Are you a Hunter or a Gatherer?

mrdq · December 4, 2011 8:33AM

I used to be a gatherer but in the last 10 years i've started to become a hunter. Not all traits are found in all people but I feel there's a difference between the 2 and not much crossover. Feel free to add / delete traits or just move along

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Hunter: Goes to big shows, looks at inventory online regularly, visits auction sites regularly, goes to small shows, talks to a few (or many) dealers, checks coin forums for action, wade through thousands of ick coins at local estate sales, MAY have a large number of coins but probably less than a gatherer, reads anything and everything available regarding perceived populations of coins, probably focused on a certain denomination or a grade, possibly a type collector but not just "any" coin, might be thought of as "picky" but thinks of himself as discerning,

Gatherer: buys coins because more is better, migh contact a dealer and order them to pick me up a series or buy a complete set from Ebay or similar, could very well have some nice coins but also hundreds of pounds of common circulated stuff, either doesn't like the "search" or doesn't have time for it,

I've gone from 12,000 coins or so down to a couple hundred with one series I spend almost all my time on. I will pick up a nice coin if I see one I really like but I can also go a year without a purchase.

any thoughts? which are you?

LanceNewmanOCC · December 4, 2011 8:44AM

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50 % hunter

50 % gatherer

based on the information provided in the OP
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i have multiples of thousands of coins but still go out regularly to buy/sell/collect with shops, shows, collectors, friends, auctions, estate sales, online
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BaseballAbs · December 4, 2011 8:49AM

Hunter 80%

STONE · December 4, 2011 8:50AM

I study Hunter/Gatherer's as an Archaeologist/Anthropologlist

Unknown · December 4, 2011 8:52AM

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CoinJunkie · December 4, 2011 8:53AM

100% hunter.

yellowkid · December 4, 2011 9:00AM

<< 100% hunter. >>

TwoSides2aCoin · December 4, 2011 9:05AM

Hunter by nature. Gatherer by trade.

elmeister · December 4, 2011 9:07AM

I've been a gatherer but turning into more of a hunter...

I'd rather have one HUGE buck on my wall that I worked for than a room full of stuffed squirrels I shot off my deck. i'm more proud of the coins I've hunted and could take or leave most of the rest.

pocketpiececommems · December 4, 2011 9:12AM

H U N T E R

MidLifeCrisis · December 4, 2011 9:26AM

Interesting definitions for those terms.

I don't spend nearly as much energy searching as your hunter, but I certainly don't fit your gatherer mold either. I only have about 25 coins in my entire collection. I prefer to work with a few specialist dealers, occasionally monitor the major auctions and other dealers' websites, and "let the coins come to me".

STONE · December 4, 2011 9:28AM

<< Interesting definitions for those terms.

I don't spend nearly as much energy searching as your hunter, but I certainly don't fit your gatherer mold either. I only have about 25 coins in my entire collection. I prefer to work with a few specialist dealers, occasionally monitor the major auctions and other dealers' websites, and "let the coins come to me". >>

You are a chief

MidLifeCrisis · December 4, 2011 9:28AM

<< 

<< Interesting definitions for those terms.

I don't spend nearly as much energy searching as your hunter, but I certainly don't fit your gatherer mold either. I only have about 25 coins in my entire collection. I prefer to work with a few specialist dealers, occasionally monitor the major auctions and other dealers' websites, and "let the coins come to me". >>

You are a chief

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Ha! Hey, I like that.

STONE · December 4, 2011 9:30AM

<< 

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<< Interesting definitions for those terms.

I don't spend nearly as much energy searching as your hunter, but I certainly don't fit your gatherer mold either. I only have about 25 coins in my entire collection. I prefer to work with a few specialist dealers, occasionally monitor the major auctions and other dealers' websites, and "let the coins come to me". >>

You are a chief

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Ha! Hey, I like that.

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Although only a poor chief with just 25 coins

MidLifeCrisis · December 4, 2011 9:31AM

<< Although only a poor chief with just 25 coins

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Yeah, boy...don't I know it!

USMoneylover · December 4, 2011 12:37PM

Hi, my name is Hunter.

morgansforever · December 4, 2011 12:40PM

Hunter, .308 Winchester, rifle of choice when hunting Bambi.

erickso1 · December 4, 2011 1:28PM

Whatever I have to do to eat. Im a survivor.

ricko · December 4, 2011 11:14PM

Hunter,... who has never been a gatherer - with the exception of wheat cents... I always save them.. have containers full. Cheers, RickO

scottgardener · December 5, 2011 3:59AM

Most of my budget goes into hunting. Most of the time, when I go to a show, I have in my mind what I want to walk out holding, or at least I will have a list of choices depending upon what is available. I do admit to gathering as well; right now I am putting most of that urge into silver bullion, in the form of 90% silver pre-1965 coins, valued for their metal but also fun to sort and check for occasional better dates and rarities.