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