6/17/13 Mystery Coin Identified! What a story it tells!

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Here are the two views of the coin I showed yesterday asking for help with identification.  Guess what?
I was way off.  But somebody found out what it is.   And it tells a much more fascinating story than I ever imagined and leads to an even more fascinating treasure story.




Coin Found by Michael E.

4/11/13 Report - Gold Coin From Fort Capron Payroll Cache, Reaction of Metals to Salt Water, Fort Pierce Project & More

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Nice Gold Coin Found North of Fort Old Pierce Inlet
Part of Fort Capron Payroll Treasure.
Currently listed for sale in the current Sedwick treasure auction.
 

Here is a nice gold coin that was found north of Pepper Park back a few decades ago.  It was lost when a boat bringing the payroll for Fort

2/12/13 Report - US Coins and Lapel Pin.

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This 1792 half disme sold for over 1 million dollars.  It remained in the Rittenhouse family until 1919, when the coin was first sold publicly in a Chapman sale, realizing $56. It was sold again in 1921, after which it disappeared off the market until 1988. It traded hands several times before 2007

1/24/13 Report - On Cleaning Old Dug Silver Coins & More

I'm going to talk about that coin I dug Monday again.  I wasn't going to but when I cleaned it up I saw some neat things I wanted to show.


Same Spanish Silver Coin Dug Monday After Being Cleaned


I used Bill Popp's coin cleaning instructions as found in my treasure coins link list.  I diluted some acid and put the coin in the acid for a short while.  I then used baking soda.

If you haven't

10/19/12 Report - Detecting Newbie Hits Gold Coin Hoard, Pulling Teeth & Safe Cracking

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Gold Coin Hoard Found. 
(Photo from ABC story linked at left.)


$160,000 cache of Roman gold coins was found by a new metal detector user who had recently purchased a basic machine.


http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/first-time-treasure-hunter-discovers-trove-roman-era-123747420-

10/14/12 Report - Coin Holes, Coin Lines & Beach Conditions

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One to two foot cut on the Treasure Coast this morning.


This morning near high tide the same cut that I showed yesterday was now only about a foot to a foot and a half high.  The waves were hitting this beach almost directly at a ninety degree angle.  That won't cause much erosion.  Instead the water

4/15/12 Report - Couple Mystery Objects, $100,000 Coin & More

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Small Brass Anchor Water Detector Find.

I never knew what this was other than a miniature anchor and I still don't know what it is for. It seems to well made to simply be a toy.

It's about two inches high. The black could be easily cleaned off, I think.

I think I saw a photo of a similar one one

4/5/12 Report - Possible Beacch Conditions Improvement Coming Soon & More

Written by the treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Recently Found Pot Shard.Seems like a good time to remind you that when conditions are poor for one thing, they'll be good for finding something else.The southeast winds have been piling shells up on some beaches. When that happens, cob hunting is generally poor, but lighter materials such as pot shards can

4/2/12 Report - Flat Water, Megan's Find & Mystery Item

Written by the treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.Come on in, the water is fine. The water is very nice right now. Good temperature, and very calm. The weather is as much as you can ask for, if you like nice weather. Me, I'd rather have cloudy rainy days with a lot of wind. But that's me.Most people love this weather. And

3/20/12 Report - Royal Die & More

Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Die for 1726 Royal.As you probably know, the 11th Sedwick Coin auction is now online and bidding has begun.One of the most interesting things to me is this die. It is an original die for the pillars side of a 1725 Potosi 8 reales Royal.You don't see these very often. This one seems to be in very good

2/23/12 Report - Important Coin From Reign of William the Conqueror Found & US Air Force Ships Tons of Coins to Spain

Nice Surfing Waves on the Treasure Coast This MorningThere were a lot of surfers out this morning. Also a lot of snowbirds along A1A.I put a video of surfing on YouTube this morning. Unfortunately I didn't have my best camera with me. Nonetheless, if you want to see the wave action it is on TheTreasureGuide channel on YouTube.The surf was up. There were some nice waves, but that was deceiving in

2/13/12 - 50 Excellentes Gold Coin

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.50 Excellentes.Now that is a coin that would look very nice in a sand scoop, and that is the way it should be displayed. It is one of the more impressive coins from the Archer M. Huntington Collection that I've been talking about. It weighs almost five ounces and was minted in the 15th Century during the

2/12/12 Report - Huge Sotheby's Spanish Coin Auction & A Little Beach Experiment

Written by the TreasureGuide of the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Only two more detecting days left before Valentines Day!Photo Received by Email From Sotheby's.The Archer M. Huntington Collection of 37,895 coins relating to the history of Spain will be sold as a single lot at auction by Sotheby's ending on 8 March 2012. You can pick up this nice collection if you have

8/18/11 Report - 1500s Gold Bar, Bronze Coin Finds, and $5 Indian

Gold Bar for Sale on EBay.

This 14.74 troy ounce lower kt. gold bar is for sale on eBay for just under $20,000. Interesting! To me it seems unusual in a variety of ways. It is listed as being from a shipwreck, but the age and ship is unknown. It is speculated to be from the 1500s. That would be a relatively rare date for a North American shipwreck, although there are some.

There is no COA

1/19/2011 Report - Salvaged Nautical Objects & Half a Million Dollar Gold Coin

Salvaged Nautical Items.These were some of the items that were for sale at the Nautical Flea Market last week at the Indian River Fairgrounds. Some pretty neat stuff.You don't have to find a galleon or gold coin to find treasure. These items were selling for around $150 for the lowest priced items and up into the thousands. I think you can see why.Nautical theme items are very popular now for

10/21 Report - Sedwick Auction Going Live - Gold Cobs Doing Well

Bunch of Mushy Sand on Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.There were still boats anchored over the Nieves site this morning. Must be something interesting going on there.The 8th SedwickCoins Auction is now going on. You can watch the auction live even if you do not register to bid by going to iCollector and selecting the Sedwick auction.Some of the first gold escudos up for auction solf for over