Explain your USERNAME and AVATAR on this thread...

[BuffaloBoy]

Hello folks, many of us have very creative usernames. I thought since I was not doing nothing right now, it would be nice to see why some people chose their usernames on here.

I'll start off.

Many people think that I am from Buffalo, NY. I am not from Buffalo, NY.

I chose this username because when I was a young boy, probrably 5 or 6, my grandfather gave me a few coins, and in them, some dateless buffalo nickels. I thought that the buffalo nickel was the most interesting coin, and I started collecting them.

Needless to say, buffalo nickels with no date are only worth face value, maybe add a penny or two.

The buffalo nickel still remains my favorite coin to collect, plus, who knows what goodies you can find in nickel boxes...

 

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[50cent]

User name? In 1971 I started talking on CB radio and needed a 'handle'. I was a Texan from birth 'til 2007. My hair (what's left) is red. So, texasred. When I started using the internet, texasred, texasred7, and texasred77 was in use. So, liking the idea of triple '7s' (slots) started using it and still do. No, I did not think about Texas Red, the outlaw in the song "Big Iron" that Marty Robins sang until a few days later. Avatar? I don't remember where I found the 'Strut'n' image and title a couple of years ago. I'm 71 and sometimes feel about like the rooster looks!

 

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[DiggerDave in Pa.]

My name is an easy one. My avatar is a half pint Pikes Peak flask that I dug. Makes me want to go digging seeing that little prospector dude on there. DDinPA

 

[sagittarius98]

I'm sorry if I'm confusing you with the wrong mike, but I knew a guy who knew a guy named mike. Looked just like you except the goatee. Last I heard he went to Belize, your last name does not start with an E by any chance does it?

Did he find a Balboa?

 

[maverick]

Thought it might be time to pull this one up again with all the new members. Love reading over our older members threads on here, blast from the past! Please keep it going. HH, Maverick.

 

[maverick]

Sad to see some of the really cool members that aren't on here anymore.... HH, Maverick.

 

[ThePt78Gamer]

Pt78 is the periodic letters/number for Platinum, and I play a lot of older video games in my spare time, hence ThePt78Gamer. Avatar is my first Barr note I found a few weeks ago. Found a second one just a few days later.

 

[Magnum (using a) PI]

Someone heard me say once, I WAS USING A PI....

He thought I'd hired an investigator......

 

[barneyb71]

Well this is the first time I've seen this, I don't get much time to read back post....avatar is from one of my best half dollar finds. Username, Barney has been my nickname since I was a kid, 71, well not my age, but the year I was born.

 

[GA_Boy]

There are 49 states in which I was not born.
Marvin

PS, KISS (Keep It Simple Sam)

 

[TwoYewts]

Well, seeing as I have two Youths, hail from NY and will always stop and watch My Cousin Vinny when its on TV...figured it was the perfect username. Chose the avatar because who could pass up a chubby little pirate bird with gold coins

 

[beerguy]

I am a long time home brewer, I had taken many beer brewing classes from accredited universities about 20 years ago when I was first getting into it. Seemed natural to get my handle when I first registered on this site.

 

[releventchair]

Some one asked on a chair users finds thread how using a wheelchair was relevent (sp. the same) to metal detecting before I was a member and was lurking.
So I got riled and joined.
The avatar is admiring something elusive to find that is sought by some history aficionado's ; a younger sky.

 

[nsdq]

NSDQ= Night Stalkers Don't Quit , motto from my 1st unit in the Army 160th SOAR, and avatar is a pic of me in 03 right before the invason of Iraq for OIF1 at a 4 tent fob called Camp Victory

 

[ringfinder]

My Avatar is a soldier metal detecting over a Seated Quarter, my nickname is Ringfinder and I picked that name because i love to water detect and have found over a thousand rings over 30 years of detecting, a lot of them from the lakes I hunt.

 

[Poor Mans Gold]

Silver is a lot cheaper to buy than gold.

 

[silverlining]

My avatar is my oldest find to date, and my name means we have recently experienced a gentle breeze.

 

[NoThisIsPatrick]

Favorite TV show growing up because Im a 90s kid. Reference from Spongebob Squarepants. No, my name isnt actually Patrick haha

 

[Infowarrior]

3 years since last post, bump it up! My intro was back on page 13 holy crap lol.

 

[misplacedrednek]

I was stationed in Germany and felt really out of place, like a thumb in a bowl of grits, and this just popped into my head. My avatar is photo of my wife and I at Carrowinds a couple years back.

 

[Mvgirl]

Well since I have a bunch of user names for several sites, I decided to use the same user name so I don't forget and have to reset my name. M V is my initials, and girl is because, well, I'm a girl. Turns out there isn't many girls on this site so I guess it helps my name stand out.