5/31/13 Report - Treasure Coast Beach Detecting Conditions Upgraded to a 2.

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Yesterday I told you that I was upgrading my Treasure Coast Treasure Beach Detecting Conditions Rating.  I needed to look at more of the beaches before I put a numerical rating on it.

Yesterday I had a hard time deciding if it should be a 2 or 3 rating.  After looking at more beaches this morning, I've

5/30/13 Update. Treasure Coast Beach Detecting Conditions Upgrade Issued.

Just wanted to get that posted.

Details and photos soon.

5/30/13 Report - Diamond Rings Found and Returned, Blue Pig, Flying Chicken Man and 2008 INA Annual

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Found by Dan B.
Photo submitted by Dan B.


I'm glad to be able to post this story.  The jewelry you see in the photo was recovered by Dan B.

Here is what Dan said.  I recently had a couple ask me at work to help them find a lost ring set. One of my best experiences detecting yet. They met me at the

5/29/13 Report - Turtle Nests Destroyed, Tides & Digging the Dips

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Ruined Turtle Nest in Eroded Beach Replenishment Sand
Close-up clip of photo submitted by William M. 


I've talked about this type of thing in this blog before, and others have sent me emails wondering how they can approve beach replenishment that are conducted during turtle nesting season.

Dumping

5/28/13 Report - Using the Tide Charts, Found Objects & Robots Replacing Dolphins

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You can use the tide chart web site that I gave you yesterday to compare the high and low tides for a given day with the record maximum high and low tides.  That can be very useful.

For example, if you go to that web site and select the Fort Pierce Inlet for the location, you'll see that the high tide

5/26/13 Report - Some Beaches Cut For Memorial Day Weekend But No Conditions Upgrade

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Remember!

I've mentioned a few times about my recent trip up North.  Here is one part of it that I haven't mentioned before.  Above is some of my "personal history."

Government is not about personal history.  They are on opposite ends of the contiuum.  Government is about groups and abstractions more

5/25/13 Report - Unusual Gold Cross Found in Everglades, Washington Dollar Errors & Personal History

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Partly Melted Gold Cross Found in Everglades.Photo from prweb.comsite linked in this post.

Here is a really interesting Florida story about an unexpected find.

A high karat gold cross was found in the Everglades by python hunters.  The cross with diamonds and saphires was partly melted.  The Celtic

5/24/13 Report - Another Key Plus Mystery Object, Linked Spirals Search Pattern for Water Hunting & Mound Builders

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First, here is another key find.  Brent P. found these two objects by the Banana River.




Key and Mystery Object Finds by Brent P.

Photos submitted by Brent.

Brent said,  I, too, made an unexpected find of what appears to be an old key. It is not
iron (unknown at this time what metal it's made of).

5/23/13 Report - More On Old Keys, First Underwater Locksmith, Human Nature & More

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One Picture of An Old Key Found on the Internet.
I lost the link to this particular one.

I started looking around to see if there was anything distinctive about the key that I posted yesterday.  I was trying to find any possible clue that might help identify the key.

Here is one nice web site that I

5/22/13 Rerport - Key Found, Ancient Coins, Hurricane Season, Navy Dolphin Finds 19th Century Relic & A Valuable Research Resource

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Recent Find by Fred B.
Photo by Fred B.

This key was found Sunday by Fred on one of the Treasure Coast shipwreck beaches.  Fred says it was heavily rusted but cleaned up well.  The key is about three inches long.

The side that you see above is unadorned.  On the other side there is a little more

5/20/13 Report - Vikings Hoard Found by Detectorist, Historic Fort & Book Treasures

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Viking Coins Found By 16-Year Old DetectoristPhoto from FoxNews Story.  See link


A sixteen year old boy with a metal detector in Denmark found one of the biggest Viking treasures to be found in many years.

60 rare coins (See photo.) plus many other items, including a silver Thor's Hammer medallion,

5/18/13 Report - Bust Half Found on Treasure Coast, Be Flexible, French Warships, & Tide Charts

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Capped Bust Half

William M. found this nice Capped Bust Half.   It had a hard black crust that William cracked open.  When the crust fell off a very clear imprint of the coin was seen on the crust (See below.)

I showed a mercury dime that had a similar crust back a couple of weeks or so ago.  I found

5/17/13 Report - Spanish Colonial Coins, Detecting a Volleyball Court,

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Couple Examples FromCoinQuest.com



Here is a web site that provides a good section on Spanish Colonial coins.  It purports to give values, but for such a broad category that is almost impossible so the information it does give concerning values for this category of coins is very general.  They do have

5/16/13 Report - More Shipwreck Spikes, Staples, High K Gold & Coins

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Nice Bronze Spikes
Finds by William M.

I received this photo from William M. who said the following.

I would like a little help with dating these if possible.

From what I
know..round bronze is likely very old ship related...

 they were all in one hole
with some deeper targets I couldn't get yet

5/15/13 Report - Great Group of Spikes, Log Boats & Park Swimming Hole Finds

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Very Nice Collection of Shipwreck Spikes, Pins, Nails etc. Found by Ken D.
Photo submitted by Ken D.


Thanks for sharing Ken.  That is one nice collection.  And great photo.

Ken said he found the fat one shown near the middle of the photo while he was hunting tropical fish when he was 14.  He got

5/14/13 Report - Pot Shards, Diamond Ring, Salvage Ship & More Detecting Records

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Treasure Salvage Boat at Dock in Fort Pierce Sunday.



We got some heavy rain on some of the beaches Sunday.  It didn't last too long in most places though.  And some areas just got a little rain.  Yesterday was rain free where I was.

By the mouth of Taylor Creek is a good place to see some wild

5/13/13 Report - Calusa Pot Shards, AT Pro First Find & Backyard Detecting

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Check Stamped Pot Shard.

Two days ago I mentioned a book, Culture and Environment in the Domain of the Calusa, edited by William Marquardt, University of Florida, 1992.   Totally available free online.  I gave the link too.

When I mentioned that book two days ago I referred to the chapter on   shell

5/11/13 Report - Metal Detecting Records & 10 Gold Finds in 1 Day

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Old Metal Detecting Records.

Last night I had a pleasant surprise.  I found some of my old metal detecting records - ten pages.   These records weren't quite as old as the ones I showed in this blog a long time ago from when I started detecting but they are still pretty old.   I didn't know I had more

5/10/13 Report - Calusa Shell Artifacts & Shipwreck Spikes

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Two Shipwreck Spikes Found on Treaure Coast Beach.

First, the spikes.  The one on top is complete, but has not been completely cleaned.  Some of the surface material has been removed, but this spike has already deteriorated and the iron is in poor condition.  I don't know how well it can be cleaned.  I

5/9/13 Report - Remote Sensing Technologies & More

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 Update:  The poll wasn't recording properly so I had to remove it.   Sorry.


Below is a link to a web site that provides a summary of remote sensing technologies that can be useful in treasure hunting.

Included are the following:


Aerial photography

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Geophysical

5/8/13 Report - Missing Person & Gold, First Paintings of Native Americans, Browning Keeps on Ticking, & Where You Can Find Things on the Beach

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I few days ago I told about a beach that I visited where there were targets that I could detect but couldn't recover because of how deep the targets were buried and the moving water.  Since I forgot my camera that day, I decided to make a sketch to explain the situation. 




Sketch of One Treasure

5/7/13 Report - High Priced Treasure Coast 1715 Fleet Finds

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Yesterday I took a look at some of the the Sedwick Coin auction items that brought the highest bids.  Even though they were great examples, those did not include any finds from the Treasure Coast.

Today I'll look at some of the top selling items from the 1715 Fleet.  One of those, although not a coin or

5/6/13 Report - Siver Bars, Big Clump of Reales, and Gold Coin

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The 13th Sedwick Coins Treasure Auction has concluded and the results are in. 

Today I decided to take a look at some of the stars of the auction, the first three of which brought winning bids of nearly $40,000 each, and the fourth, nearly $30,000.

All of the following photos are from the auction

5/5/13 Report - Headstamps on Shell Casings & Beach Detecting Conditions

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50 Caliber Shells Showing Headstamps.

First, I just got back from the beach.  One beach had lost some sand and one gained.  The one that gained sand has been doing so for at least a couple of weeks now while the one that lost sand has been doing so for a while too.

I got almost no signals at the

5/4/13 Report - Finds: Shipwreck Spike, Gold, Platinum, Diamonds, WWII Shell Casing

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Copper or Bronze Spike and Gold Ring Finds.
Find and photo by Ken D. 


Here are some nice finds made by Ken D.
They were found underwater.

That is one nice spike in good shape.

Thanks for sharing Ken.



And below are some finds made by Frank M. 

First a platinum and diamond ear ring.

And also a

5/3/13 Report - A Little About Reading a Beach

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Above is where I detected for a little while this morning.

The first thing to notice is the dead bushes in the foreground.  They were killed by high water not too long ago.  That is a good sign. 

They obviously were growing for quite a while before the beach eroded and the salt water

5/2/13 Report - Farmhouse Cache, Metal Spheres, Jack Sparrow & Beginning Detecting

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Cache Found in Old Farmhouse
Photo from Huffington Post.  Link below.

I know a lot of you are long time readers of this blog and won't find this informative, but I receive a lot of questions from people who want to know what detector to buy for their first detector.  There are a lot of things to

5/1/13 Report - Spanish Galleon Andalucia, Fort Jupiter & The British Period in Florida

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Spanish Galleon Replica Visiting Port Canaveral
Photo from FloridaToday.com.


Have you ever wanted to see a Spanish galleon?  Now is your chance.

The Galeón Andalucía, a replica 17th century Spanish galleon, is now at Port Canaveral where visitors can take an up-close look for the next week.

It is