9/20/19 Report - HMS Endeavour Found. College Class Rings Returned. Gold Toned Silver Coin.

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

1927 Gold Toned Quarter.

This 1927 quarter was found many years ago.  It is the only silver coin that I've found that has developed such a bright gold toning, which seems to be increasing.  I don't know how or why that happened.

Reverse of Same 1927 Gold Toned Quarter.

The coloring in the photo is accurate - no digital editing or anything.

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The possible discovery of HMS Endeavour off the east coast of the US has been hailed as a “hugely significant moment” in Australian history, but researchers have warned they are yet to “definitively” confirm whether the wreck has been located.

On Wednesday Fairfax Media reported archaeologists from the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, or Rimap, had pinpointed the final resting place of the famous vessel in which Captain James Cook reached Australia in 1770. 

The ship was later used by the British royal navy in the American war of Independencee and was eventually scuttled with a dozen other vessels off Newport, Rhode Island in 1778....

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/19/wreck-of-captain-cooks-hms-endeavour-discovered-off-coast-of-america

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The alumni magazine from one of the schools I got a degree from had an article about two returned class rings.

One took a long journey.  It was first lost while the owner was fishing back in the 1970s.  He took off the ring and put it into a vest pocket while he tied a lure.   It was found years later, given to the daughter of the lady who found it.  She couldn't find the owner.  The ring was eventually given to an official of the university.  The owner was eventually found, decades after it was lost.

Another ring went missing.  Evidently it was stolen by a college room mate who gave it to a girl.  Eventually the girl gave it to the president of the school alumni association, who couldn't find the owner for some time.  After some time other university contacts were able to identify the owner, which lead to the ring's return.  That was before facebook etc.

My mother lost her college class ring when planting flowers at a grave site.  She thinks she laid it on the stone while working the dirt.  When she returned it was gone.

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The Dawson City Museum in Yukon is about to get an overhaul that will allow new exhibits, displaying artifacts only ever held in storage.

It will be the museum's first major renovation in about three decades.

"Because our displays change very little, a lot of the acquisitions over the last 30 years have never been on display," said Alex Somerville, the museum's executive director...

Here is that link.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dawson-city-museum-renovations-1.4295988

When people donate items to a museum I think they expect the item to be displayed, but that doesn't always happen.  I've heard from people who have donated items, and the items disappeared somehow.

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You've probably seen about New Bern, North Carolina on the news.  I did a little (very little) metal detecting there back in the 1980s when I was on a business trip to the Naval Air Rework Facility.  I buried a knife that I used as a digging tool by a hotel light post in case I returned.  I never did.

Nothing much happening in the Atlantic, and not much happening on the beaches either.  Expect a peak surf of around 4 - 5 feet on Sunday.

Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net

9/9/18 Report - Safe Uncovered. Now Three Named Storms That Could Become Hurricanes Moving East.

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Source: See CBC link below.

An old iron safe discovered by construction workers digging up part of downtown Dawson City, Yukon, is generating a lot of curiosity.

"Everybody wants to know what's inside, but we checked with YG [Yukon Government] heritage resources and the local museum and neither of those people seem to be interested in it," said Mark Dauphinee, superintendent of public works in Dawson City....
Here is the link for the rest of the story.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-dawson-city-safe-discovered-1.4777964

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For us the Treasure Coast the big story is that we have three named storms now.  You can see that it looks like a parade of storms coming off of Africa now.

Three Named Storms.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Besides Florence, there is now Isaac and Helene.  I said a couple days ago that North Carolina could get hit by Florence.  Now that is what the TV news is saying.  Worse yet, if the Ventusky.com projections are correct, Florence will slow down and hang near the Coast of North and South Carolina for quite a while.  Of course there could be changes to any of that.

Florence.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov

According to the above cone, there is a good chance North Carolina will get the strong north side of the storm.

But the one I'm thinking could hit near us is Isaac.  We got the I storm last year - Irma.  That one caused a lot of problems.

Isaac.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov

It is too early to say with any kind of certainty where Isaac might go, but the NHC has it going across the windward islands as a hurricane.  The storms normally turn north at some point.  If it turns early, it could hit the East Coast of the U.S., or if it turns later, it could go into the Gulf.  Still too early to tell.

Helene.
Source: nhc.noaa.gov

It looks like Helene will go out into the Atlantic and not be much problem to the U. S.

So what does all that mean to us this week?

Surf Predictions.
Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

It still looks like we'll get a day or two of big surf.  Those other days of three foot and more surf could help too, depending upon how they hit.

Bottom line is that you need to be ready for the possibility of improved beach detecting conditions some time in the next week or two.  Get your batteries charged and your equipment in good order.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net