Pictures of last years Silver.

I thought I'd show last years Silver coins from all the various hunts put together.
In the first picture all the 50% silver is on the left, with the pre 1945 .925 silver coins on the right.
The four coins on the extreme right are Victorian sixpences top to bottom 1874, 1883, 1881 & 1881.
The one with the hole in the centre is a 1934 shilling that was used as a washer or a spacer.(pity it wasn't a holey dollar).

Now for the sectionised pictures.
young florins

old florin

young shillings

old shillings

closeup of the holey shilling(didn't really go any closer)

young sixpences

old sixpences

Victorian era sixpences

young threepences

old threepences

Some are good, some are bad, but they all made me happier when I found them !!!
66 silvers there.

Silver...great finds and very nice pictures....way to go!! Now we all know why you call yourself Silver...

I said I can smell it Zlato, anyone can, you just have to train yourself(and trust your subconscious).

Nice work.

Good work Silver!
Will you clean your silvers?
I always check to see if their valuable ( never are ), if not I soak them in lemon juice for about 10 minutes then use Bi-Carb to wipe off the dirt

Someone posted what they collected last year (might have been over a 6 month period), I really liked that idea so I'm trying to do something similar
My silver coin count for the year is 22

SF

That is clean for the moment, until I discover that perfect method I'll just let em all sit(washed in soapy water).
I've tried wet bicarb, but its a bit like using a super fine powder cleanser(through the loupe). I will try your method when I get a lemon though.
I don't mind if we all put our pictures of silver finds in here !

Silver_Fox said:

Good work Silver!
Will you clean your silvers?
I always check to see if their valuable ( never are ), if not I soak them in lemon juice for about 10 minutes then use Bi-Carb to wipe off the dirt

Someone posted what they collected last year (might have been over a 6 month period), I really liked that idea so I'm trying to do something similar
My silver coin count for the year is 22

SF

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Awesome work! whats the plan with them? Album them/collect years via finds? Scrap silver value? Or just keep them just because

I just went on a year since i got my detector, think my count is at 44 so not too bad i guess including 2 foreign silvers

Nice collection mate. I'll post a photo of my Silver finds soon, they're locked away at the moment and it's a pain in the backside to get to them.

It's hard to let go of them Angre7, probably a bit like gold fever I suppose.
I do have an album with some that I've cleaned before(while back), I'll get some pictures on soon.

ANGRE7 said:

Awesome work! whats the plan with them? Album them/collect years via finds? Scrap silver value? Or just keep them just because

I just went on a year since i got my detector, think my count is at 44 so not too bad i guess including 2 foreign silvers

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Can't wait to see em, even the dirty ones are beautiful.

Nugget said:

Nice collection mate. I'll post a photo of my Silver finds soon, they're locked away at the moment and it's a pain in the backside to get to them.

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Righteo, here are some pictures from the Album.
Most of these coins(all the pretty silver ones) were retrieved in the one part of a ripped beach.
You can see on some of them that they were washed around in the sand a bit and abraised on some of the high points.
They were all totally sand encrusted, this protected them from being further abraised when the beach ripped.
Sort of like their own little protective coating from the silver oxide joining with the sand to make a crust.
They were all cleaned using salt and white vinegar.
starting with the Threepences.

and a close up of one.

now for the sixpences

and a close up of one

and on to the shillings

and a close up of one

Hi Silver,
I noticed the shilling you found that had been used as a washer. I found my first penny yesterday (haven't been at this very long)... and it has a hole in it that looks like a bullet hole? Size would indicate something like a 303 or maybe 7.62mm have you ever come across coins used for target practice?

And I can only hope to find some pre decimal coins like you have at some point in the future.

Robert

Fascinating, to think some of those May have been hidden for decades! Really great and entertaining when a post has pics to look at.
Cheers Silver. :lol:

And wait,.... there's more, this is a continuation from my last post. For some reason I couldn't fit them all on at once.
Here are some shillings that were not from the same spot

and a close-up of the 1917m

and now for the Florins

and a close up of one 1946

and three more from elsewhere(not the beach)

This one was pulled from shop change for me.

and here are the other two Florins(any help on the removal of the black coating would be appreciated)
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And that's the end of that Album, they are all from a few years ago.

Hi Robert, yes I do find the occasional target practice coin, only ever in copper coins(they weren't going to wreck good money to spend)

Robert Le Mal said:

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Hi Silver,
I noticed the shilling you found that had been used as a washer. I found my first penny yesterday (haven't been at this very long)... and it has a hole in it that looks like a bullet hole? Size would indicate something like a 303 or maybe 7.62mm have you ever come across coins used for target practice?

And I can only hope to find some pre decimal coins like you have at some point in the future.

Robert

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cool thank you

Some nice finds Silver well done ! Where did you get the coin pockets from great way to keep them in ?

Hi Goldansand, you can get them at garage sales sometimes, but coin shops would be a lot easier.
They have different size coin books with extra plastic coin sheets that you can buy separately, can't remember exactly how much they are, but they are not too expensive.
I know that the coins we find in the ground may not always be great, but it makes sure that under our care they won't get any worse for wear ! I used them on 1/2d and 1d(pennies) at first as well, until I found out that when you clean off the copper oxide(patina) you leave them all pitted(unrepairedly so), so now they just get stored thrown in a bottle or "bags with rolls of dirty coins"(coppers).

Goldandsand said:

Some nice finds Silver well done ! Where did you get the coin pockets from great way to keep them in ?

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Does anyone clean silver the old grandmas way - plastic container with aluminium foil on the bottom with warm water and bicarb

Thanks for sharing, gives us newbies some incentive to try harder. Not to mention the tips on cleaning the coins.