1/17/13 Report - More on the CSS Alabama, Books & Vero Coin Show

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Alabama and Kearsarge
Photo From US Naval History Center

2013 is marching right along at a peppy pace and the first month is more than half gone.

I want to follow up on yesterday's post in which I posted a link to a site showing a 3-D image of the wreck of the USS Hatteras in the Gulf of Mexico and

1/16/12 Report - CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras & Dating Bottles

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Lieutenants Armstrong and Sinclair on the Deck ofthe CSS Alabama Next to 32 Pounder.
See below for more on this.

I always look for signs and clues to treasure.  As I've mentioned before, one of the first signs that you will often see that might hint of the presence of other old items is ceramics, glass

1/15/13 Report - How to Avoid Some Treasure Scams & More

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Here is an article from Florida ScubaNews.com -  Dan Sedwick: Where Does Sunken Treasure Go?  It is a good introductory article.



Dug Gold Ear Ring 

http://www.scubanews.com/node/26


I mentioned the Craigslist lost and found section the other day.  I noticed a few listings that I suspect are scams. 

1/14/13 Report - Gold and Bloosdstone, Loaded Cannon & Lost and Found

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Gold and Bloodstone Ring Found with Metal Detector

I mentioned the other day that now they sometimes actually mount diamonds on silver rings.  Well, I was just at Sams Club and noticed that they are also mounting diamonds on steel rings these days.  It is not safe to assume that if you find a ring

1/13/13 Report - Treasure Coast Pirate

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Illustration of Don Pedro Gibert's Pirate Ship Panda
From free ebook.  Link found below.


A few days ago I provided a link to an old out-of-copyright collection of anthropology papers, which among other thing,s, presented articles on Indian mounds around Florida and other states.  Some included maps

1/11/12 Report - Some Dug Finds & Club Meeting

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Cross Metal Detector Find.

 This cross was recently found.  It is heavily encrusted, especially at the top and bottom which have a thick rock-like build up.   Enough of the encrustation has been removed from the middle part to see the triangle and eye symbols.

It is hard to know how to clean this one

1/10/13 Report - Silver and Dumping Money in the Ocean

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1.825 Ounces of Silver Dug Yesterday

If you really watch the beach you know that it changes everyday.  It constantly changes.  The casual visitor might not notice that, but it's true.   As a detectorist, it is helpful to notice the small changes that take place constantly.

On the beach front where