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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2591513, member: 10461"]Great stuff!  I can see how Gordian III silver Ants could become quite habit forming, considering their high bang-for-the-buck ratio. I like the look of that Edward I penny. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/">Did you see the one I found in England?</a>  I was surprised and proud when that post became my first "featured" thread.  It's still #2 on the homepage as I type this.  Knowing I was the first person to touch that coin in 700 years was quite a rush, I tell you.  Never mind that I've bought better ones for $25-30.  That made the whole trip worthwhile for me. I learned about Tipu Sultan in one of Bernard Cornwell's historical novels.  I believe one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)" rel="nofollow">"Sharpe" series</a>.  Anybody read those?  I enjoyed them when I was in my 20's.  They're a bit too blood-n'-guts macho for my tastes nowadays, but Cornwell can teach a little history by way of telling a swashbuckling tale.  Always includes historical notes at the end of his novels, too.[/QUOTE]