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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2864693, member: 71723&quot;]I don&#039;t want it to seem like I&#039;m picking on you personally, Robert, but the recent explosion of newb &quot;error hunters&quot; generally is frankly getting under my skin just a little bit. Trust me, and ask around, I have been ranting on this topic for over a year now. Somehow, word got out that this is the essence of the numismatic hobby, and <b><i>it most decidedly is not! </i></b>It is a <b><i>tiny, tiny</i></b> sliver of the hobby at best. Somebody seems to have given away a few too many Ken Potter books, and a few too many people have run off the end of the earth after reading them.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is way too little reading and studying (Books, not stupid websites - there&#039;s a <b><i><u>big</u></i></b> difference!) going on, and way too much magnification getting thrown at coins for little to no reason. In short, if you need big honkin&#039; magnification to see your &quot;error which probably isn&#039;t&quot; (anything higher than the OPTICAL magnification of the digital scope you&#039;re using) it&#039;s not worth saving. (Digital magnification is <b><i>not</i></b> true magnification - it&#039;s artifact creation.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The ratio of post-mint damage to true errors, or strike doubles to true DD&#039;s, being put on this board by newbs approaches 1000:1. And it all can be avoided by learning a little something about the field <b><i>before</i></b> rummaging through $25 boxes of cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are scads of numismatic authors other than Potter, and better ones, too. The best five authors are all named Q. David Bowers, oddly enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could rant on this over two pages, but I&#039;ll stop for now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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