STEVE DOES ACID (CLEANING)

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STEVE DOES ACID (CLEANING)

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HAVE A LOOK AT THE CRUD ON SOME OF THESE COIN'S AND BUTTON'S (ALL FROM MY JUNK BUCKET)......A ONE MINUTE DIP IN SULPHURIC ACID (1 PART ACID TO 10 PART'S WATER) A QUICK TICKLE WITH A JEWELLER'S BRUSH.......SMOKE THE BEAST'S OVER A CANDLE, A TOUCH OF VASELINE AND RUB TO THE ACQUIRED TONE.......THERE STILL WORN, BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY USED TO BE ???

REALLY SHAGGED !!!

ALWAY'S MAKE SURE YOUR ACID'S SAFE.....AND ONLY USE OUTSIDE !!! (FUMES)

ALWAY'S HAVE WATER ON HAND.....TO DROP THE TREATED COIN'S IN.....PLUS ANY CONTACT WITH SKIN, POUR WATER ON IT !!!

AFTER CLEANING (IN ACID)......SMOKE EVERYTHING DOWN, FOR A EMPHASIZING TONE USING VASELINE !!!

COME'S UP CLEAN !!!

SMOKE THE BABY DOWN !!!

I'D CHUCKED THESE WITH 1000's MORE IN MY JUNK BUCKET, COZ I COULD'NT SEE ANY LIFE LEFT IN THEM (YOU'VE ALL DONE THE SAME ???) NOW LOOK AT THEM......AND REMEMBER THESE ARE "VERY WORN" COIN'S..........ACID'S THE FUTURE.........PLUS GARLIC BREAD !!!

ALL THOSE POUND COIN'S YOU FOUND, THAT YOU CANT DO ANY THING WITH COZ THERE A FUNNY COLOUR ???......"NOT ANY MORE" !!! YOU CAN NOW SPEND THEM IN A SHOP WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH !!!

LOOK HOW CLEAN THEY COME UP......STRAIGHT OUT THE ACID !!!

ALWAY'S WEAR YOUR GLOVE'S......IT'S A MUST !!!

SHOW'S YOU HOW SHAGGED THE COIN IS....JUST LOOK AT THE PITTING ON IT !!! EVEN THE EDGE HAS BEEN EATEN IN THE SOIL !!!

OLD GEORGE HERE LOOK'S LIKE GOLD, AFTER HIS SCRUB UP !!!

A JEWELLER'S BRUSH....SO SOFT IT FEEL'S LIKE A BABY'S BRUSH !!!

1 PART ACID TO 10 PART'S WATER !!! ONLY TO BE USED BY EXPERT'S, WHICH IS WHY YOU CANT BUY IT OVER THE COUNTER......AND DUE TO THE FACT YOU CAN BLOW YOURSELF UP !!! REMEMBER IT'S VERY DANGEROUS STUFF INDEED !!! (JUST LIKE THE WIFE'S COOKING)

OUT THE ACID AND STRAIGHT INTO THE WATER......AND A TICKLE FROM THE BRUSH !!!

THE FIRST "SHAGGED" COIN AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.....THIS IS IT !!! AND IT WAS WELL SHAGGED TO SAY THE LEAST !!!

JUST LOOK AT THE POUND COIN !!!......NO MORE "I CANT TAKE THAT MATE, IT'S A DUD.....JUST LOOK AT THE COLOUR " ??? THE COIN LOOK'S LIKE IT JUST CAME OUT THE MINT !!!

COOLING DOWN !!!

YOU CAN SPEND IT AGAIN ???

DONT THEY LOOK BETTER ???

THESE OLD STINKER'S HAVE COME UP A TREAT !!!

PUT LIFE BACK INTO YOUR JUNK !!!

CONSIDERING IT'S OLD CRAP......THEY LOOK GREAT IN THERE SMOKING JACKET'S !!!

THEY BLOODY LOOK GREAT !!!

FOR THIS TO WORK.....THEY MUST COOL DOWN FROM THE CANDLE SMOKE COATING !!!

RUB THE MIXTURE OFF, TILL YOU HAVE EMPHASIZED WHAT'S LEFT OF THE FEATURE'S ON THESE FLAT WORN COIN'S AND BUTTON'S !!!

ALL THOSE FUNNY COLOURED DECIMAL IN YOUR JUNK BUCKET'S....THE ONE'S YOU CANT PALM OFF DOWN YOUR LOCAL SHOP......CAN NOW HOLD THERE HEAD'S HIGH !!!

"ACID"!!! IT'S THE FUTURE...PLUS GARLIC BREAD !!!

ALL SMOKED AND READY TO HAVE THE VASELINE WIPED ON THEM (THEY MUST BE COLD, FOR IT TO WORK !!!)

WORKING WITH ACID IS "VERY DANGEROUS" SO LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERT'S.....SO IF YOU WANT A COIN OR ARTIFACT CLEANED....JUST ASK ME AT THE CLUB AND I'LL SORT IT OUT FOR YOU !!! NO PROBLEM !!!

THE RUSTY GUN STORY !!!

OVER THE YEAR'S IVE HAD MANY GUN'S FROM THE THAMES.....SOMEONE DOES A BANK JOB AND THROW'S IT IN......GRANDAD POP'S HIS CLOG'S, AND THE FAMILY FIND'S A OLD GUN STASHED IN THE OLD MAN'S DRAWER, "JUST CHUCK IT IN THE THAMES" !!! GET RID OF IT.....REMEMBER, THERE'S A STORY BEHIND EVERY GUN YOU FIND....SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD !!!

IF THERE DEEP IN THE MUD.....THEY COME OUT ALMOST AS THEY WENT IN......IF THERE SITTING ON TOP OF THE 4-SHORE....THEY TURN INTO A BALL OF RUST !!!!

THE BEST THING TO DO WITH A GUN IF YOU FIND ONE ?, IS TO THROW IT FAR INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE THAMES AND LET IT ROT.....IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING WITH A UNSTABLE RUSTY GUN, YOU CAN BE "SHOT AND KILLED" (IF IT'S LOADED !!!) AND IT'S ILLEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE A GUN WITHOUT A PERMIT !!! ALL WAY'S REMEMBER......IF IT'S A NEWISH GUN THAT'S JUST SHOT SOMEONE, AND YOUR LAST TO TOUCH IT.....OR HAVE IT IN YOUR HOUSE (AFTER FINDING IT)......IT'S YOU THAT GOES DOWN THE PAN !!!.....SO JUST THROW IT BACK IN !!! (OR TAKE IT DOWN THE COP SHOP)

NOW SAYING ALL THAT.....HAVE A LOOK AT THE GUN FIELD FOUND ON THE THAMES.....IT'S THE ONE YOU ALL HAD A LOOK AT ON THE FIND'S TABLE.......PLUS, YOU ALL PICKED IT UP AND POINTED IT AT EACH OTHER !!! (YOU DO THAT WITH GUN'S) IT'S A MAN'S THING !!!!

REMEMBER, WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE, IS THE BEST LOOKING SIDE !!!....THE OTHER SIDE IS TWICE AS BAD IN THICK RUSTY CORROSION !!!

WHAT YOUR SEEING IS THE GOOD SIDE OF THE GUN.....FOR 120 YEAR'S THIS GUN HAS SAT ON TOP OF THE 4-SHORE TAKING IN TWO TIDE'S A DAY AND ROTTING TO DEATH.....THE SIDE YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE, IS THE SIDE THAT WAS IN THE MUD (IT'S THE BETTER SIDE, NOT SO MUCH AIR GOT TO IT !!!) THE OTHER SIDE WAS OPEN TO THE ELEMENT'S.......SO THIS SIDE HAS NO DEFINITION WHAT'S SO EVER....JUST A FLAT 1/4 INCH MASS OF RUST, ROCK AND CRUD CRUST !!!

THIS GUN IS TOO FAR GONE TO DO ANYTHING WITH.....JUST THROW IT AWAY IN YOUR JUNK BUCKET......IT'S CRAP !!!......YOU CANT SEE ANYTHING ON IT....YOU CANT EVEN WORK OUT WHAT TYPE OF GUN IT WAS.....OR CAN YOU ????

I ASKED ANDY FOR THE GUN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT, ALL DAY SATURDAY AND PART SUNDAY CLEANING THE GUN, REMEMBER.....IT WAS TOO FAR GONE AND ONLY GOOD FOR THE JUNK BOX !!! (YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE FOR YOUR SELF !!!) IT'S NAFF !!!

SO HOW COULD I TELL FROM THE RUSTY GUN ??? (THAT YOU CANT SEE ANYTHING ON....AT ALL !!!) THAT.......IT'S A JEAN VAN MAELE FROM BRUSSELS "PUPPY" FOR THE POCKET.....WHO HAD PATENT'S IN 1866, AND IT'S NOT CERTAIN IF HE IS THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE WEAPON'S BUT RATHER THE RETAILER.

THE "PUPPY" IS THE BABY, IN OPPOSITION TO THE "BULLDOG" WHICH WAS THE FULL SIZE GUN.....IT'S A REVOLVER WITH FIVE SHOT'S......AND A BIG CALIBRE FOR A SMALL GUN OF 320 !!!
LOADED BY A SIDE DOOR.

A METAL ROD IS PLACED UNDER THE BARREL AND SWIVEL'S ON AN AXIS SIMULTANEOUSLY TO COME IN EACH CHAMBER TO REMOVE THE CASING'S.

THE TRIGGER WITHOUT GUARD IS FOLDED UNDER THE CARCASS.

I COULD GO ON AND ON.......HOW CAN I WORK ALL THIS OUT FROM THIS PIECE OF S*IT ??????

BECAUSE I'M THE DOG'S BO**OCK'S AT CLEANING ARTIFACT'S !!!!

I THINK A GOOD DATE FOR THIS IS POST 1894, AS I CAN SEE A MAKER'S MARK OF A R-CROWNED........

DO YA FEEL LUCKY PUNK ???

AND TO TOP IT ALL.....THE GUN WAS FULLY LOADED !!!, SO AS YOU PASSED IT ROUND THE FIND'S TABLE......YOU COULD HAVE BLOWN YOUR FRIGGING HEAD'S OFF !!! LOOK'S TOP SAUSAGE, IF YOU ASK ME !!!.....BUT THEN, I DID CLEAN IT MYSELF !!!!

THE MUD GOD LOVE'S ACID !!!!

YEP, IVE BEEN AT IT AGAIN !!!......MORE ACID, AND THEN SMOKING IT ALL BACK DOWN AGAIN.......MAKE'S THOSE BEAST'S LOOK SO MUCH BETTER !!!

A NICE LITTLE 1710 FOLDING KNIFE.....A LITTLE FIDDLE, AND BOB'S YOUR UNCLE......A WORKING KNIFE AGAIN !!!

STEVE DOES SAND BLASTING !!!

(BUT DONT TELL THE MUSEUM...THEY WOULD HAVE A BLOODY HEART ATTACK !!!)

I SET OUT HERE TO STABILIZE THE ROT (BY SAND BLASTING) AND THEN RE-COLOUR THE BALL AND CHAIN USING A SPECIAL TECHNIQUE THAT I USE FOR IRON WORK.....THE WHOLE PROCESS TAKE'S FOUR HOUR'S IN ALL......BUT THE RESULT'S SAY IT ALL !!! HAVE A LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND AFTER PIC'S.....YOU CAN DO THIS WITH MOST IRON TOO !!!

TO START WITH.....IVE SPENT AN HOUR AND HALF AT THIS POINT TAKING OFF THE ROT, WITH JUST WIRE BRUSH !!!........AND THEN, I SAND BLAST IT !!!

GO TO THE "TWO DAY CHALLENGE" SECTION....TO SEE HOW THIS CAME OUT OF THE MUD !!!

AND NOW "FEAST YOUR EYE'S"!!!.....FOUR HOUR'S WORTH OF A RE-COLOUR PROCESS, AND IT LOOK'S THE BIZ !!!

THIS BEAST OF A FIND IS LOOKING MIGHTY SWEET IN THE CLEANING STAKE'S !!!

THIS BALL AND CHAIN IS A REAL MAJOR FIND !!!.....THE MUSEUM OF LONDON HAS NEVER SEEN ONE.....AND IT DOES'NT HAVE ONE IN IT'S COLLECTION AT THE MOMENT !!! IVE HAD FOUR CALL'S FROM MATE'S TO SAY "IT'S ONE OF THE BEST FIND'S THE'VE EVER SEEN OFF THE THAMES" !!! AND I HAVE TO AGREE.....DUE TO THE HISTORY THAT'S BEHIND IT !!! A MAJOR FIND !!!

DO NOT TRY TO CLEAN ANYTHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS !!! (OR ANYTHING ELSE, COME'S TO THAT) IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING ???.....LEAVE IT TO THE MUSEUM, OR AN EXPERT !!!

BEFORE THE CLEANING PROCESS !!! (JUST WIRE BRUSH AT THIS MOMENT !!!)

GO TO THE "TWO DAY CHALLENGE" SECTION, TO SEE HOW THIS CAME OUT OF THE THAMES !!!

STICK A CHARGE THROUGH IT !!!

THIS VERY RARE PLANTATION TOKEN HAS HAD THREE HOUR'S WORK DONE ON IT TO CLEAN IT.......AND WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MAYBE IT COULD BE A FORGERY.......BUT WHY FORGE A PLANTATION TOKEN ???......SO IT'S JUST A VERY LOW GRADE TIN.

YOU CAN TELL THE GRADE OF THE TIN COIN BY HOW IT CLEAN'S ON THE ELECTRODE......AND IN THIS CASE.....IT'S VERY POOR INDEED !!!

THE FLAKING ON THE EDGE BEFORE CLEANING SHOW'S THE LOW GRADE OF TIN !!!

AND AFTER THREE HOUR'S WORK

PICTURE'S CR*P TOO......IT DOES LOOK BETTER IN THE FLESH !!!

STILL A NICE AND VERY RARE COIN TO HAVE.....AND WORTH A PACKET IN A E.F STATE !!!

AND STILL WORTH A FEW BOB IN THIS STATE TOO !!!

ANOTHER ONE POP'S UP !!!

NOW THIS BEAST HAS JUST COME UP.......AND LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND AFTER CLEANING PIC'S.......SUPERB PLANTATION TOKEN OF JAMES 2

AS IT CAME UP ON THE 4-SHORE (STILL WET !!!)

AND AFTER......IT'S A CORKER OF A COIN !!!

LEARN THE ART OF CLEANING......IT'S NOT HARD !!!

BACK ON THE ACID........AGAIN !!!

IVE CLEANED OUT THE LABORATORY (GARDEN SHED) AND IVE FOUND MILLION'S OF KNACKERED AND SHAGGED COIN'S AND ARTIFACT'S (BUCKET LOAD'S !!!).........SO IT'S INTO THE ACID.......AND SOME OF THESE ITEM'S ARE NOW LOOKING MIGHTY SAUCY.......WELL, THEY COULD'NT LOOK ANY WORSE......COULD THEY !!!

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