3/30/12 Report - To Clean or Not To Clean Finds

To clean or not to clean, that is the question for today.Cob As Found.I recently received an email asking if some found items should be cleaned or not.That seems like an easy enough question, but it is actually a difficult question to answer. It depends upon a lot of factors. And some of it is personal preference. Some people like their finds to look like they were just made, and others like them

3/29/12 Report - Gold Chain Bringing Big Bids & Seal Identified

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Olive Blossom Chain from 1715 Fleet.One item up for sale in the current Sedwick Coins auction already has a bid well over the auction estimate. I can see why. It is one of my favorites of the auction.The item I am talking about is the long length of the gold "olive blossom" or "dragon whistle" chain from the

3/28/12 Report - Detectorist Returns 12 Class Rings To Owners & Alabama Archaeologists Misuse State Resources

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.One Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.Notice the low flat beach front.I wouldn't expect any coins there, but maybe a spike or something like that.Most of the beaches had a higher beach front and a lot of freshly piled up sand.It looks like they dredged up more than sand for the fill at the Fort Pierce inlet.

3/27/12 Report - Tax Tokens & PAS

Written by the Treasreguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Two Alabama Tax Tokens Found With Metal Detector.These were found at an old hotel site. The hotel had burned down a long time before.The site looked like a battlefield with bomb craters and fox holes everywhere. Evidently someone who didn't know what they were doing had been there.Anyhow, there were a variety

3/26/12 Report - Silver Finds & More

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.JUST IN: Instead of waiting for tomorrow's post, I thought you needed to see this today.http://www.lex18.com/news/treasure-hunters-proposal-hits-road-block-in-ky-You might want to contact your Kentuky representative. Our recent actions in Florida effectively blocked one unwanted bill. You might want to

3/24/12 - Excalibur Discrimination Experiment

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.A Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday Morning.I think that shows the way it is. Conditions are not good. The seas have decreased a bit. You might look near the water line.One of my best finds came when conditions were poor. It wasn't what I was hunting, or what I expected to find, but nonetheless, it was a good

3/23/12 Report - Sunken Cities, Artifacts in the Basement & the Lighter Side

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Need a Light. Like I was saying the other day. You can find all kinds of things on Florida beaches.Lighters used to be common beach finds. Not so much anymore. There was once a good market for vintage and antique smoking related items. But that market, like many others, is not what it used to be.It seems the

3/22/12 Report - Foreign Coin Detector Finds & More

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.A Few Small Foreign Coins Found Using a Metal Detector on Florida Beaches.These are a few of the modern era foreign coins that I've found on Florida beaches or in the shallow water. Of course the penny is for comparison.I got these out to do a metal detector test. I wanted to do a video showing how the

3/21/12 Report - Miniature Detector Finds, & Other News

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Small Religious Medallion.Just a couple of small curiosities today. This religious medallion is one of the smaller ones that I've found. It is heavily corroded and I don't know how old it is. The back is too encrusted to see if there is any information there. I might clean it someday to find out if it says

3/20/12 Report - Royal Die & More

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Die for 1726 Royal.As you probably know, the 11th Sedwick Coin auction is now online and bidding has begun.One of the most interesting things to me is this die. It is an original die for the pillars side of a 1725 Potosi 8 reales Royal.You don't see these very often. This one seems to be in very good

3/19/12 Report - Tumbaga Bar & Detecting Watches

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.10 Pound Tumbaga Bar in Current Sedwick Auction This bar currently has a bid of over $4000 and the auction has just begun.In the very early days of Spanish exploration in the New World, Native American artifacts were melted down for transportation back to Spain. The melted materials were often cast into bars

3/17/12 Report - Watches, Test Pens, & Other Connections

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.11 Million Dollar Watch.Watches are common detector finds. Anything from Philip Patek to Timex. Just beware that some can be very valuable and other can be useful even if not valuable. Even if you find a drowned or destroyed watch it can still have value. Remember, some watch cases are made of gold or

3/16/12 Report - 8 Escudo, Pot of Gold and More

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Almost Royal.This Mexico City, 8 escudos, 1714J cob is listed in the most recent Sedwick Coins auction, and is expected to bring the highest price of any of the gold coins in the first session. The reason is that it appears to have been struck with Royal dies, but on a regular flan. That makes it an

3/15/12 Report - Sedwick Auction 11 Now Online & Fisher Not Affected By Odyssey Decision

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.From Secwick Coins Auction.The 11th Sedwick Coins Auction is now online. I looked through all of the lots yesterday. Being especially interested in artifacts I first looked at those even though they will be sold in the last session of the auction. I then looked at the gold bars and ingots, and then any half

3/14/12 Report - OMD marks, LiDAR, Fake Struck Coins

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.OMD Eight-Reale.I was talking yesterday about OMD marks like those sometimes seen on reales from the Mexican mint. Here are two examples.The one to the right is an 1620 eight reale.The one below is a 1620 four reale.The D on both of these would indicate the assayer Diego de Godoy. And of course both are

3/13/12 Report - Whatzits, Bale Seals and Beach Conditions

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Treasure Coast Beach As Seen Monday.You can see the seaweed. A couple days earlier there was a cut here.At low tide you could see a low wide front beach. That is one reason there wasn't more erosion here. There is a lot of sand in front of the beach.The seas will be decreasing a little every day this week

3/11/12 Report - Spring Ahead & Mystery Objects

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Did you remember to turn your clock ahead? It is hard for me to believe we are already well into the third month of the year.Button For ID.This item was found with other items such as the St. Ignatius religious medallion that I posted two days ago and other items such as musket balls.There is a lot of very

9/10/12 Report - Alvaro Mexia, Florida History Resources & More

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Very Recent Find.Submitted by Bernie C.This spike was found by some newly exposed rocks and required a lot of hard work to get it out. I've talked about how things get trapped by rocks. Rocks, like other obstructions, also affect the flow of sand. Obstructions can result in sand loss when the wind is coming

3/9/12 Report - Info on Religious Medallion, Detecting Self-Test & Blockade Runners

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.A Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.After two days of southeast winds, this isn't surprising. A lot of seaweed was washing up on our beaches.Sea weed is a bad sign that indicates that a beach is filling.The cut beach that i showed a day or two ago deteriorated. It still had some cliffs, but also had sea weed

3/8/12 Report - Medallion, Spear of Destiny & Spanish Mission

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.This medallion was submitted for help with identification. It was found with musket balls and other items including a button marked 1822. I've received a lot of good information from this blog's readers about other religious medallions that were posted, so I'm hoping to hear from you about this one too.One

3/7/12 Report - Beach Conditions Upgrade, 868 Pulled & TV

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Wabasso This Morning.A few surfers were trying to surf here this morning. Despite the waves and the steep cliff that you see at the back of the beach from earlier times, it didn't look very promising here.To the south, both north and south of the Seagrape access there were some scallops, but nothing very

3/6/12 Report - Metal Detecting Robot, Safe Holes, & Increasing Seas

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of Treaurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Metal Detecting Robot.That image is from the following YouTube video.This is hilarious. You won't want to miss it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PMx5taMWeEI can't help but laugh when I watch that.If you put a blade on it instead of a coil, it could cut the weeds.Here is another, but not as funny.http://

3/5/12 Report - Detecting TV Shows & Seven Foot Seas Predicted

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.One Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday Afternoon.If you viewed this post earlier, you would have noticed that I changed it. It seems that the item that I posted from eBay was incorrectly identified (Thanks to Pete R. for correctly identifying the item.). I found it easier to remove the photo than otherwise make

3/4/12 Report - Mounted Cobs & Predicting Beach Conditions

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Silver Cobs in Gold Mountings.I saw these mounted cobs for sale in downtown Fort Pierce. You can get nicely mounted locally found cobs several places on the Treasure Coast. If you have your finds mounted, it costs a bit, but I think it is nice to be able to wear and display your finds. There are several

3/3/12 Report - Big Gun, Tumbling Coins & Amendments to Bill

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Browning Machine Gun.If you remember the WWII Browning Machine Gun Shell metal detector find that I showed a week or two ago, this is a Browning. You can buy it for right around $10,000 in a local gun store in Martin County. Pretty neat. Maybe I'll get one for squirrel hunting. Not!I also saw some locally

3/2/12 - Owner of Found Ring Wanted & Don't Lose Anything Old Even If You Are

1946 Class Ring.This ring is the typical style for a class ring from the forties. People lose things. That's obvious. I'd be surprised if you haven't lost something of sentimental value. Most people do at one time or another. And it can be heart-breaking. It is especially nice to celebrate with people when the lost is found.Someone lost this class ring. It was found along a wooded path in West

3/1/12 Report - Helmet Dredged Up By Commercial Dredger, Whatzit & More

Written by the TreasureGuide@comcast.net for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.2600 Year Old Bronze Greek Helmet Brought Up by Commercial Dredging In Harbor.Here is a link to the article about that.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2852306/postsIf it was dug up by a detectorist would it have been a crime? Take a look at how the Anglo-Saxon Hoard was handled when it