6/17/13 Mystery Coin Identified! What a story it tells!

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Here are the two views of the coin I showed yesterday asking for help with identification.  Guess what?
I was way off.  But somebody found out what it is.   And it tells a much more fascinating story than I ever imagined and leads to an even more fascinating treasure story.




Coin Found by Michael E.

6/16/13 Report - Dug Coin to Identify, Piece of Space Station Mir, Gold Finds, & Ring Returnd

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Coin Dug by and Photos by Michael E.




Michael would like some help in identifying this dug coin.  It is more difficult to key word search coins not written in our alphabet, but I'm sure someone out there can identify it.   Let me know if you can provide any information on this coin.   It seems to me

6/15/13 Report - Gold Dolphins Find, Book Treasures and Miscellaneous Other Stuff

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14K Ear Ring Beach Metal Detector Find.


The dolphin has been a popular symbol for many cultures.   There was a time when some women were wearing one type of ear ring in one ear and an unmatching ear ring in the other ear.  It is not real uncommon to find both of a pair.  I've done it a few times.

6/14/13 Tips for Water Detecting, WW II German Bomber Salvaged

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Gold and Diamond Ring Shallow Water Metal Detector Find


The above was found in shallow water along with other coins and a few other rings.



I received the following article from the author who asked if I post articles by guest authors.  If you've been reading this blog very long you know that I do,

6/13/13 Report - A Long Dry Spell Only Means You Are Due for Success

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18K Gold Ring Find.

It is easier to find a steady supply of modern jewelry than it is to find really old things.  Old things pop up on a beach mostly only when conditions are right, and you still have to be in the right place at the right time.

To the right is an 18K gold ring find.  I like gold that

3/12/13 Report - SS Ozama Shipwreck, High Karat Gold Finds & What Finds People Liked This Year

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It is not common to find anything above 18K gold, but it does happen.  In my experience most of the modern high karat gold comes from India or China.




Ornate 22K Gold Ring Found With Metal Detector.



Alloys are used with gold to harden it and to change the color.  Copper alloy is used to make a rose

6/11/13 Report - Wreck of the HMS Forth & Who Are the Readers of This Blog

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Three Views of Small Stone
Discoidal Found on a Treaure 
Coast Beach.

Yesterday I talked about some non-metallic finds that are being made on the Treasure Coast, including the olive jar rim discovered by William M.   There are now a good number of shells to be found on some beaches,and other relatively

6/10/13 Report - Recent Treasure Coast Finds: From the Age of Spanish Galleons to the Space Shuttle

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Nice Example of Found Olive Jar Rim
Find and photo by William M.

I used to frequently say that when beach conditions are not right for finding one type of thing, they will be right for finding something else.  My own experience along with the types of things that other people have been finding, says a

6/9/13 Report - Gold Bar From Rosario Shipwreck & Beach Conditions

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Amazing Gold Bar Found by Odyssey Marine
Photo from Yahoo News


Here we are nearly half way through 2013 already.  Time flies.   It is pretty amazing how different each beach is.  One will erode and produce coins while another, not too far away, will be building.

Of course all beaches come and go

6/8/13 Report - Half Real, Le Grffin Shipwreck and Beach Conditions

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Another Treasure Coast Half Reale Find.

The above find is another Mexican minted half reale.  Not much detail on this one.  \





Profile of One Beach As Seen Yesterday Morning

The above is a good photo showing a beach profile.  It shows two steps, shells in front of the steps, and a sand bar right on

6/7/13 Report - Tropical Storm Andrea, Detecting Conditions Upgrade & More

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The beach has been very dynamic lately.  It has been changing everyday - not always in a good way. 

This beach had a seven foot cut back a few days ago.  A couple of days ago the cut started to fill with new sand.  Then what I found yesterday is that a second step was cut into the beach.  The new cut was

6/6/13 Platinum Beach Finds, Tropical Storm Andrea & Tidal Coefficients

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Platinum Ring Found With
 Metal Detector

Months after being at around $1900 per ounce, gold is now close to $1400.  That is a big drop, even though it is still well above what it was years ago.  Silver finished at $22.55 yesterday and platinum, at $1511.

Years ago platinum was a lot more valuable than

6/5/13 Report - Great White Tooth Beach Find, X-Hunters, Oxus Treasure & More

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Great White Tooth Fossil
Find and photo by Leroy G.

It was just a few days ago that I showed a fossil tooth found in a shell pile on the beach.  Here is another example, this time what appears to me to be the tooth of a Great White found by Leroy G.  Leroy said he didn't find any metal that day, but was

6/4/13 Gold Lion Ring With Mouth Full, Looter Archaeologist, Relics & More

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Gold Lion Ring Found on Treasure Coast

I added a poll to the blog.  Hopefully it will work right this time.  It looks like it so far.  It will give us some information about what people have been finding this year.


A few weeks ago I showed a gold lion ring that was found on a local beach.  The

6/3/13 Report - More on a Recently Found Cob, Big Signal & Browsing Books for Treasure

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Cut on Treasure Coast Yesterday Afternoon.

The cob shown below is the same one that I showed yesterday.  As I discussed yesterday, you can see the mint mark and the first three digits of the date.


We can probably narrow the date down a little more.   The cob came from a well-known 1715 Fleet

6/2/13 Report - Details of Cob Found This Week & Other Finds

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One Small Cob Found This Week on Treasure Coast


 A few days ago I showed the other side of this cob that was found this week.  You could clearly see the cross and could tell that it was a Mexican minted cob.

At that time I couldn't see any detail on the other side except for part of the circle of dots

6/1/13 Report - Continuing Conditions Rating of 2, Eye-Balled Objects While Detecting & Hot Spots Or Not

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I'm surprised by how few detectorists that I saw this morning after giving an upgrade.



Sea Glass and Fossil Tooth Found Yesterday in Shell Piles While Detecting

I was a little slow on my most recent upgrade.  It seemed to sneak up on me.  

Even though I was seeing erosion, it didn't seem productive to