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People have died seeking the famous Fenn treasure and the police want people to stop looking for it. |
| Kang Hsi Displayed At St. Lucie County Historical Museum Photo submitted by Darrel S. |
The porcelain shown above was on display at the St. Lucie County Historical Museum that is located near the East side of the big bridge on the south causeway from Fort Pierce to Hutchinson Island. It is near the aquarium and is easy to miss. The link below will give you the address and more information about the museum.
I showed a new find of Kang Hsi in my 5/18/17 post. Smaller pieces can be found on the beach at time. Small pieces can have some value and are sometimes mounted in jewelry. I've shown a few pieces that were found on the beach.
A stack of Kang Hsi plates were once seen on South Hutchinson Island newly exposed by erosion. That was back years ago. The detectorist did not bother to collect them. He thought they were from a beach picnic or something and didn't think much more about it. When he learned what they were, he went back and couldn't find them. That is why I talk so much about being able to recognize various types of treasure. Big mistakes can be made when you do not realize what you are looking at. A stack of Kang Hsi plates could be worth quite a bit.
I once did a post on how to identify fine China like Kang Hsi. It can easily be distinguished from other blue and white old pottery.
You can sometimes find small pieces in shell piles.
If you do any research on Kang Hsi, you'll find that it is spelled in a variety of ways.
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The museum owns some very early Fort Pierce phone books that I found before they were discarded by what was then the Indian River Community College.
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Here is the link for more about that.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/police-urge-treasure-hunters-to-stop-after-latest-death/ar-BBD7vqZ?li=BBnbfcL
Thanks to Dean for submitting the link.
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I have a polishing cloth that I used for years. The bag it came in reads, "Miracle All Purpose Polishing Cloth." I wouldn't call it a miracle, but it works. What is most amazing to me, is that the cloth still works after all these years. I looked it up and found that they still sell them.
It won't take heavy corrosion off things, but it will remove the black patina off oxidized silver. You might want to look into it.
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The Treasure Coast is supposed to have a couple weeks of one-foot surf. There is no tropical weather on the Atlantic map right now.
The tides are pretty big. We've been having some nice negative tides.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
