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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4731327, member: 10461"]I judge detector finds to a whole different set of standards than mainstream "store-bought" collector coins. It's all about the <i>story</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>You don't get to choose what condition something's in when it comes out of the ground after being buried for decades or centuries. You take what Lady Luck and your own skills and persistence offer you.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then the finds often require some cleaning (though hopefully that gets done carefully enough).</p><p><br /></p><p>I focus more on how uncommon it is to find something. Silver halves are not common detector finds, and rank high as nice finds, even if the same coin would not be as interesting to a traditional collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is stuff I wouldn't look twice at in a dealer's case that I would nonetheless be very happy to dig. In one of my videos (just after the 5:00 mark <a href="https://youtu.be/9qPXJn1DIFM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://youtu.be/9qPXJn1DIFM" rel="nofollow">here</a>) you can hear me get <i>way</i> too excited over finding a Barber dime which I knew all too well was worth barely over a dollar at the time. Ditto the Indian cent later on in that video. Neither were valuable, but both were old and very fun finds.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found only five silver halves in all my years detecting: an 1894-O Barber, a 1926-S Oregon trail commem (<i>that</i> was freaky and exciting, let me tell you!), 1937 and 1944 Walkers, and a 1952 Franklin. And one 1971 clad Kennedy. Not too many halves hit the dirt without being subsequently rediscovered and picked back up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Treasure that half, [USER=101265]@Chip Kirkpatrick[/USER]. If you're the one who found it, it was your destiny.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn't take $100 or even $500 for some of my finds which most folks wouldn't pay ten bucks for. I'm quite sentimental about the <i>adventure</i> they represent. I've never sold my dug coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another example of what I mean. I spent over $3,000 for this medieval <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/">Edward I penny</a>, if you count the airfare and expenses it cost me to travel to England and go dig it up out of a farm field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mind you, I have <i>bought</i> equal or better Edward I medieval pennies for $35-40.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was it worth spending 100x as much to go and dig my own, and be the first person in almost 700 years to touch it? You <i>bet</i> it was! It was an adventure I'll remember for the rest of my days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4731327, member: 10461"]I judge detector finds to a whole different set of standards than mainstream "store-bought" collector coins. It's all about the [I]story[/I]. You don't get to choose what condition something's in when it comes out of the ground after being buried for decades or centuries. You take what Lady Luck and your own skills and persistence offer you. And then the finds often require some cleaning (though hopefully that gets done carefully enough). I focus more on how uncommon it is to find something. Silver halves are not common detector finds, and rank high as nice finds, even if the same coin would not be as interesting to a traditional collector. There is stuff I wouldn't look twice at in a dealer's case that I would nonetheless be very happy to dig. In one of my videos (just after the 5:00 mark [URL='https://youtu.be/9qPXJn1DIFM']here[/URL]) you can hear me get [I]way[/I] too excited over finding a Barber dime which I knew all too well was worth barely over a dollar at the time. Ditto the Indian cent later on in that video. Neither were valuable, but both were old and very fun finds. I found only five silver halves in all my years detecting: an 1894-O Barber, a 1926-S Oregon trail commem ([I]that[/I] was freaky and exciting, let me tell you!), 1937 and 1944 Walkers, and a 1952 Franklin. And one 1971 clad Kennedy. Not too many halves hit the dirt without being subsequently rediscovered and picked back up. Treasure that half, [USER=101265]@Chip Kirkpatrick[/USER]. If you're the one who found it, it was your destiny. I wouldn't take $100 or even $500 for some of my finds which most folks wouldn't pay ten bucks for. I'm quite sentimental about the [I]adventure[/I] they represent. I've never sold my dug coins. Here's another example of what I mean. I spent over $3,000 for this medieval [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/']Edward I penny[/URL], if you count the airfare and expenses it cost me to travel to England and go dig it up out of a farm field. Mind you, I have [I]bought[/I] equal or better Edward I medieval pennies for $35-40. Was it worth spending 100x as much to go and dig my own, and be the first person in almost 700 years to touch it? You [I]bet[/I] it was! It was an adventure I'll remember for the rest of my days.[/QUOTE]
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