5/2/11 Report - Gold Santa Margarita Chain, Osama, & St. Johns Wreck

Gold Chain From Santa Margarita Sold in Sedwick Coins Auction for Over $12,000.I always like to study the shipwreck artifacts that come up for auction. For example, this chain has very plain round links. Many other chains from Spanish shipwrecks are more intricate. But if you study artifacts, it will help you to better identify the things you find. On the other end of the spectrum, flakes of rust

11/12 Report - 800 Foot Long Gold Chain & Detecting Coin Lines

Simplified Illustration of a Coin Line.


I wanted to discuss coin lines a little more today, so I made this illustration. Usually a coin line would be much thinner in relation to the width of a beach than what is shown in this illustration, but I wanted to focus on the coin line.

The dashed line represents the path of a detectorist along a beach. In this case, he is zig-zagging from the water

10/3/2010 Report - 1715 Fleet Gold Chain & Medallion & Picking Through Junk

1715 Fleet Gold Chain and Medallion.This is lot number 2445 in the upcoming SedwickCoins Treasure and World Coins Auction. The starting bid is $35,000. Although precious metal prices are now high, you might consider keeping unreturnable gold and silver finds as a long-term precious metals investment. Here is what one financial analyst says."The US supremacy as the top world economy will end