5/6/12 Report - Big Low Tides Continue & Mystery Find From Wabasso


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Wabasso Beach Find For Sale on EBay.



Wabasso Beach Metal Detector Find.




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That is the type of thing that could easily pop up under current conditions.  Like I've been reporting, there are a lot of miscellaneous

3/11/12 Report - Spring Ahead & Mystery Objects

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Did you remember to turn your clock ahead? It is hard for me to believe we are already well into the third month of the year.Button For ID.This item was found with other items such as the St. Ignatius religious medallion that I posted two days ago and other items such as musket balls.There is a lot of very

1/23/12 Report - Cobs, Defective Planchets & Odyssey Marine Stock Action

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.What can you tell about this cob? There is a lot of information clearly seen on this one. See if you can tell the date, mint, assayer?The stock price for Odyssey Marine was up over 12% in early trading this morning. There must be some news. It will probably come out before long. I'll let you know when I find

11/28/11 Report - Wrecks of Assateague & Multi-Million Year Old Find

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.From Shipwreck Off of Assateague Island.A National Park Service Photo.The La Galga and Juno shipwrecks were located off of Assateague Island and were awarded by the courts to Spain. Artifacts from those wrecks were "loaned" by Spain to the NPS for display.Does this seem crazy to anyone else.Here is a link to

11/18/11 Report - Medallion, Belaying Pins, and Condition Watch

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Medallion Excavated at Jamestown.Looks like something you might immediately discard as child's play.The excavation at Jamestown has yielded over a million artifacts including this medallion, which some think represents the father of Pocahantas.The article reports that they have discovered the church and the

11/14/11 Report - Nautical Archaeology Theses & Dissertations

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com. Fossil Bone Found on Treasure Coast Beach.I don't know what kind of bone this is. It is just over a foot long. Unless one of you knows, I'll have to do some research on it.If you have some stuff you want to sell, here is what Sedwick has to say.Now we're preparing for another successful auction with our

11/12/11 Report - Treasure Hunt at DuBois Stopped & Sheathing

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Unusual Jade and Gold Ring Find.I like this one, partly because it seems so unique. I good bit of lead and copper sheathing has recently been found at different locations on Treasure Coast beaches. I was having a discussion with someone that found some copper sheathing and mentioned that copper sheathing

9/19/11 Report - Religious Medallion From 1715 Fleet, & Hunt for Super Bowl Ring

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.I've shown the front of this medallion before. Laura Strolia, author of the book on the Marigalera of the 1715 Fleet, has done a lot of research on it, and has found that it is Franciscan and shows St. Anthony on the other side. She says there was a Franciscan priest traveling with the 1715 Fleet.One Side of

7/10/11 Report - Fog on the Treasure Coast Ocean

Low Tide This Morning on a Treasure Coast Beach.As you can see it was a little foggy out on the ocean this morning. I have a video of the waves below. Also a little virtual snorkeling video that I experimented with.Some of the beach accesses have a lot of mosquitoes now. If you don't want to feed the mosquitoes, you might want to take some repellent.It looks like we'll be having scattered thunder

5//4/11 Report - Prospecting or Mining: That Is the Question

A Few Gold Medallions.Medallions, or charms, often get separated from the chain. Even if the chain comes off, part of it will often stick out of the sand so it can be found, but a medallion is easily lost. Here are a few that have been found on Treasure Coast beaches.It can be difficult to create and interpret surveys. I have a lot of academic work in survey construction and analysis, but the

4/13/11 Report. - Sand, VolleyBall Courts and Diamonds

A Typical Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.I saw a tv program where they talked to a fisherman that found an old pot underwater. He brought it to the Antiques Roadshow. He had only one question. What was the pot worth. He made it clear he didn't care about anything else.Well, it turned out the pot was medieval and turned out to be worth a good bit, but after the fellow learned more about the pot

3/1/11 Report - Big Seas Coming

Mammal Bone Fossil Embedded in Rock.Evidently this fossil or bone was enclosed as the rock formed. I wish I knew more about the age of rock formations.I recently found this fossil. It's not worth anything, but I thought it was interesting. It looks like a small limb bone. The fossilized bone either broke off and was worn down or maybe it was just worn down that much.Anyhow, the lesson is,

12/30 Report - Low Tide Hunting Around Old Cuts

Cut at Low Tide This Morning.A few days ago the beach south of Jensen Beach was eroded as shown in this photo. There were a lot of clad coins at this cut. One reader worked it a couple of days and took out a lot of clads. I visited the spot this morning to see what it looked like now that the wind had shifted. As you can see the cut is still there but there wasn't much to be found directly in

12/25/2010 - Merry Christmas!

Wishing you the best during this holiday season in which we are reminded what is truly important in life.Here is my Christmas card to you.http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2007134554829&source=jl999The best treasure is the treasure in your heart.Peace and Joy!TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/1 Report - Inscriptions on 1715 Fleet Gold Rings

1715 Fleet Gold Coin Found by Crew of Gold Hound in June of 2010.The photo is from a June 19, 2010 TCPalm article found on the following web site.http://www.tcoasttalk.com/2010/06/29/treasure-from-1715-fleet-found-new-stakeholder-hopes-to-bring-up-more/Here is a web site by an archaeologist discussing the history of the 1715 Fleet and a few items found. Most interesting is the discussion of two