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Do you spend more time peering through a microscope or observing through a telescope?

CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Half credit for loupes or binoculars.

;)

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2018 1:04AM

    Our friend the Martian Cent. :o

  • Aspie_RoccoAspie_Rocco Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2018 1:07AM

    Microscope or loupe

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,270 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Microscope. How did that wheatie get to Mars, obv up, and how long did it take to find it? Peace Roy

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The VDB hitched a ride on Curiosity. No way does it straight grade now!

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yup, microscope or loupe !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,055 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm still looking for my Zeiss loupe; in the meantime the B and L will suffice.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The most I use is a Zeiss loupe... a 5x handheld glass is usually my first go to tool...Rarely do I want major magnification....If it cannot be easily seen in hand, then, for the most part, not interesting. Cheers, RickO

  • PipestonePetePipestonePete Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Recently obtained a t-mount to enable attaching my DSLR to my Zhummell Z10 Dobsonian telescope.

  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,307 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Microscope ;)

    Olympus BX Series

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Telescope.

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Loupe and Dinolite……….never a telescope.

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 16, 2018 8:41AM

    I get the most JOY from coins by looking at them with the naked eye, as they were intended to be seen!

    I never use a bleeping microscope, and only use a loupe for buying decisions, or to explore something of interest.

    So, guess I'm a "telescope" guy.

    Added: I guess I was taking it more as a metaphor. I didn't expect that actual use of a telescope would be discussed. :lol:

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,858 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Way more on telescopes & binoculars. Probably 100:1 over microscopes & loupes.

    I go shooting at least several times per month and do astronomy as a minor hobby. I look through a microscope occasionally in the hospital lab and very occasionally in the operating room.

    I use a handheld loupe when making buying decisions on coins and when examining some particular detail.

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN said:
    Loupe and Dinolite……….never a telescope.

    Could probably use one when the Cowboys go 3rd and long.

    ;)

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've used a microscope at work for many years, mostly looking at and counting cells.

    Also spent quite a bit of time with backyard telescopes, current instrument is a 4.5" reflector.

    Telescope catching up, but microscope still far ahead.

    For coins, it's a couple of loupes, time is probably between the two.

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • AstroJoeAstroJoe Posts: 309 ✭✭✭

    Joe

    Everything is all right!
  • RoscoRosco Posts: 253 ✭✭✭✭

    B&L with light is a favorite for me.

    R.I.P Son 1986>2020

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,309 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't have a telescope. Not enough really dark, clear skies in my parts, and the neighbors are boring.

    I probably use my microscope almost every day, even if it's to change a watch battery or get a splinter out of my thumb.

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • santinidollarsantinidollar Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Squinting through a loupe. In the next life, I want perfect eyesight.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I spend most my time looking at High-end images of coins in Photoshop.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 16, 2018 10:29AM

    To me there is a difference between sight and vision.

    When buying coins, my sight is microscopic, as I want value and quality for my money, especially the long term.

    In terms of my VISION for what I wanted to accomplish with my set, it is telescopic, as I had a plan for what I wanted to achieve over the years and I have mostly done it.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,575 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm a clinical microbiologist... when I'm not using a microscope, I'm using a molecular tool.

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  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 16, 2018 10:42AM

    Telescope here! Oh wait, this thread is about coins?

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Best place to buy !
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