So as i enter my 5th year as a Stacker/Collector/Investor, call it what you will, I found myself wondering if i still had the same appetite for the Journey; that i had when i started. The answer came quickly

So we all have this plan, we invest in the things we have faith in, it could be stocks and shares it could be crypto or precious metals, it could be an extra chicken to provide more eggs , or a horse for

So i decided with about 5 hours to go till 2020, i would try and pick a piece from my stack as my piece of the year, And i chose this one as although its quite ostentatious and its not something that i

So as 2019 draws to a close I remembered some months ago i had bought a small hand poured bar with the intention of posting using the #piratesunday tag, all i had to do was find it and during my rummages

Investing in anything can be a lonely business, one lady friend once said "all you do is buy coins", My brother who fell on hard times , and i gave him a roof over his head resents every time

2019 has been quite a year, I have mostly been absent from steemit, but have managed to exceed my @stackinggoals, Being a small stacker in 2018 i set my goal at 1 ounce per week and i just fell shy of

A Huge thankyou to @raybrockman for seeing this project through, you are a prince amongst men, a stalwart of this community and an all round good egg \o/, I think he even used the Jedi mind trick on the

Remember all those must have Christmas gifts , Buzz lightyear etc well it appears that this year in the UK its the John lewis Edgar the excitable dragon soft toy and as that has been my challenge for today

Ok so its a monday and the Car is still a challenge, The bad weather, frosts and Lack of money have stalled the project but i have made some progress, it has a new wing and headlight and is already looking

last year I did a post of an orchid i had given to someone special, although our relationship is a bit strained now i still go round to look after the dog, hes a very old staffordshire bull terrier and

So its my first post in months and although i have still been doing the usual #steemsilvergold stuff i decided i needed a new interest, I was looking for a project, something to get me out of the house

A couple of weeks ago i got a silver 2019 Kruggerand, and because they only started issuing them in 2017 to celebrate the 50th anniversary i thought it might be wise to get the other 2 years also, The

So its an Orchid, it bloomed last year during my absence from Steemit, Bought for a special someone, its blooms have now fallen, I hope though they will reappear this year. If the blooms never come back

After 2 weeks of nights without a day off the weekend has finally arrived and what better way to see the weekend in than a double florin, it arrived yesterday while i was asleep and i opened it before

Another small midweek addition to the stack (hey they all mount up right :) ), Although this coin is kinda worn, it spoke to me when i saw it on ebay and i grabbed it. Its an 1897 Queen Victoria Half crown,

Some people do crosswords,some jigsaws others read a book, for me the pursuit of a quiet few moments took a strange twist recently when i saw some lego in the local supermarket, It took me back to my childhood

Well I have just finished the night shift and although my bed is calling i cannot put off posting any longer,Its been a few months since my last post and the reasons for my absence have been many and varied

The Perth Mint has always been one of my favourite mints, i actually bought this coin last year and my friend gave me the money to get him one and instead of getting a second one i just gave him mine as

After staying late at work the other night i decided to take a part shift off and go for a bike ride, this morning saw me running round the house at 5 am trying to find my bicycle pump and once the tyres

The Scottsdale Mint is a USA based mint, This often overlooked mint has Green credentials as they use a percentage of recycled silver in their products, Silver recovered from the photography and manufacturing