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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 969963, member: 19463&quot;]It really is three completely different hobbies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Some find the most enjoyment in finding something no one has seen for 2000 years and are not bothered too much by it being less than the greatest condition.&nbsp; The hobby is searching and cleaning coins bought in lots or found with our own metal detectors.&nbsp; Every so often we get a special coin but we accumulate a bunch of ordinary, ugly and worthless ones along the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Others of us get our thrill of the hunt by searching through lots of coins that can be identified but have not been yet and finding something we consider worthwhile.&nbsp; We buy individual coins.&nbsp; This form also includes search listings of identified coins for examples we want and consider worth the price asked.&nbsp; We are especially hoping for things that do not appear for sale every day but that fit our ideas of what belongs in our collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>3. The third group buys what a dealer suggests will be a good investment but never really takes the effort to learn about the coins except that someone told them it was a good move.&nbsp; Calling this form a hobby may be a stretch since many of those in this camp are more investors than they are collectors.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All three are forms of collecting ancient coins but those who participate in only one of the three ways have less to talk about with those who only collect according to the other plans.&nbsp; Certainly there are those who collect, for example, both uncleaned lots and individual selections but most of us specialize according to whether the hobby is the coin or the chase.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For the record: I&#039;m in group 2.&nbsp; I understand group 1 and have no use whatsoever for group 3.&nbsp; Your hobby may differ.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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