I am loosing my sight gradually and there is no shame on that... I look good with glasses or anything!!!
This of course put me in a bad situation from time to time with swaps as the correct variants are not actually the variants I am expecting to send or someone is expecting to receive if you know what I mean...
I am about to purchase one of those nice tools and I look forward for all of you to help me made the best investment based on your personal experience.
Any good /semi professional microscope that either is produced specifically for coins or that can be adapted to our hobby.
That last link looks better than the previous ones, mainly I look for something that can be connected with a computer or internal memory to transfer the pictures later or something like that.
Of course I will prefer some feedback from owners e.g. does it works fine or it's slow or need to be turned on and off frequently.
Not in a rush but will be a perfect xmas gift for myself :)
I have a digital microscope ... https://en.numista.com/forum/topic31452.html#p265795
which I just plug in computer with the lead supplied, then click
to take a picture, and it is saved in a folder in computer.
for me it's important to have the device perpendicular to the coin, also extremely important is that I can get a full round, not oval, image of the coin, before going into the macro mode if needed. It also needs to have the light sources build in (4 to 6 leds).
I have the device, but not the holder and without that, it's of no use for me.
I think a stand is included, if it's not satisfying I'll make my own. Being a metalworker, with acces to cnc-milling and turning machines that should be no problem
I was going to take a picture of mine, but this is the same one I got.
David, are you happy with this one? Do you have any feedback, is it worth it?
Very happy, my son got it for me a few years ago, I can look at the whole coin or just check the date if need be. Hooks to the computer using USB and able to take pictures and look at them by enlarging them in the computer. When you say there is 120 dots around the coin. I can mark them in the program that comes with it and able to count the dots. There is nothing I needed that it can't do. Only the pole is a little short for me if I've got something large, so I put a new longer pole on it. For me it's perfect.
I bought on amazon.com a 5mp digital microscope with stand similar to the post above. However the tube was not tall enough to take full images of silver dollar coins. So I modified the aluminum tube to a longer version. Going this route only cost me about $66.00 total.
Why do I recommend this? Well if you but unit above which btw is the same exact thing I bought besides the tube length like what lighthouse sells you pay well over $150-$175 for the setup. My way is a bit roundabout but saves you a ton of money.
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This is great... looks really good and the saving on the investment it's even better.
Thank you for taking the time to share yours and the results...
That's the same as mine and what I did. Very good and simple to use.
A little update : after a month still received nothing. Tried to contact the seller : he's no longer listed on ebay, so no luck...
Contacted ebay, and got a full refund within 24 hours !!
or anything!!!
