Cleaning Over $100 in Clad Part#3 Finally Finished Them

Cleaning modern coins with a rock Tumbler. In part 3 ,I went with a bigger 15 pound MJR Rock Tumbler to finish the cleaning faster. Also, discovered how many memorial cents per pound there are,so I can weigh pennies,do a little math and viola....I know how many pennies I have without counting.

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[Nanpa0]

how much electricity was spent tumbling all those coin.. is it worth the tumbling?

[219erman]

@Nanpa0 ....Seeing that the bank won't take them in that condition..That's why I clean over $100 in clad at one time at the end of the year...Probably costs less than 50 cents in material & electricity..I'd say...Yes...It's well worth it.

[mybuddy17]

I have the same model 3 pound Chicago tumbler. The belt breaks after a few hours. Also the barrel moves around and some of the rubber from the barrel wears off. Any suggestions how I can make the belt last longer?

[219erman]

@mybuddy17 ...You have to load it with a pound or less..Otherwise it breaks consistantly..It's junk...I purchased a larger 15# tumbler that I load with less than 10#,and it works great...Good Luck

[Dasdfjkl]

Also, to find out if a penny is the heavier mostly copper quickly, you can make a little balance with a zinc penny on one side. The copper penny will make the balance tilt it's way strongly. I think they will come out with a new penny material in the near future, and then the copper pennies will be junk coins that can be sold to melt for the copper. Like the junk silver coins are now.

[219erman]

Dasdfjkl ..The only ones I hold on to now are wheat & indian cents..I did weigh the mems ..So I could estimate how many there were instead of counting them...I did try to turn in a couple hundred ate up zinc cents to the scrap yard...But they wouldn't take them...They said we can't take them because we dont ment down american currency..My bank said 'we can not accept them because they jam our counter..So I gave them to charity

[zekehooper]

Seems like you could make a tumbler like that really cheap?

[InrDmons]

@219erman I am hoping to buy the 15 lb cap, 1 gallon Rock Tumbler with FREE 4lb grit kit off of ebay to create sea glass-like glass using recycled glass bottles etc. Would this be a good product for this? Also, what type of polishing rocks or any other materials should I purchase?

[berkelusa]

Try some Simple Green instead of water or even a 50/50 mix.. Great stuff !

[mybuddy17]

@219erman Thanks for the information. I'm going to buy a 15 pound tumbler for my clad.