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Unidentified Find.
Photo and find by John c.
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John C. sent this photo of one of his finds when I asked about lead and pewter bottle tops. He said when he first saw it he thought it was a cork stopper with an ornate top, but it appears to be wood instead of cork, so there is the question of what it is.
It is definitely interesting, although I can't make out the figure.
Thanks John.
Anybody have any ideas?
UPDATE: This Item has been positively identified. I'll post that tomorrow.
Anybody have any ideas?
UPDATE: This Item has been positively identified. I'll post that tomorrow.
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| Source: msn.com (link below) |
This photo of eroding Dania Beach just showed up on msn.com. It is labeled 2018, so I don't know if they got the date wrong or what.
Anyhow, it is showing palm roots that were exposed by a South Florida storm. Local storms can cause some erosion. Even the wind off a thunder shower can cause some erosion.
The thing about Dania beach is that it, like most other beaches that constantly eroded, is just below an inlet. Also much of the sand that would be in place there in 2018 and today is renourishment sand.
Dania Beach, at John Lloyd State Park, is where I once found 15 rings in a four hour period. It is a an area with a lot of history (pirates, gambling and boot-legging), but I understand that metal detecting is no longer permitted there.
I always remember one other good metal detecting day there. I was detecting in Fort Lauderdale when another detectorist came along and told me he had just done very well down by the Dania pier. I decided to go down there and see what he left, and did quite well myself.
One fellow once used a jet ski to blow the sand down to bedrock and thoroughly detected the shallow water along Dania beach.
Back then Dania Beach did not produce the highest quality or most expensive jewelry finds but was more interesting for its historic treasures.
Here is that link.
Anyhow, it is showing palm roots that were exposed by a South Florida storm. Local storms can cause some erosion. Even the wind off a thunder shower can cause some erosion.
The thing about Dania beach is that it, like most other beaches that constantly eroded, is just below an inlet. Also much of the sand that would be in place there in 2018 and today is renourishment sand.
Dania Beach, at John Lloyd State Park, is where I once found 15 rings in a four hour period. It is a an area with a lot of history (pirates, gambling and boot-legging), but I understand that metal detecting is no longer permitted there.
I always remember one other good metal detecting day there. I was detecting in Fort Lauderdale when another detectorist came along and told me he had just done very well down by the Dania pier. I decided to go down there and see what he left, and did quite well myself.
One fellow once used a jet ski to blow the sand down to bedrock and thoroughly detected the shallow water along Dania beach.
Back then Dania Beach did not produce the highest quality or most expensive jewelry finds but was more interesting for its historic treasures.
Here is that link.
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Dania Beach is inseparable from Hollywood Beach and was at times a part of Hollywood.
… During this period, construction along Hollywood Beach was rapidly transforming the coastline. Construction was underway on the Hollywood Broadwalk, a unique cement promenade, thirty feet wide, stretching along the shoreline for a distance of one-and-a-half miles and patterned after Atlantic City's famed boardwalk. Hollywood Beach also boasted Florida's largest and best appointed bathing pavilion, the Hollywood Beach Casino located on the Broadwalk, built at a cost of $250,000 and complete with 824 dressing rooms, eighty shower baths, a shopping arcade and an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The "Atlantic City of the South" added more allure with the opening in February 1926 of the Hollywood Beach Hotel, which was situated on an 800-foot expanse of oceanfront property at the eastern end of Hollywood Boulevard. The Hollywood Beach Hotel would rise seven stories in height, include 500 rooms with private baths, contain the world's largest solarium, and boast a private wire connection direct to the New York Stock Exchange for use by hotel guests. It was built at a cost of more than $3,000,000. The hotel quickly became the winter home of many northern industrialists, visiting celebrities, and the site of several of Hollywood's fanciest social affairs.
On September 18, 1926, disaster struck Joseph Young's "Dream City." A vicious hurricane slammed into the South Florida Atlantic coast with Hollywood among its targets. The city was devastated by the hurricane's high winds and surging floodwaters...
Here is that link.
http://hollywoodfl.org/187/History-of-Hollywood
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Detectorist Showing 220-Year-Old Coin Found in Pile of Dirt.
Source: See ChronicleHerald link below.
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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. —
When Kevin-Barry Martin goes for a walk, he’s not only interested in exercising or spending time outdoors.
The 42-year-old St. John’s resident is part of a group called Newfoundland History Hunters, and he’s often on the move with his metal detector to find items of historical interest.
Last week while walking past a construction site, he found his latest artifact – a 220-year-old Spanish dollar.
On one side is the profile of Charles IV, King of Spain from 1788 to 1808. It’s dated 1799.
“Since beginning metal detecting, I’ve realized that there’s so much history underneath our feet – everywhere you walk,” said Martin, who is also an artist. While chatting with The Telegram about his recent discovery, he was in the midst of painting the streetscape where Gower Street meets Willicott’s
Lane.
“Whenever I see a hole dug, I’m curious; I’ve got to look and see – is there anything sticking out of it?”
Here is the link for the rest of that article.Lane.
“Whenever I see a hole dug, I’m curious; I’ve got to look and see – is there anything sticking out of it?”
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/regional/st-johns-man-finds-220-year-old-spanish-coin-in-pile-of-dirt-320389/
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Beach conditions remain the same - more flat surf, only punctuated by local thundershowers.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.com
