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Two Reales Sold on EBay.This one just sold for a few cents under forty dollars.
I'll start right off with the big news today. Eight foot seas are predicted for Fort Piece and twelve foot seas for Sebastian. Now that looks promising! There is a very good chance, if that actually happens, that the water will get all the way back to the dunes at some location. That also means a lot of movement on the front beach, obviously. It has been a long time since anything like that has happened on the Treasure Coast. Irene didn't do anything nearly like that down here.
I believe it has been two or three years since the water eroded the back dunes on the Treasure Coast. I don't remember which year it was for sure, but I remember it was in October and some nice cobs, including some Potosi eight-reales were found then.
It's not uncommon for the Treasure Coast to get a good northeaster sometime in the fall, often October or November.
The first big question is whether the surf web sites got it right this time. Their prediction are often off, especially when given several days in advance. And we are talking about Friday, so that is almost a week away. The seas are supposed to start building on Tuesday. We'll see.
Philippe is still heading west. I suppose that is what is going to push all that water our way.
Kovels provides a list of about twenty different antiques and collectibles TV shows that you might find interesting.
Here is the link to that list.
http://www.kovels.com/201109288979/News-News-News/reality-tv-shows-for-collectors.html
Revelations about false reports issued by archaeologists complaining about detectorists led one city council to rescind recent legislation prohibiting detecting in public parks.
http://www.carthagepress.com/news/x1837733881/Council-nixes-archeology-ordinance
Thanks to James F. for alerting me to this story.
The city acknowledge the contributions and discoveries of detectorists who actually freely worked with the city to report discoveries and present finds on a routine basis.
The claims made by the archaeologists were exaggerated, to put it kindly, calling into question their credibility and motives.
I wish I had one of these x-ray machines.
http://www.cxrcompany.com/accuvue_xray_inspection_equipment.html
Odyssey Marine says, "... it has begun the process of specifying and assembling the tools and equipment for the salvage (of the USS Gairsoppa), and anticipates that operations will begin in the spring as soon as the weather window begins to open up in the North Atlantic."
Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net
