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Ring Found by Jerry P.
Photo submitted by Jerry P.
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Here is a story about a detectorist who found a 1970 class ring (shown above) from Auburndale Alabama on the Treasure Coast and was able to locate the original owner.
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Same Ring Found by Jerry P. After Cleaning.
Photo submitted by Jerry P.
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Here is how Jerry told the story.
While detecting along the treasure coast I pulled a class ring or what appeared to be a class ring covered in green crud. It took two days of cleaning before the ring finally revealed the schools name, graduation date and three very hard to read initials KEB. Not being a social media genius I asked a close friend to post it of her FaceBook page. It spread like fire and before long Auburndale High School pick it up and started a post on their FaceBook page. A few hours later a man from the school said he had access to the Auburndale High School Alumni directory and could run the initials with the graduation date of 1970. Within 24 hours from the first FaceBook post the name Kenneth E. Board was identified and notified by answering machine. When he called me back he was in total disbelief. Mr. Board said he had lost the ring after diving his prom date over 100 mile to the east coast for a day at the beach. A storm came in and they grabbed the blanket and ran off the beach never to see his graduation ring again until almost 50 years later! Mr. Boards 50th reunion is coming up and boy will he have a story! Finding gold and silver on the beach is a thrill but being able to return a target and learn about it has been a rewarding journey. JP
Jerry and the Ring's Owner.
Photo submitted by Jerry P.
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Thanks for sharing Jerry. Great story! Congratulations.
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Do you recognize this Treasure Coast location?
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| Where the Walk-over to John Brooks Beach Used To Be. |
I visited a couple beaches yesterday afternoon and found that the walkover to John Brooks beach had been removed. That is undoubtedly why the park was closed when I last visited.
I don't know what they plan to do here, but East portion of the old walkover was continually getting covered by sand blowing off the beach.
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| John Brooks Beach Friday Afternoon. |
You can see from the weeds deposited on the beach that the most recent tide was not removing sand.
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| John Brooks Beach Friday Afternoon. |
While neither beach looked really promising, Frederick Douglass beach looked a touch better to me. The bottom third of half was fairly firm.
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| Frederick Douglass Beach Friday Afternoon. |
I saw one detectorist working to the south of Frederick Douglass yesterday afternoon.
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| Frederick Douglass Beach Friday Afternoon. |
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A six million dollar coin hoard found by detectorists will be going on display at the British Museum.
A pair of metal detectorists made the discovery of a lifetime when they unearthed a hoard of ancient coins worth around $6 million in a field in Somerset, in the West of England. The historic find, believed to be one of the biggest ever treasure troves uncovered in the UK, is due to be unveiled at the British Museum tomorrow.
Treasure hunters Adam Staples and Lisa Grace unearthed the 2,571 Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins in January when they were searching farmland with their trusty metal detectors. In an interview with Treasure Hunting Magazine, the couple described the hoard as “amazing” and “absolutely mind-blowing.” They reported their find to the authorities as required by UK law, and the coins were soon sent to the British Museum for evaluation...
Here is the link for more about that.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com |
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