Where does everyone live?

[anodyne]

Yo folks. Denver, CO since '92, but my heart is still in the Midwest (WI originally).

• Curtis

[Pinkpan]

Hi there,
new to this forum so hi everyone.
this is (about) where i live, curious if somebody will reconize

[tody]

@Pinkpan Don't recognize it, but Google Lens makes it way too easy to identify it.

[Giles]

Ditto

[Pinkpan]

Haa, another technology that i don't know.

[endo]

een hypothese die stelt dat het een grafheuvel zou kunnen zijn ...

[Pinkpan]

@endo Allez Hop Hop Hop!! haha

[PieceofEight]

Howdy.. checking in from FT.W.TX, Kaws why not?

[Jett129]

@PieceofEight Saw that your username was Pieceofeight,and had to tell you that I have an actual Piece of Eight from the El Atocha.

[goosehd]

@Jett129 That is awesome!! I’ve looked quite a few times but the price has crept up considerably over the years. I wish I would have pulled the trigger a decade or so ago.

Can you post a picture please?

[Jett129]

@goosehd True story,a friend of mine was in Key West right around the time that the store opened,and he bought it for me as a gag gift,because at the time I was really into scuba diving. He said he paid about $25 for it. I thought it was worth about $800,so I brought it with me to Key West,the last time I went. Hoping to sell it back to them,but they didn’t want it.

[goosehd]

@Jett129 Thank you for posting that and take a look at the current going prices: https://store.melfisher.com/collections/authentic-atocha-coins-1

When I first started looking they were all under $1000 (mostly between $500-$1000) at the time and I thought it was too much then. Now it's just eye watering...

[Jett129]

@goosehd I'm pretty sure mine isn't a top level coin,more towards the bottom in how these are rated,and then you have to find someone willing to pay you that price.

[Inorganic]

@PieceofEight solid Kaws pun

[Brian]

Welcome @Chris_Muscroft you sandgroper
I’m based in Adelaide

[PieceofEight]

@Jett129 Man, that is super cool. Appreciate you sharing this certificate and the image of your Piece of Eight. What an heirloom and piece of history to have! And those current prices are something..

I'm not a collector myself. I've used this alias since I was a young lad, going way back pre internet when forums like this were hosted on BBSs that you had to call into. I was into pirate books and lore back then and thought Piece of Eight fit when I got into a lot of mischief with some fellow phone phreakers and video game crackers. Some fellow collected all the BBS data from back then (textfiles.com) and here's a splash page made by the hackers who I helped crack the copyright and distribute The Never Ending Story game for free and they gave me credit.

[PieceofEight]

@Inorganic

[Jett129]

@PieceofEight I also think that those prices were exceptionally high because they were pendants enclosed in gold.

[camrob717]

Hey all - Cam from Chicago here. New to IH and currently sitting on a beach towel to avoid dying my white couch indigo! Happy to be here and excited to join this crew!

[ROman]

@camrob717 Welcome. have fun on the forum.