7/30/19 Report - Shipwreck Ring Finds. Cloisonne, Enameling and Reverse Intaglio. Weather Systems to Watch.

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Copper Alloy Ring Found on Treasure Coast

Find and photo by John C.

John said, Found this ring maybe 15-20 years ago, on a Treasure Coast beach, pretty sure its shipwreck, mainly because a fellow Beach Hunter found one identical around the same time I found this one, found on a beach where we find quite a bit of 1800 material, Roberts wreck, or whippy, but we also find 1715 on that Beach as well.  Here's another small copper artifact with glass? 

Copper Alloy With Glass.

Find and photo by John C.

Thanks John.  Congratulations on the nice finds, and thanks for sharing.

The ring looks very similar to those I posted from Deagan's book yesterday.  Certainly of the same general style.  The item shown in the bottom photo looks like it could possibly be from a similar ring.

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Scott C. told me of a cloisonné piece he found years ago that looked like it could be the back of an ornate pocket watch. He said it had the winding hole where it should be and the design on it was a large fleur de lis. Most of the enameling was gone but traces remained. He said he might be able to send a photo. I'd like to see that.

Thanks Scott.

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An email from Susan E. led me to an interesting article on foiled reverse intaglio crystals.  Crystals are carved and colorful foil applied to make beautiful buttons.  Below is a link to an article describing the process.

http://www.dpaglia.com/crystal3.htm

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Talking about enameling and cloisonné, here is another piece that I found.  It is one inch, top to bottom.  Unfortunately I don't remember where or when I found it.

Enameled Pendant or Charm.

One inch high.

Edge of Same Item.

While it looks fine when viewed normally, a closer view reveals corrosion and wear.

Corrosion on Same Item.

I'm unable to provide any more information on the item at this time.  Maybe you can.

The outlines are nicely raised.

If you don't get anything else out of this, I hope you realize that you should keep finds organized and labeled with where and when you found them, along with any other important information.  After a few years, you might not remember, especially if you've found a lot.

Some things you don't think much of when you find them, but later when you know more, they might be more interesting.

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I haven't received much word about salvage finds lately.  That can either mean that not much is being found or they are on a hot spot and don't want to say anything until they are sure they got it all.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

There are now a couple areas to watch on the National Hurricane Center map.

One is in the Caribbean and the other is coming off of Africa.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net