Sentimental piece stolen

I have had an 1850 type two Liberty eagle in my pocket since my grandfather gave it to me (was his pocket piece for decades). I play on a pool team and have been using it as my pocket marker for nearly twenty years, but this past Wednesday it got taken. I'm just shocked to nobody including myself saw this happening, but after traveling around in my grandfathers and my pocket for over half a century, it's gone. I hope it makes its way back to me, but I'd be shocked if I ever see it again. The good news is that I won my match and my quest for a perfect season is still alive with only two weeks left.

 

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Dang, that's not good...I mean the coin.

 

I'd stop by your lcs and see if anyone has come in trying to sell one.

 

That sucks. I hope you find it in a LCS or cash for gold place. You'll need a police report to be able to get it back and a pic would help.

 

Man something like that would bother me to no end Kirk. The family history behind this piece is immense. I hope it returns to you my friend.

 

I've posted a thousand dollar reward for it, which is way more than it is worth, but unfortunately I don't even have an image of it. Southern coins and precious metals (where all of the we buy gold guys and coin shops send their scrap for assay) know about it and I've been dealing with them for years. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I'm not really holding out hope for it.

 

I assume that you play on an APA league. If you were playing on a quarter-slot table, is it possible that your "pocket marker" might have fallen into the pocket? If you haven't looked into this, maybe you could ask the owner of the establishment to open the table so you can check.

Having played pool for 55 years and assisted in recovering tables hundreds of times, you wouldn't believe the things that can be found inside the tables when they are recovered.

Chris

 

Great idea Chris, I didn't even consider that it may have fallen into the pocket. And it was during an APA night. I also play BCA on Monday.

 

Be sure to take a flashlight with you. Good luck!

Chris

 

I hope you find it!

 

Check Craigslist if your police don't do it routinely as here.

 

So sorry to hear about your loss; I pray we'll hear an update that you found it safe and sound.

 

Sounds like Christopher Walken's line in 'Pulp Fiction.'

 

I sincerely hope that you find it. I've had an heirloom missing for a little over a month now so I do know the feeling.

 

So sorry for the loss of such a sentimental piece. I pray that you will utilize every means at your disposal to locate it. Have you a metal detector? Regards, Error66.

 

People say I look like him too, I'm not sure if it's a compliment or not but I don't really see the resemblance.

 

I carried this uncomfortable hunk of metal for 4 years...

 

I have an update.... IT'S BEEN FOUND! It was returned to me by southern coins and precious metals. I let them know that it was missing and today I got a call saying that they had it. A pawn shop bought it as scrap. I'll post some pics as soon as I have my hands on it again.

I'm so happy that I will have it again. I even refelted the pool table to get them to let me get into it. It was a pricey full size table so they were reluctant to let me fool with it at first. I called in a guy that knew what he was doing to open it up since I didn't want to harm the slate. I now have a nice quick felt with some good action and will get my lucky pocket marker back this weekend. A happy day!

 

That's great!

 

Do they have the paperwork for who sold it?