3/15/18 Report - Super Clay Pipe References.

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

Last month I found a broken clay pipe - my first from the Treasure Coast.  Although I have no reason to believe that the one I found has anything to do with the treasure wrecks, I wanted to find out if clay pipes have ever been found in association with Spanish shipwrecks.  I did find one listed in the Mel Fisher artifact database that was found on the site of the Atocha.  Unfortunately no picture was included.

I found two great web sites on clay pipes that you might want to check.

Here is the first.  This is a good Georgia archaeology that has some good information on clay pipes.

http://www.peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/12-pipes/157-kaolin-clay-trade-pipes

Here is a great paper: CLAY SMOKING PIPES RECOVERED FROM THE SUNKEN CITY OF PORT ROYAL: OCTOBER 1, 19P7 - MARCH )1, 1~68 ROBERT F. MARX

Click here for that one.

Once you get to the Western Australian Museum site, enter clay pipes in the search box and you'll find an extensive Robert Marx report that is excellent.

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Somebody asked me about cleaning common coins for useage.  I'll talk about that sometime soon.  I have one really sweet trick that I've used for decades.

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On the Treasure Coast today we'll have north winds and swells, more moderate tides, but only two or three feet of surf.

Save your hobby,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

2/7/16 Report - Florida Laws and Proposed Legislation. Citizen Archaeology Permit. Your Attention and Action Is Needed.

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

Before I get started on my main topic today, here is look at a couple of the Treasure Coast beaches.

Frederick Douglas and John Brooks Beaches Saturday Morning.

The wind has changed direction.  The swells are from the east.  I didn't seen anything but very small cuts and am not expecting any real good hunting in the next few days.  We'll be having a west wind until Monday afternoon.

I wish that the strong north wind would have continued.
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Gosports1 emailed me a link to something you need to know about.  The Florida Legislation is working on a bill that will provide for a citizen archaeology permit.

Here is link to a Forbes article that will give you some background.  The of the article is Florida Archaeologists Condemn Proposed Citizen Archaeology Permit.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/01/13/florida-archaeologists-condemn-proposed-citizen-archaeology-permit/#d2af5f558fc6

I suggest you read that article carefully.  It will give you some good information.

Below is a link to the proposed new wording for House Bill 803 and Senate Bill 1054.

http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0803/BillText/c1/PDF

I'll post some of the important proposed changes immediately below.  (Underlined words are proposed additions to the existing legislation and stricken words are to be deleted.  The blue high-lighted section is a mistake.)

I am not going to comment on this yet.  For one thing, I want to study it more and think about the likely intended and unintended consequences.  Secondly, I'd like to get your comments before giving mine.  Send them to TreasureGuide@comcast.net.

Here is a link that provides the relevant existing laws.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0200-0299/0267/0267.html

And if you want to contact your Florida representatives, you can get the email addresses at this FMDAC web site.

http://www.fmdac.org/breaking-news.html

I'm going to leave it at that for now even though  I could probably write a thousand pages about this.  I plan to post my thoughts some time in the future after you have a chance look into it and become more informed.

The main force behind these proposals seems to be the Tri State Archaeological Society.  You can google that if you wish.

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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net