New Member, Finally Getting Serious About Admitting My Addiction

I hear admitting there's a problem is the first step to recovery...not that I have any intention of recovering from my coin obsession.

I'm from Florida, and I (like many of you, I'm sure) had my interest in coins piqued early in life by my grandfathers. I still have a couple of the silver dollars and mint sets they gave me as a young boy. I bought some coins at a pawn shop as a teen, and of course I've always obsessively checked pocket change for silver.

The coin addiction had been at a latent simmer for many years, but I've recently rekindled the flame and become obsessed again.

I don't know why but in the past I've balked against the idea of buying coins at full market value; I guess the treasure hunter in me always wanted to discover diamonds in the rough. I got a metal detector at 13yo and was driven to uncover old coins or a buried hoard, but of course all I found were modern coins, pull tabs, and Hot Wheels cars. That was largely due to my location and young age, not having access or wherewithal to do proper research, scouting, or permission requests. I'd like to do more of that in the future if I have time, now that I'm an adult.

I've also started warming up to the idea of paying for coins I like. Let's face it, I was never going to find my own gold shipwreck coin in the wild.

Lately I've been doing CRH, mostly with nickels and pennies, but starting to branch out to other denominations as well. I also recently discovered lowball collecting and have been trying to find some PO1's among my stash and elsewhere.

Thanks for having me!