Hello From A Jarhead Born In Pa, Transplanted To NC

As the title states, I'm from PA but I relocated to NC because I joined the Marine Corps in 1985, spent my whole career at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point when I wasn't deployed


I got out in 2000 and have been fixing Marine AC since then and I currently work on the F35 program

I have been collecting coins and metal all my life

Here are just a few examples

I have 42 complete sets of circulated coins from 38 countries

I am working on a complete set of 99.9% silver proof Statehood and ATB Quarters and I'm about 85% there

I'm thinking about starting a $1 coin collection


Unfortunately, all of my full Whitman's Binders of circulated coins from my childhood seems to have disappeared during the first years that I was in the Corps

I left them at my mom's house and when I went back to get them, they were missing :(


Here are some odd things I collect that are metal and some of you may find interesting

50MM Meteorite Spheres



I literally have the largest collection of meteorite spheres in the world

I also have a smelting furnace and use it to make 1 kilo copper ingots and coins from scrap




I also collect pre-1982 copper pennies because, why not

I have an extensive collection of Challange Coins from the units I was in or worked with during my time at FRC East


I get a set of ECs (smashed pennies). It started with my son at Disney World and now and time the wife and I travel or just about any time I see a new machine I get a set for the binder


That pretty much sums up my past

I haven't really paid attention to US coins for a while so won't be able to help anyone with complicated questions, but I hope to expand my knowledge base by interacting with all of you in the future


Thanks