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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2583968, member: 10461&quot;]Nope, never got that far.&nbsp; The coin is owned by someone else now.&nbsp; There were 2-3 people on Collectors Universe who snapped up my better love tokens in the recent purge/reorganization.&nbsp; Most of them bought 2-3 pieces each.&nbsp; I did well in the sales.&nbsp; This research pays off.&nbsp; It was always kind of a chore to me before (&quot;research&quot; is such a groan-inducing word, isn&#039;t it?), but I now find it rather fun.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I&#039;ve got the Internet at my fingertips now.&nbsp; Much earlier, when I tried tracking down the owner of a 1974 class ring I dug while detecting, there were roadblocks all thrown up all around, never mind that I was dealing with the alumni organization of the same school I myself graduated from ten years later, in the Class of 1984.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the minister who married my wife and I is an avid detectorist (a beach hunter, unlike me), and he had as much fun tracking down the owners of lost rings as he did finding the gold in the first place.&nbsp; He always gave the goodies back to the amazed owners, who often had lost the items years if not decades before.&nbsp; And knowing him, he always declined any reward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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