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Darrel sent the following report and photos from his Tuesday morning hunt.
7:30-10:30am. Low at 9am. Turtle Trail to Johns Island. No good hits. 1 nail, and some fragments. Ton of sand and seaweed. Surf and surge kept me from getting closer to the water. Heavy scallops, but too much dirt!
The Portuguese Man-O-War has tentacles that can give you a painful sting. The tentacles can be long. The long tentacles of a big one got wrapped around my leg years ago. That didn't feel good. I started wearing a wet suit when they were around.
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| Finds From 11/14 Find and photo by John C. |
In the middle of the finds shown above you can see a special find. It is a very flattened ring. That ring is shown below.
On the left side is "USMC" and the Marine emblem can be seen on the near side of the ring as shown below.
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| Marine Ring Photo by John C. |
This is what the Maine emblem looks like. The two-color one shown below would be an officer's.
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| Marine Emblem.Source: www.hqmc.marines.mil |
The question now is what is on the top face of the ring (See below).
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| Setting on Same Ring. Photo by John C. |
John says he can't make this out and would very much like to identify the ring and the timeperiod it comes from, and return it to the owner or his survivors., if possible.
There was a Marine emblem back in the 1700s, but the eagle, globe and anchor emblem dates back no farther than 1868.
The face of the ring probably shows a regiment, battalion, or group insignia. Seebees is a common one, but I don't see that here.
Hopefully someone will be able to determine for Clint what is on the face of this ring. Let me know if you have any ideas.
Hopefully someone will be able to determine for Clint what is on the face of this ring. Let me know if you have any ideas.
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Darrel sent the following report and photos from his Tuesday morning hunt.
7:30-10:30am. Low at 9am. Turtle Trail to Johns Island. No good hits. 1 nail, and some fragments. Ton of sand and seaweed. Surf and surge kept me from getting closer to the water. Heavy scallops, but too much dirt!
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| Portuguese Man-O-War |
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I showed some copper items found by Eric H. a couple days ago. Here is the other side of one of those that I pointed out the other day.
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| Find photo by Eric H. |
The surf on the Treasure Coast is supposed to be around three to five feet today, but it doesn't look like the wind is favorable.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
