You've got some finesse with a hammer. That's nice tidy work. I'm surprised and impressed.
Cracked is still around (I have it open in another tab right this minute, as a matter o' fact * ), and is way better as a digital publication than...
In a rare moment of perfect timing, I just got the little Indian gold coin in the mail. Have not opened it yet. I will bring it to work so I can...
Yeah, I'll hafta work on that. But it will require photographic assistance, since it's difficult to shoot the action when that's taking place...
Valid points, though you're not stomping or even putting your full weight on it. Just pushing until the crack. Coin or slab remnants falling...
I like that, and might use it. Thanks. :) (Might've even come up with that one myself eventually, after some brainstorming.)
You're right. I should get crackin' on a more snappy name. Perhaps I'll do a short video or some GIF animations next time I crack one. In the...
Sensational.
Superb list, sound advice, and succinct. Thank you for sharing it, and Mark for composing it. (Your B. Max Mehl family anecdote is neat, too.)
This thread has grown! Quite deserving of its Featured status.
I started collecting in '76, when I was ten and a half. Those "state penny" sets were offered in not only coin magazines, but widely marketed to...
Since this came up in another discusson, I thought I'd repost it here. Maybe put it on the FAQ board, if it meets approval. Please elaborate....
OK, here you go- several paragraphs and some extra commentary about a simple technique that can be performed in far less time than it will take...
Me too. If I were a bazillionaire, I'd collect not only coins of every description, but would have a big roomful of Pre-Raphaelite paintings in...
That put a smile on some lucky detectorist's face, I'll bet. That's great. If I lived over there I'd have my feet and hands in the mud all the time.
If I were a dealer in antiquities like some of y'all are, I'd probably have to have resort to using all too many stickers that said, "authenticity...
Say, @Brian Bucklan - you're bargainbinancients, right? (Duhh, of course you are. It's right there in your signature line.) Like your stuff....
It's all Greek to me! You'd not have any difficulty convincing me it was legitimately ancient from the looks of it, but looks alone and my...
PS- (again re. that painting in the OP): I'll bet Dude drops that maiden with a quickness, after he steps down and gets a hot cinder in his...
I thought that concrete chunk was another piece of æs rude, at first! :hilarious:
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