12/21/19 Report - Cortes Anchor Found. Old Railway Track Explored. A Couple Recent Finds From Treasure Coast.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

It is not exactly one of those days when a whisper of wind turns into a hollow scream and normal men scurry to their hidey-hole, but at least there is some stirring in the air and surf.  It is better than the slow and steady accumulation of dead sand over the summer.  It wouldn't take much for things to turn good, but it might not do that.

Below are photos of a find made by John B in the Vero area along with a nickel for comparison.   John says the object is slightly larger in diameter than the nickel but thinner.   I assume he hasn't tested the metal yet.  If he did, he didn't mention it.

Find (left) by John B.

Photos by John B.

John was asking for ideas on the object.

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I was talking about small objects that I dug in the past couple days.  Below is another one.

Dug Find on Dime.

Here is a closer look at the other side of the object.

Other Side of Same Object

It is very thin.  When I picked it out of the sand I didn't think it looked metallic to me, in part because it is so thin.  The signal made me expect something bigger.

I think could be the end of a bullet.  Maybe something like the one shown below.

What do you think?

I also found something a little bigger.  It is a heart very much like one found in Kathleen Deagan's book on Spanish Colonial Artifacts.  In fact I found one exactly like it before, and also one of silver.  I thought I had photos of it on my thumb drive, but they weren't there when I got ready to post them.  Maybe I can get that done some other time.

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MEXICO CITY: Archaeologists have discovered two iron ship anchors off Mexico’s Gulf Coast that they say date back 500 years and could have belonged to Spaniard Hernan Cortes’ fleet, which landed in 1519 before overthrowing the Aztec empire...

Cortes famously burnt the first ships he and his crew used to sail to Mexico, forcing his small army of treasure-hunters to march inland...

Two new television series are also stirring new interest in the history, one released last month by TV Azteca called “Hernan,” and another planned to be developed by famed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg entitled “Cortes” that stars Oscar-winner Javier Bardem...

Here is the link for more about that.
https://arynews.tv/en/anchors-mexico-spanish-conquest/

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An extensive archaeological excavation of Scotland's first railway track is planned for next year.

Wooden rails from the 297-year-old Tranent-Cockenzie Waggonway were uncovered in a dig in June this year.

Part of a cobbled horse track for the ponies which pulled the wagons up to coal pits at Tranent in East Lothian was also discovered.

A community project hopes next year excavation might unearth some of the timbers used to lay the railway...

Here is that link.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-50728225


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We still have some good wind and a five to seven foot surf.  The wind, though, is from the east.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

Only a few more detecting days before Christmas.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net