11/5/16 Report - Bon Steel to John Brooks. Gold Treasure Coin Worth Over $300,000 In Child's Play Coins. Bigger Surf Predicted For Tomorrow.

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

Bon Steel Today
Photo by Darrel S.

Most of the beaches along the Treasure Coast look similar.  Notice the sea weed in the dry sand area.  The front beach has a layer of new sand and small shells.

Darrel and friends also stopped at Turtle Trail and Seagrape Trail.  Not much was found.  Darrel reported that Seagrape is still closed.

Thanks much for the report Darrel.

John Brooks This Morning.

There was new sand and some small shells piled on this beach too.

Bunches of Small Shells at Water Line.

In the early morning there was a wind shift and according to the windyty site, there was supposed to be a more northerly direction to the waves.  It didn't do much though, as you can see form the photos.

I'm sticking with my "1" (poor) Treasure Coast Beach Detecting Conditions Rating.  It is a lot better than summer.  Shouldn't take too much to get rid of some of the new sand on the beach front and open up some holes.

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A man, who as a boy played pirates with the foreign coins his grandfather brought him, was playing with one "pirate"coin that was actually worth over $300,000.

According to The Telegraph, the unidentified man from Hertfordshire, England received the coin from his grandfather who traveled all around the world for work. His grandfather would bring him sacks of antique coins from his travels, and he would use the coins while pretending he was a pirate as a young boy.

The valuable coin is "a Queen Anne Vigo 5 guinea piece, made of gold seized from Spanish treasure ships in 1702. It’s one of just 15 known to be in existence."  (See below).

Gold Guinea With Other Coins

Here is the link.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/toy-pirate-treasure-worth-more-than-300000

Thanks to Jorge Y. for the heads-up on that story.

Just goes to show once again, it pays to know what you have.

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Today's surf was not as big as predicted earlier.  Tomorrow's surf is still predicted to be up to seven feet.  It still won't help much unless they hit at a better angle.

Happy hunting@

11/2/13 Report - Capped Bust Half, News Story on $300,000 Treasure Coast Find & Eight Foot Surf Predicted for Treasure Coast

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

Part of the $300,000 Treasure Found by the Schmitt Family
This Summer Off of Fort Pierce.
Photo from the ABC News Story linked in this post.

Treasure Coast treasure hunters were recently featured on ABC News.  You already know the main story.  I posted it this summer shortly after it happened.  The story is about the Schmitt family finds off Fort Pierce at the Nieves site.

Here is the link to the new tv coverage.

http://www.kvue.com/news/222281301.html


I just went through the SedwickCoins auction results for the internet-only auction held Friday.  Here are a few things I noticed.

No lots in this session went for more than $2000.   Six or seven lots brought between one and two thousand dollars.  A good number of those lots consisted of 10 or more coins or cobs, so the average per cob for those multiple item lots was generally somewhere around $100.

The most common price for lots in this session was between one and two hundred dollars.

The encrusted silver coins from the Fort Capron treasure that I talked about yesterday sold for about $170.

There were a number of lots that did not sell.  They might be offered again.

Browsing a large number of lots like that will give you a good idea of the typical price ranges for certain types of cobs and coins.  Of course prices will vary considerably depending upon particulars and condition.

1837 Capped Bust
Find and Photo by William M.

Beverly L wrote in and said the following.   Saw your blog post about the lead sheet you found. Can you uncrumple it? In several 16th century Spanish shipwrecks spare unused sheets, folded up, were found which were thought to be used for spares to repair damage to existing sheathing. You may have found one of those. They are usually 5-9mm in thickness.

Thanks Beverly.

I haven't tried to straighten it out.  So far I wanted to leave it as found.  Was also afraid of breaking it.



I've been showing a few old coins found on the Treasure Coast.  They were all very worn.

Here is a 1837 Capped Bust found by William M. near the Treasure Coast.  It is also heavily worn.

Nice find William!  Congratulations.

Some of these are worth big money if they are in good condition.


The big news for me is the predictions of a bigger surf on the Treasure Coast.

We haven't had much for quite a while.

The predictions are not only showing four to six feet for the middle of next week, but also up to eight feet for next weekend.

If we actually get up to an eight foot surf after a period of four to six foot surf, I'd bet that I will be increasing my beach detecting conditions rating significantly for the Treasure Coast.

Not only does it look like we'll be getting a bigger surf, but it looks like it will be for several days.  That should do something good for us.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net