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