Working with Patina and Coins

Today I decided to try the patina on copper blanks with oven heat and my husband's plumbing torch.
The oven idea started out good enough.  The copper before it went in -

and then when they came out-

They came out a nice red color. Problem was, when I went to put the protective wax on it, it rubbed off a bit. but it still wasn't the original copper color, so I am okay with that.
I used up those blanks with making necklaces with coins -

Next I had my husband help by using his blowtorch and we got some really interesting colors on the copper.
Stay tuned for some pics of those and also I'm going to be trying the Ammonia patina this week.
I think Jon even had some fun helping me!