Recently I’ve been making more use of the fibre laser and deep engraving on different materials creating custom prizes. Below you can see a First To Find Geocaching Coin for the 2025 Geocaching International Film Festival (Lincoln) on brass and the achievement medals for The Vale Academy Staff FPL competition in brass, magnesium(silver effect) and wood.

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I’ve also been experimenting with antiquing fluids to create artificially aged coins. Below you can see an example of a deep engraved dragon head on a magnesium coin that has been aged with Curator Black antiquing fluid from Restoration Materials and then buff and polished using AutoSol metal polish and a final protective wax coating using Renaissance Wood Wax and Polish.

If you’d like more information on the process or custom coins making please feel free to contact me