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| Gold Found by Shannon F. Photo by Shannon F. |
Shannon F. wrote the following.
I'm not sure if you are familiar with my area. My local beaches back
in the 70's experienced a full dune replenishing project adding 15+ft of sand to
the ENTIRE area. As far as old things go there were none to find. Period. It was
all hidden out of range of a detector. This past weeks storm finally changed
that by digging a river like cut 10ft below the high sand. After detecting the
area for years with no luck for "older" finds this cut made a brief window. I
found 3 1940's nickels and out popped some old gold. Moral of the story is that
it's all there hiding under the sand. Just out of reach 99% of the time.
While the recent storm didn't do much for our Treasure Coast beaches, it evidently did the beaches up north some good. That is a great tip.
What Shannon says is true anywhere. Although we haven't had good beach conditions locally for quite a while, there is still plenty of stuff hiding under the sand just waiting for the right conditions to uncover it all.
I know some of you will lose patience, but it will pop out again.
Thanks for sharing Shannon. Nice find.
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| 1905 Barber Half For Sale on eBay. |
Yesterday I showed an old coin ring that I discovered after cleaning it off. After looking at it in various lighting, I discovered a date on it. The ring was made from an 1905 half dollar. I can barely see the date, but looking at other parts of the design, I can match it up with a Barber half dollar. Notice the leaves overlapping the word TRUST in the photo.
Russ P. spotted the Barber half quicker than I. He could see the signs from the photos that I showed yesterday.
Good eye Russ!
Here is a picture of a 1905 Barber half like that used to make the ring. Not only can I see where the leaves overlap with the word TRUST on the ring but also the stars and other features of the coin.
There are plenty of youtube videos showing how to make rings out of coins. You might like to give it a try if you have some old silver coins you are willing to sacrifice.
Here is one to get you started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo_wUYktz-U
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Trying to think up something new for a different and exciting for a summer vacation? How about digging a Mayan archaeological site? You can!
Archaeologists of the Maya Research Program (MRP) plan to field a crew beginning in June 1, 2015, to excavate an ancient Maya elite residential complex and other sites in northwestern Belize. Though less than a month away, the team leadership still has some available positions in the opening session to fill with willing students and volunteers to help them investigate large residential structures and a large shrine north of the site core of Xnoaha a medium-sized Maya center in Belize not far from the border with Mexico.
Here is the link if you want to learn more.
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2015/article/archaeologists-offer-special-deal-to-dig-at-ancient-maya-site
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We now have the first named storm of the season off of South Carolina - Ana.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/ana-tropical-system-atlantic-us-east-coast-north-south-carolina-rough-surf-rain/46764807
On the Treasure Coast we're back down to a two-three foot surf again. It is going to be down to a one foot surf in a couple of days.
Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net
