Any collections unrelated to coin collecting?

mt_msla

In the interest of the "Do you pour?" thread, I've been collecting figurines for about a year now that I will eventually be casting into .999 silver.

So - I have another hobby that is PM-based... but also kinda NOT PM-based.

Anyone else have any interesting hobbies?

PS - meant to attach this image before posting oops...

Zoins

Interesting final disposition of that collection!

ricko

Are those figurines silver? I have some silver bullets.... No silver firearms though.. the metal is not suitable for that application. And yes, I do have an extensive firearm collection.... stored along with my coins - well, along with my more valuable coins.... Cheers, RickO

mt_msla

Hey there @ricko .... no, they are NOT silver .... yet! I'm saving them to use to create molds to pour identical figures in .999 when the budget allows.

ricko

Great.. they will be nice..... especially the horse... That is a Thoroughbred.... at least so it appears, I am partial to Arabians... I used to raise them.... Cheers, RickO

BillJones

Yes.
Political Buttons for FDR ...

Those who lost to him ...

This is only an introcution ...

And if you can call it "a collection."

A more recent picture ...

shorecoll

I collect books, 90% are numismatic, but 10% aren't. That counts.

291fifth

Those figures are probably copyright protected artwork. If you "cast them into silver" and ever try to sell them you can probably expect a call/letter from an intellectual property attorney. Beware of using other people's artwork of any kind in your own projects.

JBK

@291fifth said:
Those figures are probably copyright protected artwork. If you "cast them into silver" and ever try to sell them you can probably expect a call/letter from an intellectual property attorney. Beware of using other people's artwork of any kind in your own projects.

Not to put a damper on a great idea, I was thinking the same thing. Keep it low key and as long as your foundry does not have an issue you should be.ok.

mt_msla

@291fifth and @JBK thank you I hadn't thought of that! I will have to think twice I guess before actually doing it :-(

oih82w8

I have a few antique railroad grade pocket watches as a side distractor from coins.

mariner67

Bill...your train layout is very impressive.
Is it O or HO guage?
Thanks for sharing!

MICHAELDIXON

Gramuli on the old, old boards collected belly button lint.

silverpop

well i do have a small collection of stuffed animals most of them are bears (my wife picked most out)

this is one bear i picked out and gave to my wife as a first month wedding gift in 1997 her name is corina

JBK

@mt_msla said:
@291fifth and @JBK thank you I hadn't thought of that! I will have to think twice I guess before actually doing it :-(

You could always have them cast in China.....they'll copy anything there without a problem......

SkyMan

I don't know, what could a guy called SkyMan possibly collect other than coins?

Baley

@mt_msla said:
@291fifth and @JBK thank you I hadn't thought of that! I will have to think twice I guess before actually doing it :-(

this is an interesting idea, suggest starting with smaller and less detailed models, have you worked silver before?

Anyway, yes, have the collecting gene, none active at the moment on any of these, but have groups of minerals, fossils, shells, stamps, trading cards, books, maybe a few others... for a while it was edged weapons...

clarkbar04

It wasn't intended as a collection but I have 3 "classic" vehicles, a 1970 chevy truck which is the only one that is currently in operation, a 1968 GTO convertible I did a frame off restoration on in my garage, and a 1962 pontiac catalina convertible that I have barely started on.

Azurescens

I collect mushroom spores and photographs and send them off for genetic sequencing. No new species just yet but a couple varieties!

A good friend found these specimens, one sequenced and another scoped the spores.

Psilocybe semilanceata var. susanii.

Cheilocystidia:
13.5 [19.1 ; 22] 27.5 x -2.4 [4.2 ; 7.5] 14 µm
Q = 1.5 [3.7 ; 4.8] 7 ; N = 24 ; C = 95%
Me = 20.5 × 5.8 µm ; Qe = 4.2

23.25 4.59
24.45 3.83
20.23 5.55
21.73 4.88
23.26 5.88
23.32 5.02
17.10 5.93
24.12 4.62
14.77 4.56
17.29 4.92
19.74 5.05
14.35 4.74
22.27 4.10
17.15 4.13
16.02 4.21
19.56 5.02
18.11 3.28
18.15 5.12
25.61 3.87
25.61 19.51
25.61 4.52
20.40 19.51
17.15 3.61
23.69 4.14
0.00 4.82

Found a red cap Psilocybe azurescens variety two years ago that I couldn't find again last fall. Would've loved to scope the spores and run the sequence. They very much resemble some psathyrellacae nearby.

And no there's nothing illegal about photography or spore swabs.

TurboSnail

Ty beanie babies . I was selling them on fleabay when it was free and personal check&money order were the only payment methods. Oh , and Spawn action figures that still take up one entire room. lol

BillJones

@mariner67 said:
Bill...your train layout is very impressive.
Is it O or HO guage?
Thanks for sharing!

It is an HO gauge set. We don't have basements in Florida, so anything much bigger would be out of the question. I put out an O gauge Polar Express set during Christmas. Those bigger, heavier trains are in some ways more fun to wortk with, but if I had that in the HO train room I'd have one oval, and that would be it.

Twobitcollector

Some model trains. I don't have room for a set up, only a display case.

Twobitcollector

I wonder why I'm only getting thumbnails?

TonerGuy

@JBK said:

@mt_msla said:
@291fifth and @JBK thank you I hadn't thought of that! I will have to think twice I guess before actually doing it :-(

You could always have them cast in China.....they'll copy anything there without a problem......

Not true... I have a buddy that just took a billionaire to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals over this issue and won $450,000...

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/wakefield-746290-art-olenicoff.html

mt_msla

I won't be doing it now that ive had this input. And esp. after reading the directly above. But i appreciate the input. Like I'd said...intellectual rights hadn't occurred to me.

coinkat

Beer steins, some politicals and stuff that I like and sometimes Its hard to know what you like until you see it...

Icollecteverything

30 or so. Different collections.

ConfusedOne

I collect mechanical watches, video games, and pocket knives.

Sonorandesertrat

Books (40% of them are numismatic)
Unusual cacti
Fossils
Native American textiles (hand-made rugs) and pots
Memories---more important than any other collections

Observation

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Observation

I search for these

Shurke

For most of my life, my primary collecting focus has been on antique straight razors, specializing in pieces with base metal handles.

Cladiator

Seems like we've had a lot of ancient thread resurrections as of late. Not complaining, it can be fun. My other main collection nowadays...

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1089147/1958-inaugural-san-francisco-giants-set#latest

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1088160/my-1980s-raw-sf-giants-binders#latest

Barberian

Undescribed insects.

Tramp

Petroliana and my two muscle cars.

rte592

Things that go bang.
Does a junk yard count?
I've probably had one more Air-cooled VW than I needed at any given time.

silviosi

Here a proud of mine. 1500 hundred silver, gold and stones : enjoy:

silviosi

For the cars i have to phot the first, second and the third generation of the MK 150 Lotus?

Twobitcollector

Downtown1974

I’m a collector at heart. Besides coins, I have small collections of many things such as cameras, books, guns and the latest collection my wife and I have amassed…..Pyrex.

ricko

I also have a small collection of old decks of cards (even back before they put numbers on them), marbles, firearms, knives. Some other things I just accumulate Cheers, RickO

calgolddiver

@Tramp said:
Petroliana and my two muscle cars.

NICE MUSCLE !!!

calgolddiver

corvettes ... I thank my wife daily for the pleasure and willingness to allow my affliction to continue !!

mbogoman

Russian lacquer boxes. Here a a few from my collection. I have about 55, give or take...

ponderit

Ancient Indian artifacts is another one of my hobbies / collections. These are anywhere from 1500 to 14,000 years old depending n the type.

tommy44

Off and on at one time or another coins, stamps, world globes, PEZ dispensers, California Raisins, McDonald's Happy Meal toys, mineral specimens, playing cards, shot glasses, beer cans, National Geographic magazines with Coca Cola ads on the back cover, Commemorative Coke bottles, post cards, POGs, milk caps and probably other thing that don't come to mind at the moment. I can't help myself.

At the moment it's banana stickers, hardly any competition...

Anyone out here that collects the tags from $1000 State Quarter bags?

PerryHall

@tommy44 That's a great collection of stickers. There are a few others here that also collect stickers.

JW77

@Tramp said:
Petroliana and my two muscle cars.

Man I'm jealous, Love it! But where are your oil cans?
My first hobby as an adult before getting the coin bug.

2dueces

R Atkinson Fox 1860-1935
Celebrated illustrator and painter. Painted all the presidents and king of England. I have 26 original oil paintings. You can still find his prints on eBay

The_Dinosaur_Man

I pursue video games and sometimes glassware. I'm particularly fond of Morgantown with the golf ball stems. I also like collecting photographs of coins I shot with my camera and am trying to do a complete date and mint set of all U.S. coins.

Tramp

@JW77 said:

@Tramp said:
Petroliana and my two muscle cars.

Man I'm jealous, Love it! But where are your oil cans?
My first hobby as an adult before getting the coin bug.

Ah, you mean this stuff? Lol