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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 629558, member: 19165&quot;]I would definitely recommend getting the 4th edition of the Parsley (formerly Overton) book. It was updated and a lot of things were added. But a used copy of the 4th edition would work just as well as a new copy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>T$, you&#039;re two main choices are Overton/Parsley or Edgar Souder&#039;s Bust Half Fever. These are the standard references. I don&#039;t have Souder&#039;s book, I hear its excellent. I do have the Overton guide, of course. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t want to drop the cash on a book (they aren&#039;t cheap), I also reference coinzip quite a bit: <a href="http://coinzip.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lebust" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinzip.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lebust" rel="nofollow">http://coinzip.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lebust</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>I definitely use the book as a reference, but I also pull it out and just look through it to relax sometimes. I&#039;m always learning what sort of things are good identifiers, what to look for on certain varieties, etc. I don&#039;t really memorize individual varieities, more like getting familiar with everything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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