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Tampa Bottling Works Bottle.
Find and photo by Russ P.
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Russ said, I came across a trash pit while sifting and pulled out 20 intact bottles, estimated to be around 110-120 years old, including my favorite all-time bottle, the Tampa Bottling Works soda bottle below. It may have been used to bottle Coca Cola, but does not have the Coca Cola label.
Also included were four very similar bottles, matches to the two green/brown bottles listed on your bottle barn. I suspect they are common, and likely beer bottles, but surprisingly have not found any other exact matches (other than yours) on the internet. Do you know any more about them? Interesting, the mold seam is horizontal about halfway down the bottle on all four of mine.
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1670 Escudo
Photo submitted by Dan B.
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This is the same 1670 escudo that I previously posted as one of Captain Jonah's favorites. Dan sent this photo with some additional comments that further reveal what makes it stand out as one of Jonah's favorites.
Here is what Dan said.
Just thought you all might enjoy the clearer picture. Bill had to use padded hemostats to pull this from a deep crack. A worn old world coin in a pile of new world freshly minted escudos. It definitely stood out among the others.
The care used to extract it is noteworthy.
Thanks Dan.
Thanks Dan.
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I've been having a hard time figuring out what is my favorite coin find. The first that come to mind are some that were found this year, but then I think of some of my first gold coin finds, and they rank just as highly in my mind.
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Did you ever have a dream that revealed a good lead?
Here is an interesting story about how a dream revealed a historic island that was previously unknown to the dreamer.
… What, wondered Lisa, was the Island of Nix? Neither one of us had ever heard of any land by that moniker. It took just a Google search, however, to learn that Nix Island, or "Nix's Mate" -- does exist in Boston Harbor: a tiny bit of stone that now has only a navigational beacon on it. So, there was something by that name, and it was surrounded by water!
But Massachusetts? Big palm-like leaves? Caribbean garb?
Further reading revealed that Nix's Mate was once twelve acres in size. As a Boston website puts it, "The island was used a pasture, and as a place for ships to load ballast.
"Pirates were hanged at Nix's Mate, with their bodies displayed there for a while to deter other buccaneers...
Here is the link for the rest of the story.
https://www.spiritdaily.com/nixisland.htm
Did you notice how the island had shrunk over the years? Many places that were once land are now submerged. The tip of Key Biscayne is one example. It is said that a treasure chest was once retrieved from that now submerged land.
Antique maps often reveal changes to islands or beaches that any treasure hunter searching for old treasure should know about. That, to me, is very important information.
By comparing maps from various periods you should be able to get an idea of how the shoreline has been changing and get a good idea of where the shoreline was during the period that you are interested in. You might also be able to distinguish between man-made and natural changes to the shoreline. That would be one of the first things I'd find out if I were searching a place like Oak Island.
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It looks like we'll have a calm surf with nothing higher than two feet for the coming week.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
