Cookie Coin Contest #2!! Grand Prize Is A Hat & Sharks Tooth From The Pit!

OK Guys it's time to have some more fun with the now famous "Cookie Coins" that I find at The Shark Pit! We had a good contest last time with Floater winning a Cookie Coin & Sharks tooth from The Pit! Well this time we have 6 cookie coins to guess and the prize is a new Treasure Net, Metal Detective "Badge" Hat and A Sharks Tooth from The Pit! Some of you have seen the great experiments that Floater, Conservator & AF1733 has done on these coins. Then I gave it a try with mixed results. So I am going to try again with some changes to the way I attach the coins to the clips. I'm no pro & we may not be able to read all the dates & other marks but we should be able to tell what kind of coin they are & with any luck a date! I might just crumble them, but what ever happens you all will see the pictures right here! I thought it might be fun  to see if anyone can guess what they will turn out to be. I mean what kind of coin, year & mint marks, if we can see these things when I'm done! The CLOSEST guess wins the Hat & Sharks Tooth Free including shipping! If there is a tie, we will break it somehow. The coins are numbered 1 -6 on the pictures this time. The guesses will end when you can tell by my pictures of these coins during the cleaning process, what the first coin is or the date on it. I will be back later with more Pics. on my Experiment! So here are the before pictures of all 6 coins. They are in the tank now! Start guessing NOW!
Heres a Hint: I noticed last time that people would just guess dime or quarter. You should try to guess as much info. as possable. Like Merc. dime or Barber quarter... Don't forget mint marks!! GOOD LUCK!

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Okay, I'm seeing A Barber Quarter, 1902, a SLQ, 1927, and another Barber, 1900.  Then an Indian, 1897, a Mercury Dime, 1924, and a Wheatie, 1918.

How about 2 Barber Quarters (1) 1901 and (2) 1909, a SLQ (3) 1918. Then a (4) 1916 Wheatie, a (5) 1941 Merc, and a (6) 1914 Wheatie. Now I will get to see how well my psychic abilities work 

Rich
PS, I would love to try to clean one of those cookies with the ammonia and vinegar soak method.

ok heres my guesses;
#1-1929 STANDING LIBERTY QUARTER
#2-1912 BARBER QUARTER
#3-1910 BARBER QUARTER
#4-1931 BUFFALO NICKEL
#5-1913 WHEAT CENT
#6-1903 V NICKEL

Hi Rob thanks for another contest to liven up our competetive nature. Lots of luck on your experimnet, I look forward each time someone on here attempts to clean them for you. It's like finding a pearl in an ugly oyster!
My guess
1. Standing Liberty quarter 1914
2. Barber Quarter 1906
3 Barber Quarter 1910
4 Wheat penny 1915
5 Barber dime 1910
6 Wheat penny 1907

Maria

I don't know a thing about coins other than that they go in vending machines, but I can never pass up the offer of a free shark tooth.
1. Barber Quarter 1909
2. Standing Liberty Quarter 1917
3. Standing Liberty Quarter 1916
4. Buffalo nickel 1937
5. Wheat penny 1917
6. Arcade token - No Cash Value

Alright I will give it a shot, though I have no idea what I am doing.  lol  I cant pass up the shark tooth either!!  Plus I love the shark pit finds. 

#1-1909 Barber Quarter
#2-1906 Barber Quarter
#3-1916 Standing Liberty Quarter
#4-1914 Wheat Penny
#5-1925 Mercury Dime
#6-1910 Wheat Penny

Alan

#1 1914 Standing Liberty Quarter
#2 1908 Barber Quarter
#3 1914 Standing Liberty Quarter
#4 1928 Buffalo Nickel
#5 1935 Mercury Dime
#6 1912 Wheat Penny

I love the shark pit finds.
#1 1902 Barber quarter
#2 1919 SLQ
#3 1910 Barber quarter
#4 1909 wheat
#5 1901 Barber dime
#6 1899 Indianhead
Thanks for the great contest

Well Since I won the last contest I am not playing this one for obvious reasons but I am taking side bets on who the winner might be here. I have my favorite who is ......... . LOL just kiddin. There are some really good guesses so far though. HH

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

1. Barber quarter 1902
2. Standing liberty quarter 1916
3. Barber quarter 1903
4. Liberty head nickel 1908
5. Indian head penny 1906
6. Indian head nickel 1914

OK no more guesses! The coins are done & I will be back shortly with the winner! Mean time here is some picks of the new set up I tried with the coins. Last time because I clamped the clips right on the coins they kinda got burned where the clamp was. So I thought if the coin was held by the edges with a paper clip this might not happen & they would come out better. Wrong! They still came out bad I think because of the amps I used. This is the lowest my battery charger will go so I had no choice.

     awwwwwwwwww mann and I just got back onlinr    <snif>


and i was gonna say  qurt qurt qurt pen dime pen  but can't

luck all

OK we have a winner! Man was it close! Great guess everyone! The winner is Rich in Texas with 5 out of 6 coins right & one date right!! Congrats Rich! A close second was oberkill with 5 out of 6 coins right & no dates right.  Here's the run down Barber quarter 1901, barber quarter no date, Standing liberty quarter no date, wheat penny no date, Merc. dime 1923 & Indian head penny no date.
Rich PM me your address & I will get your prizes right out to you! And you will get your wish because I will add a cookie coin for you to try your luck in cleaning as a bonus! Thanks guys, hope it was fun for all! I enjoyed it, Rob

I missed it!!!  My family was in town though, and that was fun too.  Nice guesses and results, I love a mystery like that.

I Rob thanks again for the challenge. I'm not in to chemistry my interest was Bio and Medicine, could you explain why you use something silver in there and how it works? I like to understand things, They say we all suppose to learn one new thing a day, this will be it. ;)
Thanks
Mchamby

Good job on those coins!!  The silver looks like it needs some silver polish, then its off to the sharkpit museum right ;)

Wow!! That was a surprise! I have never gotten that lucky in a contest before. Thanks for the interesting contest! Those cookie coins are really something. I will PM ya the address. The ammonia method only works on silver coins though, if possible could you send one that appears to be dime size?

Thanks
Rich

Hey I got pretty close!  Congrats Rich!!!!  Like I said I love those Shark pit finds, so keep up the good work finding them and thanks for the cool idea on the contest.

Alan

I Rob thanks again for the challenge. I'm not in to chemistry my interest was Bio and Medicine, could you explain why you use something silver in there and how it works? I like to understand things, They say we all suppose to learn one new thing a day, this will be it. ;)
Thanks
Mchamby

Mchamby, I don't wear a lab coat either. LOL I just read somewhere that stainless steal was the best thing to use.  There are threads on here that could probally tell you the real reason. Sorry I can't do better than that.


Thanks again everyone, Rob

Well another Great Contest and a new Winner. Congratulations Rich.

Mchamby the reason you use stainless steel for the conductors in the Electrolysis is that any other metal except Platinum would deteriorate and contaminate the old metal you are trying to clean. It is a stable conductor and holds its own in the harsh enviorment of Electrolysis.Conservator uses Platinum Clad wire which he says lasts for 25 years for this purpose. Good luck and ask away.

HH
~Floater~

Thanks Floater for the answer, I guess I could compare it to the pickles I can. You can only use stainless steel and plastic bowls other wise the acid from the vinegar picks up the metalic taste from other metals used. and that ruins the pickles.
Mchamby

Cool Mchamby, can you use wooden casks for pickles or is that just to store them?

Hi Floater, I'm not sure how that would work with the wooden cask but I do know in the olden days they stored them in it. They must have used a more potent vinegar so they didn't spoil.
Mchamby

The Magic Floater Wooden Cask Electrolysis Machine?  yikes        maybe you can get an old Jack Daniels barrel. wonder what the charcoal would do to the process. 

is it me or did anyone else notice that the Indian held up alot better than the Lincoln,   ya know they just don't make pennies like they used too

HH Vrent

I know what you mean. The newer zincs are the first truly biodegradable coins. It is a real shame that coin making has come to that.

Rich

The damn quarters are the same way. If I find one at the beach and it has been in the water longer than a year it comes out all crusty and looks like a slug half the time.

Nothing like real silver or copper that is for sure.

I think the Brine mix in the old barrels helped with the flavor too. Charcoal flavor is good for whisky but dont do it to my dill.
HH

Got the package! I love the hat, they are first rate! My youngest son grabbed the shark tooth already and has shown it to all of his friends. The cookie coin is not reacting at all in the ammonia though. The outer crust seems to be preventing the ammonia from reaching anything that it can break down. I will be doing the very low volt/current electrolysis on it now. Thanks again for a great contest, and I will be ordering some more of your products soon as well! I wore the hat out detecting Sunday 

Rich