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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25841009, member: 10461&quot;]This metal detecting find is one of several &quot;sentimental&quot; coins for me.&nbsp; <i>All</i> of my detector finds are sentimental, in a way, because I can look at each and remember the adventure from the day I dug them.&nbsp; (I have never sold any of my dug coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>This one, however, also had an indirect role in my meeting my wife (with whom I just celebrated our 25th anniversary).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-i-call-this-one-the-coin-1998.287817/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-i-call-this-one-the-coin-1998.287817/">I posted that whole story here</a>, along with the newspaper clipping about the find.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FDiggers%2520Diary%2F1012888923087_thecoin.jpg&amp;hash=8b9592c1a7efc788746bb76e09e18638" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This humble 1936 dime was the very first coin in my collection.&nbsp; I found it in my step-grandmother&#039;s silverware drawer while setting the table for Thanksgiving dinner on November 25, 1976.&nbsp; You might say it launched my numismatic journey.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_12/IMG_6373.jpeg.b399e26b256a6135a7fb16075223b4d1.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The only other coin that remains from my childhood collection is this 1827 Bust half. I received it for my 11th birthday on December 28, 1976.&nbsp; For me as a freshly-minted kid collector, this was a real treasure.&nbsp; I felt like it put me in another league.&nbsp; In fact, if it weren’t cleaned (I did that misdeed myself, back in ‘76), it would likely meet my standards for inclusion in my present-day collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2F1827halfUnionSt.jpg&amp;hash=5c83eec09f08d1d4a28aefac71d33f98" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my maternal grandfather&#039;s WW2 deployment medal.&nbsp; It had somehow gone outside the family for decades, until a kind stranger in Savannah tracked my mother down online and sent it to her.&nbsp; It is Sterling silver and roughly dollar-sized in diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Granddaddy&#039;s father (my maternal great-grandfather, Reuben Buck Robertson), was the cofounder of Champion Paper Company.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/4a161d78a9144baeab34bdc30ce290cf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Granddaddy during WW2.&nbsp; He&#039;s the tall man in the center.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/804009428799497f92cece5871959844.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here he is later, in the 1980s, as I best remember him.&nbsp; He was born in 1916 and died in 1987.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/ab74731776ac4888917e354a670ccbce.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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