Lets Be Careful Out There
As Sgt. Phil Esterhaus of “Hill Street Blues” would say, “Let’s be careful out there.”
It happens way too often. You attend that weekly a coin show and have purchased some new items or you are a dealer and pack up your car after the show and head for home. It’s only a short drive, it’s been a long day and you need to make one more stop for whatever reason. It will only take a minute. In the snap of your fingers, another smash-and-grab hits out of nowhere. It happens quick and it is all gone!!! It happens more often than you may think and in all regions of the country. It recently happened to a Pennsylvania couple returning from a Maryland coin show.
Bottom line, you can’t be too cautious. The next time you leave a coin show remember to take off your tell tale “Please rob me” sign, also know as the show badge. So be alert, watch out for strangers, travel with a friend, take different routes and keep an eye on your rearview mirror. You never know who may be watching!
Read more about this incident in Pennsylvania by Debbie Bradley in her article “Common Sense” featured in the Numismatic News.
I enjoyed rendiag the articles and it is all pretty much common sense, but I do have one concern you will not find long term CRHer’s putting their documented finds on the internet with their actual names like on facebook or such sites..on it..Why?Let’s say you have a phenomenal hunt and you find 20 90% sliver halves in a $500 box of halves. So you brag people see the brag criminals see the brag realize hey, they got a bunch of silver coins! and they keep a lot of coins at their place have your id and one night you come home and your place is burglarized .who’s fault is it? the bragger or the criminal?? Don’t set yourself up to where you can easily be taken advantage of! Just be careful I always am.
Great information! In today’s world it always good advice to be careful who you speak with and on any social media you never know who might be watching. Thanks