AstroHighlander · @astrohighlander
85 followers · 62 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Two old pennies found in ‘Field 2’ yesterday
‘Rough’ corrosion removed by very gently rubbing with a soft 6B pencil (so the patina which contains all the detail isn’t damaged) then preserved by ‘deep-frying’ in candle wax.
King George V 1917
Queen Victoria (‘Bunhead’) 1892
#equinox600 #nox600 #metaldetecting
AstroHighlander · @astrohighlander
85 followers · 62 posts · Server mastodon.scotTwo old pennies found in ‘Field 2’ yesterday
‘Rough’ corrosion removed by very gently rubbing with a soft 6B pencil (so the patina which contains all the detail isn’t damaged) then preserved by ‘deep-frying’ in candle wax.
King George V 1917
Queen Victoria (‘Bunhead’) 1892
#equinox600 #nox600 #metaldetecting