10/23/19 Report - Ship of Plundered Booty Salvaged. Statues Thrown in River. Pontius Pilate's Road.

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More than 200 years after its devastating wreck, marine archaeologists have recovered gold jewelry, cookware, and chess pieces from the remains of the ship that belonged to Lord Elgin, researchers in Greece announced this week.

In 1802, a large double-masted ship called the Mentor set sail with treasure looted from Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin. It was heading from Greece toward Malta, intending to land in the UK, but the brig sank after crashing into rocks off the coast of Avlemonas on the island of Kythera. It took with it the entirety of the plundered booty, which included some 17 boxes filled with antiquities—the most famous of which were the Elgin Marbles, looted from the Parthenon...

Here is the link for more about that.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shipwreck-discovery-lord-elgin-1680415

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Controversial statues were removed from a church and thrown into the Tigres River.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-controversial-amazon-synod-statue-siezed-and-thrown-into-the-tiber-river-full-video

This article and the video can help you think about why and how various types of items end up in a body of water.  Sometimes it is intentional and sometimes not.  And why did the fellow select that particular spot to discard them?  How can you identify the most likely spots where items might be lost?  How did the fellow in the video choose the spot where he stopped to dump the statues?

If you think about those types of things, you might get some clues on where to search.  Some magnet fishing from that spot might be profitable.

In this case, it was a controversial statue.  In other cases, items might be discarded during war, after crimes, general mischief or simple accident.

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I got a note from one reader in Colorado about a beautiful 1944 wheat penny just found in change.  He wondered if finds like that might be from theft.  I think that is one way, but I there are other ways.  Sometimes things get passed down and the new owners don't have the same appreciation for the items or sometimes after collecting for a while, people find out that the items are not worth a great deal and have trouble selling them and just decide to spend them.  And sometimes it might be accident.  I know that one time I spent an old silver coin by accident after it accidentally got mixed in with other more modern finds.  Can you think of other reasons for older coins to be found in circulation?  Let me know.

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Archaeologists have unearthed a "lost" road in Jerusalem that was likely constructed by Pontius Pilate, the Roman who presided over the trial and execution of Jesus Christ.

Excavations revealed more than 100 coins beneath the street dating between 17 AD and 31 AD, meaning it would have been built during the famous Roman's rule.

Archaeologists first discovered the road in 1894, but they were unable to pinpoint the date of its construction...

Here is the link for more about that.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a29536844/pontius-pilate-lost-road/

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Don't you wish someone would send a dictionary to the media and pundits who can't seem to accurately read or interpret an English sentence.  I get so tired of reading that somebody said X, Y or  Z, when it is clearly not accurate.  Or do they simply think they can fool us?

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It is getting late in the year to still be so hot and muggy.  I wish it would cool off.

A new system popped up down by the Yucatan.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

We are going to get a bump in the surf  Friday and Saturday.

I know a lot of people got discouraged this year with Dorian and all of the high surf but getting very little erosion.  There was a lot of excitement and anticipation but very little to show for it after wards.  You can't allow yourself to get discouraged though.  Sometimes you have to adapt and do things differently for a while.  Patience and persistence are necessary, but adaptability and creativity also help.  Sometimes you have to check out new places and maybe go a little farther to hunt than you'd prefer.  When things aren't producing at your normal sites sometimes it is a good thing because it forces you to do something new or different.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

7/31/19 Report - Latest 1715 Fleet Treasures Found by Salvage Crews on the Treasure Coast.

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Intricate Gold Pieces of Rosary Found by Sea Trepid at Corrigans.

I just received an update on the salvage season from JaminJackUSA today.  The Salvage Crews are making amazing finds.

All the treasure shown today was found in the last few weeks.

You've heard people say that it has all been found.  Here is proof how wrong that is!

All of these photos were submitted by JaminJack.  Thanks much for sharing!

Levin Shavers on the Sea Trepid with Beautiful Gold Pieces.

Silver Bowl Found by SeaTrepid at Corrigans.

John Brandon and Jimmy Parker With Reason to Smile.

Mike Perna on Mighty Mo Showing GRAT Gold Coin Find

More Ornate Gold Rosary Parts Found by Sea Reaper at Corrigans.

Gold Nuggets Found by Hitting Bottom at Rio Mar.

Three Figures Found by Capitana at Corrigans.

Congratulations guys!

If that doesn't get your juices going nothing will.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves today.

We do have a tropical wave moving in our direction, but it probably won't be much.  I'll report on that tomorrow.  Nothing urgent.

Happy hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net

11/6/15 Report - Treasure Coast Compared To South Florida For Detecting Modern Gold. Submarine Found Off Highland Beach.

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Small Cuts Along A Treasure Coast Beach Yesterday.

Notice the remnant of an earlier cut at the top right of the photo.

Walton Rocks Not Showing Any Cuts Yesterday.

There was a nice cut here back a a few weeks ago.  It is gone now.  Just to the north, though, the beach was steeper than it was before.  Sand had been lost, but there were no significant cuts.

It can be difficult to recognize when a beach gets cut back and slopes at a steeper incline.

At another beach, there was a fresh new one or two foot cut, but the new cut was in sand that accumulated just a few days ago over top of an older and deeper cut.  The new cut was a good foot or two above where the old cut was.  If you didn't know where the old was, you might have found the new cut more interesting.

Below is a picture of a submarine-like tube found floating near Highland Beach.

Submarine-Like Tube Found Floatin Near Boca Yesterday.

It had a small propeller and motor.

They thought it was for transporting either drugs or immigrants.  My bet is on drugs.

Photo of The Propeller.

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Someone asked me why it is so much easier to find gold jewelry down south than it is on the Treasure Coast.  It is easy to answer that.  There are a number of reasons.

First, look at the pictures of the Treasure Coast beaches shown above.  You can see down the one beach for a long distance and you will only see two beach-goers.  There aren't a lot of people on the Treasure Coast beaches.  The Miami/Fort Lauderdale area has hundreds of resorts and hundreds of times more beach goers.  There are only a few beaches where people really congregate on the Treasure Coast, and you get nothing like the Miami crowds on any of those.  Instead of tons of large beach-side resorts, there are very few big resorts on the Treasure Coast.  You also won't see the parasailing and other concessions that are so common down south.

Not only does the Miami/Fort Lauderdale have a lot of big resorts, but they have had them for decades.  I remember back when Fort Lauderdale was the place to be for Spring Break,  The beach towels were so close together on the beach that you could hardly walk down to the water.  The crowds were that densely packed.

Secondly, the people on the Treasure Coast do not wear a lot of gold jewelry.  It is a not a glitzy showplace.  It doesn't have the same culture.  Many beaches on the Treasure Coast are frequented by those who either want a more private or natural beach or a low-cost vacation.

Third, how many people swim on the Treasure Coast beaches?  Not many.  I seldom see people wading or swimming along the Treasure Coast, and when I do, there are just a few.  The Treasure Coast beaches are not the type of beaches where people wade and play a lot.  The Treasure Coast beaches do get some surfers, but they don't wear a lot of expensive jewelry.

A lot of the beach-goers on the Treasure Coast are either residents, part-time residents, or frequent visitors.  They are familiar with beach life and are generally more careful.  They are not here to get drunk and party.

Fourth, despite the low number of beach-goers on the Treasure Coast beaches, there are a lot of detectorists.  There are a lot of detectorists down south, but the relative number of detectorists on the Treasure Coast is much higher.

As one example, I saw maybe twenty or thirty people total on three Treasure Coast beaches yesterday morning.  At the same time I saw three other detectorists.  That is a high number of detectorists compared to the low number of beach-goers.

The Treasure Coast ocean beaches often have a rougher surf - very often too rough for most water detectorists, and much of the water is off limits to detectorists because of the salvage and exploration leases.  As you know, a lot of the jewelry finds are found by shallow water hunters.

There you have it.  I could name a couple more factors, but they are not as significant, so I'll leave it at that for now.

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Expect a two or three foot surf on the Treasure Coast for the next few days.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net