmetalhead
4 жыл бұрын
Useful tips, so thanks for the vid. But I doubt any of those coins are 'Clad' as you keep refering to them. Clad is an American & Canadian term to denote a steel cored coin. Most of what you have there (infact I would think all) are Cupro nickel coins. We do have clad coins in the UK but have only had them for a few years. The 5 & 10p are now minted from stamped steel & have a nickel coating (6% of the coins make up) & the 1 & 2p is stamped steel that is copper plated (6% of the coins make up. Everything else in circulation is NOT clad.
@bbsouthernsafari
9 жыл бұрын
cool video good info
@The1BlackBear
8 жыл бұрын
Yhank you for the hint. ET🐻
@thepurge2856
10 жыл бұрын
I've got a coin from 1807 would it work ?
@nokiot9
11 жыл бұрын
I feed my non spendable stuff I dig up into soda machines and press the "change return" button. It'll usually give you different coins back. As for the copper pennies I save till I have a ton then dump them into this 420 cleaner stuff. Works really well, and its reusable
@rhondacotten
Жыл бұрын
Please what is 420? Because I have a water cooler jug full of pennies from old cars & don't know how to clean them
@nokiot9
Жыл бұрын
@@rhondacotten it’s called 420 cleaner you get it at smoke shops
@lisahughes3328
11 жыл бұрын
We use the exact same toothbrush! Great on coins but leaves my teeth a bit a bit dirty hmmm!
@cutaplug
11 жыл бұрын
Great little video thanks for sharing =)
@darylarcher1527
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips
@twentedigger3062
11 жыл бұрын
I'll give it a try
@xxlray
11 жыл бұрын
If you don't like the smell of vinegar you can use citric acid or the juice of squeezed lemons.
@kendelion
8 жыл бұрын
have around 30,000yen coins which i got from my job disassembling old cars. I find coins from 1yen to 500yen which is so dirty and old. Even banks are turning eyes on me when i exchange it. LOL
@Hwyadylaw
8 жыл бұрын
This made me realise how useful and easy to read 千, 万, 億 etc. are
@kendelion
8 жыл бұрын
McDucky it's a bit tricky converting from 100万円 onwards to english thousands millions etc. Lol
@carltomacruz9138
5 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, I would gladly clean them all for you.
@desilva4901
7 жыл бұрын
Don't it need to neutralized with baking soda with water?
@paco_lord87
4 ай бұрын
I cleaned some copper coins (1penny, 2pence and other unvaluable) this way and they really turned brighter than ussual.. but look good in my album 😂.
@brianpercival1829
8 жыл бұрын
Note to You Tube. Please PLEASE make the next video available at the top of the list to the right so we who are binge watching can find the next video (166). Not there and have to go back to the main page and put 166 in the search box. It is something that is pissing off us binge watchers. Thank you.
@cometomyfrontdoor
11 жыл бұрын
tomato sauce works amazing for coins , i didnt believe it at first myself but it does
@theblindmaster4519
9 жыл бұрын
how do you clean your normal things you find
@mrsmonkeydoodle
11 жыл бұрын
Wow that does work well. But not copper?
@natashagoadby6675
7 жыл бұрын
also used toothpaste also use lemon and baking soda aswell mate
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