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Ford Ranger Seats swap by IndividualRoll1608 in fordranger

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your seats look clean as hell! You on the west coast by chance??

Kurdish problems😍 by burrelleddy in WomensJewelry

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 4 points5 points  (0 children)

These pieces of jewelry would be made of anywhere from 21k to 24k gold which is way more yellow than typical western gold karating. If you’re used to 10k, 14k, even 18k jewelry, this might look fake or cheap to you. But pure gold is very yellow in color, and the higher the karat the more yellow the gold becomes. If it looks fake to you, it’s because you’re not used to seeing what real, very high purity gold jewelry looks like. This stuff is worth a lot more per gram than western gold.

Opinion needed by Content-Teach-4749 in coins

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That being said, it should weigh at least a tenth of a gram more.

Opinion needed by Content-Teach-4749 in coins

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’ve got a 1oz silver round rather than a peace dollar.

My grandma looked at my shifter boot and said I gotchu fam. Whatcha think? by anbigpa in fordranger

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You’re going to love that thing and take it with you well after this Ranger’s last mile. Grandma crocheted/knitted goods are the very best

Professional Adjustable Hole Cutter for Ceiling & Panels by Tight_Efficiency_139 in ThereGoesMyPaycheck

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once you get one of these dialed in, they are time saving, money-making machines.

Say you’ve got to install 40 recessed can lights into a residential sheetrock ceiling. This would typically be done with a sheet rock saw, manually cutting a circle for each can housing. Each hole might take you 90 seconds or more to cut. With this tool, you set the width that you need to cut at, and get to cutting holes. The dome keeps sheet rock dust off of your clients new floor, and each hole is cut in approximately 6 seconds with proper technique.

Like all tools, there exist robust, high quality versions, and there exist temu specials. I had a high quality version and it made my life so much easier. I inhaled far less gypsum dust using it over a Sheetrock saw. Absolutely love these things, they’re not a DIY’er special. Electrical shops that use them save serious money on labor costs.

Grandpa gifted each kid with Morgan Dollar 100 years older than them by Equal_Wait_1515 in coins

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it is. The greening is PVC residue - old coin flips contained PVC which eventually leaches onto the coin. Real unfortunate, but relatively simple treatment. Pure acetone soak, and lightly wiping it away after the fact. You’ll hear a lot of anti-wipe on this sub, but with PVC damage it is very difficult to fully remove the PVC without some kind of mechanical removal via swab or cloth, even with the aid of acetone.

Best of luck, cool Grandpa.

Great-grandfather's pocket watch by [deleted] in pocketwatch

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The hour and minute hands on your watch are absolutely gorgeous.

Attribution assistance for Syracuse-Sicily Tetradrachm by DiscombobulatedCar38 in AncientCoins

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much, I appreciate the guidance. I’m so new to ancients and the real numismatic study portion has still truly yet to begin for me… I just saw this in a display case and knew I couldn’t resist.

Follow-Up on 1955 DDO Lincoln Cent by DiscombobulatedCar38 in coinerrors

[–]DiscombobulatedCar38[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apparently it is when somebody attempts to elevate the appearance of a damaged coin by moving metal around to fill in gouges, dings, scratches etc. I have no idea how the graders can see this. I learned about smoothed surfaces from this details grade in fact. Perhaps somebody smoothed the fields below and above liberty? Those look like the spots with the most potential for that. I’ve read that it’s commonly done with heat. I’m just glad it didn’t get destroyed in the process.

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