5/25/12 Report - Navy Investigating Local Plane Wreck & Another Santa Fe Cob

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Here is a cob something like the one I showed yesterday.  There are differences though.  See if you can find any of the differences.


One of the things I like about cobs is the huge number of variations.  Small details can sometimes be a clue to the date the cob was produced.

Photo from the Sewall

11/4/11 Report - Big Seas Coming & And Big DuBois Park Treasure Dig

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Dip on Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.This beach in St. Lucie County looks very similar to the beach I showed a couple of days ago from Seagrape Trail.There is a sand bar out front. You can probably see it in the photo. The waves are breaking on the bar out in front of the beach. A dip has formed between

9/22/11 Report - Mystery Object From Jupiter & Odyssey Marine

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Object Found in the Jupiter Beach Area. Bill T. submitted the photos of this find. The object is almost the size of a quarter - just a slightest touch smaller. Bill says it looks like yellow brass and thinks it could be a livery button.Any information, thoughts or opinions about the object would be

7/2/11 Report - Silver and Gold Finds From Jupiter & NOAA Sonar

Gold in Chinese.I've heard people say that the beaches have been hunted out - that it has all been found. And I've heard people say that some of the wrecks are worked out. I don't believe that at all.The Atocha has been hunted for a long time, yet they are making new great finds daily now. They are hitting new virgin territory and a line of new finds that suggests they are finally on the trail of

1/8/2011 Report - Looking Through the Glass & Nails

Copper Nails Found Near Jupiter Inlet Beach Last Week.Terry T. found these nails down near Jupiter Beach recently. He says he never found anything like this before.First finds are always fun and memorable. Congratulations Terry!If you have some first finds, especially recently found, sent me a photo and a bit of the story. For that matter, I'd like to see any finds that you might want to share. I

12/19 Report - Spindle Whorls & Jupiter Inlet

I was browsing through eBay last night and noticed an object that reminded me of the small stone cylinder that I showed in a post a few days ago. The object that I saw on eBay was a Precolumbian spindle whorl. That is something that I didn't know anything about.With my curiosity aroused I did some additional research on spindle whorls and found that they were made of a wide variety of types of

12/15 Report - Wedgewood, Railroad Spikes, and Jupiter Inlet Beach

Wedgewood Pot Found Along a Treasure Coast Waterway.Don't bother with those expensive stores if you are thinking about antique Wedgewood for Christmas. Just take a walk along one of the Treasure Coast waterways. You might find something unexpected like the pot shown in this photo. Wedgewood pottery was first made in 1759. I would guess that this one is a much later piece. I occasionally remind

10/16 Report - Jupiter Beach & Miscellaneous

Photo of Jupiter Beach. Submitted by Tom Guidus.Tom Guidus of Wreckovery Salvage, regularly works the Jupiter wreck, and sent some photos of Jupiter Beach, pointing out the loss of sand and shells at the base of the cliff. He said much of the renourishment sand is gone and some of the old stuff is starting to reappear.The best time to hit it would be just after the water has hit the cliff and