Besides Sportscards collecting, how's about sharing with us your other hobbies

[Brian Van Horn]

Pretty much just card collecting, but checking into another idea to keep me busy.

[Jantz]

Hi Ted,

Besides being an avid Bass fisherman, I walk the local countryside hunting American Indian artifacts. My grandfather hunted them and taught my father how to find them. My father taught me as well when I was a little boy. 40+ years later and I'm still out there looking for them.

Below are a couple photos I took last year of one of my finds. These are called "insitu" photos and you can see exactly what I see when I find an artifact before picking them up. One photo is from my point of view and the second is a close up.

Jantz

[Eggoman]

Vintage Halloweenia (Pre-War, especially, of course!!!)

[Rich Falvo]

I used to dabble a little bit in collecting currency. These days, I really only look for small-size National Banknotes for a few select banks, mainly in RI. It's been a long time since I could add anything to that collection, so that's why my focused shifted back to my T206 Providence collection.

[irv]

I am also into cars, although this hasn't moved in 15 years due to a cooked motor. I also boat, fish, tube, water ski and have a summer escape I try to get to as much as possible in the summer.

I use to ATV and dirt bike (this one is sold I believe?) and I am currently still an avid snowmobiler.
Aside from those I am also an assistant coach and hockey trainer for my son's hockey team, which keeps me fairly busy at times!

Most mechanical work I try and do myself, including work on my vehicles, snowmobiles, etc plus I also do a little on the side for some of my friends.

I am hoping to retire in less than 2 yrs, and I am looking forward to it! I currently work at Darlington Nuclear plant and have been here close to 35 yrs now. I started when I was 18 and I am currently 53. Freedom 55 is looking really good!

[arcadekrazy]

Outside of my passion for vintage NY Highlanders items, I am avid collector, preserver, restorer and hoarder of classic Video Arcade machines (therein lies the genesis o my Net54 sobriquet)

[leaflover]

The ideal foursome ...... My Son, Myself, My Bookie and My Bartender.

[smellthegum]

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[smellthegum]

I also collect vintage beer advertising and have done so since I was a kid in the mid-70s. As for active hobbies, I'm an avid bass fisherman and dabble in bird photography.

[OsFan]

Love the beer cans and advertisements. Thought about starting up a small collection for years just haven’t gotten around to it yet. Great stuff.

[silvor]

Originally Posted by irv

I am also into cars, although this hasn't moved in 15 years due to a cooked motor.

What year is that Monte? I had a 1975 and would love to have one again. But, after having 3 Mustangs and an old tractor, I realized I wasn't much of a mechanic!

[steve B]

Besides cards and other sports collectibles, I've been into most mainstream hobbies at least a bit.
Stamps, coins, currency, comics, old bottles and insulators, beer cans, a few toys...
I also do a bit of woodworking and metal working, and I'm learning leather working (rented a workshop with a leatherworker friend so I may as well )

One of the less mainstream hobbies is old racing bikes - plus others that I happen to like.
This one is a bike built for motorpacing probably in the 1920s or 30's. Probably a Bastide, but it could be a US builder. It was raced in the NYC area, and crashed heavily at some point.



This one's a bit more modern, it was built for the US team time trial team for the 1984 Olympics. I haven't researched enough yet to know if it was ridden in the games. 12 were made, and supposedly 11 of them were identical while the fourth was for a particular rider.(Only four team members, so a 1/3 chance) It was pretty much just a frame when I got it, and since most of the parts were special or specially modified I had to make them.



I'm still into stamps, but have mostly focused on the Official stamps used from 1873 till the early 1880's
This one is my big find so far, printed from a special plate (#40) on an experimental steam press. There was a small amount of clear information about the use of the plate published in 1902, and a description of how to identify the six different plates was published in 1932, and then the stamps from the two steam press plates just about vanished. To the point that some experts thought the 1902 info might have been a mistake (Luff - the author did make some mistakes) Until I found this one with a portion of the plate number showing. No others have turned up since then, but a few without the plate number are probably identifiable because of this stamp.



Steve B

[Leon]

I don't have any other hobbies. ...This one takes all my time, however I do like to play competitive softball but not to the BruceinGA level.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Hi Ted,

Besides being an avid Bass fisherman, I walk the local countryside hunting American Indian artifacts. My grandfather hunted them and taught my father how to find them. My father taught me as well when I was a little boy. 40+ years later and I'm still out there looking for them.

Below are a couple photos I took last year of one of my finds. These are called "insitu" photos and you can see exactly what I see when I find an artifact before picking them up. One photo is from my point of view and the second is a close up.

Jantz

I have two ponds and a river on my farm. I catch these as consolation prizes when the trout are hiding.