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Anyone remember the "found in change" guy?

Back in the olden days when RCC (rec.collecting.coins newsgroup) still ruled the internet there was a guy and I can't remember his name but he searched tons of change and came up with some really fantastic finds. He even had a regular column in Numismatic News. He always had great stories and pictures of amazing finds. He had a website for a while too but now I've lost track of him.
I just wonder what he's up to these days and if he's still searching rolls and finding good stuff. What brought it to mind was that on Friday I cashed a check at my bank and as I always do I asked if they had any halves. My teller had two and she sold them both to me for a dollar. One was one of those highly collectible bicentennial half dollars which I shall treasure forever and the other was a 1968 half. I saw it was silver as soon as she passed it across. So that got me to thinking about the "found in change" guy.
If you don't remember him from RCC or from Numismatic News then you have missed out on a character and a heck of a nice guy.
I just wonder what he's up to these days and if he's still searching rolls and finding good stuff. What brought it to mind was that on Friday I cashed a check at my bank and as I always do I asked if they had any halves. My teller had two and she sold them both to me for a dollar. One was one of those highly collectible bicentennial half dollars which I shall treasure forever and the other was a 1968 half. I saw it was silver as soon as she passed it across. So that got me to thinking about the "found in change" guy.
If you don't remember him from RCC or from Numismatic News then you have missed out on a character and a heck of a nice guy.
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<< <i>This is the new website:LINK, the articles written on this site are by Bill O'Rourke. Not sure if he was the original guy or not? >>
Thanks. The bad news is that I didn't know he was still writing. The goods news is he has archives.
Initially it was a husband/ wife team. (Bill and Debbie?)
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
Thanks for the help.
Klif (was Klif then too)
<< <i>He used to post in Coin Community all the time. I don't know if he still does. >>
No, just checked and he hasn't logged in over a month.
FYI, I bailed on RCC when I found this place, sometime in mid 2002, right before the "unpleasantness" with ACG. I was very lucky, as I easily could have been one of the named defendants in that suit.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
<< <i>Bill is a great guy, he and I corresponded all the time back during the heyday of rec.collecting.coins. I even gave him his first copy of The Cherrypickers Guide, and he gave me a great deal on a couple of modern Lincoln cent varieties.
FYI, I bailed on RCC when I found this place, sometime in mid 2002, right before the "unpleasantness" with ACG. I was very lucky, as I easily could have been one of the named defendants in that suit.
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We corresponded by snail mail but lost touch when I got a computer in Sept, '01.
I've search a lot of coins as well but not such great numbers.
RCC was a nice place but it seemed to be more a software problem that killed it than anything else; you couldn't retrieve a password toward the end.
The name is LEE!