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