2/28/13 Report - Coins: First, Biggest, Best

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1794 Silver Dollar
Said to be the Most Valuable Coin
Picture clipped from link cited below.



 I received some email in response to yesterday's post describing a New England sixpence found by a detectorist in a potato field.  Although that coin has been referred to as the most valuable "found" coin, it

2/27/13 Report - Most Valuable Dug Coin & 2000 Year Old Gold Artifacts

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Do you know what is the most valuable "found" coin?  There is one coin that has been called that.

It was found by Lillian Rade while metal detecting in an old potato field.

Here it is.  Do you know what it is, and what it is worth?






It is a 1652 New England sixpence.  It sold at auction this past

2/26/13 Report - Ballast Stone Used By Ais, Jupiter Dip & Reward for Stolen Gold

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Yesterday I talked a little about ballast stones.  I'll now show you two photos of a special ballast stone found on the Treasure Coast and submitted by William M.



Ballast Stone Used Ais

William said, This ballast stone was found in the early nineties on the Treasure Coast. It was found with Ais Indian

2/25/12 Report - Jupiter Beach, Ballast Rocks & Odyssey Marine

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Great Recent Photo of Jupiter Inlet Beach 
By John L.


There are actually three detectorists in the above photo.  Two working the dip and another within 100 feet.  I doubt if you can find them in this photo, but if you have the ability to magnify this photo you will be able to see them.

Where do you

2/24/13 Report - Roxy Soda Bottle, Dug Artifacts & Odyssey

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Here is a Roxy Soda Bottle from around the forties (I would guess) found on the Treasure Coast.  Unfortunately it is missing a lot of the paint.  I've been trying to find a picture of a green Roxy bottle from the same era so I can see what the label is supposed to look like.  If you can find a good photo of

2/23/13 - Space Debris, Disappearing Sand & More

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Jupiter Inlet Beach




John L. alerted me to the fact that half of the sand that was dumped on Jupiter Inlet beach not too long ago is almost half gone already.

As John pointed out this huge loss of sand as occurred with very calm seas.  If the seas had been rough at all, it would all be gone by

2/21/12 Report -

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Treasure Beach Ornate Mystery Silver Find

This silver item was found on a Treasure Coast shipwreck beach.  I haven't researched it yet and don't really have any idea how old it is.

It appears to me to be a frame for a small locket, but that is just a guess at this point.

Any and all ideas are

2/20/13 Report - Finds of 2013 and Poll Results & More

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Clip From 10/01/1908Ocala Evening Star

Here is a newspaper clip from 1908.  I've been showing these to give some idea of the amount of great reading material and research material that can be found online free from these digitized newspapers.  It is really great.

You don't need to find a local

2/19/13 Report - The Value of Research After the Find & More

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Other Side of Same Meg Tooth.


I showed the other side of this tooth that was found by Dan B. a couple of days ago.

Notice the marks and gashes.  I noticed the same type of thing in the previous photo and sent the photo to my fossil expert extraordinaire, Fred D.

Here is what Fred had to say after

2/18/13 Report - Deteriorating Beach Conditions & Big Tooth

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Cut on Treasure Coast Beach Monday Morning.


First the bad news.  The cuts that I showed yesterday were 75% filled back in this morning.  Instead of continuing to erode, it filled back in again.   Where there were four foot cuts yesterday, today only one foot cuts.  As a result I'm dropping my Treasure

2/17/13 Report - Treasure Coast Beach Conditions Upgrade & More

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I got a real late start today, or should I say tonight.  Anyhow, Sunday afternoon, I found some decent new cuts on the Treasure Coast.  They weren't everywhere, just a few beaches.  Here are a couple photos of the cuts that I found.



Sunday Afternoon After High Tide.



Sunday Afternoon After High

2/16/13 Report - Found Gold, Silver, Coins, Pearls & More

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Here is an interesting old newspaper clip that I found.  Towards the bottom of this clip you will read that Spanish coins were found in the mound along with the other items.





Treasure Found Article From the March 19, 1905 The Pensacola Times




And from the GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Odyssey Marine

2/15/13 Report - Seventeen Wagons Full of Lost Treasure, Newspaper Archives & Mystery Shield

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Dug Shield for Identification.
Photo submitted by James F.
See more on this below.

Sherman filled wagons with gold and silver as he swept through the South on his famous march to the sea.  In  1889 a North Carolina newspaper wrote about the quest of a citizen of Charlotte who tried to find that

2/14/13 Report - Heart Finds for Valentine's Day

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Old Heart Ear Ring Found on T. C. Shipwreck Beach



Heart Pendant With Silver Frame Metal Detector Find


To the left is a silver heart ear-ring found on a Treasure Coast shipwreck beach.

Unfortunately I have no idea how old it might be or where it came from.

It is just slightly larger than a dime.

2/13/13 Report - Barber Dime, Small Medallion & Old Valentines Cards

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Variety of Early Twentieth Century Valentine Cards


People used to make things, and write with pen and ink.   



Time flies.  And so do people - if you get what I mean.



Back before Christmas I posted pictures of old Chrstmas cards from the same time period.  I didn't know if people would be

2/12/13 Report - US Coins and Lapel Pin.

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This 1792 half disme sold for over 1 million dollars.  It remained in the Rittenhouse family until 1919, when the coin was first sold publicly in a Chapman sale, realizing $56. It was sold again in 1921, after which it disappeared off the market until 1988. It traded hands several times before 2007

2/11/13 Report - Surfing Conditions Better Than Detecting Conditions & Bilge Plug

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Old Cut

Beach conditions were poor this morning.  The water was a little rough - even a few surfers were enjoying themselves (See video at end of post).

The water on one beach was coming up over the front berm before high tide at one beach.  I found another spot (shown in the photo to the left) where

2/10/13 Report - Franciscan Religious Medallions, Olive Jar Stoppers & More

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The Spanish vessel El Buen Consejo, carrying thousands of bronze religious medallions which were being taken by Franciscan priests to the Phillipines, wrecked near Anguilla on June 8, 1772. Another Spanish vessel, El Prusiano, sank along with the El Buen Consejo.

It appears that those religious

2/9/13 Report - Beach Renourishment Dollars, Seminoles & Florida Anthropologist

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Robert K. sent me a copy of an article about Treasure Coast beach renourishment efforts described on Patrick Murphy's web site (www.PatrickMurphy.house.gov/news/).

His site says, In his letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, Murphy requests $44 million in funding for Treasure Coast and Northern Palm

2/8/13 Report - The Swash & Serpents and Doves

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Yesterday I posted a short video clip, but I don't think it worked real well.  I don't think the resolution was very good.  The clip showed the swash as I saw it a couple of days ago.

The swash is the area where the water repeatedly comes up over the sand and then back out.  It is where things are washed

2/6/13 Report - Metal Detecting Tips

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It's all about the sand.  Well, not quite.  But sand is one of the biggest factors in beach and shallow water detecting.

Yesterday I visited a location where there previously was a cut and I found good numbers of coins and other targets when the water was rougher.  Yesterday, though, most of that beach

2/5/13 Report - The Wreck of the Sirius, and Roves, Pins and Stuff

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Roves From the Shipwreck Sirius
From the gallery link below.

I was looking for examples of copper pins.  I thought I had seen examples of those from early shipwrecks and yesterday I found a picture of one very similar to some that have been dug on Treasure Coast beaches.  

They have a very nice

2/5/13 Report - Beach Conditions & Little Salt Spring

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The ocean was pretty smooth today.  Near low tide this morning there were just some little swells of only about one foot rolling in.  Here are two beaches that I saw this morning near low tide.  



The above beach was pretty typical of what you would have seen around the Treasure Coast this morning.  

2/4/13 Report - Dug Seated Liberty Dime & Jupiter Inlet Beach

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Dug Seated Liberty Dime.



Other Side Same Dime.
 

Here is a coin that you won't find everyday on the Treasure Coast even though they have to be out there.  It is a Seated Liberty Dime.  It is worn almost flat. 

You can still see enough detail to tell what it is but that is about all.  The date

2/3/13 Report - Counterfeits, Pillar Dollars, Ambergris & More

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What a beautiful morning.  It doesn't get much nicer than this in Florida.



Photo by Pandesalapi of the CoinCommunity.com ForumThis and other photos can be found using the link below.

I was watching a TV show the other day and saw a coin collection that was found in a abandoned storage unit.  Some of

2/2/13 Report - Dig or Discriminate, Florida CAP & Emeralds

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Beach  Find.

If you read this early enough, you might want to join Bernie at 8 AM for a hunt at Jensen Beach just south of the snack bar.


There were some groups that petitioned Florida Senator Hays to create legislation for a Citizen Archaeology Permit (CAP) at a meeting that was held on May of 2012

2/1/13 Report - Unidentified Gold Ring, Earthquake Artifacts, Thessalonians

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Here we are.  Beginning the second month of what was a new year already.






Clipped from BBC Site Linked at Left.


And here is a BBC article about a baffling gold and sapphire ring that seems to be keeping its secrets.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-21183406

Notice how the