12/14/19 Report - Treasure Coast Detectorist Returns 1970 Class Ring. Local Beaches. Huge Coin Hoard Goes on Display.

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

Ring Found by Jerry P.

Photo submitted by Jerry P.

Here is a story about a detectorist who found a 1970 class ring (shown above) from Auburndale Alabama on the Treasure Coast and was able to locate the original owner. 

Same Ring Found by Jerry P. After Cleaning.

Photo submitted by Jerry P.

Here is how Jerry told the story.

While detecting along the treasure coast I pulled a class ring or what appeared to be a class ring covered in green crud. It took two days of cleaning before the ring finally revealed the schools name, graduation date and three very hard to read initials KEB. Not being a social media genius I asked a close friend to post it of her FaceBook page. It spread like fire and before long Auburndale High School pick it up and started a post on their FaceBook page. A few hours later a man from the school said he had access to the Auburndale High School Alumni directory and could run the initials with the graduation date of 1970. Within 24 hours from the first FaceBook post the name Kenneth E. Board was identified and notified by answering machine. When he called me back he was in total disbelief. Mr. Board said he had lost the ring after diving his prom date over 100 mile to the east coast for a day at the beach. A storm came in and they grabbed the blanket and ran off the beach never to see his graduation ring again until almost 50 years later! Mr. Boards 50th reunion is coming up and boy will he have a story! Finding gold and silver on the beach is a thrill but being able to return a target and learn about it has been a rewarding journey. JP 

Jerry and the Ring's Owner.

Photo submitted by Jerry P.

Here is a link where you can read more about this story and more about Jerry's detecting finds and experiences.

https://weather.com/news/news/2019-12-03-class-ring-found-after-50-years-in-florida

Thanks for sharing Jerry.  Great story!  Congratulations.

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Do you recognize this Treasure Coast location?

Where the Walk-over to John Brooks Beach Used To Be.

I visited a couple beaches yesterday afternoon and found that the walkover to John Brooks beach had been removed.  That is undoubtedly why the park was closed when I last visited.

I don't know what they plan to do here, but East portion of the old walkover was continually getting covered by sand blowing off the beach.  

John Brooks Beach Friday Afternoon.

You can see from the weeds deposited on the beach that the most recent tide was not removing sand.

John Brooks Beach Friday Afternoon.

While neither beach looked really promising, Frederick Douglass beach looked a touch better to me.  The bottom third of half was fairly firm.

Frederick Douglass Beach Friday Afternoon.

I saw one detectorist working to the south of Frederick Douglass yesterday afternoon.

Frederick Douglass Beach Friday Afternoon.

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A six million dollar coin hoard found by detectorists will be going on display at the British Museum.

A pair of metal detectorists made the discovery of a lifetime when they unearthed a hoard of ancient coins worth around $6 million in a field in Somerset, in the West of England. The historic find, believed to be one of the biggest ever treasure troves uncovered in the UK, is due to be unveiled at the British Museum tomorrow.

Treasure hunters Adam Staples and Lisa Grace unearthed the 2,571 Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins in January when they were searching farmland with their trusty metal detectors. In an interview with Treasure Hunting Magazine, the couple described the hoard as “amazing” and “absolutely mind-blowing.” They reported their find to the authorities as required by UK law, and the coins were soon sent to the British Museum for evaluation...

Here is the link for more about that.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-treasure-coins-1636096

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

The surf will be running around two to four feet.

Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net

4/3/18 Report - Coin Hoard. Don't Get Stuck In A Rut. Analyze and Adjust.

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

Source: See LiveScience link below.

A hoard of about 119 coins, together with an iron lock that may have sealed them within a container, have been found inside a collapsed building in the harbor of the ancient city of Corinth in Greece.

The discovery leaves archaeologists with a mystery: Why didn't anyone come to retrieve the stash after the building collapsed?

"That is an excellent question and one that has been troubling us," said Paul Scotton, a professor of classics at California State University Long Beach who leads excavations for the Lechaion Harbor and Settlement Land Project. "The coins were found circa 30-40 centimeters [12 to 16 inches] below modern ground level under the collapsed tile roof. With it having been so close to the surface, why someone didn't return for it is a puzzle. Either the owner could not or did not want to retrieve it. Exactly why that would be is only conjecture," Scotton said...

Here is that link.

https://www.livescience.com/62192-ancient-coin-stash-leaves-mystery.html

It is amazing how much is out there.  Here is a hoard of 119 coins that was just about a foot below ground level that has been there around 1600 years.  Not long ago I told about a small city lot in the suburbs of a large modern Florida city that produced hundreds of coins.  There is not shortage of good targets out there, but you might have to do something different to get them.  

There are times when you have to adjust.  One of the most common mistakes made by very experienced detectorists is using the same techniques on different types of sites.  It might be as simple as adjusting your detector settings or using a different detector.  Some people never bother to change their detector settings no matter where they hunt.  I've seen guys that don't do anything except go out to the beach and turn their detector on and start hunting.   They never make adjustments to the beach conditions, part of the beach they are hunting, or anything.   They turn the detector on and go.  That's it.  You can get away with that most of the time, but there are times when it is a big mistake.  You usually don't find out about the big mistakes.  A miss is a miss.

Some good time spent eye-balling can be a big help, whether you are looking at a beach or a land site.  Analyze the situation before beginning.  But there is no reason to analyze a situation unless you are going to make some adjustments.

Metal detecting a busy resort area is much different from detecting an out of the way treasure beach and both are very different from detecting a home site.

In my early days of detecting in South Florida I forced the beach to produce.  I was determined that every day I would find something good and hopefully a lot of it.  One day I remember, I started about sunrise and was determined I was going to find some gold that day.  Well, it didn't happen quickly that day, but I kept at it and finally pulled a gold ring out of a sand bar as the sun was starting to set. I usually didn't detect nearly that long in one session, but I did often go out with that same level of drive and determination.

There was a lot to be found down there.  There were many hotels and beach resorts that were pretty busy almost every day all year long.  If one wasn't working, you could hit the next and the next and the next.  You could move from shallow water to working dry sand and around cabanas or move to an older beach.  There were endless choices.  There were even places, that despite the large number of detectorists, that were seldom, if ever, detected for one reason or another.  I especially like to do the spots that no one else seemed to be hitting.

In recent days, I've told about different kinds of sites and different techniques for exploiting those sites.  There will be a learning curve if you decide to try different types of sites or use different techniques, but it can be worth it.

If you have been doing the same thing at the same places over and over again and finding less than you hoped, it might be a good time to try something different.

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

Looks like we'll get a little bump in the surf on Friday.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net