Aside From Coins, Do You Have Any Other Hobbies?

Thank you! The white mountains really are amazing. Madison is one of the peaks in the second to last photo of the bunch. The one from way above the lake. It’s the peak all the way to the right.
Madison is #4 highest and just as tough as the rest of the big ones.

 

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Those were all taken in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
I will be out in the Rockies at the end of this summer. Excited to see what all the hype is about those 14ers.

 

@ValpoBeginner you might be right on this but I guess having recent or modern human remain could be issue legally due to his alive family members right of ownership. But a human remains of 7th century AD has no legal issue because there is no remaining family members who could claim the dead. I should mention that the dealer I was about to buy this told the human skull was found in the burial in Iraq and belonged to an Umayyad soldier . He also mentioned that the skull comes with a carbon 14 dating certificate attest to the 7th century AD but he was charging ridiculous amount of money around 200K for it which was way beyond my budget for it.

 

Excellent pics! I've been pretty busy but I think that in the fall I am gonna take some time off and head to Oregon, for a solitary hike for two weeks or so. I used to like going with other people, but now I like to be totally immersed in nature without the prattle of my friends who always had to vent about their stuff, maybe that makes me a loner now, but to me it's the only way. HIKING IS PURE BLISS.

 

by the way remember that during the time ISIS was active in Iraq so many illegal digs was done there and this skull could well be originating from those illegal digs who knows ....

 

Yeah i did read about that.

I'm kinda with some other voiced opinions on here, I don't think I could even feel good about a body of a relative on my land, unless it was a green burial, without containment in cement vaults or even a coffin. I like the idea of living on by being consumed by other life.

But if it's your thing its okay with me, but I don't think I d be comfortable if I visited your house and knew that this ancient Warrior in his day had become a display piece. I think in order to be at ease, as a guest of yours one might have to have a certain appreciation for forensics that goes beyond attitudes toward dead bodies are these days. Perhaps in the time relics were viewed as holy relics in great cathedrals it would have been better received

I suppose you could make it work as long as proper respect were given to the him and a proper flattering backstory.

 

@ValpoBeginner for me I have no issue having it beside my bed at night let alone at my home I simply see it as an object same as a coin or any other artifact. the only issue I didn't get it was price and also the fact that my wife threatened me to live the house if I keep that skull there. I wish women had more appreciation for ancient art and ancient human remains

 

Funny you mentioned that, as I actually purchased a slab today of a stromarolite fossil from Australia. The reds on the slab are from periods where rich iron deposits were probably washed down into the shoreline where the bacterial mats were, and the iron rich sediments were trapped by the cianobacteria that forms stromatolites.

If you look carefully, you can even see banding on the dark areas with dark mineral deposits.


SPECIES: Tiger Iron Stromatolite
AGE: Archean (~2.7 Billion Years)
LOCATION: Pilbara, Western Australia
SIZE: 4.2"x 3.9", .4" Thick

I normally don't care for overpolished stuff, but with stromarolite fossils I was willing to make the exception. Namely because it is almost impossible to find one that wasn't polished, and unless I wanted to fly to Australia and apply for an exports permit, then go and try to find my own sample, this was basically my only choice. Plus it does look kinda nice, doesn't it?

 

Very cool radio! I bought that last one because it plays FM. I have a few others (some posted in the quoted part of the post) but all AM or dont work 100%. The vista has an eye tube (green light). First time I ever saw/heard of one. Blew me away when i first saw it.

 

VERY NICE SPECIMEN! I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing.

 

My brother, sister-in-law, and my 70 year old aunt (my aunt was far more experienced than us) made the climb. We could hardly keep up with my aunt.

 

That is cool. I had bought mine in China, carved, from Mammouth tusk imported through Manchulia from Siberia, Russia. Since then, I understand now it is illegal to import Mammouth Tusk, similar to the Elephant Ivory laws. At the time I purchased them and brought them home, Mammouth was not an endangered species (being extinct), therefore there were no problems. Now, it looks like Custom Laws have changed. Like Ivory, existing pieces are grandfathered (as I understand the changes.)


Mammoth Tusk - Russia find China carved Chinese Zodiac BOAR and RABBIT


I am the Boar, my wife's Zodiak is the Rabbit.

 

Other than numismatics, I also collect coins.

 

Not sure what happened but the last photo didn't load.
There we go. lol

 

While I'm at it here's 2 more:
Wire silver straight from the mine in Australia.
And from Mexico some Gypsum or a Selenite Rose Cluster.

 

As a kid, I collected postmarks, especially from towns with interesting names like Red House, WVa. Also collected matchbook covers. All are now gone. As an adult I collected vintage baseball cards, cut and polished Kentucky agate rock, and did woodturning and carving. Still carve a bit, but all the rest is gone and replaced by coin and currency collecting.

 

I also have this Septerian Nodule from Madagascar. Yes, it's heart shaped but Septerian is a neat mineral. Love the black crystals on the interior. The outer shell is a light brown with dark brown rings. (Don't know of any other way to describe them.) Hard to find in smaller sizes as the rings become a blob. This is about 2 1/2" squared.

 

Civil war relics are my second hobby. I have a few nice pieces but money gets most of my cash.

 

Nice Shilo Sharps, the 45-70 is and was one heck of a cartridge. I reload 45-70 cartridges and find the 500 Gr bullet to be very accurate in some of my many 45-70 rifles. I also collect handguns but no where near as many as you have shown. You have a fine collection thanks for sharing them.