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Two Lucky Metal Detectorists Find Record-Breaking Iron Age Coin Hoard
Guinness has verified Jersey’s 69,347 coins – collectively named Catillon II – as a world-beating find. It happened in Jersey, largest of the Channel Islands, back in 2012 and has only now been recognized.
2 metal detectorists, Reg Mead and Richard Miles, tracked down the hoard on the eastern side of the island. Their search was far from brief, lasting an amazing 3 decades. It’s thought Catillon II, found a little over 3 ft under the soil, dates to around 50 BC...
The BBC notes that in addition to coins there were “a large number of gold neck torques and other pieces of jewellery, as well as glass beads, a leather purse and a woven bag of silver and gold work.”...
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/02/05/iron-age-coin-hoard/
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A day or two ago I mentioned the late-18th century British camp just meters away from the Winter Beach salvage camp. JamminJack sent in the following photos of the 60th Regiment of Foot buttons, which were on display at the McLarty museum.
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60th Regiment of Foot Buttons.
Submitted by JamminJack
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And here is another nice artifact.
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Flintlock Pistol, Circa 1779.
Photo submitted by JamminJack.
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A day or two ago I also mentioned the Green Cabin wreck. I Just received some good information about coins found on the Green Cabin wreck from Mike S., who dived for Roy Volker.
Here is what he said.
Hello,
I love reading your blog, which brings me back to my days diving for Roy Volker from 1988 to 1996.
Roy was a living encyclopedia of the 1715 fleet and the salvage efforts from the 60s onward, having lived so much of that himself. it was an amazing honor for a kid like me to turn his dream of being a treasure hunter into actual experiences of working as a diver for that man.
One thing he always pointed out to me, and showed me examples from his collection, was that coins from the Green Cabin wreck were bowl-shaped. That's just a note about some of their defining characteristics, which I thought was very cool. I always wanted to find at least one of those coins, but we only worked one day on that wreck during the time I was with him, making our way back up from the Rio Mar wreck towards our usual location, being the cabin wreck. I did find some led sheathing and some white ballast. That is the only wreck I've ever seen white ballast on.
Keep up the great work.
Mike S
Good information. Thanks for sharing Mike.
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I also received some information concerning the crystals found by TM. I posted the photo below of the crystals a few days ago.
I asked for permission to post that information and hope to be able to do that soon. It turned out that they could be something very different from what I initially thought.
As I always say, "Hang onto your finds until you know for sure."
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No change in beach conditions.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net