6/26/19 Report - Some Cleaned Silver Coins. Jackie Robinson Bat Found. Metal Detecting Around People: Tips and Precautions.

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Silver Coin Cleaned by Muriatic Acid 

Yesterday I posted photos of the surface of a couple coins that I was going to clean using Muriatic Acid.  I immersed three silver quarters and five silver dimes about a 10% solution for about a day.   All eight coins were in the same container together for the same amount of time.

Above you see the cleaned 1942 quarter,.  Below you see part of the same 1942 quarter (right) before it was cleaned.

Surfaces on Recently Dug Dime and Quarter That I'll Be Cleaning.

That quarter came out better than the others.  Below is another 1942 quarter that I cleaned in the batch.  It didn't come out as well.

Another 1942 Quarter That Was Cleaned.

It looks like the second 1942 quarter might benefit from additional cleaning.

And below is the third quarter that was cleaned in that batch.  It is in worse condition.

Cleaned 1947 Quarter.

The surface on this one is very rough.

I also cleaned some Roosevelt and Mercury dimes in the same solution.

1946 Dime After One Day in Diluted Solution of Muriatic Acid.

This dime (above) still has some surface scale that I think will come off with additional cleaning.

I'm going to put it back in the solution for a while to see how the surface corrosion reacts.

Here are a closer views of the surface of that dime.

Closer View of Surface of Same 1946 Dime.

We'll see the effects of additional time in the solution maybe tomorrow.

Another 1946 Dime

I did another 1946 dime.  That one (above) has a badly pitted surface.  I don't think additional cleaning will do much for it.

Here is a Roosevelt dime that is nearly unidentifiable.

Roosevelt Dime - Date Unknown.

The third Roosevelt dime came out just as bad as the Mercury dimes.

Now to the Mercury dimes, which did not come out very well.

Mercury Dime - Date Undetermined.

Additional treatment of this Mercury dime might remove some more surface materials, but I don't think the appearance will be improved,

Almost Unidentifiable Mercury Dime.

The last Mercury dime is terrible as well.

The first quarter turned out fairly nice, but the rest are bad.

None have any numismatic value.  Coin collectors are very particular about condition, and these ones aren't even close.

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A man found a valuable Jackie Robinson baseball bat in with a bunch of worthless bats and tells the seller.  They quickly removed the bat from the garage sale.

Here is the link.

https://news.ntd.com/man-realizes-baseball-bat-at-garage-sale-is-worth-more-than-its-price-tag_305473.html

If I was the owner I would reward the man for his honest kindness.  He could have easily bought the bat for almost nothing and kept the profit for himself.

Kindness is often not rewarded.  I don't know how many times I returned a found gold ring or something and received not so much as a thank you.  You have to wonder about people.  Are the not capable of showing gratitude?

I'm not saying you should return items and show kindness for the reward, but I'd think that people would like to reward those that freely do things for them for no particular reason other than being honest and kind.

In fact, as I've told before, I've had people on multiple occasions try to claim finds that did not belong to them.  If they see you find something, they'll say that they lost it.  Or they'll tell you I lost a ring, if you find it, it belongs to me.

Here are some things I do.

First, get a good description of the item, including details that would not be obvious to any casual observer, such as a date inscribed in the ring.

Define the area you are going to hunt, and if in sand, draw a boundary and keep everyone out of it while you search.  Explain that you have to be able to swing the detector and have to cover every inch and you want to be able to see where you have and haven't been.  You can't have people in the way.  That also helps makes it possible for you to get a look at found items before everybody else.

When hunting in the water, if other people are trying to see what you are digging up, when you raise your scoop, as it nears the surface, shake it violently, raising a cloud of sand that will conceal the item until you stick your hand in the scoop and find it by feel and put it in your pocket before anyone else sees it.  You can then move away from people and inspect it when you can do it privately.

The goal is to get items for the rightful owner - not for crooks.

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A couple days ago I heard from Captain Jonah.  He has been having boat problems, but expected to get out soon.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

12/13/11 Report - Finding & Returning Lost Items

New Named Tropical Storm Franklin.

He's is going out to sea and won't affect us.

One of the neat things about detecting is when you return a lost item to someone who really treasures it. It happens relatively often. And sometimes when at the beach someone will ask you to find something that they just lost. Sometimes the lost item is a valuable piece of jewelry, but sometimes it is something like a pair of glasses or car keys.

I've been able to return a number of gold and diamond rings, an emerald ring, gold chain, and glasses and keys. Most of the time you don't get a reward. And sometimes not even so much as a thank you.

I've told some stories in the past about how some attempts to return lost items were harshly turned away. That is puzzling, but you never know the circumstances of the loss, which might account for the owner not wanting any contact.

I once found a matching engagement and wedding ring in close proximity in the water and thought they might have been thrown away.

Once I was able to find a tourist,s eye glasses that were lot in the ocean. He offered to buy me a drink as a reward. I declined.

One lady after getting her emerald ring back, ran back to her beach blanket and returned stuffing a twenty dollar bill into my pocket.

And one day a guy that ran the jet ski rentals and other concessions at a major hotel lost a big bunch of keys, which put him out of business until they were found. He offered me fifty dollar to find them. It only took me a few minutes to earn the fifty dollars.

I always tell people to get a very detailed description of an item before showing it to someone who says that they lost it. I can recall at least three occasions when someone tried to claim an item that wasn't theirs. People will do that.

When a $30,000 diamond ring went up for auction after sitting in a police evidence room for two years, 25 people called the police claiming that it was theirs.

Here is the link to that story.

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/$30-k-diamond-ring-returned-to-owner


Fortunately many rings can be traced to their owner.

One detectorist was lucky enough to find a Super Bowl ring on a beach and personally returned it to the player.

Here is the link to that story.

http://www.minelab.com/usa/consumer/success-stories/superbowl-ring-found-on-beach-and-returned-to-player


And here is a really great web site. If you've lost or found a class ring you can enter it into a database. Hopefully many rings are returned through this web site.

Here is the link.

http://www.classringfinder.com/ContactUs.aspx

I highly recommend using this site and think I should come up with some type of award for the site.

And here is a link to another story about a found class ring being returned. This one was eye-balled.

http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2011-06-21/story/class-ring-found-returned-50-years-after-loss


You never know what you are going to find on a beach. It seems like anything in the world can pop up on a beach. I just saw a story where one man found a human skull on the beach. I'm glad that wasn't me - the skull I mean. I wouldn't want to be the finder either.

One man recently found 55 pounds of cocaine on a beach. If you ask me it really really isn't rare for drugs to be found on a beach.

Here is a link to that story.

http://www.sharpanddriverlaw.com/drug-crimes/499/galveston-drugs/

Of course you know what to do if that happens to you - call the police.


I once saw three huge bales of pot that washed up on a Treasure Coast shipwreck beach one morning before they were removed by the authorities.


Back to the lost jewelry. If lost jewelry isn't found, it can't be returned.
I don't know why some people can't understand that.


Yesterday I posted an incorrect statement and after discovering it, removed it. As a result I'll refer back to my June 2, 20089 post giving the rules and regulations for metal detecting on Florida beaches as provided by Tom Guidus.

Here is one statement from the June 2, 2009 post which corrects the error I made yesterday.

... and other than the National Parks, and a few upscale hotels around the state. You are allowed to hunt the beaches from the base of the Dune to the low tide line as you desire, and that includes the beaches adjacent to the 1715 fleet of Spanish shipwrecks.

Sorry for any confusion that I may have caused. The entire June 2, 2009 post on rules and regulations is still available for review.



Treasure Coast Beach Forecast and Conditions.

The wind is from the southwest and the seas still calm. The surf web sites show an increase in seas next Wednesday and Thursday, but only up to two feet. That might well change though. They are not real reliable with their predictions several days in advance. And who knows what all of these tropical disturbances will do by then.

Right now Treasure Coast beach conditions remain poor. There is a lot of action in the Atlantic though, so thing could change.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net