I just read a post about darkening coins by placing them in a oven as part of a treatment. I am worried about this method of treating coins because there may...
Hey my friend! Jim, please try the following repatination process I developed and see if you like. The URL is as follows: http://tinyurl.com/2hfqaa ...
Dear Friends can any of you share any insights about how to electrolyse ancient silver coins which are covered with a cement-like gray crust. I am a physicist...
Hey my friend! I have zapped many silver coins with no ill effect John. I think 5 amps is great. However, please use sodium carbonate and water as your...
Dear Jerry this is the kind of tip I needed to get started with. I will be able to get a supply of Sodium carbonate without any problem from a scientific...
Wonderful John! John, you will learn that museums use sodium carbonate and electrolysis for cleaning metal artifacts. I truly believe "Zapping" is the...
Hey John my friend! John, I like carbon rods best of all. However, I find that mild steel also does a great job and is easier to obtain. I am sure you...
Dear members is the water that is removed from the air via my heat pump (air conditioner) and pumped outside my house "pure"? I live in a very humid area and...
Pure... no, as it probably has bacteria in it. Demineralized, yes. I use water from my dehumidifier instead of buying DI water at the store and it works very...
Great Darrell and thank you for taking the time so share with me. You are a wonderful member my friend.. God Bless.. Jerry.. <font face="arial black"...
Mercury can be hazardous, but let's be responsible and not cause overdue concern. According to a US government website this is the quote about mercury: The...
From previous posts I gathered that coins were placed in an oven or under a water heater that had a pilot light, so that the small amount of sulfur from the...
Hey my friend! Jim, I never use heat to patinate my Zapped coins. Please see my blog, if interested, and you will see that I patinate my coins using the...
Yahoo groups doesn't save attachments that are read via web pages, only if you receive your posts by email. So us "web readers", like me miss out. Murray ... ...
If it is of any consolation Murray... It is not just the "web readers" that miss it. Unless our friend Bob sends directly to us it will be filtered out by...
After V and I weathered Katrina three years ago I think we learned a little. Please allow me to share. We had winds up to 130 mph and we are 85 miles inland...
After V and I weathered Katrina three years ago I think we learned a little. Please allow me to share. We had winds up to 130 mph and we are 85 miles inland...
After V and I weathered Katrina three years ago I think we learned a little. Please allow me to share. We had winds up to 130 mph and we are 85 miles inland...
After V and I weathered Katrina three years ago I think we learned a little. Please allow me to share. We had winds up to 130 mph and we are 85 miles inland...
Hi Jerry, Your advices are surely well received. Fortunately Switzerland, where I live, is far away from this frightening phenomenon, although we have...
Hey my friend! Great to hear from you Pierre! I did leave out the coins did I not? : ) Thank you for being so kind Pierre.. God Bless.. Jerry.. <font...
Dear Group members, we prepared our recent auctions at e-Bay with some roman coins, such as Denarii such as Vespasian with IVDAEA, and late roman coins such as...
Apparently some can not get an attachment through their Yahoo. One member asked for and email with the attachment and said he would re-distribute. Did those...