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<p>[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3189872, member: 74863"]I went to Gettysburg yesterday and spent 5 hours looking and talking to dealers. Even had a nice coin conversation with a guard. No costs to park and no entrance fee. </p><p><br /></p><p>The show was fairly busy for a Friday but you could still see and talk. Naturally I saw a number of coins I wanted but couldn't afford. And of course one dealer had the last 2 coins I needed in the grade I want but he was overpriced so I just walked away politely. Another dealer looked on his bid sheet and he was in fact very high.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did find 2 very nice coins to add to my collection as well and I also found a few low end coins too. It was fun and a great experience. If was also a nice drive through the battlefield. When I saw the PA Memorial and Confederate Ave. I was reminded of the 12 mile hike my wife and I took years ago. A wonderful hike and I still remember the feeling I had.</p><p><br /></p><p>And using my imagination, I remember the smell of gunpowder, the noise of cannons and bullets whizzing past me as we hiked the last mile from Gen. Lee's monument. That was Gen. Picket's charge. He lost his entire outfit, over 5000 men as they crossed that field in July in 1863. The only place one could take cover was behind the body of a dead comrade. Two fences to climb over and a road to cross, all while charging up a low lying area that is the high ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Union Army occupied the higher ground and that was behind A few rocks so they had cover but the Confederates did not. What an eerie feeling. I highly recommend the coin show and a drive through the battlefield. It's also a nice walk through the cemetery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3189872, member: 74863"]I went to Gettysburg yesterday and spent 5 hours looking and talking to dealers. Even had a nice coin conversation with a guard. No costs to park and no entrance fee. The show was fairly busy for a Friday but you could still see and talk. Naturally I saw a number of coins I wanted but couldn't afford. And of course one dealer had the last 2 coins I needed in the grade I want but he was overpriced so I just walked away politely. Another dealer looked on his bid sheet and he was in fact very high. I did find 2 very nice coins to add to my collection as well and I also found a few low end coins too. It was fun and a great experience. If was also a nice drive through the battlefield. When I saw the PA Memorial and Confederate Ave. I was reminded of the 12 mile hike my wife and I took years ago. A wonderful hike and I still remember the feeling I had. And using my imagination, I remember the smell of gunpowder, the noise of cannons and bullets whizzing past me as we hiked the last mile from Gen. Lee's monument. That was Gen. Picket's charge. He lost his entire outfit, over 5000 men as they crossed that field in July in 1863. The only place one could take cover was behind the body of a dead comrade. Two fences to climb over and a road to cross, all while charging up a low lying area that is the high ground. The Union Army occupied the higher ground and that was behind A few rocks so they had cover but the Confederates did not. What an eerie feeling. I highly recommend the coin show and a drive through the battlefield. It's also a nice walk through the cemetery.[/QUOTE]
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