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How Often Do You Carry Your Loupe With You?

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 Posted 02/05/2012  1:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list

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=> just carl, let me guess, you collect wooden nickles ? :-)

So that is where those come from.
In reality I go to flea markets about 2 to 3 times a week. Coin shows 2 to 3 a Month. In addition to those I also go to camera shows, computer shows, gun and knife shows and lots of other similar places. I also try to make it to as many garage/yard/estate sales as possible. Due to this I really never know just when I need magnification so I really have magnifying glasses to wear, a 3 or 4 X magnifyer, a 14X one also. With so many small things around those places it really pays to carry those.
No need when the item says Made in China. For some reason that is never attempted to be hidden.
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 Posted 02/05/2012  5:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mr T to your friends list
Never (I always forget it when I know I'll need it). Every time I've needed one at a show/shop the dealer has had one tough.
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 Posted 02/05/2012  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list
All of the time! My co-workers don't think it's weird since we are aircraft engine inspectors. My wife (as her eyes begin rolling)...that's another story. I keep my 10x loupe on a foot long lanyard so I don't lose it (again).
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 Posted 02/05/2012  7:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list
I can't carry what I don't own.
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 Posted 02/05/2012  8:22 pm  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
Only to coin shows and only if it's a significant value coin I'm contemplating purchasing.
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 Posted 02/06/2012  03:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add turtleoverhead to your friends list
All the time, my glasses are getting weaker and weaker the last couple of years.
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 Posted 02/06/2012  10:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mmorgan22 to your friends list
I keep a cheep one in my messenger bag. Never know when you are going to need it.
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 Posted 02/07/2012  03:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KJL82 to your friends list
Like Sap, I can't carry what I don't own...at some point this year though, when I remember...or if
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 Posted 02/08/2012  09:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wquinn to your friends list
Only when going to coin shows. Any change I get, I look at it when I get home. I have enough things in my pockets and don't need one more. Plus it would get extra wear on it, that it doesn't need.
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 Posted 02/08/2012  10:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The_Duke to your friends list
I alway have one (actually two) with me in my laptop bag, you never know when you need it.
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 Posted 02/08/2012  4:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bizybackson to your friends list
Absolutely, a cheap 10x Lighthouse loupe. I buy them buy the dozen, have lost many over the years, my "contribution" to the hobby!
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 Posted 02/09/2012  5:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave647 to your friends list
always. also carry my note book that contains my want list.
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 Posted 02/09/2012  7:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VetStudent to your friends list
never...but probably should
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 Posted 02/09/2012  8:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list
Isn't that what that little pocket in jeans is for?
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 Posted 02/09/2012  9:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add WVUcoins to your friends list
I have a cheap one I leave in my car along with a couple of coins rolls to go through while at the red lights.
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