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Strawberry Fields FOREVER

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Well, it might not be strawberries, but it is definately a wheat field! I don't know the opinion of anyone else but, if I find a coin, any coin, older than myself, I have found something! The area I'm hunting seems to lack a silver to copper ratio. When I find a penny, dime, or quarter older than myself, it has worth and historical value to me.
To me it's exciting to find an old coin for profit and historical value. I personally think to myself, what happened in History that year, where was I or my father or grandfather, what were we doing. How do you suppose this coin was lost.
Metal detecting and finding nice coins are great! However, when you look and consider the history of the coin and the times and conditions the coin was there, to me, it's fasinating!
Am I sentimental and a woose?
HH.
 
especially the wheaties. alot of people poo poo the wheaties but I still love them especially 55 double die, 09s vdb, etc. finding a wheatie down 9 inches is tough,and where theres one there are usually a bunch. nice work. aloha johny mc- the Adventure Lodge.
 
Nice post, and well said! I found a 1929 Walking Liberty half dollar last week, and couldn't help but wonder if this persons half dollar was lost before or after the stock market crashed? Or was it lost during the dirty thirties, at the height of the depression? Did this person look hard and long for this 50 cent piece? Or maybe it was lost during WW2? I imagine some folks primarily look at the numismatic value of coins, (Yes, it's nice when they are valuable!) while I often times catch myself pondering what the times were like in the era the coin or relic was lost. While considering all the seasons that have churned by to the very moment you dug it up, making it nothing less than a time capsule, with the wonderful idea someone had long ago of stamping a date on it! It connects us instantly with another day and age. Maybe a simpler time. Maybe very trying times. These are just some of the intangibles that make this the <STRONG>BEST HOBBY</STRONG> there is. I have been at it for 26 yrs., and my love for this hobby surpassed hunting and fishing LONG ago! If you are a sentimental wuse, than count me one as well. But I like your thinking. HH partner! <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
 
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