10/1/12 Report - First Contact Spanish Artifacts and Sites

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1500s Juana & Carlos cob found in Florida.
From Curren's archeologyink.com article.


I found an exceptionally good article on first contact Spanish artifacts.  By "first contact" I now mean artifacts of the DeSoto and de Luna expeditions dating back to the 1500s.



The article is located on

9/29/12 Report - Florida East Coast Railroad Artifacts Found

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F. E. C. Mystery Find for ID


I’ve been showing some items found at a Treasure Coast mainland site lately. There was a lot of variety. Finds covered a period of slightly over one hundred years. Most items came from the 1970s it seemed, but a 1902 nickel and a 1903 Indian head penny were among the finds.

9/17/12 Report - Ecclesiastical Artifacts Found

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Ecclesiastical Artifacts Found.

These 14th or 15th Century ecclesiastical artifacts were recently found under the ruins of an abbey. 

The article, with this photo and others, was published in The Independent.

Now the search is on to figure out who owned these artifacts.

Click here to go to that

7/31/12 Report - What To Do If You Find an Artifact & Tropical Storm Season

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Tropical Disturbance in the Atlantic (NOAA)


I receive a lot of questions about rules and regulations pertaining to metal detecting.  I couldn't begin to do that topic justice and won't attempt to.  There are so many different levels of government that get involved, it can be confusing and unclear. 

12/23/11 Report - Shipwreck For Sale & Some Precautions

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Artifacts From a 1700 Era British War Ship






For $150,000 you can buy 1000 artifacts, including those shown above, from a 1700s era British warship.  Many of the artifacts are still encrusted.   Included are cannons, lead hull patches, hooks, spikes, cannon balls, and many unidentified pieces. 

I

8/22/11 - Hurricane Irene & More

Shipwreck Wood.

Here is a piece of wood from a shipwreck that is for sale on eBay. You can make nice display pieces out of miscellaneous finds like this. Preserve wood, pottery, or whatever, make a nice label and you have a display that will look nice in the right room and be a nice conversation piece.

Create nice displays out of miscellaneous finds like this and you will enjoy finding things

4/5/11 Report - Keeping Records on Unidentified Items & Investing in Pirates

Nice Lima Escudo from the Upcoming SedwickCoins auction.I simply couldn't pass up this story. It seems you can invest in the Somalie pirates. Give them weapons or cash and share in their booty. Can you believe it?Here is what one entrepreneur said.Four months ago, during the monsoon rains, we decided to set up this stock exchange. We started with 15 "maritime companies" and now we are hosting 72.

11/23 Report - Wood Finds & Spanish Shipwreck List

One Side of Old Wood Plank Found on the Treasure Coast.This piece of wood washed up on the beach recently along with some other pieces that appear very similar and probably come from the same site.Below and to the right of the penny is a square hole with some iron residue remaining. It looks like something was held in place there.Above that near the top edge is a black clump that appears to be

11/17 Report - Copper Sheet and Copper Rim?

Wabasso Beach in Front of Disney.This photo was submitted by Pete V. a couple of days ago. He also reported, "Ambersand showed no cuts and neither did an area just north of the Salvors camp."I appreciate reports like that because, as you know, I can't be everywhere. I would have posted it sooner but like I said yesterday I was busy and neglected my email for a couple of days.And Jon M. said, "I

10/10/10 Report - 1715 Fleet Artifacts & More

Jupiter Inlet Beach.Photo submitted by Mike D. As you can see the beach at Jupiter Inlet did not cut. I appreciate receiving photos like this because I can't be everywhere myself.I received an email from the Fisher organization about the fact that they are going after new deep water wrecks. They found a Swedish wreck, the Briggen Hialmar, three miles deep that sank in 1831 in the North Atlantic.