7/8/17 Report - Mel Fisher Days and Lifetime Achievement Award. Atocha, Margarita and Treasure Coast Finds. New Island. Scoop Assist.

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Newly Formed Island Off North Carolina
Source: Charlotte Observor

I talk a lot about how sand and things move on a beach.  Here is a new island that recently formed.  It continues to grow, but it might disappear just as fast.

One thing I'd be interested in is where the sand came from.  When sand builds up one place, it comes from someplace else.  That is obvious enough.  So the question is did something get uncovered.  That is what I think about when I see sand accumulating.

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article160073179.html

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Along the Treasure Coast, Captain Jonah and the crew of the Capitana has been finding lots of musket balls, pottery,lead,and some Silver coins.

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The Fisher organization reports that June was one of their best months of 2017.  Found on the Margarita and Atocha sites were an "ornate piece of gold jewelry, more than a dozen silver coins, a rapier, knife blades, pottery and lots of encrusted objects..." 

Mel Fisher Days will be celebrated this year in Key West July 13 through 15. Captain Andy Matroci will receive the Mel Fisher Lifetime Achievement Award. Here is the link for additional detail.

www.MelFisherDays.com

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I give away tons of free information all the time.  I generally don't do free product advertising too, and I probably never will, most especially unless I've tested the product myself and can offer my own observations. but Warren D. said,  Here's an example of a scoop assist handle we created to allow one handed digging without bending your back.  You lift it like you would lift a suitcase using your legs.  It clamps on to any handle. Here it is seen on a Stealth scoop with a carbon fiber handle.

Warren D. Using Scoop Assist Handle On Stealth Scoop.

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There are only a few hours to respond to the most recent blog poll.

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Tropical Depression Four has disappeared and there is currently no tropical weather to watch.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

7/10/16 Report - Gold Sent To Spain From The New World. T. C. Find. Good Research Resources.

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The Lifetime Acheivement award will be presented to Captain John Brandon at the Mel Fisher Days Kickoff Party at the Schooner Wharf bar in Key West on July 15th at 6:00 pm. Congratulations John!

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Here is a good chapter that you might want to read.  It attempts to summarize the amount of gold transferred to Spain from the colonies for each decade, beginning with the conquest.

http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/cowen/~gel115/115ch8.html

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Here are a couple of clippings I got from somewhere.  I don't know the sources right off, but they might have come from the linked sources that I give in this post.  The figures are interesting, but only something to start with.  I wouldn't take either as being very precise.

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I got my Kirlian photography setup working.  No problem.  I'm glad it was made of old components. The modern crap probably wouldn't be working after four decades. I might be able to study the electromagnetic fields produced by various targets and compare that to the signals the same targets produce with metal detectors.

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Here is the watch find that I mentioned yesterday.

Treasure Coast find.

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Here is a great reference source on all matters related to commerce.  It is the Hunt's Merchant's Magazine and Commercial Review, which was published in the mid 1800s.  It is really full of good research information.

The topics are extensive including things like admiralty law, counterfeit coins, coinage in the Americas and Europe, gold digging in California, railroads, the amount of silver and gold in America and Europe and the effect on the economies.  I can't really give you the idea, but I hope you'll take a look for yourself.  The index provides direct links to each topic listed.

I think maybe Table 1 above came from this source.

Click here to take a look at the 23rd volume.

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The post today is a bit of a hodge podge.  Notice the new poll that I posted.  I appreciate your responses.

We have a few more days of one-foot surf.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net