Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
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| Four Reale Found by Cole Smith Photo submitted by Captain Jonah Martinez |
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| Other Side of Same Four-Reale Found by Cole Smith. Photo submitted by Captain Jonah Martinez. |
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| Olive Jar Shards. Photo submitted by Captain Jonah Martinez. |
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| Silver Candlestick Base Found by Larry B. Photo submitted by Captain Jonah Martinez of the Bottomline Salvage Vessel. |
Thanks to Jonah for sending the photos, and congratulations to Larry and Cole for the good finds. Its a lot of hard work out there.
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I've been looking at my coin finds and using a book that I recently got. The book is Strike It Rich With Pocket Change by Ken Potter and Brian Allen. While I haven't yet struck it rich with my change, the book is organized well and makes it easy to identify error coins when you do have them.
Like with most anything, valuable examples are rare, so unless you are extremely lucky, you'll have to scan a lot of coins before hitting the big one.
The thing that makes this book so handy is that it is organized by date and denomination and has lots of clear pictures to show you what to look for.
It is amazing how many big money errors there are, yet how hard they are to find.
This book starts with Lincoln Memorial pennies and covers other modern denominations.
Unfortunately, many of the coins found while detecting are not in good shape, which makes it difficult to identify true mint errors and reduces the value if they are found.
I also check the coins I receive in change.
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The disturbance in the middle of the Atlantic that I've been talking about has strengthened, but it is heading away from us.
The surf is still down around one or two feet on the Treasure Coast. We're also still having negative tides.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
