12/31/12 Report - Happy New Year!

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14K Metal Detector Beach Find

The object shown here is 14K.  It is a very small tag with no inscription or any mark on it.  The bale, however, is marked 14K.  Why someone would wear this unmarked tag is beyond me.  Maybe the intent was to have it inscribed.


I looked back through my posts for the year

12/30/12 Report - Year End Review

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Beach Metal Detector Find.

Maybe you noticed, not only did the hit counter reach 500,000 yesterday, it blew through the half million mark with two days remaining in 2012.


This is the time of year when people tend to look back and then ahead.  It is good for detectorists to look back.  You can learn

12/29/12 Report - Is It Fake or Reale, Blue & White Ceramics and More

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Fake or Real?  Can you tell?
Find and photo by John B.


John B. sent these photos of finds he made on 12/28/12 on Singer Island.  Thanks for the great photos John.

Well, have you made up your mind yet?   See if you can see any tell-tale signs.  It might be a little harder with these photos. 

12/28/12 Report - Damaged Air Force Ring Found & Signs of Gold Holes

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 Here is a broken and flattened ring.   It reads "United States Air Force."  In the top photo, the "UNITED" is upside down, going right to left, starting in the middle, and the "AIR FO" can be seen going right to left.

Obviously the stone is gone.  It appears to be a base metal.

No other information

12/27/12 Report - 18th Century Coin Legends, Scouting Around

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Two Nearly Identical Finds

The other day I documented a walk that I took and showed some of the variety of things that I eye-balled on the trip.   The short trip turned up a variety of miscellaneous objects, many of which are not metallic.  Finds included objects from various age periods and collectible

12/25/12 Report - A Pre Christmas Walk

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I hope you are enjoying your Christmas.  I am.

I didn't expect to even do a post today but had a little time while nibbling on some fresh out of the oven chocolate chip cookies and waiting for some other stuff to cook.  So if the post comes together quickly without much fuss, I'll publish it.

The other

12/24/12 Report - Wishing a Blessed Christmas to All

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Vintage Christmas Card From 1910.




The above card is an actual Christmas card that was sent in 1910.  Unlike most of today's Christmas cards which open, this one, and many like it from the period, are more like a post card even though they were sent in an envelope.  Today it will serve as my

12/22/12 Report - Digging Up Memories

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As We Were.

I had a dream last night in which I visited the town where I grew up.  In the dream I saw places where there were once old buildings that are now gone.  The dream reminded me of when I visited the home site where I was raised and my elementary school.   I was fortunate to be able to detect

12/21/12 Report - Testing Silver and Gold & More

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I'm a little late today.  Was waiting to see if the world came to an end.  If it did, I missed it.

Anyhow, on with today's post.


Well, well, well.   I just learned something new a little while ago.  

You probably know how to use an acid test kit to test gold and silver.  I've covered that in this blog

12/20/12 - Mystery Chain, Colonial Mission Life & Old Bottles

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Found Chain.

Here is a chain that seems to be gold-filled.  I think it might it might be a pocket-watch chain.  What do you think?


Here is a web site that gives a picture of life at a colonial mission -  Mission Dolores to be specific.  It talks about the Ais and shows some nice colonial artifacts.  

12/19/12 Report - Worm Reef at Bathtub Beach & Some Big Gold Discoveries

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Ancient Gold Necklace
Photo from cashforgold.com. See link below.

I often mention Bathtub Beach and often receive questions about detecting there.  One thing you should know about if do detect there is the Sabellariid Worm reef.  Be very careful not to destroy the reef.

Here is an article about that.

12/18/12 Report - Gold Medallion, Shipwreck Pottery, New Scanable Coins

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High Carat Medallion

The religious medallion shown here is a Treasure Coast beach find and tests over 18K.   It is surprisingly heavy, being about three times the thickness of similar medallions.  It isn't marked at all. 

There is one book on Spanish Colonial Shipwreck Pottery that sells for over $150

12/17/12 Report - Gold Ring Finds & Research

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Couple 14K Beach Finds.

Beach detecting conditions haven't been good for finding old things lately, so there are a few things you can do until conditions improve.   One is scout out the few more promising areas that do exist and hunt them well.   Another is try a different type of hunting or take a

12/16/12 Report - Beach Conditions and Photos


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Jensen Beach From the North End.

It seems action on the beach has been a little slow lately.   It appears that not many people are visiting the beaches on the weekend and not many people detecting.  I would guess that part of that is the time of year.  There are a lot of Christmas activities now and

12/15/12 Report - Atocha Finds, Gold Coin Hoard & Large Coil

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Some of the Gold Hoard Mentioned Below.
Photo from KSL.com. 

I know you have all heard about the shooting, but I have to take time to mention it.  A lot of things in life don't really matter much, and you have to stop and put things in perspective once in a while.  While things are going well for

12/13/12 Report - Lessons From Meterorite Men & $70,000 Diamond Flushed

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Nice Old Button Find.
Find and photo by William M.

Some were saying the world was going to end yesterday.   If you are reading this, it probably didn't.

I mentioned some of the following a couple of days ago but wanted to add some.  Like I said then, I was watching the TV show Meteorite Men this past

12/12/12 Report - Treasure & Trash.

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Gold Treasure Coast Metaa Detector Beach Find.

I showed this find before but wanted to use it to quickly point out a couple of things.

First, you can't see it too well in this photo, but the nose is very worn down.  That probably shows that it was used a lot.

If you look at a lot of the old Jesus

12/11/12 Report - High Priced Treasures & More

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Gold Bar Sold in SedwickCoins Auction. 
Photo from SedwickCoins Email.

Here is the link to see more of the top selling items from completed Sedwick Coins auctions.  A really nice group. 

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=imkgftcab&v=

12/10/12 Report - Gold Shipwreck Box and Way of St. James & Ambergris

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Gold Tobacco Box.
Photo from Dec. 10, MailOnline.

The gold box shown in this photo is part of Odyssey Marine's Black Swan treasure.  It displays a scallop shell, which is a symbol of St. James, and was used as a badge by pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

Here is one version of the

12/9/12 Report - Encrusted Objects Again and More

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Musket Parts
Finds and Photo by Will R.
See more about  this below.

I never know what posts are going to be popular.  I somtimes look at the number of hits for dif, but that doesn't tell the entire story and, of course, I pay attention to what people tell me when I receive email about posts, but that

12/8/12 Report - The Wreck of La Belle, and Lumps, Crust & Iron

One very nice web site presents an early and important shipwreck, the wreck of La Belle, one of La Salle's ships that wrecked in the Gulf near Texas.  It has a lot of great photos and explanation.

Below is the link.  You might want to go through the entire presentation.   It is really very good.

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/belle/index.html



Photo From Referenced Web Site

Among the

12/7/12 Report - Silver Ingots & US Coin Price Web Site

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Silver Find That I've Shown Before For ID

You've seen a silver ingot or silver scale weight that I posted before if you've been reading this blog very long.  It was found one of our beaches, but I don't know where it came from or how old it is.  The consensus is pretty evenly divided between those two

12/6/12 - Gold Nuggets and Dust, 1812 Wrecks & Bronze Helmet

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Large Gold Nugget With Interesting History

I noticed this large gold nugget for sale in a Americana and Numismatic auction on icollector.  It has nearly $50 thousand of gold in it.  Not that anyone would ever melt it down.  As a natural gold nugget it will sell for much more.  Not to speak of its

12/5/12 Report - Eight-Reale Found

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8-reale Find and Photo by Jonah M.

 Here is a nice eight -reale found by Jonah M. three weeks after Sandy.  It isn't unusual to pick up a few cobs that long after a storm.

Really nice find.  Congratulations Jonah!

And great photos too.

You can easily see from the Florenza cross that the cob was

12/4/12 Report - Old Bank Bills, Silver Hoards & Vintage Brass Hotel Keys

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Bill Found in Old Book

A few days ago I gave you a link to an article about a rare gold coin that was found hidden in an old book and advised looking through old books.  You can often find interesting things in old books, sometimes old post cards or photos, for example.

I recently found this three

12/3/12 Report - 3-Cent Silver Coins, For Peat's Sake & Disappearing Island

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One Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday

Three-cent silver coins?   Very nice.

Here is the link.

http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/coin-rarities-related-topics-astonishing-three-cent-silvers-in-rarities-night/



Maybe you've seen big brown rounded lumps of what looks like soft wood on some of the

12/1/12 Report - Mercedes Items on Display, Going With The Flow & The Presidio

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You probably read about the treasure salvaged by Odyssey Marine Explorations from what some believe is the 1804 wreck of the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes.  I''ve talked about it in this blog a few times and provided links to the story.  You might also recall our discussion of the decision by the US

11/30/12 Report - $1 Coin, Erosion & Tons of Silver

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Congress is considering doing away with the one dollar bill and replacing it with a $1 coin.   It is said that doing away with the one dollar bill would save $4.4 billion over 30 years. 

It seems people generally don't favor the $1 coin, but some, such as vending machine operators, do.  And of

11/29/12 Report - Variety of Treasure Related Stories

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One important tip before I get started.  Take your time to properly identify objects before selecting a method to clean them.  It can be difficult to identify objects before cleaning them, but it is important to have a good idea of what you are cleaning and what the metals are.   The wrong method could

11/28/12 Report - Moving Sands & Boxes of Gold Coins

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Here are two photos submitted by Michael H. showing rocks exposed by erosion and then buried again a few days later. The area is immediately south of where archaeologists discovered remains of the old fort of Fort Lauderdale. Two piles of rocks marked the sides of the old and now filled inlet.  Not

11/26/12 Report - Eroding Dunes, Coin News and More Info on the Gold Pelican of Piety

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Bathtub Beach Photo by Joan T.

I posted this photo by Joan T a few days ago and wanted to revisit it.  There is more to be seen than simply erosion.  Notice the different layers that were exposed.  Each layer was deposited at a different time and under most circumstances the older layers bearing older

11/25/12 Report - Beaches, Signals & Finds

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The swells were three to five feet today. The wind was out of the west this morning. Low tide was around noon.

The swells will be decreasing the next few days, hitting a low of 1 -2 feet on Wednesday. That will give you a good chance to check out the low tide area after the big swells and high water

11/24/12 Report - Big Erosion Photos & Nice Shipwreck Spike Find

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Nice Complete Spike.
 Find and Photo by Philip I.



I hope everybody had a happy and safe Thanksgiving and nobody got injured shopping.

The finds are starting to come in from November 2012.  




Bathtub Beach. 
Photo by Joan T.

Sandy hit the dunes washing stuff out and up.   Then we had a short

11/23/12 Report - Treasure Coast Beach Detecting Conditions Rating Upgrade

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Three to Four Foot Cut at North End of Jensen Beach
Yesterday Afternoon.

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Update: Tomorrow's St. Lucie Metal Detecting Club hunt has been moved to Jensen Beach.  It is really eroded there.
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11/22/12 Report - Happy Thanksgiving!

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Just a short post today.

We have swells reaching six feet today and expecting seven foot swells Friday.  The weekend should be a good time to check around the Treasure Coast for areas where the water has either been hitting the dunes or causing some erosion.

As I mentioned yesterday, there are some

11/21/12 Report - Beach Conditions Improving Slowly. Friday Should Tell the Story.

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Erosion on Treasure Coast.   Photo by Guy F.
Submitted by Bernie C.

We have four to six foot swells today.  A peak of 6 to eight foot swells are still expected Friday.  That should be the peak. 

Some places have a little erosion in front of the dunes.  And in some places the water is hitting the

11/20/12 Report - Detecting Conditions & Detecting Regrets to Avoid.

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There is a stationary storm offshore of the southeastern Atlantic seaboard that is funneling wind down the east coast into Florida.  Winds will be brisk out of the north through Thursday. when they will peak at 15-20 miles per hour with gusts to 25 mph. The weather service says Treasure Coast beaches may

11/19/12 Report - Get Your Equipment Ready, Detecting Conditions May Improve Soon

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Water Coming Over Newly Formed Berm
Yesterday Near High Tide

Years ago we had a storm known as the Thanksgiving storm that produced a lot of treasure.  Right off I don't remember the year.  If the surf web site predictions are correct, it could happen again.




As I mentioned yesterday and previous

11/18/12 Report - Sherds or Shards & Water Getting High on the Beach

 

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Six Different Treasure Coast Beach Shards

I looked it up.  My dictionary says that sherd is a variation of shard.  Some people say one and some the other, but there appears to be no difference.

As I said a few days ago, someone asked how to identify a shipwreck shard on the beach.  I wish I knew. 

11/17/12 Report - New Gold & Did You Ever Find a Cremation Tags

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New 14K Ring Find.

Old items brought to the surface by Sandy are becoming more scarce and detectorists along the Treasure Coast are having to make do with modern finds.  Here is a 14K gold find with some type of pinkish stone. Although it is undoubtedly worth more than a lot of the old junk that

11/16/12 Report - Special Returned Ring & Miscellaneous Finds

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It is always good to hear about one of the many rings or other items that are returned.   We hear about some of those, but not the vast majority.

I was glad to receive an email from Chris B. providing a link to an article about a Vietnam vet who lost a special ring 41 years ago while swimming in a lake.

11/15/12 Report - 1715 Fleet Bronze Coin?? & Florida Rhinoceras

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Here is something odd.  I noticed it while browsing eBay.  It is said to be a bronze Spanish coin mounted in a cross. 



1715 Fleet Coin??
Photo from eBay.



The coin, if you believe the story, was found at Sandy Point in 1933, and then mounted in the cross.

It might be possible to track down this

11/14/12 Report - Fascinating Artifact Whatzit & Fossils on the Beach

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Here are two photos of the artifact found by hangingfor8 that I mentioned yesterday.   If you have seen an item like this before or have any thoughts on the identity of the item, please let me know.




Two Views of Whatzit.
Photos Submitted by Haningfor8.

It is three inches long.  The metal is

11/13/12 Report - Blog Poll Results and Finds

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Old Silver Ring Found During Sandy.  
Submitted by haningfor8.

This silver ring was found during Sandy by Will (hangingfor8) who also found a 2 reale, silver US coins and another really neat artifact that I hope to post in the near future for help with identification.


The blog poll has concluded

11/11/12 Report - Clad to Top of the Line Treasure

 
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Over Thirty Coins Found in One Small Coin Hole

I often mention coin holes.  Here are  thirty some heavily encrusted coins that I found in a small compact coin hole during Sandy.  All had a green crust, and a couple were almost fluorescent green.

Coins coming from different layers of sand and having

11/10/12 Report - Silver, Gold, Coins & Fossils

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A  silver 14th Century Bishop's seal was found by a detectorist on the Isle of Man.   Here is an article about that important find.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-20204111


One find that I made many years ago not long after I started detecting was a large silver coin in great

11/9/12 Report - Erosion and Refilling As It Affects Detecting

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Today I'm going to do something a litte different.  I'm going to present a fairly detailed explanation of a common situation that you might encounter on a newly eroded beach.



Eroded Dune With New Sand at Base.

As you know, beaches erode and then fill again and then erode again.  It is a continuous

11/8/12 Report - Club News, Next Auction & More

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Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday Morning

Here is some news from Bernie C. concerning the St. Lucie Metal Detecting club.


Here's an update on the club bi-monthly meeting: I am
changing the meeting date to November 17th at 6 pm. The meeting will be held at
my house as usual: 1256 SE Palm Beach Rd,

11/7/12 Report - Coin Patterns, Karl von Mueller & Fossil Tooth

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I've mentioned a lot of different types of finds that Sandy brought but I haven't mentioned fossils.  Besides cobs and coins and artifacts, Sandy did bring out a few of those.  Here is one tooth fossil that was among the many fossils that Sandy exposed.


How much is a penny worth?  Sounds like a stupid

11/6/12 Report - $10,000 Eight Reale & Copper Sheathing

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Lot Number 1023 in the Recently Concluded SedwickCoins Auction

With Sandy and everything I didn't pay as much attention to the most recently concluded Sedwick Coins auction.   There are some interesting things you can learn from the auction now that I get around to it.

I noticed this Potosi 8-reale

11/5/12 Report - Family, Friends, Fun & Finds For a Good Purpose

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Raffle Table at Benefit Cookout.
Photo by Joan T.
See more cookout photos below.

First, I added a poll to the blog to replace the one that I had to remove because it wasn't functioning correctly.  Even from the defective poll that I removed, I could tell that more cobs and treasure coins were

11/4/12 More Revealed on the Pelican in Piety Story from Laura Strolia

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TCPalm.com photo.  2010

If you've been reading this blog very long you've read about the gold bird artifact that was salvaged from the ocean near Frederick Douglas beach.   You also probably read about the Marigalera of the 1715 Fleet, the subject of a book written by Laura Strolia.  You may have also

11/3/12 Report - Lead Whatzit & Benefit Cookout Day

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John Brooks Friday Afternoon.

Here is an interesting beach feature that you don't see too often.  It is between Frederick Douglas and John Brooks parks. 

It looks pretty much like a creek.   The sand on the ocean side (left) is a like a sand bar that is washing in.  The high tide is breaching that

11/2/12 Report - After Sandy & Benefit Cookout

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Mayan Artifact Donated for the Benefit
Photo submitted by Aquanut John

Tomorrow is the big Treasure Hunter's Benefit Cookout.   And here is another treasure that you will see there and possibly take home. 

I've shown just a few of the many prizes and auction items that will be there.  If you want

11/1/12 Report - Beaches Refilling After Sandy & Much More

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Just One of the Many Great Items Donated for Saturday's Benefit Cookout
Photo Submitted by Aquanut John.
Read more about the benefit cookout below.




Yesterday I showed photos of the beach at the Seagrape Trail Access and near Disney Resort.  The beach at both of those locations had partially filled

10//31/12 Report - Beach More Trick Than Treat - Beach Conditions Downgrade

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I had something else planned today but am getting such a late start that I'm just going to do a short post today.



Turtle Trail From the Beach Side - Closed.



First and foremost I'm downgrading my Treasure Coast beach detecting conditions rating to a 1.

I should remind you that I use a 1 rather than

10/30/12 Report - Pre Columbian Tumbaga, Benefit Cookout & Sandy Find

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Tairona Tumbaga.  Photo Submitted by Aquanut John

Aquanut John sent in some exciting updates concerning the treasure hunter’s benefit cookout coming up this Saturday at the Pennwood Motor Lodge. If you haven’t heard about it, look at the poster in my 10/9/12 post for more information.

I know a lot

10/29/12 Report - A Couple Finds From Sandy and Beach Developments

2-real Found Friday



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This appears to be a Mexican 2 real assayed by Francisco de Morales. Francisco was the assayer at the Mexico mint 1589 - 1608 and 1610 -1618.



The cob is not dated. The assayer mark appears to be an F. And a “2” indicating the denomination appears at the right

10/28/12 Report - Hurricane Sandy Delivers More Than Sand

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Water Up In the Dunes Yesterday

I'm pleased that I made so many correct calls this time.   One thing I said is that Friday would be the key.  And it was.


The high tide on Friday got up into the dunes.  That is when we had the dune banger.  Actually the water hit the back dunes in some locations

10/27/12 Report - First Dune Banger in Years & Another Conditions Upgrade

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I've had tons to write about lately but not tons of time to write.  I've been putting a lot of news and information on the back burner to keep you informed about Sandy.  There couldn't be a more appropriate name.  When I came in yesterday afternoon I had sand and salt water in my eyes, ears, nose and every

10/26/12 Report - Little Erosion At Most Wreck Beaches This Morning So Far But Minimal Beach Conditions Upgrade Issued

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Escudo Sold Yesterday
in the SedwickCoins Auction.

Before today’s beach condition update, here is an escudo that did particularly well in the Sedwick Coins auction, finishing with a bid of about three times the starting bid. It was one three of three escudos that performed particularly well in

10/25/12 Report - 7 Foot Swells Now Predicted for Friday

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From magicseaweed.com for Fort Pierce area.

I need to take some time to correct and clarify.  I've used some terms inconsistently and incorrectly.  Sometimes I've used the term "seas" when I should have used the term "swells."

To clarify, here is an explanation from an article on how to measure waves

10/24/12 Report - Eight Foot Swells Predicted for Friday

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Predicted Track of Sandy (NHC Map)

It still looks like Sandy will be crossing over Cuba and going north through the Bahamas.  That will send some waves our way.

Today seas are three to five feet along the Treasure Coast, increasing into the evening and continuing to increase until a peak of about

10/23/12 Report - Tropical Storm Sandy & Researching Finds

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One Treasure Coast Beach This Mroning


The surf web sites are predicting increasing seas through this week on the Treasure Coast.  There is a good chance of improved beach detecting conditions later this week.



There has been some movement of sand but not enough to significantly improve conditions. 

10/22/12 Report - Storms in the Atlantic & Great Research Tips

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Storm Map from www.nhc.noaa.gov.


The Atlantic is becoming more active again.  There are two storms to watch.



The first has an 80% chance of becoming a cyclone very soon.  It is below Jamaica.



The second is east of the West Indies and has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours. 

10/20/12 Report - SedwickCoins Auction Items & 54th Foot Button

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Ornate Gold Chain in Sedwick Coins Auction


This eleven foot long Mel Fisher Atocha gold chain is in the SedwickCoins auction. It currently has a bid of $65,000, but I expect that to multiply before the auction closes.





A few days ago I mentioned the British 74th Foot button discovered in St.

10/19/12 Report - Detecting Newbie Hits Gold Coin Hoard, Pulling Teeth & Safe Cracking

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Gold Coin Hoard Found. 
(Photo from ABC story linked at left.)


$160,000 cache of Roman gold coins was found by a new metal detector user who had recently purchased a basic machine.


http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/first-time-treasure-hunter-discovers-trove-roman-era-123747420-

10/18/12 Report - Big Treasure Raffle and Prizes & British Military Button Finds

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British Pewter 76th Regiment Button Metal Detector Find



Yesterday I mentioned a British military button found at St. Augustine that was thought to be associated with the wreck of a British ship that sank after the British fled Charleston. That reminded me of a find that I made that is remotely

10/17/12 Report - More on Coin Lines and Holes, Revolutionary War Shipwreck & The Eyeball

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Eye Ball Found on Pompano Beach
From FloridaToday.com.  See link below.


A Jacksonville Times-Union story reports a British military button was found in the mud near the St. Augustine lighthouse.  They believe the button came from the wreck of a British ship that sank in 1784 as the British were

10/16/12 Report - Emanuel Point Wreck Report & Diamond in a Well

 
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I tried to get a video to show what the waves were doing to the beach yesterday.  I didn't succeed as well as I hoped, but it does show how the water wasn't moving much sand.  Of course, I didn't catch the big waves hitting.  Every time I got my camera out, they refused to come, and then when I put my

10/15/12 - Coin Hole Study & Silver Whatzit Again

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10 Gram Silver Object


A few days ago I posted a photo of a silver shipwreck spike that is up for auction the most recent Sedwick Coins auction. I mentioned that it was thought the spike was made of silver in order to smuggle the silver. I guess that is a passivity, but there is also another

10/14/12 Report - Coin Holes, Coin Lines & Beach Conditions

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One to two foot cut on the Treasure Coast this morning.


This morning near high tide the same cut that I showed yesterday was now only about a foot to a foot and a half high.  The waves were hitting this beach almost directly at a ninety degree angle.  That won't cause much erosion.  Instead the water

10/13/12 Report - Tropical Storm Rafael & More

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Same Eroded Beach That I Showed Yesterday - Not Much Change


I checked a few beaches this morning.  The one that I showed yesterday with three foot cuts was basically unchanged this morning.  The cliff had eroded back a little, but not much. The cliff was no higher today than yesterday.  



The sand

10/12/12 Report - Tropical Storm Patty & Beach Conditions Upgrade

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I wanted to get the upgrade posted this morning, so I'm just doing a quick post.






Three Foot Cut on One Treasure Coast Beach This Morning




I got out to take a look at a couple of beaches this morning and at one beach found two to three foot cuts running for a few hundred yards.   The other

10/10/12 Report - Rare Treasure Coast Find & When Artifacts Blanketed One Beach

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Silver Spike From Most Recent Sedwick Coins Auction.



Here is an interesting and rare Treasure Coast find. It is up for auction in the most recent Sedwick Coins auction.

What is most interesting, is that the spike is not made of iron or one of the metals that spikes are usually made of, but

10/9/12 Report - Treasure Hunter's Benefit Cookout & Blog Poll Results

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You probably know about the annual treasure hunter's cookouts.  Well, this is a treasure hunter's cookout, but more importantly, it is a benefit.  And promises to be a lot of fun.   Put it down on your calendar now.

The food will be ready about 1 PM and activities continuing

10/8/12 Report - Columbus, First Contact Spanish Candlestick Holder & More

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16th Century Brass Candlestick Holder.

Here is a 16th Century brass candlestick holder, which is one of two similar contact period candlestick holders found in Alabama.  It is about six inches across at the base and about five and one half inches high.

Some think it could be  from the de Soto or de

10/7/12 Report - The Gold Pelican in Piety of the 1715 Fleet & Ceramic Olive Jar Stopper

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Ceramic Olive Jar Stopper from El Nuevo Constante


I have something very special for you today.  I have some brand new hot-off-the-press information emailed directly to me from the researcher just yesterday. You won’t want to miss that, but first another piece of information that I’ve been hunting for

10/6/12 Report - Preserving Finds

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Sprayed Pot Shard Showing Original Glaze



As you know old items deteriorate over time. Items that were on a beach or in the salt water of the ocean will often deteriorate very rapidly. Iron, wood, ceramics as well as many other materials can all deteriorate rapidly after being found and that it is

10/4/12 Report - Gold Ampulla of the Queens Jewels

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Ampulla in upcoming Sedwick Coins auction.


Here is an item from the 1715 Fleet, and if associated with the more recently discovered “pelican of piety”, probably came from the Nieves, thought to lie off of Frederick Douglas beach.


The item is an ampulla, which was used for holding anointing oil. I’m

10/3/12 Report - 1715 Fleet Escudo & Early Series Reale

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1715 Fleet Escudo  (Sedwick Coins Upcoming Auction)



Other side of same escudo.




Here is a gold escudo listed in the upcoming Sedwick auction that is from the Treasure Coast’s 1715 Fleet. It is one of the more expensive gold coins listed in the auction and although the denomination is not shown,

10/2/12 Report - Treasure Auction Coming Soon, Gold Bars & More

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Atocha Gold Bar Up for Auction


Here is a large gold bar from the Atocha that will appear in the upcoming SedwickCoins auction.  The starting bid will be $100,000.




The following notice was recently received via email from Daniel Frank Sedwick of Sedwick Coins.


Our latest auction, closing LIVE in

10/1/12 Report - First Contact Spanish Artifacts and Sites

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1500s Juana & Carlos cob found in Florida.
From Curren's archeologyink.com article.


I found an exceptionally good article on first contact Spanish artifacts.  By "first contact" I now mean artifacts of the DeSoto and de Luna expeditions dating back to the 1500s.



The article is located on

9/30/12 Report - Million Dollar Penny, Indian Head & Mystery Item Identified

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Here is a 1903 Indian Head penny that was recently dug at the same mainland site that I've been talking about.  It seems it was almost new when lost.  You can see the detail in the feathers and even read the word Liberty on the head band.





 


Coins dug on the mainland are often in much better

9/29/12 Report - Florida East Coast Railroad Artifacts Found

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F. E. C. Mystery Find for ID


I’ve been showing some items found at a Treasure Coast mainland site lately. There was a lot of variety. Finds covered a period of slightly over one hundred years. Most items came from the 1970s it seemed, but a 1902 nickel and a 1903 Indian head penny were among the finds.

9/28/12 Report - Mixed Metal Detector Finds From One Mainland Site

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Today I’ve decided to show some more finds from a mainland hunt for a variety of reasons. One is to further illustrate the point that just because a site is old, not all finds at the site will be old.



Most spots that were used years ago have been used since, sometimes nearly continuously. Therefore

9/27/12 Report - Slaying the Junk Dragon

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As I mentioned yesterday, I recently did some mainland hunting. It was in a super junky area.



Here is a Liberty Nickel that was found.



My magnet on a pole came in real handy at this site. It saved a lot of time and digging.



You can see a quick demonstration of how the magnet is used on YouTube

12/26/12 Report - Olive Jar Study, Weighty Subject & Now Ain't That a Blimp

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One Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday Near Low Tide


This is what the beaches look like along the Treasure Coast right now.



I think this one is pretty typical. A lot of sand on the front beach.















I’ve been trying to learn more about Spanish olive jars. I found an excellent study.



Here

9/25/12 Report - Three Finds for ID & 925 Mark

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How old do you think this is?


Today I’ll start with a three items that I hope you will help identify and date. They were found together in an area with a lot of history.



John L., who is a good friend of this blog and who has provided answers to other mystery items in the past, found these items.

9/24/12 Report - Identifying Finds

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14K Pin Find


This Kappa Delta Pi pin is easy to identify.  Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society for educators. 

The pin tells you everything you need to know, but not all finds are so easy to identify.

Here are a few quick and easy things you can do to help identify finds.





The

9/22/12 Report - $3.5 Million Detector Find, Ice Age Beaches & Upcoming Sedwick Auction

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In the following video, David Lisot of CoinWeek.com interviewed Dan Sedwick about the upcoming Sedwick Coin auction. 

Here is the link.

http://www.coinweek.com/auctions-news/daniel-frank-sedwick-upcoming-auction-for-treasure-coins-and-artifacts/

The photo shows some of the items that will be sold in

9/21/12 Report - Treasure Coast Emerald & West Coast Shell

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Emerald Found on Treasure Coast Beach


I've previously reported on raw emeralds being found on some of the Treasure Coast beaches.  It appears that one example is now for sale on eBay.



The listing says, Up for auction is this rare 1.45 carat (5x6x8mm) rough (uncut) Colombian Muzo Mine Emerald which

9/20/12 Report - XRF, USS Shark Carronade and Some Finds

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Here are some finds from William B. from Broward.   First, a reale that he thinks might have been made from recycled shipwreck silver.  The photo shows the item after cleaning.

And second, some rings (below).   Note the copper rings with the colorful applied designs. 


Here is a great account of the

9/19/12 Report - Glass Treasure Clues & Talk Like a Pirate Day

     
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This is what you have all been waiting for maties.  Today (Sept. 19) is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

For real.

Here is the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day

Arrrrggh!



I always remind people to be on the lookout for different types of finds.  Some

9/17/12 Report - Ecclesiastical Artifacts Found

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Ecclesiastical Artifacts Found.

These 14th or 15th Century ecclesiastical artifacts were recently found under the ruins of an abbey. 

The article, with this photo and others, was published in The Independent.

Now the search is on to figure out who owned these artifacts.

Click here to go to that

9/16/12 Report - Beach Detecting Conditions Downgrade

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An 89 year-old Vero Beach WW II fighter pilot was recently reunited with the foot locker he lost back in the 1940s.   The trunk full of belongings from the past arrived at his door last week, thanks to a fellow who tracked him down and sent the trunk.



Cool story.  Here is the link.



http://

9/15/12 Report - Seas 4 to 6 Feet and Detecting Conditions Rating Unchanged

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Gold Ear Ring


It rained heavily some places on the Treasure Coast in the AM hours up until about 6:45.   Rain can cause erosion too, especially to the dunes and to some inland locations. Check out any erosion for newly exposed old items.



Rain also tends to smooth the seas a bit.

We have a

9/14/12 Report - Beach Conditions Upgrade Issued

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I didn't get a chance to go out to the beach since the wind changed direction until this morning.  A lot of sand had been moved.  Most of the sand that had accumulated in the past couple of weeks on the front of the beach was now out in the water, but most of the beach had a slope to the berm.   There

9/12/12 Report - Wreck of the USS Hatteras, Old Button & Gold Found.

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Typical Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday



After I had been to the beach yesterday, I came home and the wind really picked up and came in from the Northeast.   That was a dirty trick.  I was there too early.  I doubt that it was enough to move all of that built up sand anyhow, but I would have

9/11/12 Report - Beach Conditions and Finds

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One beach this morning that had been freshened up a bit.


Well, the change in wind that I was waiting for happened but didn't improve the beaches.  There are still some old cuts out there that the water hit just enough to freshen up a bit, but not much, and some new things appeared in front of those

9/10/12 Report - Waiting for the Wind to Shift & Gold and Gem Stones From the Beach

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14K Ring


I mentioned the other day that the number of surfers and other beach goers recently should provide some new finds on the beaches.  That has proven true.  Here is one example.



There is a large variety of things to be found now.  I've seen everything from Native American pot shards, to black

9/9/12 Report - Still Some Nice Waves.& Club News

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Leslie and Michael continue on their way into the North Atlantic, but there is a new low pressure area coming off of Africa that has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next couple of days.  Its a long way off, so it will be days before it affects us.

Today the seas are running 4-6 feet along the

9/8/12 Report - Head High Waves and Good Surfing on the Treasure Coast

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Green Turtle Beach Near High Tide Showing Old Cut.






Today there were a lot of surfers out -  more than I've seen in quite a while.  There was good reason too.  The waves were breaking really nice.  The best looking surfing waves I"ve seen  in quite some time.  That is the result of Leslie and a

9/7/12 Report - Sounding Lead, Shark Tooth & Other Finds

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William M. found this shark tooth.   In my 1/20/2010 post, I posted a shark tooth identification guide.  If you look at that guide, you'll see that this tooth is from a Sand Shark. 



Find and photo by William M.


To find the identification guide, simply go back to the 1/20/10 post, or enter "shark

9/6/12 Report - New Shipwreck Possibly Found, New Finds & Higher Seas

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Finds and Photo by Trae R.

Here are some recent beach finds made by Trae R. down in the Keys.  He is wondering if anyone might have some thoughts on the identity of the lead piece.  It is a single piece folded over and drilled. 

The small piece of pottery looks to me like K'ang Hsi.   The items are

9/5/12 Report - Recent Finds Including Nice 18th Century Button

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Finds and Photo by Will R.


In the past couple of weeks there have been some nice finds including multiple 18th Century buttons, musket balls, a few cobs, and a good many fossils.


Here is a photo of some great finds by Will R.   Included is a very nice 18th Century button, musket balls, and thimble.

9/4/12 Report - Ten Foot Seas Predicted for Sunday

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Odd Ring Design


We have two tropical storms, Leslie and Michael.  Leslie is expected to become a hurricane.  Although both are expected to stay far out in the Atlantic, it looks like we'll get some good waves off of Leslie.



The surf web sites are predicting ten foot seas Sunday.  That is more

9/3/12 Labor Day Report - Old Shipwreck, Buck and Ball, and Ring Storage

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A good way to store rings or other finds that have gem stones is in a stapled plastic bag.  Gem stones, especially small gem stones from older rings, can easily come out and get lost.  By storing the ring in a plastic bag, even if a stone comes off it will remain safe in the plastic bag.



I prefer to use

9/2/12 Report - Big Seas Predicted & Florida Pirate Locations

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Three Small Detector Finds.  Dime for size comparison.

Here are three small detector beach finds.  The heart on the dime is silver. 

What do you think the other two are?   I'll talk about them some other time.


The seas are only one to two feet now but seven or eight foot seas are predicted for next

8/31/12 Report - Recent Treasure Coast Metal Detector Finds - Old Buttons

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There were some nice finds on the Treasure Coast this past week.   I've received photos of a few.





Front of Button Found by William M.




Back of Button Found by William M.




































A couple of nice old buttons were found on the Treasure Coast this week.  The photos

8/30/12 Report - Still a Lot to Be Found - Space Age to Ice Age

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Ice Age to Space Age Finds From the T. C. Yesterday


The other day I said that the improvements in beach conditions were short lived.  It turns out that I was a little premature with that.  I went to check one of the secondary beaches yesterday afternoon and found that there is still a lot out there. 

8/29/12 Report - Improved Conditions Short Lived

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I'll undoubtedly be issuing a beach conditions downgrade before long.  We're back to one and two foot seas already.  And it looks like it will stay that way for a while again.



There is a new storm in the Atlantic named Kirk.  It will remain out in the middle of the Atlantic.  Another storm may be

8/27/12 Report - Beach Conditions Upgrade on Treasure Coast



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Eroded Treasure Coast Beach Monday Morning



Yesterday, none of the beaches on the Treasure Coast looked good.  In addition to the beaches I looked at and posted, Bernie C. sent in a report from some of the beaches that I didn't

8/26/12 Report - Around the Treasure Coast This Morning

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I'm just going to do a quick post right now to show you what is going on around the Treasure Coast this morning.  Later today I'll add more details to this post, but just wanted to give you a quick overview of what I saw this morning first.






Between Sebastian Inlet and McClarty.  Cut in dredged

8/25/12 Report - Just a Little Erosion Beginning on Treasure Coast Beaches So Far.

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You are probably aware that Isaac is expected to go into the Gulf but give us some more windy rainy day.  The West Coast of Florida and the Panhandle will get a lot more of Isaac than us.


Erosion just beginning on one Treasure Coast beach.

I went out to see what was going on this afternoon around the

8/24/12 Report - Storms, Detecting Conditions, and Beach Rating Scale

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Friday 8 AM NHC Upate.


The predicted path of Isaac has drifted a little to the West again.   It looks to me like the West coast of Florida will get some good onshore winds and waves next week, and the Panhandle and around the Big Bend and the Apalachicola area will get a lot of waves and high water

8/23/12 Report - Isaac Heads Towards Keys and West Coast & Club News

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Thursday Morning National Hurricane Center Map


Isaac now looks like he will be crossing the Keys and skirting the West Coast of Florida, and then maybe heading towards the Panhandle.  It is looking like the West Coast will be getting more of Isaac than the Treasure Coast.



Joyce, on the other hand,

8/22/12 Report - Isaac Update

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Wednesday Morning NOAA Update



Isaac seems to be coming our way.  The track projected by NOAA has Isaac hitting Florida a little after 2 AM Monday near the northern end of the Keys.  However both the East and West Coast of Florida are within the cone and could be where the center lands.   At this

8/21/12 Report - Hurricane Maybe Heading Our Way & More On Anchors

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Calm Seas on Treasure Coast This Morning.


The big news for me today is tropical depression number 9.  It could become a hurricane by Thursday when it will be south of Peurto Rico.  After that, it is expected to work its way West, passing below Haiti and then over Cuba.  It could also turn north towards

8/20/12 Report - Spanish Coin, Lead Seals, and Foreign Laws

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Here is a Spanish silver coin.  See if you can identify it.

If you want to cheat, the coin is found pictured in Monedas Espanolas  Desde Juan y Carlos a Isabel II 1504 a 1868, by Calico, Calico and Trigo, 1985.

You can see the king in the first picture - Phillip III.  That gives you something of an

8/19/12 Report - Atocha Emerald Ring, More Anchors, and Storm to Watch

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Photo Received Via Email From Mel Fisher Organization.


Here is another view of the recent Atocha emerald ring find.  I like to study examples like this so I can more easily identify  finds.



One feature on this ring that I haven't seen before is the raised point of gold at the corners of the stone.

8/18/12 Report - Comments on Anchor Find

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Salvage Boats on Nieves Site Thursday



It has been in the papers and it has been on the news.  It seems like it has been everywhere and is the most talked about treasure story of the Treasure Coast this week.  You've probably already heard about it - the anchor found in the ocean near

8/17/12 Report - Investigating Shell Piles & Freeze Dried La Belle

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Shell piles on Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday


I mentioned yesterday that I saw some big shell piles on Treasure Coast beaches.  Shell piles can be both fun and productive.

If you are targeting old shipwreck coins or gold jewelry, shell piles are not a good place to spend your time.  If you are

8/16/12 Report - La Galga, Steamboat Arabia & Clams

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Find and photo by Ken A.  See below.


Here is a great article.  It was published in an antique bottle magazine.  You can find good clues and information in a lot of different types of places.



The article is about the excavation of the steamboat Arabia.  It was found under tons of earth in a

8/15/12 Report - $200 Million Treasure, Big Fin & Good Book

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Photo and Find by William M.


I was standing in a little less than waist deep in the water in the Indian River Lagoon Tuesday evening  as the sun was going down and spotted a fin at some distance.  I didn't know how much distance for a while.  I continued to watch, and the fin came closer, and closer,

8/14/12 Report - Finding Your Own Good New Sites To Detect

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Low tide Line On a Typical Treasure Coast Beach


Are you tired of hunting the same old worked-out sites?  Would you like to find a new site that few others know about?  It's possible.  It takes some work though, and a different approach.  If you do what I'm about to tell you, you might be the next

8/13/12 Report - 1715 Fleet Salvage Vessels at Work & More

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Salvage Vessel At Nieves Site Sunday


The salvage vessels were busy at work on the Nieves site yesterday.   Here is a photo showing the largest of the vessels at work near low tide.  This vessel was near the main ballast pile about a hundred yards off shore right in front of the entrance road at the

8/12/12 Report - Crusty Coins and Black Sand

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Surface Find Indicating Possible Presence of Other Targets


I often remind detectorists to keep their eyes open.  A surface coin might be the first indication you get of the possible presence of a nearby coin line or coin hole.  As I've mentioned before, I've known people who do not own a detector but 

8/10/12 Report - Another Lead Seal Found & More Weather to Watch.

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Find and Photo by William M.


Here is what appears to be another lead seal found by William M.  Another very nice find.  If anyone recognizes the mark, let me know. 

We might be able to see more of the mark if William does a little more cleaning.

Where is the last place you would find a 1909 Lincoln

8/9/12 Report - Older Modern Gold

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Older Shallow Water Gold Find


Here is a photo of  a recent ring find.  It is 10K, but what I want to show is the break and the condition of the find. It looks like it was lost a while before being recovered.  You'll find a good number of broken rings, especially if you are finding items that have been

8/8/12 Report - Alvaro Mexia, Club News & Resources

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22K Ring Beach Find.

I've been talking about determining the melt value of finds.  I mentioned that you will find some 22K items, often from India or Oriental countries.   Here is one such example.  It is not marked but tests at 22K and looks Oriental.



Alvaro Mexia is probably the first European to

8/7/12 Report - Atocha Emerald Ring Found

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Photo by Mel Fisher Organization


 A 3-carat emerald ring (shown at right) was recently found by the Magruder on the trail of the Atocha.  A pot shard and musket ball were found in an adjacent hole in this virgin area about six miles north of the main pile of the Atocha trail..



According to an

8/6/12 Report - Figuring Gold Values & Conditions

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Here is a nice 14K ladies bracelet found on a Treasure Coast beach.  It weighs less than the ring I showed yesterday. 


Yesterday I discussed how gold is measured in Troy ounces rather than the Avoirdupois ounces that we use most of the time.  Also, a lot of people use grams when talking about gold.

8/5/12 Report - Determining the Value of Gold Finds & Detecting Conditions

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Gold Beach Find.  Wt. Given in Avoirdupois Ounces.


Here is a trick question that you might have heard.  
Which is heaviest, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? 

I think most people would quickly say, a pound is a pound, so they are the same weight no matter what they are.


There is an

8/4/12 Report - Another Tropical Storm to Watch Now

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Small cut found at one Treasure Coast beach this morning.


Yesterday we got some wind and waves.  I took a look this morning to see what if anything happened at the beach.  Here it is.



As you can see there was some movement of sand, and some small cuts.  The cuts however were out on the front

8/3/12 Report - Search for the Lost Merchant & Tropical Storm Ernesto

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National Hurricane Center Map


I'll start with the weather today since the Atlantic is starting to get so active.  The biggest news is that Tropical Depression Five has become Tropical Storm Ernesto.  And Ernesto is predicted to become a hurricane.



If you look at the map below, you'll see that

8/2/12 Report - Tropical Depression and Changing Coast Lines

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Tropical Depression 5 (NOAA, NHC)

We now have a tropical depression in the Atlantic.  The disturbance that I've been talking about has formed, however according to present predictions, it is expected to go south of Cuba, so won't be a threat to us on the Treasure Coast.

We've had a full moon lately,

8/1/12 Report - Tropical Storm Forming & Book Treasures

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The tropics are heating up.   There is now a 60% chance that this disturbance in the Atlantic will turn into a cyclone in the next 48 hours.   It is now well east of the southern windward islands, so it will be a while before we feel the effects, if we ever do.  It is something to watch though.

7/31/12 Report - What To Do If You Find an Artifact & Tropical Storm Season

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Tropical Disturbance in the Atlantic (NOAA)


I receive a lot of questions about rules and regulations pertaining to metal detecting.  I couldn't begin to do that topic justice and won't attempt to.  There are so many different levels of government that get involved, it can be confusing and unclear. 

7/30/12 Report - Lead and Pewter Seals & Book Treasures

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Selection of Lead and Pewter Seals

Here are a few dug lead and pewter seals listed for sale on eBay.  They include some different styles and ages.  I hadn't seen the one type before.  It always helps to be familiar with things like this so you'll recognize them if you see one in the field.

And below is

7/29/12 Report - Captain Henry Morgan's Fleet & More

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Here is the same spot that I showed about two weeks ago ( See July 14 post.).  Anyhow, I visited the same spot Saturday morning and once again found it productive.  Once again, there were encrusted modern coins and a few other things down a few inches - not quite as deep as those that I found at the same

7/27/12 Report - Star of Mexico, Grading & Mystery Solved

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1622 -1634 Era Mexico Mint Half Reale Shown an ANS Magazine



  Star of Mexico.   You've probably heard of the Star of Lima cobs, but have you heard of the Star of Mexico cobs?  There isn't such a thing, you say!   Well, maybe not, but I was looking through one of the articles found on my

7/26/12 Report - Silver Bar, Mystery Item & Joined Copper

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Atocha Silver Bar



This Atocha silver bar with COA was offered for sale on eBay.  Although there was a bid of $35,000, the reserve was not met.   If I remember correctly this bar was about 26 or 28 pounds in weight.

That is about the size of the silver bar that I told you about a week or so ago

7/25/12 Report - Silver Strike Plate & Press Pin

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First, a little quiz.  Here is a lapel pin beach find that I posted a few days ago.  One reader, Scott B., found the same pin for sale on the internet.  Which of the following do you think is closest to the listed price? 


a. $1
b. $10
c. $50
d. $500

I'll give you the surprising answer below.

7/24/12 Report - Carlos II Cobs From 1715 Fleet Beaches

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According to Wikipedia, Charles II (or perhaps more correctly, Carlos II) ruled Spain from November 1661 through November 1700.  His name appeared on New World coinage during much of that period, while immediately before and after that, you'll see King Philip indicated on the cobs.  The transition was

7/23/12 Report - 1715 Fleet Ornate Silver Piece

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Treasure Coast Dug Silver


This ornate silver piece was found on one of the 1715 Fleet beaches.  I don't know what it might be from, but it looks like it would have simply been attached to something else for ornamental purposes.  I haven't been able to figure out what it is from but have one idea.

7/21/12 Report - St. Marks River & Heisman Club & Fish Teeth

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First, I'll let you try to figure out what this is.  I found it in the ocean when I dug up a ring.  There it was in the scoop with the sand and ring.  I didn't know what it was but thought it was unusual enough to keep until I found out what it was.  I'll give you the answer below.


I've received

7/20/12 Report - US Military Uniforms, Accoutrements and Weapons & Great White Sharks

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Large Fossil Great White Tooth


I hope you liked Clausen's report on the Fort Pierce collection that I posted yesterday as much as I did.  It should be especially helpful when researching local military finds of that period.  The button collection is really great.

I've seen  a pewter feather holder

7/19/12 Report - $38 Million of Silver Recovered & The Fort Pierce Collection

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Silver Bars (Odyssey Marine)

 I mentioned Odyssey Marine Explorations yesterday and the big jump in it's stock prices.  It appears that the reason for that increase in stock price was probably the recent recovery of $38 million in silver from the Gairsoppa.


Here is a link to an

7/18/12 Report - Ring Returned, Stock Soared & Shards Studied

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Another engagement ring was found and returned after a couple thought they would never see it again.  After three days of hunting, a volunteer detectorist found the ring under four feet of water in Lake Erie.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/engagement-ring-search_n_1677238.html#slide=more226807

7/17/12 Report - How To Tell The Denomination of a Worn Cob

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Here are four silver cobs, all minted in Mexico, and all from the same 1715 shipwreck beach. 



The denomination is visible on only one of the four. 



So how do you know the denomination when it is not marked on the cob?



One way that people sometimes use, is the weight of the cob.



An eight

7/16/12 Report - Button Find & Reading Finds



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Old Button Found by Bernie C.


Bernie C. found this nice old two-piece button and originally didn't know very much about it.  He submitted the photos, but before I got it posted, did his research and identified the button.



This is an older button that would tell you that you are in a good

7/14/12 Report - More on Working Cuts and Reading Finds - A Recent Example

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Cut Found Yesterday

Here is a nice cut.   It is about three or four feet high, but I wouldn't pass it up if it was only a six inches high.   It is well placed.

This is the type of cut that I would never pass up without checking.   You can see the vegetation on top of the dune.  That means the sand

7/13/12 Report. - Storm Shipwreck & New Technologies Paying Off

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Not Exciting Treasure, But Useful Stuff.


Some of you are probably wondering why I'm showing you a flashlight and the other thingy.  Well, they were among my finds this morning, and the funny thing is that I was going to buy one of those thingies, whatever it is called, because I had a couple of nice

7/12/12 Report - Cache Hunting & More

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The St. Lucie Metal Detecting Club will meet at 6 PM Saturday at Bernie's house at 1256 SE Palm Beach Road, Port St Lucie.  Bring your beverage and finds.

For more information contact Bernie at twiprod001@att.net.



An air conditioning repair man found 180 ounces of gold in an air conditioning unit.

7/11/12 Report - Coin Weight, DeSoto in Florida, Odyssey

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You might remember this object.  It was posted some time ago.  At the time I thought there was some possibility it could be a broken bale seal.  The finder tells me that after much research, the object has been identified as a coin weight and is the weight of  an eight-real.



Recent evidence has been

7/10/12 Report - Beach Conditions, Item Identities & Waterway Cleanup

There are a lot of topics I could talk about today.  I'll have to select just a few and let the others wait for another day.



First, I'll show what the beach looked like this morning on the Treasure Coast.  Just what you would expect for summer - lots of sand.   Also some shells, and nice calm water with good visibility.









It would make for some easy water hunting, even if the bottom

7/9/12 Report - Mystery Object & Another Fake Cob Find

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My 7/7 posts showed up a day late because of a mistake I made.  Sorry about that.  It was supposed to be posted early Saturday.  Instead it didn't post until very early Sunday.



James F., who found the old bronze strap and ring that I showed a week or so ago, sent in the photo of this mystery object. 

7/7/12 Report - Found Ring, How to Determine Age of Cut Stones, & Old Maps

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Photo Submitted by Bill M.

I sometimes receive questions about finds that people make.  People often need help in identifying their finds and want to know how old an item is.  Sometimes I can help with that if it is something I know a little about - maybe it is a type of item that I have personally

7/6/12 Report - Testing Gold and Diamonds & Thought Control

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Electronic Gold Test Equipment (riogrande.com).

If you've been detecting a while, you've probably found some things that you aren't sure about.  Maybe you're not sure what the item is made of.  Maybe you haven't been able to find the owner or the item is broken and not usable anymore.  If silver,

7/5/12 Report - Couple Recent Treasure Coast Beach Finds

Broken Iron Spike


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Despite the recent lack of erosion and sandy conditions around most of the Treasure Coast together with the smooth seas, you can still find an occasional shipwreck item.  Treasure coins are very scarce.


I'm showing a couple recent possible shipwreck finds today.



First is

7/4/12 Report - 1715 Fleet Beach Cob

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2-Reale From Treasure Coast Beach



Here is a 2-reale that was found on a Treasure Coast beach.

You can clearly see the center of the shield and to the right of that you can see the "2" indicating the denomination.


This photo was taken through the cellophane of the coin holder so it is not as clear

7/3/2012 Report - Happy Fourth

Clay Pipes


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Which of the two clay pipes shown at the right would you say is the oldest?



These are two pipes that sold in the recently concluded Sedwick Coins Internet-only Auction.  They provide a good illustration.



If you remember, not too long ago I talked about how to get an idea of the

7/2/12 Report - Treasure Coast Found Pieces of Silver

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Unmarked Silver Found by Dan A. on Treasure Coast Beacch


Can you believe half of the year is over already?






Dan A. found this cob-size piece of silver just South of Sebastian Inlet near some nice cuts about a week ago.  The object is just short of one inch at the widest.   He acid tested it.

6/30/12 Report - Important Facts About Detecting

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First a quiz.



Double Struck Escudo From SedwickCoins Internet-Only Summer Auction.


What do you think is more valuable, a miniature replica cannon or a Bogota Charles II double-struck 1-gold escudo?


Here is another question.  Which do you think is more valuable, an encrusted bent bronze shipwerck

6/29/12 Report - Erosion on Gulf Coast & Treasure Coast Detecting Conditions and Forecast

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NOAA Map Showing Remains of Debby


The remains of tropical storm Debby are now about 400 miles east of North Carolina and headed out to sea with no hint of future developement.



There is another disturance in the Atlantic, but it is still far out and not showing any signs of development for the

6/28/12 Report - Emeralds in Conglomerate & $15 Million Cache Found by Detectorist

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Here are a variety of items reportedly found in a single encrustation about the size of a softball.  According to the eBay seller, the softball-sized encrustation was found while diving off the coast of Southeast Florida, and remained for years before the crust was taken apart and these items revealed.

6/27/12 Report - Debby Comes Ashore & Another Millions-Year-Old Find

One Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday Afternoon.



Tropical Storm Debby has been hard to predict.  Some models had her going West to Texas, others North, others East and even a few, Southeast.  It was really all over the map.

Some of the mystery is now over.  Debby hit land near Steinhatchee and is headed across Florida above Orlando and then out into the Atlantic.

I would guess that the Outer

6/26/12 Report - Old Florida Maps & Tropical Storm Debby

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Antique Map showing Fort Capron and The Old Indian River Inlet


There are a lot of antique maps that can be found online.  This is a portion of a map showing the location of Fort Capron and the old Indian River Inlet.



The inlet shown here is now closed and is north of the present Fort Pierce Inlet

6/25/12 Report - Debby Heads For Florida Panhandle and How People Shop for a Detector

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Projected Path of Debby.  From NOAA.


As you know, the weather has a huge impact on treasure hunting on the beach and in the shallow water, especially when you are hunting old shipwreck items.   We depend upon the movement of sand to expose old accumulated items, and the weather sometimes does

6/24/12 Report - Debby Headed Towards Texas & Find Actually Millions of Years Old



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Sea Weed Covered Beach Before Low Tide Yesterday



I took a look at a few different beaches yesterday just to see what is going on.  They all looked pretty much the same.  There was a good bit of sea weed on all of the - some more than others.  The photos show that variation.  The one beach 

6/23/12 Report - Four Pounds of Gold Found & Dangers on Treasure Coast Beaches

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Part of Four-Pound Gold Treasure Trove


Four pounds of gold were found in a 3300-year old treasure trove in Northern Germany where a gas pipeline was being constructed.  The gold was analyzed and believed to have originated in Asia.





The photo here (from Spiegel OnLine), shows one item from that

6/22/12 Report - Thousand-Year-Old Find, Returned Ring and Conditions

Here is something I found on a beach. It is about an inch and a half, measuring left to right.



Do you know what it is?  It's not a mushroom.  I didn't know what it is, but one of my expert readers did. 



I'll post what he said below.











Two Views of Beach Find in the Palm of My Hand





You might have seen the recent story about the wedding ring that was found under the seat of

7/21/12 Report - Internet-Only Treasure Auction

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This nice Bogata Charles II 2-escudo from the 1715 Fleet is one of the cobs for sale in the current Sedwick Coins internet-only action. 

As I write this, the current bid is only $950, but there is plenty of time remaining in the auction.

Here is the link if you want to see more treasure cobs, coins

6/20/12 Report - CTX 3030 Detector Capabilities & Current Beach Condtions

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Last night it was windy and rainy.  The wind has been coming in at over 20 mph.  It looks almost like winter again, but summer-like conditions have prevailed on the beach too long for detecting conditions to change that quickly.

Here is what one Treasure Coast beach looked like shortly before sunset

6/19/12 Report - Tips on Research & More



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I was telling you a few days ago about the smart educated and informed people that read this blog.  James F. is a good example.  Being an engineer and a writer that contributes to magazines, he provided us with some tips on how he conducts research that leads to finds like the recent bronze steamboat

6/18/12 Reort - More on Found Dagger & Restoring Rusted Objects

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Wood Handle of Bill's Dagger



Hollow Grommet


Yesterday I showed a dagger found by Bill M.   When I looked at the photo of the guard, it looked to me like there were some stamped numbers or letters on the guard.  I wanted to see if we could make those out before I posted more of the

6/17/12 Report - Dagger Found

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Happy Father's Day.  And here is new find that would make a lot of fathers very happy.


Bill M., who found the olive jar rim and lead seal that I posted in the past, found this nifty dagger at the same St. Lucie County site.

There appeared to be some numbers of letters on it that could not really be

6/16/12 Report - Clay Pipes, Found Stash & Increased Seas

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First off, James F. wanted to express his gratitude to those who identified the makers mark on his bronzze strap and ring.  He didn't think he'd ever figure it out.

It looks like James might be on to a good site.  It was all because of good research. 


Whether you hunt on land or in the water, you

6/15/12 Report - Bronze Strap and Ring Identified & And Key to Good Finds

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Good news!  The readers of this blog came through again.   The amount of knowledge displayed by my readers is really impressive. 

You might not know who reads this blog, but you might be surprised.  It is not at all how the archaeologists or media tend to characterize detectorists.  When you see a

6/14/12 Report - Brass Steamship Artifact(?) & Ship Artifacts Pumped Onto a Beach

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Brass or Bronze Artifact Metal Detector Find

 
Here is a  brass, or roughly cast bronze, artifact found by James F. up around the St. Johns River. He thinks it might be a cleat and ring off a early steamboat.  The area is also where Seminole War battles were fought. 



Notice the maker's mark 

6/13/12 Report - Beach Conditions, Pad Locks & Stuff in a Man-Made Lake

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Here is one Treasure Coast beach this morning near low tide.  Nice easy waves and good visibility in the water. Notice all the sea weed.  That is one of the most obvious signs that light materials are being deposited on the beach.  Typical summer pattern.



The wind has been from the southeast a lot,

6/12/12 Report - More on Spanish Colonial Silver Coins & Poll Results

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I've been discussing the Florida Collection of silver coins as it existed at the time Craig's book, Spanish Colonial Silver Coins of the Florida Collection, was written.  The Florida Collection contained large numbers of coins salvaged from the 1715 Fleet.  As you know, the Treasure Coast is predominated

6/10/12 Report - Spanish Colonial Silver Coins Data From the Florida Collection

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Here is one more of those crazy mounted gold escudos from the 2010 Manor Auctions sale.



I provided a link to the web site a couple of times before in recent posts.







Did you ever wonder what kind of Spanish Colonial cobs you would most likely find on the Treasure Coast beaches? That is hard to

6/9/12 Report - Odyssey Marine, Gold & Emeralds, Tsunami Debris & More

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Photo from Manor Auctions Web Site



Here is another item from a South Florida estate sold by Manor Auctions.  Read the bit about the auction on the following web site.

Here is the web site to see more.

http://manorauctions.com/auction-news/news/

6/8/12 Report - Silver Coins in the Florida State Collection & More

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Can You Believe This Stuff?



The item shown to the right is from an October 2011 auction by Manor Auctions.  It has nothing to do with the Florida Collection that I'll discuss below.  Other similarly big gaudy items were also in the auction.



Here is the link if you want to see more of this

6/7/12 Report - Concrete Floats, Drowned Plane & Club Hunt

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Concrete Dock Floats From Japan to Oregon!



This is an AP story that is widely circulating today.  It appears that this 66 foot concrete dock from Japan washed up on a beach in Oregon.  No one knows for sure, but it seems that it washed over from Japan as a result of the tsunami.



As you know

6/6/12 Report - Clues to OMD Lead Seal Found & More



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Back in my 3/11/12 report, I posted a photo of what appeared to be a lead seal bearing the letters OMD, which was submitted by one of this blog's readers for help with identification.   It appears that a very similar looking item, identified as being from an early 17th century shipwreck, is

6/4/12 Report - Gucci Watch, Indian Head & Unidentified Shipwreck


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Gucci Watch Found

The wind is from the west this morning and the seas are still flat.  It is beautiful weather for water hunting except for the sandy shallow-water conditions.  While there isn't much chance of finding old things, people are still losing things everyday. 




The few

6/3/12 Report - Power Plant Wreck Area

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Here is a construction project going on by the nuclear power plant.  For a while I thought they were going to do this all the way along the dunes there.  Now it looks to me like they are only going to cover the cliff right around the project area.

Note the planted seas oats.  They are protected.

6/2/12 Report - Emeralds, Reales, Dubloons & Roman Hoard

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Salvage season is heating up.  Last week 58 emeralds were found by Mel Fisher investors at Emerald City.  Some were large too. And on the trail of the Atocha, nine silver coins were found along with iron spikes, pottery and a few encrusted objects.


One thing about treasure hunting is that there is

5/31/12 Report - Detectorist to the Rescue! & Big Treasure


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One Treasure Coast Beach Near low Tide This Morning.

 The beaches looked bad but the water was really nice.  The ocean was flat today.   And there was very good visibility.  You could actually walk around and eye-ball in shallow water.

Unfortunately there is a bunch of sand in front of the beach. 

5/30/12 Report - Beach Conditions and More on Olive Jars

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I got out to the beach yesterday to see what it looked like.  Here is one beach as it looked yesterday morning near low tide.  Pretty typical.  Very sandy poor conditions.  This is the same beach that had three foot cuts a few days ago.  The sand is always moving.  Usually you can tell what you are

5/29/12 Report - Jamestown Rediscovery Project


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Olive Jar From the Jamestown Rediscovery Web Site



There was a good program on CSPAN on Memorial Day about the archaeology of Jamestown.  As you might know, for a long time it was thought that the original fort had been washed into the river as the result of erosion.  Later the actual fort

5/28/12 Report - A Good Shipwreck List & Santa Fe Cob.

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A few days ago I showed this picture of an eight-real and asked if you noticed any differences between this one and a similar Santa Fe cob that I showed a few days earlier. 


One difference is the assayer mark.  This one, to the left of the left column, might be described as "PORS."  The assayer mark

5/27/12 - Memorial Day Report

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Memorial Day was originally instituted by the US to commemorate fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War. By the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces and has become a time to generally remember deceased relatives and

5/25/12 Report - Navy Investigating Local Plane Wreck & Another Santa Fe Cob

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Here is a cob something like the one I showed yesterday.  There are differences though.  See if you can find any of the differences.


One of the things I like about cobs is the huge number of variations.  Small details can sometimes be a clue to the date the cob was produced.

Photo from the Sewall

5/24/12 Report - Santa Fe 8 Real and Shallow Water Detecting

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The Same Cob Shown in Yesterday's Post -
Identity Revealed


I said this one could be a little tricky.  It isn't real difficult, but it might be different for Treasure Coast hunters.  It isn't one of the common mints, like Mexico, Potosi or Lima.  But the mint mark is very clear.  The big NR is the

5/23/12 Report - Ghost Ships, UN Proposal to Rule Seas, Cob Quiz

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 See if you can identify this cob.   It is a little tricky.

I'll tell you what it is in a future post.



Here we go again!  By June the Senate is scheduled to vote on a proposal that will affect you and most of the earth.

Robert K. sent me an email telling about LOST, the Law of the Sea Treaty.

5/22/12 Report - Found Casino Chips

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.999 Pure Silver Luxor Casino Chip



I mentioned finding casino chips the other day.  Rick A. read that post and sent a link to a great web site for buying, selling, trading and finding prices of collectible casino chips.  I'm glad he did because I forgot that I was going to talk about casino chips.

5/21/12 Report - Shallow Water Detecting in Moderately Rough Water

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Sand and Seaweed Everywhere This Morning





I got out to take a look at the beaches this morning.  It was well after low tide.  As you can see from the photos, it was sandy.  As I've mentioned before, the seaweed indicates that light materials, including sand, is washing in. 



Conditions are poor

5/20/12 Report - Wreck Found in Gulf, 2-Reales Found & Petition Reminder

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Wreck discovered by NOAA in the Gulf.   Photo by NOAA.

Copper Shell of 19th Century Wreck Found in the Gulf.


Additional information and the photo can be found by using the following link.

http://www.livescience.com/20377-shipwreck-gulf-mexico.html

Nice photo.

The wood has mostly dissolved,

5/18/12 Report - Gold Diamond Nugget Ring & Miscellaneous

Gold Nugget Diamond Ring Metal Detector Beach Find.

One more of those nugget style rings.  Man's band.

The price of gold has really been dropping.  Down over $500 an ounce from the last high of near $1900.  That is quite a drop.

Silver also down very significantly.

A lot of that I believe is due to the strength of the dollar lately.  The economic situation in Europe has been making the

5/17/12 Report - The Real Value of Coin Folders for Detectorists

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State Quarter Folder


If you found one of the state quarters you might think, Ho hum, that's 25 cents. You would probably put it in your pocket and spend it at the first opportunity. That could be a mistake.



There are a number of errors that can be found on state quarters. Of course error coins can

5/16/12 Report - Miniature Pistol & Ancient Skulls & State Quarters




Small Cap Pistol.


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Nice Small Cap Pistol Find.





I've been able to identify this one.  It is from the fifties. 



As small as it is, it actually fires caps.  It opens behind the cylinder where a cap can be inserted and then the hammer cocked and fired.



It cleaned up nicely.  You can

5/15/12 Report - Testing Metals, Drift Card & Petition

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Tom Guidus of Wreckovery Salvage forwarded the following to me.

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From professional salvor Pat Clyne.


The “Mother” of all Battles:

We thought it would be appropriate to form this group today, May 13th, to express a dire urgency to ALL

5/13/12 Report - Bent Penny, Drowned Watch & Great Cross


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Bent Penny Beach Find

 

I mentioned the other day that beach finds sometimes show evidence of undergoing extreme force.  I've found a lot of coins that are bent, many more than this penny which I just happened to run across.  Good example of what I was talking about.



I have my own theory

5/12/12 Report - Returned Rings & Bent Ear Ring

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Gold and Ruby Ear Ring Find

This small ear ring is bent.  You can see a little of where it was squashed.

Things undergo a lot of force on the beach sometimes.  It is really amazing.  I'll show some coins that are bent sometime.  

Fortunately none of the stones fell out of this ring even though it

5/11/12 Report - Olive Jar Rim, Cannon, and Personal ROV

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Found by Bill M.   Photo by Bill M.


 Olive Jar Rim?



That is what it looks like to me.

The picture below shows markings on the rim.

That is similar to markings that I've seen on olive jar rims.

If you can identify the markings below, let me know.

The object was found on private

5/10/12 Report - AUVs, ROVs and Cache Find

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Cache Find by Bernie C.   (Photo by Bernie)


I mentioned cache hunting a few days ago.  Well, Bernie C. found his first.   I like to celebrate "first" finds by posting them when I can.  (I can't post them all.)  So here it is.  Congratulations Bernie!



A couple of days ago I received an email from

5/9/12 Report - Down Under Downtown Ocala and More

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One Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday Afternoon





Notice the light colored shells that were washed up onto the beach by the Super Moon tides.  You can clearly see where the wash was in this photo.




A lot of shell sand was pushed upon to the beach.  There was a small dip in front of the beach, and

5/8/12 Report. Whatzits & Vero Field of Fossils

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Mystery Item Found in Surf by Fisherman

This cup has a diameter of 2.5 to 3 inches.  The metal hasn't yet been determined, but it is not thought to be gold.

These are fairly good photos.  Of course it is always easier when you can personally see, hold and touch an item.

I'm posting it in the hope

4/7/12 Report - Rocks, Coins & Lost Colony

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Gold and Pearl Ring Beach Metal Detector Find.

This thin gold band got bent.  I've shown quarters and dimes that were bent at ninety degree angles before.  Items are exposed to a lot of force when buried under a lot of sand and rock under the front beach.


I received an email from Philip I., the

5/6/12 Report - Big Low Tides Continue & Mystery Find From Wabasso


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Wabasso Beach Find For Sale on EBay.



Wabasso Beach Metal Detector Find.




I saw this item for sale on eBay.   Can you identify it?  Let me know.



That is the type of thing that could easily pop up under current conditions.  Like I've been reporting, there are a lot of miscellaneous

5/5/12 Report - The Overgeneralization Trap

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Gold Nugget Crucifix Pendant Beach Metal Detector Find.



I was talking about nugget jewelry the other day, and pendants.  Here is another one.  I think you would call it nugget.  Maybe abstract.



Computers result in, or should I say create, data.  I was looking at google analytics, which I do almost

5/4/12 Report - Super Moon Over Treasure Coast & $20,000 Meteorite Found


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The Super Moon is causing some nice low tides.  Along with the smooth water, that makes for some easy water and low tide hunting. 


The top photo shows Walton Rocks near low tide today.   Good snorkeling.  Nice clear smooth water.  






Walton Rocks Near Low Tide Today



You could

5/3/12 Report - Vintage Ring & Minelab Target ID

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Unusual Vintage Ring Florida Metal Detector Find.



In recent posts I talked about Florida history and some off-beach sites such as Micanopy.  Here is an off-beach find from a historic area of Florida.


It was found in the Miami/Brickell area by the same fellow that found the bronze dagger

5/2/12 Report - Bomb Gate Defused & Many Happy Returns

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Yesterday I showed a photo of some of the guys from the Bomb Unit from Patrick Air Force Base that were in Vero beach because of a suspicous buried object detected by W. D.  The Bomb Unit returned to the beach Tuesday morning and retrieved the object.  The object turned out to be part of a gate that was

5/1/12 Report - Beach Upgrade, Super Moon & Bomb Squad on Vero Beach

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Bomb Unit from Patrick Air Force Base at Vero Beach Yesterday.



A possible bomb was inspected by the police who were called in by a detectorist who found the suspicious object.  The police called in the bomb unit from Patrick Air Force Base, but they arrived too late as the incoming tide made it

4/30/12 Report - Some Erosion on the Treasure Coast Last Night

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This morning I found a few hundred yards of one to two foot cuts.  I was surprised.  I saw more erosion than I expected.  I think it occurred last night.

I somehow lost the photo that I took.  I think my camera battery ran down.

It was almost enough erosion to upgrade my beach detecting conditions