Iron Indian trade axes during the fur trade era have long been a sparsely written about subject in books and those that are written are often intended to sell books with pictures of them instead of actual...
No way we said, after hearing that a radiator cap may prevent hundred of dollars in engine damage. But we were talked into testing it. And we are convinced it works. All water-cooled aluminum and iron...
You have heard time and time again 'Dont clean your old coins' And this is true up to 99% of the time. To the lay person a hard to read coin can simply be scoured with a tooth brush and Comet or Arm and...
Many coin dealers and collectors will tell you not to clean your coins. I beg to differ. Sometimes you just get a nasty looking coin and feel compelled to bust open a bottle of soap and clean away. I'm here to...
Vermeil (pronounced vehr-MAY) ia also known as silver gilt. It is a combination of sterling silver, gold, and other precious metals. Commonly used as a component in jewelry, a typical example of vermeil is...
There are many coins that are very dirty and gross at times. Here are some key instructions to maintaining your coins to clean them or keep them clean. I do, as a fellow coin collector, strongly recommend you...
Nice looking, well built, can make a very good cup. But, like all home Gaggias, built in the last 25 years, there are compromises in the materials used. The brewhead is BRASS and the boiler ALUMINUM. Since I...
ABOUT THE N.A.S.A. APOLLO 1 MISSION Apollo 1 is the official name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch...