Celestron Handheld Digital Microscope Pro

[ray_parkhurst]

Okay, gotcha! Wow Ray, you helped us out and you still have work to do of your own! Thanks man.. we appreciate you!

It's all about priorities, and wanting to finish what I start. I have multiple lifetimes worth of projects in queue

[VAB2013]

It's all about priorities, and wanting to finish what I start. I have multiple lifetimes worth of projects in queue

Ray, that sure sounds like a long to-do list! You will get there, one camera click at a time! Looking forward to seeing and hearing more about your upcoming projects! Thank you for everything you do to help us on the forum!

[ray_parkhurst]

Update on the Celestron...

I ended up buying a taller shaft, see here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-inch-length-x-5-8-inch-dia-Aluminum-Tubing-by-Actobotics-Part-635272/282397018531?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

This brings the scope high enough to frame Dollars.

[VAB2013]

Update on the Celestron...

I ended up buying a taller shaft, see here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-inch-length-x-5-8-inch-dia-Aluminum-Tubing-by-Actobotics-Part-635272/282397018531?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

This brings the scope high enough to frame Dollars.

This is awesome Ray! You found the perfect solution to raising the scope up! No duct tape required! Some day when you have time, it would be great to see a photo of how you are putting all of this together!

[jfines69]

Cool Ray... Looks like the duct tape sales are going to drop off now

[VAB2013]

Just had a very nice conversation with Oceanside Photo & Telescope in California! Come to find out, the salesperson I was speaking with has been saving pennies for years. He hopped on the LCF website and browsed around as we were talking. I have a feeling he is going to be taking a closer look at the penny hoard he has at home and joining us on the forum! He also gave me the name of a person to call next week! Really nice people at OPT, thank you!

[makecents]

Today I had a great conversation with a Technical Support Representative at Celestron. As soon as I told him I had questions about viewing and taking photos of Lincoln cents, the nice gentleman told me that he is also a coin collector! He answered all of my questions and even emailed me a couple of coin pics he snapped at his desk while we were talking! Of course, I emailed him back at Celestron with information about the LCF and asked him to come join us! Made my day

As some of you know, Tracy (duecetoseven) has been helping me research digital microscopes and we both narrowed it down to the Celestron Handheld Digital Microscope Pro as the best product at the best price.

A few days ago, I asked Maineman if it was okay... if Celestron or one of their distributors, might be willing to offer members of the forum an incentive, a small discount or free shipping maybe... Well the awesome Tech Support person said he would forward my information to their Sales and Marketing Division! So... not counting our chicken's before they hatch, but what an awesome guy!

There's so much information to share about this... but attached are the two pics. Two of my main concerns were... will the microscope take a full coin photo and can you turn the LED lights completely off and just use natural light and the answer is yes and yes.

The stand has to be turned to one side just a tad and placed on about a 1" thick book but that will lift the stand up enough to get a full coin photo (Canadian cent is with the stand done this way and the LED lights turned completely off, just natural light) The Lincoln cent photo is with the LED lights on, and of course the microscope will zoom in more for close ups.

I was going to wait and post this after I heard back from Celestron, but so many of you have been asking about where to find a good digital microscope and I didn't want to wait... and you go buy something else without checking into this one!

Here are a few links... feel free to ask questions, if I don't know the answer, I certainly know who to call Thank you Celestron!!!

https://www.celestron.com/products/handheld-digital-microscope-pro

https://www.celestron.com/blogs/team-celestron

No idea which microscope was used to take the photo of the Amazon Rainforest Blue Morpho Dragonfly but it is so awesome looking I wanted you to see it!

Nice work Vivien!! I need to do something different and this might be the route to go.

[VAB2013]

Nice work Vivien!! I need to do something different and this might be the route to go.

Thank you Jon! I'm still trying to put something together for LCF Members to order through OPT. OPT sells planet shaking telescope systems, check out their site https://optcorp.com/

they are also a Celestron distributor. I think it's cool that the Celestron Technical Support guy, and now the salesperson I spoke with at OPT today, well they are both coin collectors so they were very interested in what we do at the LCF!

[jfines69]

Cool Vivien... Thanks for the update and info... Got to be careful with those planets shakers... No telling what may shake loose

[VAB2013]

Cool Vivien... Thanks for the update and info... Got to be careful with those planets shakers... No telling what may shake loose

You're welcome Jim! The photos of the plants on OTP's website are really cool looking and some of those telescopes are huge! Made me think of Jason's awesome coin photos that looked like the surface of the moon!

[ray_parkhurst]

You're welcome Jim! The photos of the plants on OTP's website are really cool looking and some of those telescopes are huge! Made me think of Jason's awesome coin photos that looked like the surface of the moon!

Which photos are those Viv? I don't think I've seen them but am very interested. Do you have a link?

[VAB2013]

Which photos are those Viv? I don't think I've seen them but am very interested. Do you have a link?

Ray, I will look for them, it was a Proof cent and one of our guys even posted a pic of the moon in comparison.

Edit: Found it http://www.lincolncentforum.com/foru...ght=1960+proof

[ray_parkhurst]

Thanks Viv!

[VAB2013]

Thanks Viv!

You're welcome Ray! Have you seen any Proof cents with a bumpy field like that 1960?

[ray_parkhurst]

You're welcome Ray! Have you seen any Proof cents with a bumpy field like that 1960?

I've seen it on a few Proof cents from the late 50's. I'm not sure the explanation but it seems to happen after the die has been used a while. Maybe it is micro grain structure of the metal, with small grains being removed by polishing, and the "craters" in the die smoothed over by further polishing. I'm sure it is something like that, a figment of the metallurgy of the die and the polishing process.