What brought you to CoinTalk?

A friend and coin seller!

 

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Googling vbulletin coin web site. So many years ago.

 

I don't really remember. But I was occasionally reading on the grading service's forums and then discovered CT. I liked the format and the atmosphere. I lurked for a while here before joining.

 

I came across a question someone posted, and I wanted to offer an opinion. I think I saw the link on Twitter, but when I clicked it, it came here. I liked the site, so I joined.

 

Was researching my family's coin hoard knowing nothing and then I saw a sign stating “Whoso entereth here leaveth all hope behind" and I have never been able to leave since

 

LOOKING FOR COIN INFO, GLAD I FOUND YOU GUYS. LEARNED ALOT.

 

It's been so long I really don't remember, it kinda seems like I was here and the site grew up around me.

 

I was actually searching for a popular coin forum to join, learn from, and eventually contribute too. I think I found it

 

Curious about the coins that have been in my pocket for the last 56 years. Was even more curious about how I was able to fit in the same pair of jeans I was wearing when I was 6...So I turned to the most logical place within an arms reach... my trusty computer.. The people on this site are kind, genuinely helpful, knowledgeable and much of the time hilarious.

 

Just doing research to find more resources and I stumbled across it.

 

I imagine those jeans look pretty silly on you these days, though.

 

Some years ago I go away from coins. Recently the spark has rekindled and I belong to a couple different forums. So I googled and found a site that gave the 5 best, with details on each one. This one looked the best for what I was wanting, so here I am.

 

I am another one who just can't remember what brought me here. Glad I came though, have learned a lot from you guys and been having fun the whole while.

 

Ya wanna see silly? Picture me in bell bottoms fifty years ago......that's why I wear a bag over my head.......

 

I too wish for a metal detecting forum, tho I belong to one. Maybe an album or a thread of finds would be great.

 

What brought me to this site?
It was good luck and my best friend Bud

 

I can't remember why/how I joined in 2014 (that's what my profile says), but really got more interested as I grew tired of the grading company owned sites by the two biggies.

NGC and PCGS both did software 'upgrades'. Unlike LordM I don't mind the PCGS interface. NGC took longer to sort-of-fix theirs. Either way...NGC has been a ghost town for quite some time, and PCGS's world forum has slowed down as well.

Too much about the companies too--not that I don't like/use them but I get super aggravated by the superior/drink the koolaid attitudes, as well as the occasional bits of high drama. Neither of them are robust enough in terms of content these days. World and Ancients are much better represented here. I still check in on the others, but spend way more time over here as there is almost always something interesting.

My wish here would be a dedicated sub-forum for photography--a few pinned posts with the basics, and then more activity. I have found another site with a coin photo sub forum but haven't been able to get as into that. Much prefer this one, so rarely go over there (generally only if there is a link).

 

I joined a metal detecting forum a few years ago that I really liked. It's still around, but I haven't logged in myself in about two years. When I was there frequently, the old timers were pretty nice to me as a noob. The site is actually named metal detecting forum. No spaces, of course.