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| Brooch That Held Gem Stones Find and photo by Chris N. |
Chris N. sent the following message with the two photos.
Just wanted to share some more items found near St. Augustine area.
Copper Salt Shaker Top I thought was different and unusual for a find in the sand on a salty shore. No pun intended.
Some type of Broach copper material in which there was some sort of set points in the middle and top where decorative stones or jewels must of been places at one time, but were not present.
I dug both items in loose sand, by water line about 8-10 inch down, strong signal on my machine.
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| Find and photo by Chris N. |
I told Chris I didn't think it looked like a salt shaker top and pointed out the two arrows at the top and bottom.
Chris then added the following.
The object is about the size of a Salt Shaker Top. Sorry! for not using Ruler. I found it at the waters edge in loose sand which was not corroded, when pulled it out.. That probably means it was washed down from the bank which it probably laid for some time till the Hurricane and Nor east'er came last few weeks ago.
From my understanding talking with some folks who live in and around area where I found objects, one said there as an shipwreck in that area.
I know that the British camped out on the Northern end of Anastasia Island, but the dune areas is off limits to foot traffic and especially digging.
Another good friend of mine informed me that the British marked each item made of copper, or any other precious metals because it belonged to the Crown.
What do you think?
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...It remains a mystery why so much pottery from such a wide time span have been found at this site.
Some speculate a settlement was submerged by a rise in the water level or the pots were sunk there in obscure rituals. Others sidestep romance and suggest it was just a dumping ground for used ceramics....
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712270033.html---
Yesterday I started to list the top ten most read posts of 2017. I gave you numbers 10 and 9. Working up the list towards the most popular of the year, today I'll give you numbers 8 and 7.
The eighth most read post was not from September like so many of the top ten. In fact it was from January of 2017. It was the 1/18/17 post with the heading, A Few Tips For Finding Modern Jewelry On Dry Sand Beaches.
Here is that link.
http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2017/01/11817-report-few-tips-for-finding.html
The seventh most read post is a much more recent post. In fact it has only been out there a couple of weeks. It is the December 12th post, which included one of my very popular Ole Timer Talks. That one was about a crate of dishes, possibly Kang Hsi, uncovered by heavy erosion on one Treasure Coast;
That post also showed the heavily eroded Fort Pierce South Jetty beach. It would probably be higher on the list if it was not so recent.
Here is that link.
http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2017/12/12817-report-erosion-at-one-renourished.html
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For Tuesday a 3 - 5 foot surf is predicted for the Treasure Coast along with a north wind. That could do something.
A 6 - 9 foot surf is predicted for Tuesday.
Another year is about to fade into history. I clearly remember starting the year and it doesn't seem that long ago.
Happy hunting.
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
