2/28/11 Report - The Easy Way to Find a Lot of Gold Metal Detecting

Some Class Ring Metal Detector Finds.Everybody wants to know the easy way to find a lot of gold with their metal detector. That isn't surprising, is it? Truth is, if there is an easy way to find a lot of gold, I don't know what it is. I do know how to find a lot of gold, but it's not easy. I think the easy ways have been worked out.Finding a little gold now or then can be easy. Just wander around

2/26/11 Report - Heart Cobs, Sedwick Auction & 1715 Fleet Cobs

8 Reale Heart Cob.Have you been watching Gold Rush Alaska on the Discovery channel? Some of you might think that mining gold in Alaska has nothing to do with metal detecting on the Treasure Coast, but there are always things you can learn.I often say it is like cross-training in athletics. Training in one sport will help you develop skills that you can use in another sport. I believe treasure

2/25/11 Report - Eisenhower Dollars Found and Heart & Royal Cobs To Be Auctioned

Eisenhower Dollars Found With Metal Detector.Second coin included for size comparison. Just kidding. They are big coins. I know this isn't the kind of coin you go out looking for, but hey! A dollar is a dollar. The Eisenhower dollar, made from 1971 - 1978, is unusual as there are not many US dollar coins that do not contain either silver or gold.Actually some Eisenhower dollars were 40% silver,

2/24/11 Report - Hope on the Horizon

Stump on a Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday.I use this stump as an indicator of the level of sand on this beach. Many beaches have stumps or rocks or pilings that you can use to judge the level of sand on the beach. You can even mark them if you want a more precise indication.This stump showed me that there was nearly two additional feet of sand over this spot as compared to when it was eroded a

2/23/11 Report - Using Multiple Detectors To Clean Out a Spot

Small Platinum Diamond Ring Metal Detector Find.I've shown this one before, but it fits my topic today.I can still recall the nice soft steady signal this ring gave. Practice detecting different types of objects enough and you will learn to recognize what the signal is telling you.There is currently an unusual number of 1715 Fleet items for sale on eBay. Everything from galley bricks to cobs to

2/21/11 Report - How It Was & Hidden Metal Detecting Spots & Lyons Share

One of the few advantages of age is knowing how things were - not just yesterday or the day before, but a few decades ago.I recently mentioned how I liked detecting places that few others detect. One way to do that is to detect places that are no abandoned and over grown that no one would ever suspect was once a hub of activity. You can find places like that in the most surprising place. Who

2/19/11 Report - Gold and Silver Purity & Artifacts

Treasure Coast Treasure Beach Metal Detector Find.Silver Bracelet Found on Treasure Coast Shipwreck Beach.

I showed this bracelet back in October of 2010. As I often do, I was browsing artifacts to see what I could learn. The more familiarity you have with artifacts of different time periods, the easier it will be to identify and date finds.

I happened to run across a photo of a gold chain

2/18/11 Report - Full Moon High Tides & Fake Cob Resources

Typical Treasure Coast Beach This MorningThe newest TV rage seems to be all of those shows about antiques, pickers, auctions and the like. If you watch those shows, you know how much some people have stored away in all types of odd places. I just ran across a story where removal men found a cache of coins in an old oven. Other things that were found in the estate of the deceased history teacher

2/17/11 Report - Bulldozer Hoard Cob & More

Sebastian Bulldozer Hoard 8 Reale.I noticed this cob from the Sebastian Bulldozer Hoard for sale on eBay. This is a reminder that treasure coins can be found at other places than the ocean and beach.While the water level on local waterways is down, it would be a good time to explore the banks of some of our waterways. I think I have the answer to the Juno Beach pole mystery. David S. says, We see

2/16/11 Report - Spikes Recently Found on Treasure Coast Beaches

Dug Encrusted Object Recently Found by Metal Detector on a Treasure Coast Shipwreck BeachThis was found two or three days ago. I didn't know what it was so I started cleaning it. The small part that wasn't crusted over (middle of the object in the photo) led me to believe that it was probably something other than a spike.I wasn't really expecting to find anything identifiable under all of that

2/15/11 Report - Cleaning Objects

Rust Soup. I've found that plastic ice cream containers are good containers for doing electrolysis on small items. They come in a variety of shapes. I find the rectangular shaped ones like this one most useful.You can find instructions on the web on how to create and use an electrolysis system.Electrolysis is not the best method for everything, so study a bit before deciding to use electrolysis.

2/14/11 Valentine's Day Report - Copper Object and Conditions Downgrade

Same Beach That I Showed Yesterday When It Was cut. Friday there was the beginning of a cut on this beach. Sunday it was cut more. The cut was then two feet or more,as I showed yesterday. Today it is filled in again. The remains of the cut are only about six inches now. That is what happens. Sometimes a cut will only last a couple of hours before the wind changes and the cut disappears. We just

2/13/11 Report - Report Updated ***Conditions Upgrade***

*For Updated Conditions Report See Forecast and Conditions Section Below.*Pull Tab BraceletIf you are a teenage girl, you're probably not reading this, but if you are a teenage girl, you would probably already know about this object. It is a pull tab bracelet. And they have become the rage in some limited circles.I just learned about them myself. It seems that actress Kristen Stewart, and actress

2/11/11 Report - One Whale of a Gold Nugget

100 Oz. Gold Nugget.A 100 oz. gold nugget was found with a metal detector and will be auctioned. The expected price is over $130,000.Here is the video.http://www.usatoday.com/video/index.htm?bctid=757543100001&csp=taboola#/Giant%20gold%20nugget%20last%20of%20its%20kind/757543100001Nothing much prettier than a big raw gold nugget.The Atocha, Santa margarita, and the Rosario are three of the eight

2/10/11 Report - Titanium Finds.

1 Oz. Titanium Bullion Bar.A bar like this can be purchased for a little under $7.00 at current prices.Things fall from the sky all the time. I saw a TV show the other day where a meteor fell in a small town and everyone was running around picking up the pieces and selling them to collectors who came to town to buy the pieces. Some people were getting thousands of dollars for the pieces that they

2/9/11 Report - Unidentified Artifacts & Around the Treasure Coast

Artifacts Dug at Late 18th Century Battle Site.For some reason this photo rotated 90 degrees and I couldn't get it straightened out. Dead fish are stinking up Sebastian Inlet State Park. I don't think they know what killed the fish. A similar thing happened in the Amazon River.For more on the Sebastian Inlet story, here is the link.http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/february/205678/

2/8/11 Report - Choosing a Metal Detector & More

One Typical Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.There is a lot of sand out there.I don't talk too much about detector technology in this blog. I know there are differences, and I know that some are vastly superior to others even though most detectors made by any of the major manufacturers will do a satisfactory job of doing what they were made to do.The question is then, "Do you have a detector

2/7/2011 Report - Mystery Artifact, La Galga Shipwreck, & Artifact Conservation

Bronze Artifact Found with Metal Detector on a Treasure Coast Beach.This item appears to be bronze. If was not broken, it would have a diameter of about four inches and maybe a very slight funnel shape. It has a good heavy fluted rim that varies from about 1/8 to 3/16 inches across. It is a little less than four inches long or deep. The metal on the end opposite the rim seems thinner. When I

2/6/11 Report - Rill Cove Shipwreck & Moving Sand

4 Real From Rill Cove Wreck for Sale on EBay.Artificial light can give a strange color to photographed items.I ran across an interesting site concerning the "Rill Cove Wreck," sometimes referred to as the "Lizard Silver Wreck." It isn't a Treasure Coast wreck, but reading about it is instructive and provides information that anyone hunting the Treasure Coast beaches should know.The wreck remains

2/4/11 Report - Mexican Reales & Crystallized Shells and Fossils

A Guatemala 8 Reales That Sold for Over $35,000.Photo from web site linked below.A lot of Mexican coins did very well in the Stacks-Bowers numismatic auction held in January of 2011. The 4200 lots brought in a total of 7.86 million.A Mexican 1823 MoJM "Hookneck Eagle" 8 Escudos in NGC AU-55 — the first gold coin of the Mexican Republic sold for $35,400.A Guatemala 1854 A.E. 8 Reales certified

2/3/11 Report - Flat Seas, Porpoises, Fossil Sand Dollar, and More

Flat Sea and Fishing Boats Off South Hutchinson Island This Morning.Looks more like August than February. It seemed like the fishing boats were all heading south of Fort Pierce this morning. The beach looked like it was August too. The beach was accumulating sand. South and Southeast winds will tend to do that.I didn't really see any beach spots worth detecting. I only took a look at four spots

2/2/2011 Barrel Hoop, Fisher Finds & Coin Lines and Holes

Barrel Hoop Remnant From the Santa Margarita.I noticed this barrel hoop from the Atocha for sale on eBay. A lot of people pass up rusty looking items like this, but they can be worth something. This particular barrel hoop already was bid up over $250 and will probably go up much more.Part of the value comes from the fact that it is known (as well as can be) to come from the Santa Margarita.

2/1/11 Report - Star of Lima 8 Reale & Low Energy Beaches

1659 Star of Lima Eight Reale.Just a really neat coin that very well illustrates the coins of Lima during the early period. It seems there are a gazillion variations.One person who metal detects in South Florida recently wrote and said that the beach he has been hunting does not show any pattern of coin distribution in the wet sand. He said that the targets were distributed randomly like in the