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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MatrixMP-9, post: 3100905, member: 93422&quot;]I can throw out an idea. Any experienced &quot;real&quot; hobbiest or collector should take a bit of pride in it I think. I will admit all day I am not even close to the level of expertise that some are around here. Quite frankly, I can use the internet and guess what...Ive learned one thing and that is this site provides the best advice. Some people come through here and you can just feeeeel the butt hurt. But in the end, they were given the best answer and the right answer. Ive personally posted some real garbage but after a few times, Im getting a little better at deciding whats worth putting up around here. Im a bit more selective. To get back to your question though, I think it appeals to the same &quot;endorphin rush&quot; a fisher might get or a gambler. Common change that might be worth something! Face it, in todays age of the internet its pretty easy to get at least some kind of answer on a coin you find. I would say that its probably good for you guys that make a living from it. You should encourage the casual collector or &quot;searcher&quot; because it opens up a whole new market of buyers and finders. Its kind of a compliment to what you have done and what you started (which was soooo much harder) years ago before internet. I have a jar I keep cool coins in. they have no real value over face but for different reasons, I think they are cool. Since Ive been paying attention, I never seen an Idaho quarter in my hand. I finally got one just today. Cleaned it up and tossed it in my jar. I tink the phase comes and goes for people. Most will tail off over time after they realize how seriously hard it is to find the real rarity and how much skill it really takes to spot it. As long as Ive wrote all this out babbling on, its important to know Im in my 40s. I work a very difficult job training surgeons (ophthalmologists) for a living. Im now starting to &quot;train&quot; the &quot;trainers&quot; which is cool. I have to continually brush up on the latest trends, methods, details and phone book sized clinical papers to continue being one of the best in the business at what I do. I could never be an expert here. You guys are no different being the masters of your craft. Again, take it all as a compliment...take even the &quot;trolls&quot; as a compliment too for what you have done to make this hobby what it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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