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| Uncleaned Four Reale Found Last Wednesday. |
I wanted to take a photo before I starting cleaning it. I can't believe I waited so long before starting the cleaning, but I've had plenty to keep me busy.
After one hour in a diluted Muriatic solution, I could see the denomination mark emerging.
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| Details Emerging After Hour in Diluted Muriatic Solution. |
This one might be Charles II era (1665 - 1700)? That's my guess now, but I'm not sure yet. What do you think?
I also got a close-up photo of the half-reale I showed the other day. Here is a closer look at that one.
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| One Gram Half Reale Found Last Week. |
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| Rare Potosi Heart Reales. |
If you look at the top of the newly found half reale you might be able to see that it looks like maybe the top part was chipped off. And if you stand that half reale so that the tail is at the very bottom, the cross is unusually well centered and oriented. Most likely all of that is coincidence, but I sure would have liked to know what the top originally looked like.
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Yesterday I showed a variety of small items found on the Treasure Coast in recent months. That included the little piece found by Captain Jonah. Mark Myer sent me a photo that he sent me back in September of September of 2017 that shows a very similar small find along with a hinge. Below is that photo from Mark.
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| 2017 Finds by Mark M. |
Part of what I've been doing in this blog, without really starting out with that intention, is documenting and cataloging Treasure Coast beach finds.
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One thing I should have mentioned about the group of small items that I showed yesterday, is that there is a mixture of old and new items that were found in the same area on the same day. While a small half reale was found with other old small items, there was also some obviously newer items. One appears to be an electrical connector. That goes along with the series I started not long ago on how difficult it can be too determine the age of finds and how context can be misleading when you are talking about beach finds. Just because an item is found with older items does not mean it is also old. It improves the chances some, but it doesn't guarantee anything.
Here is one way, and I'd say one of the most prevalent ways, that older and newer items get mixed together.
In the back dunes there are layers of material with older items buried deeper and under newer items. So when the dune erodes, it erodes from the bottom, and a vertical slab falls to the base of the cliff and the items are then redistributed by whatever waves might still be hitting the base of the cliff. Depending upon various factors, those items will be redistributed over a small or large area. If that area is relatively small, there won't be much sorting or classifying happening.
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I haven't received any beach photos the last couple of days and might have some for you tomorrow. We have been getting some ENE swells and decent, but not large, surf.
Let me know if you have and ideas on these objects or any corrections.
Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net