After reading others comments I'm disappointed in some people's negative words. Overlook that because you do a great job with your videos and narration. I also like your personal message. It reminds me not to take our freedom of communication and technology for granted. Thanks again, Jami
I've just tried the jewellery wipe method on a sliver philharmonica which had milk spots on it. And I can confirm that it does work, and it left no damage on the coin visible to the naked eye.....Thank you for this video. very helpful!
Well I'm amazed. Thank you very much for this video. As many people mentioned, the eraser method works very well. The method I found is to scrub the eraser on a piece of cardboard every so often to remove the debris from the eraser, otherwise you can inadvertantly rub dirt back into the coin and produce scratches particularly on clean silver surfaces. This is a brilliant way to remove milk spots from the radial lines on the troublesome RCM coins.
The lemon and baking powder didn't remove the milk spots on my silver. After watching your video, I tried using the rubber eraser to remove the milk spots. And it works great! Thank you drutter!
Thank you so much! Very informative. You saved me from losing $178.00 and almost gave up after researching my milk stain problem for the last two days.
Just used this eraser method on a milk-stained Britannia. Worked great. This is a game changer for me, as these spots had me so down about coins that I was about to start buying ugly bars only (the torment of having these spots pop up on beautiful coins was too demoralizing). Thanks a lot!
I'm very glad to hear it was helpful! I believe now in 2013, many mints are aware of this problem and working on correcting it. I haven't noticed any milk spots on my RCM products lately, for example. But the problem will always exist in some form, and this video will always be around (hopefully) thanks :)
In most cases, cleaned coins are even worse than spotted coins in regards to thier resale value. Milk spots are a lose/lose situation. If you prefer the clean but scratched coins over the spotted ones, then go for it. They are yours to do with as you please. I'm just worried that after the cleaning, your value might decrease even farther. I do admire your perserverance my friend. ✌
These guys are brainwashed, I bet they never sent a clean coin to get it graded. A coin will only Grade as Cleaned if it was cleaned WRONG. Obviously cyclops cleans coins WRONG.@@drutter
Bruh it's a piece of bullion not a 1867 seated liberty dollar who cares if u clean bullion it still holds the same premium and even more without milk spots
Hey there. You know how coins used to be made of silver, right? And everybody in the world touched them as they circulated. They got REALLY oily & dirty. But they never got destroyed. They're still around today, and they're fine. That's because you can wash 'em! Warm water and a mild soap. Even dish soap works fine. Wash your hands well, then wash the silver. Pad dry with a soft towel. Air dry, or I use a dehumidifier which ensures no moisture. Put into a capsule without skin contact. Voila! :)
I got a stack of those 2010 hockey maples completely stained, at first there seemed to be only milk spots, but with time (and some handling) the spots covered the whole surface and fingerprints are clearly visible... it's too bad since they have a nice premium. I'll try the eraser as soon as I can ! thanks for the info !
Great review and yes it's great how we can share information through this medium. I have gained so much valuable knowledge from all the wonderful Silver Bugs. Your all so respectful & helpful & it's almost hard to believe form an investment perspective. Basically I have so much more confidence in surviving the global economic fiat fiasco collapse. I have always love silver, but now I understand it on a deeper level.
So won't those shiny silver coins tarnish in the spots where your hands touched them? Thanks for the video, just encountered milk spots for the first time the other day on some new Canadian Moose 2012 that I had put into some air-tites
Hi Drutter, thanks for uploading this video. I recently uploaded a video of my silver maple leaf which had the milk white spot on it and one person commented about this white spot... and found your video for the solution. What is that silver coin that looks like a hemp plant?
I tried the ammonia and it didn't work instantly, so I tried the eraser and it worked. I was then able to buff out the eraser's effects with Tarnex and a soft cloth. What are those marijuana leaf coins called?
I couldn't find ammonia based cleaning products that has been recommended for removing stains from silver at Sainsburys and at Wickes DIY. Where do you suggest I try next ?
ereaser didn't work for me on a maple leaf. used a brand new, white one and it only spread the milk spot from a concentrated area over the whole coin. plus the shiny part of Elisabeth's face isn't shiny anymore because it has a lot of tiny scratches that I didn't notice at first.
Phenomenal! Thanks for sharing! I tried the eraser method as I was watching the video as that's the only think I had from the three methods. It worked like a charm! Thank you! :)
drutter, can you please help me with something? I bought new silver coins that look perfectly clean. However, I've handled them with my very sweaty oily hands. I read that fingerprints can in time etch into the metal and damage it permanently. What would you recommend I use to remove fingerprints from silver coins? I read 100% pure acetone works well. Or should I just use soap and water? It’s just that there are so many different kinds of soaps with different ingredients in them. Thanks!
I used microfiber cloth to clean of the milk spots on my coins and while it's now shiny and "clean" now I mostly regret it. I probably scrubbed too hard but all of them I used this technique on have tiny scratches which are noticeable when you look closely. I should've tried the ammonia method first. I have a chemical dip for tarnish but that didn't work for these milk spots.
Hey drutter. I am once again reviewing your 'spot removal' video. Queston is, I just got two 10 oz bars from Silvertowne. they have whitish lines up top, almost looking like tape residue but not( Just appearance). would this be spots that resember a long band? do spots just appear only round?
I have milk spots on my canadain maples, but they weren't there when I bought them as I remember the coins being shiny without any blemishes. I only handled them when I bought them, then I just stored them away. Later down the line I noticed the coins with milk spots all over them...? so are you sure that milk spots can't just appear over time? Because when I first bought the coins they weren't there.
Drutter, did you try the cloudy ammonia technique and does it work without abrasions, (just form submersion?) It seems cloudy ammonia is a Canadian or Australian product. Very tough to find in the US and homemade (ammonia and soap) doesnt work.
Thank you for this information. I have place mint looking maples in Air Tite ring type holders. Now Milk spots have appeared. I will try these methods. Will one cleaning do it? I bet not. Thanks for the information, Mike.
The eraser method seems to work very well for me. I think it is going to keep me from having to send a whole tube of Cleopatra rounds back to JMBullion. Some of the worst milk spots I've ever seen, and I HATE HATE HATE having to exchange things. Thanks a bunch!
I used to hand make professional bicycles using silver solder. As a flux I used borax all the time but to remove the borax I used boric acid. Heat the boric acid and submerge the borax covered into it for a minute and then just wash off. I wonder if that works with coins! Boric acid can be obtained from any drug store.
Thanks for the interesting information. I don't think I've heard that before. I'll put that on my to-do list and report back if I have any interesting results.
@SILVERpeasant1996 I managed to grab a handful of the 2010 "hockey" maples today when I was out at the dealers. I think I'll put them up on the site tomorrow, thanks for the suggestion.
There is a liquid called e z EST that can be purchased from bullion dealers or online that removes milk spots and tarnish. It's a simple dip, rinse and pat dry process that doesn't leave the small abrasions that the eraser or jewelers cloth makes.
Seems to have worked okay for most. Had a few that I couldn't get it all off. When it starts, it actually smears it all over the coin so you have to keep at it then wash off, then do it over again. Finish with a microfibre cloth to shine with dry.
@OfGodsServant It's up to you! I think the ammonia or wipes method would work best (would take a long time to erase that much). Also it may depend what the finish of the bar is. It may end up coming off, but leaving tiny abrasions you can see under certain light, so keep that in mind. If you do it, test on a small hidden part of the bar first and see if you like the result.
Great video although I could have done wthout the last minute I,m jealous . what a great pile. The other thing I,m jealous of is your perfect naration. Very nice job and thanks for the info. Rocky
"We need a revolution where we change the role of government." Government is not a problem solver its a problem creator, the people of the nation solve problems not our government.
Hi, thanks for the video. I tried jewellers cloths and it works fine, but by abrasing a little the coin. As I received a few coins with milk spots lately (quite a lot in fact), I wanted to try the cloudy ammonia solution to see if it damages less the coin than jewellers cloths. I was totally unable to make cloudy ammonia work on removing milk spots, nothing ! I tried everything I could, let the coin all night long in it, tried to heat ammonia pretty hot to see if it works better, even tried to rub quite hard the coin with cotton and ammonia. It hasn't removed anything in my tests. I either have the wrong product, as I purchased it in a non-english country, so it's oubviously called a different name, but i'm prety sure I have what is called "Cloudy ammonia" in english according to my researchs. Or the cloudy ammonia thing DOES NOT WORK ! Have anyone used this technique successfully ? Please let me know ! For information, I weighted very precisely the coins to see if it eats/dissolves silver, and it does not seem to be the case: The coins had the same exact weight (with a 0.01g precision scale) after spending more than 12 hours in ammonia. There does not seem to be any apparent damage to the coins either. After trying hard with ammonia, I have been thinking that maybe it wasn't milk spots but something else. Maybe PVC as coins were shipped in PVC sheets. I gave the coins an ACETONE bath. Did nothing. And I tried the baking soda/aluminium things in case it just was silver oxidation, but nothing either. I am confident it is indeed milk spots, and I tried many different coins from various mints, ammonia may be a wrong solution that does not work at all. (On this vidéo, the link to the account of the guy having found this technique isn't valid anymore)
Ok, to end this story, I tried to dissolve soap into the ammonium hydroxyde 13% solution I was using. Result = ZERO. To me ammonia has no effect on milk spots.
A white soft eraser also works on copper pennies and other copper coins that are tarnshed with no scratches but it is best the leav coins in there original conditions from the mint
Nice job on video. As most of my silver are in old fashion US coins and I know not to clean them. I have about 3 pounds or so of silver bullion, if I see milk spots I'll know how to clean them.
@silverandgoldfan Thanks! No, I haven't noticed any problems over time with coins treated this way. I've been using the eraser method and jewelry cloth method with good results. Tiny abrasions on the silver surface are indeed much better than ugly and permanent milk spots.
@lifendsoon I've recently experienced what I believe is something similar. I think you're right and perhaps there's a certain contaminant that can cause milk spots or at least what appear to be milk spots. I have a Grizzly that was mint when put away and now has milk spots around the edges. At least there's a treatment, but still, too bad silver reacts more than gold, grrrrrr.
@SGTbull07 I hope this helps you man. Currently I'm favouring the jewelry cloth method. It's very quick and easy (as you saw) and the resulting fine abrasions are VERY tiny and hard to see. Really does a decent job! Maybe I'm not using the right erasers. They work, but they leave some pretty obvious scuffs after, even when using clean soft erasers. I haven't tried the ammonia trick yet but I'm going to when I get some. I hear it works well and doesn't leave any scuffs, so consider that. :)
@JustABitchyCancer I think it's best, if you're not sure what to do with your silver, to either leave it alone or do more research until you feel confident. In some cases you can reduce the premium value (the value it has on top of simply the metal it contains) of silver items by improperly treating the surface. So if you're not sure, hold off for now.
OK that was VERY helpful, and it occurred to me that as you'd never see milk spots on the (always chinese) fakes that seem to be infesting the market these days, it would be a good way of verifying authenticity.. However, that wasn't what caught my eye, rather , (despite my long ago having abandoned my herb days) those silver rounds at the very end are soo cool.. where do you go or need to do to get get ahold of a few of them? Doc..
Theres a video on youtube where a lady uses a e cloth to clean her dull silver jewellery. im going to see if my e cloth wipes off milk spots and let you know.
Also, dont store your coins in PVC plastic like I did. I stored 100 maple leafs in cheap plastic bags and they left the milk spot residue in all of them after a few weeks. They do come off with silver cleaner and jewelery cloth as mentioned, but they will never be as good as they leave ultra-fine scratches. A coin of 9999 purity and proof finish should really leave the mint in its own casing as with the kooks.
@SGTbull07 The same thing happened to me. I got out a tube of Apmex rounds that I bought in 2008. I never opened them. I just put them away. I opened them the other day and they are covered with spots. It made me sick to my stomach and angry.......oh so angry!
13 yrs later and this video still a gem! 💎 🐐
After reading others comments I'm disappointed in some people's negative words. Overlook that because you do a great job with your videos and narration. I also like your personal message. It reminds me not to take our freedom of communication and technology for granted. Thanks again, Jami
I've just tried the jewellery wipe method on a sliver philharmonica which had milk spots on it. And I can confirm that it does work, and it left no damage on the coin visible to the naked eye.....Thank you for this video. very helpful!
Well I'm amazed. Thank you very much for this video.
As many people mentioned, the eraser method works very well.
The method I found is to scrub the eraser on a piece of cardboard every so often to remove the debris from the eraser, otherwise you can inadvertantly rub dirt back into the coin and produce scratches particularly on clean silver surfaces.
This is a brilliant way to remove milk spots from the radial lines on the troublesome RCM coins.
The lemon and baking powder didn't remove the milk spots on my silver. After watching your video, I tried using the rubber eraser to remove the milk spots. And it works great! Thank you drutter!
Thank you so much! Very informative. You saved me from losing $178.00 and almost gave up after researching my milk stain problem for the last two days.
The eraser method worked wonderfully. Cleaned up all of the tarnish on the one round I like to keep out for playing with.
Do the spots return?
Just used this eraser method on a milk-stained Britannia. Worked great. This is a game changer for me, as these spots had me so down about coins that I was about to start buying ugly bars only (the torment of having these spots pop up on beautiful coins was too demoralizing). Thanks a lot!
@Mostafa did it really work ? what type of eraser did you use ?
@@ahmedahm1 same, i used some eraser which is a bit plasticy and i dont think it worked.
I'm very glad to hear it was helpful!
I believe now in 2013, many mints are aware of this problem and working on correcting it. I haven't noticed any milk spots on my RCM products lately, for example. But the problem will always exist in some form, and this video will always be around (hopefully)
thanks :)
I'm from the UK. I love your accent!
In most cases, cleaned coins are even worse than spotted coins in regards to thier resale value. Milk spots are a lose/lose situation. If you prefer the clean but scratched coins over the spotted ones, then go for it. They are yours to do with as you please. I'm just worried that after the cleaning, your value might decrease even farther. I do admire your perserverance my friend. ✌
It's nice to have these imperfect cleaning methods as an option, at least :)
These guys are brainwashed, I bet they never sent a clean coin to get it graded. A coin will only Grade as Cleaned if it was cleaned WRONG. Obviously cyclops cleans coins WRONG.@@drutter
Bruh it's a piece of bullion not a 1867 seated liberty dollar who cares if u clean bullion it still holds the same premium and even more without milk spots
Hey there. You know how coins used to be made of silver, right? And everybody in the world touched them as they circulated. They got REALLY oily & dirty. But they never got destroyed. They're still around today, and they're fine. That's because you can wash 'em!
Warm water and a mild soap. Even dish soap works fine. Wash your hands well, then wash the silver. Pad dry with a soft towel. Air dry, or I use a dehumidifier which ensures no moisture. Put into a capsule without skin contact. Voila! :)
I got a stack of those 2010 hockey maples completely stained, at first there seemed to be only milk spots, but with time (and some handling) the spots covered the whole surface and fingerprints are clearly visible... it's too bad since they have a nice premium.
I'll try the eraser as soon as I can ! thanks for the info !
This is a great video for salvaging coins that otherwise be marred for life. Great fix and I intend to use it on future spotted issues.
I like the way this guy thinks. Subscribed!
thanks drutter, what can you advise for cleaning the ridged edges? Toothbrush and baking soda possibly
Thanks just as much for the final comment as for the very useful information you've provided! Keep up the positive endeavors.
Great review and yes it's great how we can share information through this medium.
I have gained so much valuable knowledge from all the wonderful Silver Bugs. Your all so respectful & helpful & it's almost hard to believe form an investment perspective. Basically I have so much more confidence in surviving the global economic fiat fiasco collapse. I have always love silver, but now I understand it on a deeper level.
So won't those shiny silver coins tarnish in the spots where your hands touched them?
Thanks for the video, just encountered milk spots for the first time the other day on some new Canadian Moose 2012 that I had put into some air-tites
Hi Drutter, thanks for uploading this video. I recently uploaded a video of my silver maple leaf which had the milk white spot on it and one person commented about this white spot... and found your video for the solution. What is that silver coin that looks like a hemp plant?
I tried the ammonia and it didn't work instantly, so I tried the eraser and it worked. I was then able to buff out the eraser's effects with Tarnex and a soft cloth. What are those marijuana leaf coins called?
I'm diggin' those leaf rounds :)
I couldn't find ammonia based cleaning products that has been recommended for removing stains from silver at Sainsburys and at Wickes DIY.
Where do you suggest I try next ?
Thanks for the advice. All the best, Edgar
Thank you, I thought it was tarnish on my round, borax makes sense
ereaser didn't work for me on a maple leaf. used a brand new, white one and it only spread the milk spot from a concentrated area over the whole coin. plus the shiny part of Elisabeth's face isn't shiny anymore because it has a lot of tiny scratches that I didn't notice at first.
It'd be hard to hurt that face. LOL. Except for the younger portraits of her which aren't bad, I've gotten used to calling her side the reverse. ;)
Phenomenal! Thanks for sharing! I tried the eraser method as I was watching the video as that's the only think I had from the three methods. It worked like a charm! Thank you! :)
drutter, can you please help me with something? I bought new silver coins that look perfectly clean. However, I've handled them with my very sweaty oily hands. I read that fingerprints can in time etch into the metal and damage it permanently. What would you recommend I use to remove fingerprints from silver coins? I read 100% pure acetone works well. Or should I just use soap and water? It’s just that there are so many different kinds of soaps with different ingredients in them. Thanks!
Give me Shiny Silver!!! YES. This video is what I have been looking for. Thankyou and yes more power to the people & the planet via the internet.
Hahah, glad you enjoyed it! Silver is wonderfully aesthetic, among other things.
I used microfiber cloth to clean of the milk spots on my coins and while it's now shiny and "clean" now I mostly regret it. I probably scrubbed too hard but all of them I used this technique on have tiny scratches which are noticeable when you look closely. I should've tried the ammonia method first. I have a chemical dip for tarnish but that didn't work for these milk spots.
Can I use your methods to wipe the milk spots on the gold coins?
Milk spots in gold coins???
thanks,the eraser method blew me away.
Hey drutter. I am once again reviewing your 'spot removal' video. Queston is, I just got two 10 oz bars from Silvertowne. they have whitish lines up top, almost looking like tape residue but not( Just appearance). would this be spots that resember a long band? do spots just appear only round?
I have milk spots on my canadain maples, but they weren't there when I bought them as I remember the coins being shiny without any blemishes. I only handled them when I bought them, then I just stored them away. Later down the line I noticed the coins with milk spots all over them...? so are you sure that milk spots can't just appear over time? Because when I first bought the coins they weren't there.
Drutter, did you try the cloudy ammonia technique and does it work without abrasions, (just form submersion?) It seems cloudy ammonia is a Canadian or Australian product. Very tough to find in the US and homemade (ammonia and soap) doesnt work.
Hey drutter guy... good clip.
I learned something today !
Appreciation from the great white north.
Those wipes work great. It would be intesting to know what they are steeped with.
Thank you for this information. I have place mint looking maples in Air Tite ring type holders. Now Milk spots have appeared. I will try these methods. Will one cleaning do it? I bet not.
Thanks for the information, Mike.
The eraser method seems to work very well for me. I think it is going to keep me from having to send a whole tube of Cleopatra rounds back to JMBullion. Some of the worst milk spots I've ever seen, and I HATE HATE HATE having to exchange things. Thanks a bunch!
I used to hand make professional bicycles using silver solder. As a flux I used borax all the time but to remove the borax I used boric acid. Heat the boric acid and submerge the borax covered into it for a minute and then just wash off. I wonder if that works with coins! Boric acid can be obtained from any drug store.
Thanks for the interesting information. I don't think I've heard that before. I'll put that on my to-do list and report back if I have any interesting results.
@SILVERpeasant1996
I managed to grab a handful of the 2010 "hockey" maples today when I was out at the dealers. I think I'll put them up on the site tomorrow, thanks for the suggestion.
Are Weiman Silver Wipes a good choice? Bought them from Canadian Tire.
what about boiling them in distilled water? i hear that is how you clean pieces after they been silver brazed
There is a liquid called e z EST that can be purchased from bullion dealers or online that removes milk spots and tarnish. It's a simple dip, rinse and pat dry process that doesn't leave the small abrasions that the eraser or jewelers cloth makes.
Dub City Stacker I have used it to remove tarnish, but it did nothing for milk spots. :(
Interesting, not sure then, I'd probably try try a jewelers cloth, I honestly don't clean my silver
I have a few of those Olympic Hockey coins and 1 of them is milk spotted pretty heavily.
Excellent , not that It matters to me personally , if my coin has a spot on it or not, good information for those that do.. later doc!
Awesome video! Best one so far this year!
Cloudy Ammonia, is that a by product of the human body's beer recycling equipment?
Seems to have worked okay for most. Had a few that I couldn't get it all off. When it starts, it actually smears it all over the coin so you have to keep at it then wash off, then do it over again. Finish with a microfibre cloth to shine with dry.
FINALLY AN ANSWER TO THIS DREADED MYSTERY----THANKS A BUNCH-----I WILL TRY THIS THE NEXT CHANCE I GET
The baking soda method normally used to remove oxidization-darkening doesn't work for removal of milk spots?
No
Thanx to them 3 other folks and to you good buddy,....so much information out there!
Wow ten years....how time flies
True, I was just thinking that the other year.
@OfGodsServant
It's up to you! I think the ammonia or wipes method would work best (would take a long time to erase that much). Also it may depend what the finish of the bar is. It may end up coming off, but leaving tiny abrasions you can see under certain light, so keep that in mind. If you do it, test on a small hidden part of the bar first and see if you like the result.
@beatrizgf
I do ship internationally. I have less options for overseas buyers but I do have some. :)
Thank you for your comment!
an update from PCGS.com search silver coin spot policy They have a dip service for spotted coins
Nice stacks at the end there!
I miss that stack, heheh : D
Were did u get the weed leaf coins♥
Great video although I could have done wthout the last minute I,m jealous . what a great pile. The other thing I,m jealous of is your perfect naration. Very nice job and thanks for the info. Rocky
"We need a revolution where we change the role of government."
Government is not a problem solver its a problem creator, the people of the nation solve problems not our government.
The spots come from the cleaning solution used to clean the silver before coins are produced.
Excellent video, Drutter. Thanks for the info. Take care.
Hi, thanks for the video. I tried jewellers cloths and it works fine, but by abrasing a little the coin.
As I received a few coins with milk spots lately (quite a lot in fact), I wanted to try the cloudy ammonia solution to see if it damages less the coin than jewellers cloths. I was totally unable to make cloudy ammonia work on removing milk spots, nothing ! I tried everything I could, let the coin all night long in it, tried to heat ammonia pretty hot to see if it works better, even tried to rub quite hard the coin with cotton and ammonia. It hasn't removed anything in my tests.
I either have the wrong product, as I purchased it in a non-english country, so it's oubviously called a different name, but i'm prety sure I have what is called "Cloudy ammonia" in english according to my researchs. Or the cloudy ammonia thing DOES NOT WORK ! Have anyone used this technique successfully ? Please let me know !
For information, I weighted very precisely the coins to see if it eats/dissolves silver, and it does not seem to be the case: The coins had the same exact weight (with a 0.01g precision scale) after spending more than 12 hours in ammonia. There does not seem to be any apparent damage to the coins either.
After trying hard with ammonia, I have been thinking that maybe it wasn't milk spots but something else. Maybe PVC as coins were shipped in PVC sheets. I gave the coins an ACETONE bath. Did nothing. And I tried the baking soda/aluminium things in case it just was silver oxidation, but nothing either.
I am confident it is indeed milk spots, and I tried many different coins from various mints, ammonia may be a wrong solution that does not work at all. (On this vidéo, the link to the account of the guy having found this technique isn't valid anymore)
Ok, to end this story, I tried to dissolve soap into the ammonium hydroxyde 13% solution I was using. Result = ZERO. To me ammonia has no effect on milk spots.
A white soft eraser also works on copper pennies and other copper coins that are tarnshed with no scratches but it is best the leav coins in there original conditions from the mint
Milk Spots serves as good security feature.
Rubbing alcohol works with a clean cloth
Nice job on video. As most of my silver are in old fashion US coins and I know not to clean them. I have about 3 pounds or so of silver bullion, if I see milk spots I'll know how to clean them.
Nice "END THE FED" coin at the very end :)
Nice video, I am a noob stacker so thanks for the info... subbed
My Maple Leaf is tarnished. I thought that was due touching my coin wth my bare hands. In your video I see you don't have any problem with that?
Where do you get the silver bug rounds??
Does acetone work also?
@silverandgoldfan
Thanks! No, I haven't noticed any problems over time with coins treated this way. I've been using the eraser method and jewelry cloth method with good results. Tiny abrasions on the silver surface are indeed much better than ugly and permanent milk spots.
Thank you very much for the video. Very helpful!
Many thanks! Now I can buy the 99 silver maple leafs hahaha
@lifendsoon
I've recently experienced what I believe is something similar. I think you're right and perhaps there's a certain contaminant that can cause milk spots or at least what appear to be milk spots. I have a Grizzly that was mint when put away and now has milk spots around the edges. At least there's a treatment, but still, too bad silver reacts more than gold, grrrrrr.
@SGTbull07
I hope this helps you man. Currently I'm favouring the jewelry cloth method. It's very quick and easy (as you saw) and the resulting fine abrasions are VERY tiny and hard to see. Really does a decent job! Maybe I'm not using the right erasers. They work, but they leave some pretty obvious scuffs after, even when using clean soft erasers. I haven't tried the ammonia trick yet but I'm going to when I get some. I hear it works well and doesn't leave any scuffs, so consider that. :)
@JustABitchyCancer
I think it's best, if you're not sure what to do with your silver, to either leave it alone or do more research until you feel confident. In some cases you can reduce the premium value (the value it has on top of simply the metal it contains) of silver items by improperly treating the surface. So if you're not sure, hold off for now.
Hey drutter, hook a brother up with one of those leaf rounds in the video...I can pay!
If you turn the volume down you may get milk spots !
Thanks for the vid
FONZED
@goedeck1 They don't say but it is listed as Non Toxic on every brand that I have seen.
Thanks for the info...Great narration at the end!
Good video Drutter, I knew the cause, now I know the remedy!
Very cool video drutter!
@endlessmountain every coin should have that around the edges. do a video on them I reckon
OK that was VERY helpful, and it occurred to me that as you'd never see milk spots on the (always chinese) fakes that seem to be infesting the market these days, it would be a good way of verifying authenticity.. However, that wasn't what caught my eye, rather , (despite my long ago having abandoned my herb days) those silver rounds at the very end are soo cool.. where do you go or need to do to get get ahold of a few of them?
Doc..
Only one milk spot on one of my maple leafs is made by touching it with wet fingers and has nothing to do with production process.
I have one with milk spots so I took it out of the container, and threw it in with my junk silver so it gets a nice aged look :D
Thank you for this video sir! Now I can clean the ugly milk spot off my Canadian Silver Maple Leaf coin ... :)
Great video drutter! Thank you for sharing!
Great video brother . I subed and added your web site to my favorites.
Wow, AuStacker and TestTubeWorld channels are no more.
Very helpful, I’m learning😁
Theres a video on youtube where a lady uses a e cloth to clean her dull silver jewellery. im going to see if my e cloth wipes off milk spots and let you know.
did it work?
Well done Drutter
Also, dont store your coins in PVC plastic like I did. I stored 100 maple leafs in cheap plastic bags and they left the milk spot residue in all of them after a few weeks. They do come off with silver cleaner and jewelery cloth as mentioned, but they will never be as good as they leave ultra-fine scratches. A coin of 9999 purity and proof finish should really leave the mint in its own casing as with the kooks.
I like the "on the previous episode of drutter" thing going on in this vid
@SGTbull07 The same thing happened to me. I got out a tube of Apmex rounds that I bought in 2008. I never opened them. I just put them away. I opened them the other day and they are covered with spots. It made me sick to my stomach and angry.......oh so angry!
Thank you for sharing!