What other hobbies do you mix with coin collecting?

airplanenut · November 10, 2009 1:55PM

I'm sure many here have multiple hobbies (or obsessions, call them what you like). I'm curious how many of them can be mixed with coin collecting, not including one funding the other.

For those who didn't know, I like airplanes

On my first long solo flight to multiple airports beyond where I did my training, I took a box of coins and headed out to a field near where TomB lives, got out, and spent a few hours playing show and tell with him. My first passenger (and his son) is a board member/dealer, and I've flown with a few other members, as well as to do some in-office work for a dealer who was a bit far away for a drive considering I didn't have a car. I'll fly to a show one of these days...

So, how 'bout you?

crazyhounddog · November 10, 2009 1:58PM

Fishing, I love to fish. Stripers are the most fun for me. I also like old tools...Joe

nankraut · November 10, 2009 2:04PM

I have three other hobbies: Golf, Golf, and Golf.

Cladiator · November 10, 2009 2:06PM

RunnersDad · November 10, 2009 2:14PM

I enjoy Running(although I still train to compete at a high level so it is more than a hobby), and I also collect Autographs, Records and Marbles.

melvin289 · November 10, 2009 2:23PM

I collect B. Kliban Cats and related items by Kliban. He was a cartoonist in the 70's and was popular into the 80's. There were cups, calendars, posters, and all kinds of stuff You can look him up on eBay there is usually a couple hundred Kliban items listed.

Pictured is a part of one of his posters.

rld14 · November 10, 2009 2:37PM

Loose Women, Fast cars, Fast Motorcycles, NY Yankees, NY Giants, Beer, Prank Phone Calls

PQpeace · November 10, 2009 2:46PM

Tennis, fast pitch softball, Corvairs, Camaros, Collecting old jazz records,Playing trumpet...way too much..

pragmaticgoat · November 10, 2009 2:48PM

old Dr. Who movies

CoinJunkie · November 10, 2009 2:51PM

Is drinking wine a hobby?

soty27 · November 10, 2009 2:53PM

ChrisRx · November 10, 2009 4:32PM

Guitars, getting into wine, hiking, music, poker, and felines

. That is my whole life right there!

Marauderrt10 · November 10, 2009 4:34PM

Cars

My mustang has around 750 rear wheel hp, in right now for a roll cage and some other parts.

Bowling, i cant get enough of it! Actually bowled a 300 a few hours ago.

Golf occasionally

WoodenJefferson · November 10, 2009 4:51PM

asheland · November 10, 2009 4:56PM

Antique silver.

droopyd · November 10, 2009 4:57PM

Acetone huffing.

dsessom · November 10, 2009 5:16PM

I drag race occasionally. I have a 1977 Trans Am that I restored and modified heavily. I also race my 2005 Dodge Ram Daytona pickup occasionally. All my vehicles have nitrous, and the truck has about $4000 worth of stereo in it. I love online gaming, and last year got a 73" Mitsubishi 1080p HDTV and a Playstation3 and upgraded it to a 500GB hard drive, installed surround speakers in my ceiling and added a 12" sub - all to play video games. I have been playing electric guitar since I was 12, and have a 1988 BC Rich Warlock and a Peavey half stack. I love watching movies. I go snowboarding occasionally, when time permits and I can take some time off to do it. My wife and I enjoy buying antiques of all kinds - furnature, dishes, nicknacks.
I need a few more expensive hobbies...

Edited to add pics.

Dismeguy · November 10, 2009 6:09PM

Avid BAR (Born Again Rocketeer) and attempting to develop old Estes model rocket kit collecting into a structured market. I've spent the past two years building a "prices realized" database for Estes kit sales on eBay, a first step to determine rarity and typical pricing. The results can be found at Estes Model Rocket Website.

darktone · November 10, 2009 8:05PM

Justacommeman · November 10, 2009 8:47PM

Sweet ride Darktone-----powered by Mopar I see..........1973 original canary yellow paint?

Have you ever been to The Woodward Ave Dream Cruise in metro Detroit?

It's the worlds single largest one day celebration.....(It does last for days now)

Over 2 million people line the 20 mile route of Woodward Ave to watch 40,000 classic cars go by on the third saturday in August.

Others are parked on the strip.

It's a bucket list item for a car guy/gal......

cars come from all over the world................MJ

Deagle74 · November 10, 2009 8:59PM

<< Sweet ride Darktone..... >>

but...what Muscle car is that. I just couldn't figure it out. I believe it's not a Chevy nor Duster? What is it?

Oh - this is one of my hobbies

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and this is a nother

darktone · November 10, 2009 9:06PM

Thanks! 1974 360HP . Not original paint. It was pretty rusty when I got it. It is the original color though- yellow blaze. 727 trans,3.55 9 3/4 rear, AC. The build sheet says it had special paint and was picked up at the factory. I did the motor to look original but did bump up the compression and a few other things that are not noticeable 13.7@ 100MPH. I did install a 125HP nitrous but with all the BS this summer I never got to try it at the strip.

FilthyBroke · November 10, 2009 9:06PM

Photography, that has become a key part of my collecting.

Justacommeman · November 10, 2009 9:10PM

<< Thanks! 1974 360HP . Not original paint. It was pretty rusty when I got it. It is the original color though- yellow blaze. 727 trans,3.55 9 3/4 rear, AC. The build sheet says it had special paint and was picked up at the factory. I did the motor to look original but did bump up the compression and a few other things that are not noticeable 13.7@ 100MPH. I did install a 125HP nitrous but with all the BS this summer I never got to try it at the strip.

>>

Wow. I thought that was a 1973 with the hood/pins...........nice ride.............MJ

jsf · November 10, 2009 9:16PM

I'm trying to find a new hobby for someone with a damaged spinal cord. After being super-active all my life, it's quite a change.

Deagle74 · November 10, 2009 9:34PM

<< I'm trying to find a new hobby for someone with a damaged spinal cord. After being super-active all my life, it's quite a change. >>

jsf - damn - I'm sorry to hear that - what happened?

Rok

P.S.
As Realone put it in his signature:
Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill

jsf · November 10, 2009 10:04PM

youngster at work was horsing around and caused me to fall; had witnesses, thank goodness, it was a federal employee who caused me to get injured. At least feds paid medical bills, but they haven't done anything for extended rehab and/or physical therapy; loss of wage-earning ability, etc.; they'd just as soon you crawled off and died. Beware those of you who want government run healthcare.

ricko · November 11, 2009 12:19AM

Firearms, shooting, metal detecting, marbles, poker, hunting, fishing.... those are the main ones... some others in case I get time..

Cheers, RickO

Justacommeman · November 11, 2009 12:38AM

<< Firearms, shooting, metal detecting, marbles, poker, hunting, fishing.... those are the main ones... some others in case I get time..

Cheers, RickO >>

Do you even bother to heat your meat or do you just eat it raw with hobbies like that you manly man!!!!....the marbles for your inner boy

.................MJ

aficoinado · November 11, 2009 1:06AM

brazilian jiu-jitsu.

CEOGBOSE · November 11, 2009 1:21AM

Fishing and riding my bike.

HighRelief · November 11, 2009 1:32AM

I enjoy keeping my 1949 Chev Panel Truck in top running condition. Last year she received her new 253 straight six, the stock engine for the 49 Panels.

SkyMan · November 11, 2009 4:22AM

For collecting I like space memorabilia from the 1957-72 era... basically Mercury, Gemini, Apollo (MGA) and early Soviet material. Just as coins have a given number of date/mm within a given series, I'm trying to put together a "Flown" series of material from the MGA flights, 27 flights in total (6, 10 and 11 respectively). At this point I've got material from 16 flights (3, 5, and 8 respectively) including 2 of the 3 "keys" of the series. I would call the 3 "keys" Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 (first American in space), John Glenn's Friendship 7 (first American to orbit the earth), and Apollo 11 (first Moon landing). I own a piece of the Atlas booster (recovered in east Aftrica, ex: Deke Slayton collection) that launched Friendship 7 and a (2-sided) page of the log of Apollo 11. I have yet to see anything that was flown on Freedom 7 up at auction. Oftentimes there is a nice crossover between numismatics and space memorabilia. Here is a Roosevelt that was on Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 flight, the second US space flight.

I also collect fine art... stuff like Ukiyoe (Japanese wood block prints) and paintings by CA. plein air artists such as Granville Redmond, Clarence Hinkle, Donna Schuster etc.

As to outdoors kind of hobbies I like to ski, both downhill and crosscountry, hike, and fish.

DennisH · November 11, 2009 4:35AM

Drinking nice red wine. It's surprising how many of my best coin buddies also like good wine.

PerryHall · November 11, 2009 4:44AM

<< Drinking nice red wine. It's surprising how many of my best coin buddies also like good wine. >>

Quite a few forum members enjoy a good whine.

yellowkid · November 11, 2009 5:51AM

Lot's of collecting going on in this house. Acquired this 17" Staffordshire platter last weekend, Enoch Wood, c1830, English.

An absolutely pristine example!!

yellowkid · November 11, 2009 5:57AM

<< I enjoy keeping my 1949 Chev Panel Truck in top running condition. Last year she received her new 253 straight six, the stock engine for the 49 Panels.

>>

I like 'em stock but that is a beauty, collecting antique postcards with truck images is another collecting interest!

Walmann · November 11, 2009 6:38AM

Use to collect acid rock albums but stopped fearing potential damage to the coins.l

pakasmom · November 11, 2009 6:54AM

Member of the k-9 search and rescue team. We train dogs to find lost hikers, elderly people with dementia, etc.

pendragon1998 · November 11, 2009 7:15AM

Birding, firearms, shooting, container gardening.

I want to start growing dwarf apple trees and brewing hard cider, but that's going to have to wait a while.

PipestonePete · November 11, 2009 7:19AM

Autographs is one of my other hobbies....

Cecil Stoughton....official White House photographer for JFK. I was in contact with him last year just before he passed away and he generously signed a number of items for me, including this classic photo of JFK and daughter Caroline.

John Glenn....still the greatest friend an autograph collector can have. Has signed for free his entire life and still does.

Harper Lee, Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, and Brock Peters. Five of the major characters of the movie version of the classic "To Kill A Mockingbird". Also signed by the author Harper Lee. I obtained all of these through the mail.

The Beatles

mbogoman · November 11, 2009 7:21AM

Antique scrimshaw, photography, creative landscaping...

Rollerman · November 11, 2009 7:23AM

I never have figured out how to send pictures (don't have any good coin images anyway) but I drag race a '72 Duster (340 CI, .30 over, stock stall and 3.23 gearset) runs 13:40's with a best of 13:16), I fish, bowl and have raise Birmingham Roller Pigeons (a performing breed) all my life since the age of 9 (soon to be 65). The many interests keeps things interesting. I'm also involved with a Bible study group.
Pete

Classof67 · November 11, 2009 7:34AM

Comics 1940-1975, vintage Lionel and American Flyer trains, toys made by AC Gilbert Co - Erector, Chemistry, Electrical sets, other science toys and various hobbies!

greghansen · November 11, 2009 7:40AM

Training and working with my very young gun dog. In two weeks we're off to Kansas for a 10 day pheasant hunt, which I am quite stoked about!

rockdude · November 11, 2009 7:41AM

<< I have three other hobbies: Golf, Golf, and Golf.

>>

I guess that's two of us.

66Tbird · November 11, 2009 7:53AM

Nice rides everyone. Sure brings it all back. I sold all my cars at the peak in 03. Just seemed like it was the right thing to do since I can't drive anymore and I had no place to store them safely.

As far as Jeremy s question, the only correlation between my my coins and my main activity hobby of RC planes and 3D heli's is merrily as a source of weight

Laterally balancing an RC electric plane normally requires about a penny or two of weight, and cents are the cheapest prefabbed thing going. Cheaper than a washer and easier than hammering lead.

Ed1840 · November 11, 2009 7:58AM

Playing Guitar, Collecting Football Cards, and after a 11yr. hiatius Fishing.

Lakesammman · November 11, 2009 12:48PM

Golf, golf, golf, 19th century English ironstone, Old Sleepy Eye stoneware, American art, aviation (sorry about the priority, AirplaneNut), antiques in general, antique clocks/lamps.

Did I mention golf??

terribleredmonster · November 11, 2009 12:57PM

Green sand metal casting. Mostly aluminum (because it's so very cheap) but occasionally copper. I'll experiment with anything that melts at under 2000 degrees and doesn't cost a fortune. All my casts to date have been melted over charcoal/wood and poured from steel coffee cans. Finer equipment would easily produce finer results, but I get a real kick out of the down and dirty DIY method.

Here's where I learned a lot of what I know: backyardmetalcasting.com.

Raufus · November 11, 2009 1:00PM

+ Martial Arts and SCUBA

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