6/20/18 Report - Three Amazing Finds Found in Different Ways and Different Places.

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James Madison Silver Indian Peace Medal Found in Farm Field.
Source: See PBS link below.

I saw this on the Antiques Roadshow recently.  The silver Indian Peace metal was found in a farm field during plowing.  It was appraised at $20,000 to $30,000.

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/20/omaha-ne/appraisals/1809-silver-james-madison-indian-peace-medal--201503A14/

A big find showed up in the garbage.  Garbage collectors found a relic of St. Clement in the trash.

Relic of Pope Clement Found in Trash.
Photo by Ruth Gledhill
Source: See TheTablet link below.

You never know what you might find or where it might pop up.

The relic of Pope Clement I which was found in a red and gold, wax-sealed case in waste collected from central London is being restored to Westminster Cathedral today.

The relic, a piece of bone, is the personal belonging of someone who wishes to remain anonymous. It was one of a number of items stolen from a car in Central London.

It was found by waste collectors from the Enviro Waste company when doing their rounds in central London earlier this year. Workers did not realise what they had until they appraised the waste a few days later...

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/9268/relic-of-pope-st-clement-restored-to-westminster-cathedral

Here is another great find.

Source: See DailyMail link below.

Divers exploring wreckage of the Pulaski which sank in 1838 find a gold watch stopped at 11.05pm - exactly 5 minutes after the ship's boilers exploded, sending it to a watery grave.

Exploration of the wreckage of the Steam Boat Pulaski has uncovered a pricey gold watch with hands appearing to validate the recorded timeline of its sinking.

The boilers on the ship were believed to have exploded at 11pm Eastern on June 14, 1838, and the hands on this ornate watch now read 11.05pm.

The Pulaski was ferrying wealthy Southerners from Savannah to Baltimore on the day that half of its 200 wealthy passengers died off the North Carolina coast.

It was first confirmed in May that the wreckage being explored by Blue Water Ventures International for the last seven months belonged to the Pulaski...

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5854239/Divers-exploring-Pulaski-wreckage-watch-stopped-exactly-5-minutes-ships-boilers-exploded.html

Thanks to Peter H. for that link.


That isn't what I planned to post today, but these three stories of great finds came along, so I decided to post them all at once.

I have plenty of other things to post but can't do all in one post.

I suspect it won't be long before we'll hear about some of this year's salvage finds along the Treasure Coast.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net