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>>56705392
Good to hear life is comfy anon! Metal detecting is pretty popular across Ukraine, I wonder if you live near any medieval or ancient settlements or historic battle sites? Some of the nicest flint and stone European Neolithic artifacts come from Ukraine too, there is a vast wealth of history in that part of the world.
>How do you preserve them from rusting further?
That's a good question, I still need to figure out how the pros do it, but generally you need to submerge and soak the iron artifacts in distilled water to dissolve and remove salts and other chemicals, then discard the water, soak more, discard, soak some more etc. until the damaging salts and contamination is gone. There is a tannic acid bath treatment some use to create a stable skin of Iron Tannate which protects iron from further oxidation, and there are different sealants people use like dipping in hot melted paraffin wax or applying microcrystalline paraffin "RenWax" paste. I have read about but don't really understand other more sophisticated dips/treatments some museums use to stabilize surfaces, I have much more to learn.

And yeah, you'll have no shortage of interesting pieces to study and collect if you're focusing on the coinage of Caracalla. I'm definitely more of a broad-scope generalist collector but I recognize the appeal of specializing and respect the expertise and discipline it requires. Please post more of your collection, is there anything in particular you're looking to acquire next? Dunno if you've ever looked at the entries over on Wildwinds.com but including Provincial issues there are thousands of different coins, that alone could keep a person busy for multiple lifetimes:
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html

>>53981221
>end of the world scenario

That's what our stacks of precious Lead and Iron are for, diversification is a good thing.