Showing posts with label Gold Torc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gold Torc. Show all posts

Thursday, December 1, 2016

12/1/16 Report - Million Dollars of Gold Flakes Stolen. Great Bottle Book. Gold Torc Found.


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

Turtle Trail North Thursday
Photo by Darrel S.
Darrel, down from Gainesville, hit the Treasure Coast beaches hard for the last month and sent me a lot of reports and photos,  They were very helpful to me.  Thanks Darrel.

You can tell the cuts are old.  They are beaten down.  When they are new, they are more like a wall. They just sort of crumble over time if the water isn't hitting them.

In the above photo you can see that the water had just splashed up on the foot of the cuts.

Darrel says that Seagrape Trail access is still closed.

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Over a million dollars worth of gold flakes was stolen from the back of a truck in New York in broad daylight with bystanders not paying any attention.  

Here is the link to that story.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/us/daring-gold-theft-ny-trnd/

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A few days ago I posted a link to an article about how to tell the age of Coke bottles.  That post received a good number of Google Pluses.

Here is a great book that will give you tons of good information on how to date and identify all kinds of bottles.  You can read much of it online as a preview.

The book, written by Peter Schulz, has the title Baffle Marks and Pontil Scars: A Reader on Historic Bottle Identification.

Click on the title to look at that preview.

I highly recommend taking a look at this book if you collect bottles at all.

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3000 Year-Old Gold Torc (Belt) Find


A mysterious 3,000-year-old gold torc, described as one of the largest ever discovered, has been unearthed in the U.K.

Discovered in Cambridgeshire last year, the torc, which dates from between 1300 and 1100 B.C., went on display at the British Museum in London this week...


Here is the link for the rest of that story.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/11/30/huge-3000-year-old-gold-belt-unearthed-in-uk.html

Thanks to Bill White for that link.

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Expect a small surf for the next week or two.  Nothing exciting.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net


Wednesday, December 10, 2014

12/10/14 Report - Mel Fisher Sebastian Museum Open House and Book Signing. The Mary Celeste. Celtic Coin Hoard.


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


Gold Torc In Celtic Coin Hoard
See link below.
The Mel Fisher Museum and Treasure Store in Sebastian will be hosting a couple of events.  First is an open house on December 14 from noon to 5 pm.

Everyone is invited.

• Free Museum Admission during the open house
• Complimentary beverages and treats
• 10% off select items in our gift shop 
  

On Saturday December 20 from 10 am- 2pm there will be a presentation and book signing.

... a presentation by Captain Syd & KT Jones from the “Golden Crew” of the Atocha. They will be presenting their stories and adventures of their time spent working on the Atocha site and bringing up the Mother Lode. After the presentation they will be signing copies of author Syd Jones' book Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon.

Standard admission fees will apply - Adults $7, Seniors $5, Children $3.


Sebastian, Florida Museum & Treasure Store
1322 US Highway 1
Sebastian, FL 32958


For more information: (772) 589-9875

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What happened on the Mary Celeste?  Why was it abandoned?  No one seems to know.

http://io9.com/what-happened-aboard-historys-most-baffling-ghost-ship-1667518366


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Here is the link to the article about the gold torc and Celtic coin hoard.

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art508530-archaeologists-in-jersey-find-solid-gold-torc-hidden-in-celtic-coin-hoard

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If you haven't been to the museum in Sebastian, this might be a good time.  Free admission during the open house.

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The surf is decreasing just a little on the Treasure Coast.  Still not much erosion despite the hype on the TV news.  South Hutchinson Island down by the St. Lucie Inlet has some.

Michael T. sent in this report from Hobe Sound.  He said, I did an evening hunt at Hobe Sound hoping for some cuts but none found. Giant waves still pounding though! It was as if the whole beach got a good washing from top to bottom lol!

Dug a few good nickels and sinkers which made my heart flutter at the tones. I may try Jensen or Stuart tomorrow as well have another nice washing tonight!

Thanks Michael.


I'm not issuing any change in beach detecting conditions today.  I'm sticking with m 2 rating.

Typical Treasure Coast Beach Wednesday Morning.

One Interesting Washout.
There were a bunch of targets by the washout.  A lot of junk and a few other things.
 
Happy hunting,