Welcome Fatman.
You'll find lots of friendly and knowledgeable folks here on SCF. As you've probably already seen in the forums, there are few questions that can't be answered here.
After you have 50 quality posts and at least 2 weeks here, you'll be able to participate in the buy, sell, trade forums. By then, we will know more about your collecting interests.
By the way, please don't type in ALL CAPS -- it is the equivalent of "shouting" in online forums. More importantly, it is actually more difficult to read than mixed case.

KirkS