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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2395213, member: 1892&quot;]Let me draw an analogy here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a rabid fan of coin photography, bent on spreading the Gospel of cheap imaging equipment and technique. Cameras capable of professional-level images are now available for less than $100 - I just paid $84 for one - and appropriate lenses can be had for $25. <b>It&#039;s cheap</b>. </p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>If</b></i> you&#039;re willing to do the legwork of learning about photography, and willing to adopt the precision of technique required to get images right every time. But, for some reason, there are people who can&#039;t or won&#039;t learn these techniques, and somehow are never able to produce quality images with the same equipment others have no problem with. No idea why.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same goes for conservation technique. Yes, there&#039;s stuff that works, but there will always be people who cannot/will not learn how to do it right, even down to <i>choosing the right coin to conserve</i>. They just don&#039;t want to expend the effort, and refuse to recognize the ruleset required.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I teach you how to shoot coins and you still can&#039;t get it right, all that happens is you&#039;re disappointed and your equipment gets underutilized. If I teach you to conserve coins and you still can&#039;t get it right, valuable coins are <b>ruined forever</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>None of this fits the definition of &quot;instant gratification.&quot; <i>You get what you invest</i>, just like any other aspect of numismatics. And I&#039;m still primarily a &quot;Let Me Google That For You&quot; search engine in numismatic fora, because people are unwilling to go find the answers themselves. It doesn&#039;t encourage me in the direction of offering downright <b>dangerous</b> information, if the audience is unwilling to do their own due diligence.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>You can&#039;t spoon-feed conservation. </b>And you can&#039;t create sound judgement where none exists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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