Aside From Coins, Do You Have Any Other Hobbies?

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  1. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    I used to collect militaria. Not so much nowadays, but on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, November 11, 2018, this M1915 German feldflasche (canteen) came up on eBay for $6. It is nicely marked with a maker and date (18).

    It's a bit rough, but the stars were in alignment.

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  3. Plumbata

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    I like digging old garbage dumps for antique bottles, stoneware, and incidentals like gold and silver.

    Sold this c. 1849-1854 bad boy for 1,250.00 and started my business with the proceeds
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    Rare advertising "Mini-Jug" given as gifts to faithful customers, c. 1910, worth 3-400
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    Advertising stoneware rolling pin from the 1920s, worth ~325.00
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    My GF (wife now) decided to surprise me one oppressive summer day while digging in a c. 1910 dump.
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    Ya gotta move many tons of dirt to get at the goodies!
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    Big haul from a mid 1920s dump
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    Solid day's haul from a 1905-1910 dump
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    Might not look like it, but this c. 1906 extremely rare bottle is worth 4 figures.
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    Modified flatware made by inmates of an insane asylum, c. 1910-12. Note the scalpel-like butter knife and fork turned into a nail extractor/prybar.
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    My dear father in a productive 1920s trench
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    It's absolutely one of my favorite activities, though I have way more hobbies than years in life to develop them all fully. Life is beautiful my friends, soak it in while you can!
     
  4. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    @Plumbata
    So in your own words: its a crappy life and I love it!
     
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  5. Plumbata

    Plumbata Well-Known Member

    Well, in the case of digging old outhouse pits for the items they threw away, it quite literally is a "crappy" life and absolute pure bliss every moment you're mucking around down there! :D
     
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  6. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    I can comprehend that, really.
     
  7. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    :eek:

    I could spend the rest of my life doing that. Heck, I spent a month or two digging and chopping through thick roots in my front yard just trying to find a sewer cleanout.

    I don't know what it is about digging for things. Actually, I do -- it's variable-ratio intermittent reinforcement, where sometimes you get rewarded for doing something, but unpredictably. Guaranteed to make lab rats wear out their little paws pushing the lever -- and to remind us that we're not as far removed from lab rats as we'd like to think.

    Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go back to clicking that refresh button for the newly-listed BIN coins on eBay... :rolleyes:
     
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  8. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

    Currently doing what I love most in the world! On a tournament condition right now 48 feet long called Eiffel Tower: 08906DEA-91E8-43C3-B204-37CA5FF8315D.jpeg
     
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  9. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    Well, after 44 pages of posts, I can't believe that golf was only mentioned once, and that was given up. I don't golf, but did expect out of 867 posts, there would be a few golfers.
    I have dabbled in almost all of the posted hobbies, at one time or another. Many became unwieldy and when I became a full-time RVer, they had to be given up, like collecting typewriters. Since retiring, I became an avid pleasure reader. Now for someone that is dyslexic and never reading for pleasure, well except comic books, that is quite an achievement. I still have some old radios, Atwater/Kent, and old cameras, along with my metal detector, and telescope but mostly I collect coins and read now.
     
  10. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

    134E16CC-8441-4526-AE99-8ED709D24697.jpeg Final scores in case any are interested.
     
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  11. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    LOL, reminds me of an hilarious scene with Steve Martin as Rupert in the movie "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"

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  12. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    I bowl 4 times per week, but lately my average has gone below 200 for the first time in a few years. That 242 is a nice score.
     
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  13. BooksB4Coins

    BooksB4Coins Newbieus Sempiterna

    Indeed, and depending on how one looks at it, they've surpassed us.
     
  14. buckeye73

    buckeye73 Well-Known Member

    Golf-good opportunity to mix activity and the outdoors.
     
  15. HAB Peace 28 2.0

    HAB Peace 28 2.0 The spiders are as big as the door

    Don't laugh? But, I'm a big Tetris player. Seriously, sadly. I play at least 10 hours a week lol. I'm always #tetrisready. Although, I'm not a gamer. It's the only video game I play.
     
  16. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    I took that up the first time around. When I started hallucinating pieces coming down as I was falling asleep, I knew it was time to stop.
     
  17. akeady

    akeady Well-Known Member

    I also gave up Tetris when I started dreaming of the pieces coming down... rotating them, moving them... aaagggghgg

    Addictive game, though...

    ATB,
    Aidan.
     
  18. cash4coin

    cash4coin ran 20 redlights

    Classic vinyl rock albums, cacti, bonsai.
     
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  19. HAB Peace 28 2.0

    HAB Peace 28 2.0 The spiders are as big as the door

    Yeah. Tetris can do that lol. It's just a big puzzle, you think you can solve? But in reality you can't. But you will try and try anyway.
     
  20. HAB Peace 28 2.0

    HAB Peace 28 2.0 The spiders are as big as the door

    Very. Probably the most addictive game? You can spend useless hours of (pleasure and pain) playing it.
     
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  21. cash4coin

    cash4coin ran 20 redlights

    collecting dust and a paycheck from Uncle Sam
     
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