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Immerse it in molasses for about a month, seems to be a common recommendation here.
Thought to throw this in Borax at Bunnings about $8 bucks a kilo.
I was disloving some in a pot to make ant killer paste as soon as it hit boiling water it totally cleaned the stainless steel to a shine.
Pot is 12 months in use since but you can see the cleaned area.
Just a thought if you heated the lock up in the oven then dropped in a pot of borax/water mix it could work.
If you think the Find is Valuable then better advice i would seek.
Good one on the find Dusttodust all bought home from there was boot tacks, horse shoes & musket balls that i stupidly threw out.
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Did the ant killing paste work?
Borax is a good old-fashioned relatively safe ant killer: they eat it, it reacts with the acid in their gut and kills them. Other ants that eat the dead ones also die.
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Do you mix it with anything? Sugar, honey etc?
I think you just use water.
Depending on the type of ants.
In this case they were grease ants they would not touch the sugar / glucose mix at all.
i used a sieve to refine the Borax Powder grains down further then mixed it with butter and bread.
Tried a few different combinations like olive spread and fat from the baking pan.
Yes it does work and from what i could gather the ants dehydrate and they actually pop.
No i`ve never heard of grease ants before that maybe an American term.
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My first time ever detecting. I bought a Whites GMT DD E series and had a great time with my wife and friends. we also found bullets, casings, nails, and a horseshoe. Spent a few dollars in the town which it really needs.
The musket balls i found were on that western slope near town .Apprenty they let one off shot every evening at around Sundown i`m not shore of the exact time.
I`m only guessing but i`d say that hilly area has been worked over by VLF machines as like you i found lots of targets but no gold.
`i`m not shore but i think gpx machines would not run to well there with power lines & maybe some local folk kick`in in a genny once in a while.
SDC2300 / GPX 6000 / GPZ7000 my guess be the best detectors for that arera but i know nothing about Garrett and other brands.
There are nuggets around there that i know & some fairly nice folk to go with it.
the good old cheap brand white vinegar works well for rust like that
i use it constantly for cleaning badly or rusted railway spikes for blacksmithing ,i once used acid but found the vinegar is just as good but less tragic to the user
a wire brush in a drill or the bench grinder type will get a lot of the bulk dirt and rust from it (wear a good mask)
soak it for about 3 or 4 days ,give it a good wash with plenty of clean water, wire brush then rinse and repeat until you are happy with the results
i use it constantly for cleaning badly or rusted railway spikes for blacksmithing ,i once used acid but found the vinegar is just as good but less tragic to the user
a wire brush in a drill or the bench grinder type will get a lot of the bulk dirt and rust from it (wear a good mask)
soak it for about 3 or 4 days ,give it a good wash with plenty of clean water, wire brush then rinse and repeat until you are happy with the results
