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There were some nice finds on the Treasure Coast this past week. I've received photos of a few.
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| Front of Button Found by William M. |
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| Back of Button Found by William M. |
A couple of nice old buttons were found on the Treasure Coast this week. The photos above show William's button.
William also found a fossil sharks tooth, piece of a mastodon tusk, and horse tooth.
The photo below shows a similar period button found by another detectorist.
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| Another Nice Button Find. |
Isaac also cut the beaches down at Jupiter and some nice shipwreck finds were recovered.
Below is a photo of the cut at Jupiter, which was sent in by Tom Guidus of Wreckovery Salvage.
Tom found a cob and two small lead balls, which to me looked like they could have been the small balls loaded into a musket with a larger ball, the combination being called "buck and ball."
If you want to learn more about buck and ball, here is a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_and_ball
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| Cut at Jupiter. Photo by Tom Guidus. |
Sorry I can't post every photo that I receive because of a variety of factors. I appreciate receiving them all. Even when I can't post a photo or report, it still helps me to get a more complete picture of what is going on, and that helps me to create a better blog.
There is a hurricane (Kirk) and a tropical storm in the Atlantic. Both seem to be headed away from us.
We have very calm seas now. I'm downgrading my beach conditions rating to a 1 again.
Early next week the seas are predicted to increase again, maybe up to five or six feet later in the week.
Keep watching.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
