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<p>[QUOTE="Mat, post: 1408448, member: 21445"]I have gone through many hobbies: Comics, coins, fossils, rocks, trading cards *comic book related ones*, video games, wrestling, stamps. Usually when I get into something I get into it hard. </p><p><br /></p><p>The shortest hobbies for me were fossils and rocks. It only lasted a few years as a kid. I was really into wrestling for awhile, 25 years. I accumulated a ton of autographs, action figures, dvds, trading cards and so on but I stopped cold turkey in 2008 just cause I felt burned out & it had gotten so predictable. I sold alot of the wrestling crap and it helped fund my coin collecting, which I was on a 15 year break of. I still have a few things of it though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of that wrestling money when to U.S. coins in 2008 I was turned to coin collecting again. Now whenever I have free money I tend to hoard it and will spend it on some ancients that catch my fancy. I have spent alot of time reading about the various emperors or empresses on the coins, I have a few books on ancients but not as many as I probably should. I spend alot of time admiring them each week & believe it or not I still love each one as the day I got it, even after the "newness" wears off. I am very selective at what I buy and at times will spend extra just to get the one I want. But thankfully I do get alot of good deals, some have been nearly been free they've been so cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still buy 1 comic book a month because I have a complete run of this particular series going & I dont wanna just stop. Plus I attend comic book shows with my dad as its the only thing we do together and they are more fun then coin shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been slowly getting back into stamps but not much, they are cheap though!!</p><p><br /></p><p>But ancients are my real passion. Its mainly cause of the great collectors here who help me and respond to my questions when I have them. Plus I enjoy reading the comments and seeing their additions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mat, post: 1408448, member: 21445"]I have gone through many hobbies: Comics, coins, fossils, rocks, trading cards *comic book related ones*, video games, wrestling, stamps. Usually when I get into something I get into it hard. The shortest hobbies for me were fossils and rocks. It only lasted a few years as a kid. I was really into wrestling for awhile, 25 years. I accumulated a ton of autographs, action figures, dvds, trading cards and so on but I stopped cold turkey in 2008 just cause I felt burned out & it had gotten so predictable. I sold alot of the wrestling crap and it helped fund my coin collecting, which I was on a 15 year break of. I still have a few things of it though. Most of that wrestling money when to U.S. coins in 2008 I was turned to coin collecting again. Now whenever I have free money I tend to hoard it and will spend it on some ancients that catch my fancy. I have spent alot of time reading about the various emperors or empresses on the coins, I have a few books on ancients but not as many as I probably should. I spend alot of time admiring them each week & believe it or not I still love each one as the day I got it, even after the "newness" wears off. I am very selective at what I buy and at times will spend extra just to get the one I want. But thankfully I do get alot of good deals, some have been nearly been free they've been so cheap. I still buy 1 comic book a month because I have a complete run of this particular series going & I dont wanna just stop. Plus I attend comic book shows with my dad as its the only thing we do together and they are more fun then coin shows. I have been slowly getting back into stamps but not much, they are cheap though!! But ancients are my real passion. Its mainly cause of the great collectors here who help me and respond to my questions when I have them. Plus I enjoy reading the comments and seeing their additions.[/QUOTE]
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