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.
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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