5/20/13 Report - Vikings Hoard Found by Detectorist, Historic Fort & Book Treasures

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Viking Coins Found By 16-Year Old DetectoristPhoto from FoxNews Story.  See link


A sixteen year old boy with a metal detector in Denmark found one of the biggest Viking treasures to be found in many years.

60 rare coins (See photo.) plus many other items, including a silver Thor's Hammer medallion,

5/18/13 Report - Bust Half Found on Treasure Coast, Be Flexible, French Warships, & Tide Charts

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Capped Bust Half

William M. found this nice Capped Bust Half.   It had a hard black crust that William cracked open.  When the crust fell off a very clear imprint of the coin was seen on the crust (See below.)

I showed a mercury dime that had a similar crust back a couple of weeks or so ago.  I found

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

10/30/12 Report - Pre Columbian Tumbaga, Benefit Cookout & Sandy Find

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Tairona Tumbaga.  Photo Submitted by Aquanut John

Aquanut John sent in some exciting updates concerning the treasure hunter’s benefit cookout coming up this Saturday at the Pennwood Motor Lodge. If you haven’t heard about it, look at the poster in my 10/9/12 post for more information.

I know a lot

10/29/12 Report - A Couple Finds From Sandy and Beach Developments

2-real Found Friday



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This appears to be a Mexican 2 real assayed by Francisco de Morales. Francisco was the assayer at the Mexico mint 1589 - 1608 and 1610 -1618.



The cob is not dated. The assayer mark appears to be an F. And a “2” indicating the denomination appears at the right

10/10/12 Report - Rare Treasure Coast Find & When Artifacts Blanketed One Beach

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Silver Spike From Most Recent Sedwick Coins Auction.



Here is an interesting and rare Treasure Coast find. It is up for auction in the most recent Sedwick Coins auction.

What is most interesting, is that the spike is not made of iron or one of the metals that spikes are usually made of, but

7/26/12 Report - Silver Bar, Mystery Item & Joined Copper

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Atocha Silver Bar



This Atocha silver bar with COA was offered for sale on eBay.  Although there was a bid of $35,000, the reserve was not met.   If I remember correctly this bar was about 26 or 28 pounds in weight.

That is about the size of the silver bar that I told you about a week or so ago

7/25/12 Report - Silver Strike Plate & Press Pin

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First, a little quiz.  Here is a lapel pin beach find that I posted a few days ago.  One reader, Scott B., found the same pin for sale on the internet.  Which of the following do you think is closest to the listed price? 


a. $1
b. $10
c. $50
d. $500

I'll give you the surprising answer below.

7/24/12 Report - Carlos II Cobs From 1715 Fleet Beaches

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According to Wikipedia, Charles II (or perhaps more correctly, Carlos II) ruled Spain from November 1661 through November 1700.  His name appeared on New World coinage during much of that period, while immediately before and after that, you'll see King Philip indicated on the cobs.  The transition was

7/23/12 Report - 1715 Fleet Ornate Silver Piece

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Treasure Coast Dug Silver


This ornate silver piece was found on one of the 1715 Fleet beaches.  I don't know what it might be from, but it looks like it would have simply been attached to something else for ornamental purposes.  I haven't been able to figure out what it is from but have one idea.

7/19/12 Report - $38 Million of Silver Recovered & The Fort Pierce Collection

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Silver Bars (Odyssey Marine)

 I mentioned Odyssey Marine Explorations yesterday and the big jump in it's stock prices.  It appears that the reason for that increase in stock price was probably the recent recovery of $38 million in silver from the Gairsoppa.


Here is a link to an

7/2/12 Report - Treasure Coast Found Pieces of Silver

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Unmarked Silver Found by Dan A. on Treasure Coast Beacch


Can you believe half of the year is over already?






Dan A. found this cob-size piece of silver just South of Sebastian Inlet near some nice cuts about a week ago.  The object is just short of one inch at the widest.   He acid tested it.

6/10/12 Report - Spanish Colonial Silver Coins Data From the Florida Collection

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Here is one more of those crazy mounted gold escudos from the 2010 Manor Auctions sale.



I provided a link to the web site a couple of times before in recent posts.







Did you ever wonder what kind of Spanish Colonial cobs you would most likely find on the Treasure Coast beaches? That is hard to

6/8/12 Report - Silver Coins in the Florida State Collection & More

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Can You Believe This Stuff?



The item shown to the right is from an October 2011 auction by Manor Auctions.  It has nothing to do with the Florida Collection that I'll discuss below.  Other similarly big gaudy items were also in the auction.



Here is the link if you want to see more of this

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

5/24/12 Report - Santa Fe 8 Real and Shallow Water Detecting

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The Same Cob Shown in Yesterday's Post -
Identity Revealed


I said this one could be a little tricky.  It isn't real difficult, but it might be different for Treasure Coast hunters.  It isn't one of the common mints, like Mexico, Potosi or Lima.  But the mint mark is very clear.  The big NR is the

2/25/12 Report - Modern Mexican Silver & Another Front Moving Through

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Mexican Silver Ring.I mentioned before that marked silver Mexican jewelry is collected. This piece is clearly marked and I managed to get a photo of the marking.First, you can see the purity of the silver. It is sterling (925) silver. Mexican silver can be found in other purities, such as 800, 880, and 980

2/24/12 Report - Gold Coins & Silver

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Silver Ring Find.Goth? Mexican Silver? Sterling? Coin Silver? Vintage? I'll get into that more some other day real soon.Personally I like seasoned silver better than brand new as long as it isn't corroded too much. In my opinion, some history and a little oxidation adds character to nice heavy vintage pieces.

2/8/12 Report - The Revenge & Cleaning Silver Finds

Written by the Treasueguide for the exclusive use of treasuebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Treasure Coast Beach Being Reshaped This Morning.This beach is very mushy and has a lot of new sand on it. This morning however there was this one spot where it was being cut a little. That cut (shown in the photo) is one to two feet. Still, most of the beach was mushy.Another beach that I looked at briefly