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| Find and photos by Robert H. |
Here is a very interesting find made by Robert H.
Notice the design shown on the top picture and the ridge and groove shown in the bottom picture.
Robert would appreciate any ideas about the piece. If you've seen a piece like this before or know of some good references, let us know.
Great find Robert! I'll do some looking.
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| Other Side of Same Sherd. |
One good book that might be helpful is John Goggin's The Spanish Olive Jar; An Introductory Study.
I'm not saying this is a Spanish olive jar, but just that these references might be worth checking.
Below is one very good link for information about Spanish olive jars. It is from the book Pottery From Spanish Shipwrecks 1500 - 1800, by Mitchell W. Marken.
It is a preview of the book and is limited to one chapter or so, but it is a very good chapter.
Again, if you have any thoughts on this sherd, let us know.
Here is the link I mentioned above.
http://books.google.com/books?id=-4q8LQ4WA90C&pg=PA41&dq=isbn:0813012686&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
And here is another good link.
http://www.academia.edu/8566480/Sean_Kingsley_Michael_Decker_and_Ellen_Gerth_Rome_in_Spain_Spain_in_the_Americas_Amphoras_Olive_Jars_and_the_Economics_of_Long-Distance_Trade
This is the type of thing that can be found during a calm surf after a period of rough or high water.
Added Later: It appears the object might not be a sherd at all. Gives a metallic reading on the detector.
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Steve from Iowa is in the area and hit some gold. Here is what he said.
Arrived for my annual Christmas visit and checked out one of my local
spots. Pretty much sanded in. I noticed up the beach an area that looked
flat as if the beach had a slight fold in it so I decided to give it a
try. Shortly after I began detecting I got a whisper of a signal and dug
it. I spread the sand out with my foot and before I could swing the coil
over it I caught a glint of gold. Picked it up and lo! It was man's fat
gold 14 karat wedding band. Ten minutes later I found another ring, this
time an old junky one. It proves your point to check out those out of the
way areas. I'd never gone up there, so it paid off. Thanks for all your
great advice.
Thanks for writing Steve.
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| Nice Dug Buckle Find and photo by Dan B. |
Yesterday I showed a Masonic ring found by Dan B. Have a look if you didn't see that.
Here is another nice find from Dan B.
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As we come to the end of 2014, a slow year for sure, it is a good time to look back and find out what people were finding.
I posted a new blog poll. As always, your participation is helpful.
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For those of you who wrote with get well wishes, my back is improving quickly.
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On the Treasure Coast we'll have one more day of two-foot surf and then we'll get a few days of slightly increased surf, though nothing that I'd expect to significantly change beach detecting conditions.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net
