2/27/12 Report - Gold Bars, Sand, & Lodging

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Just Something Real Pretty To Look At.This photo is from the Sotheby's catalog entitled Magnificent Coins of the Spanish World, which is the auction for the The Archer M. Huntington Collection.Here is the link to a site where you can find the catalog.http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2012/

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

2/11/12 Report - Dollar Coins Possible Boon to Detectorists & Some Fabulous Spanish Coins

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.Photo Received In Email From Sotheby's.I'll have more information on what is probably one of the most impressive collections of Spanish coins in the world along with more photos of some other really exceptional coins from that collection in my next post.According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO),

6/28/11 Report - Spanish Missions & Loose Change

Map Showing Location of Spanish Missions in Florida.This map appeared in the 2006 Master's thesis of Alissa Slade. Here is the link if you want to read the thesis.http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses_1/available/etd-11142006-180114/unrestricted/Final.pdfNotice the marked shipping route back to St. Augustine. You probably know that I especially like "first finds." They tend to move a person to the next

1/17/11 Report - Conquistador Helmet & Garrett AT Pro

Cabasset for Sale on eBay.This Spanish Conquistador helmet is something you don't see too often. I got a couple of emails in response to my comments about the feathers, which I don't know if I mentioned, were scattered along the beach for at least a few miles. I suspect further than that, but that is what I saw. Jason F. said he has been running across dead pelicans that did not appear to have