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Message:: [QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 1767281, member: 37707"]I know EXACTLY what you are going through. My grandfather started me in coin collecting, rock hounding, ring making, and a few other hobbies when I was 5. Around the age of 12 I had quite the collection of gems, agate, geodes, fossils, etc. My mother got mad at me for getting dirt on the carpet in my bedroom. I would lay out my rocks and use stickers to catalogue them. I came home from school the day after I left them out on the ground and she had thrown them all away. I had thousands of dollars in rough and cut gems. I would tell myself that she had just hid them. It wasn't until about 6 months later that I had accepted that they really were gone.  In addition, there was also 10 silver cast rings, without stones in them, in the group; also had about 10 oz of slag silver that I had cut from rings after casting them or stuff left over. Luckily my coin collection was in my locker in the room. I think if she were to see them out, she probably would have tossed them as well. I don't understand that type of parenting. I'm sorry for what you're going through and hope they did not throw them away. You will be surprised how long this sits in the back of your mind throughout your relationship with your parents.[/QUOTE]