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LeVeon Bell's Bling.
Source: See YouTube link below.
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Here is the link for more of that story.
https://sports.yahoo.com/cops-women-vanished-leveon-bells-jewelry-worth-500k-222453862--nfl.html
And here is a video of some of LeVeon Bell's jewelry in case you see it on the beach someday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_8yD31AL8
You might wonder why I bring this up. Well, it is actually part of something I was planning on talking about anyhow - the distribution of different kinds of finds.
If you want to find treasure from the 1715 Fleet, you have a very good chance of finding it on the Treasure Coast. That is where most of it is.
If you want to find jewelry like that shown above, you have a much better chance of finding it down south. The rich and famous generally gather in South Florida instead of Fort Pierce.
I found a variety of sports jewelry in South Florida, including championship rings and other things. I know of only one championship ring found on the Treasure Coast - a Yankees World Series ring found on Jensen Beach. I know there is more, but not nearly as much as in South Florida.
There are reasons for where things are found, and you can improve your success if you know something about and follow the flow of goods.
It is not an accident that you can find Spanish treasure on the Treasure Coast. It has to do with the currents and trade routes.
And it is not an accident you will find a lot of gold and diamonds in the Miami area. They have a big airport and sea port and people, many wealthy, have gathered there from around the world for a long time.
If you simply go out to the nearest beach to where you live or where you vacation and find whatever happens to be there, you might not think about how things got there. If you just hunt where you are and find whatever happens to be there, you aren't hunting strategically. That is OK, but if you want to improve your success with a specific type of find, you might want to know more about where things will most likely be.
If you think about things and decide what you want to find first, then you can study and make a plan and do the things you need to do to find what you most want to find.
Your finds can tell you a lot. Very often they tell you something about where they have been. If you study your finds and get an idea of how they have been moved, you can take advantage of that knowledge.
Yesterday I showed where a couple things came from. That was a very very small sample, but illustrates something I will be talking about more in the future.
Take the Pace University class ring, for example. It seems that it came from New York and then ended up in Dade County Florida. That is not unusual. You'll find a lot of things from the northeast in Florida. On the other hand, you will find relatively little from California in Florida. I don't think I ever found a class ring from USC or UCLA.
People more often come from the northeast to visit Florida than from California, and that shows in my finds. It has to do with travel patterns, very much like the Spanish gold on the Treasure Coast had to do with trade routes.
You will find things in Miami from around the world. You will find rings and gold from China and India in Miami - and New York, as well because those are international centers.
I didn't want to get into that topic too much today. That is just a little sample. I'll be talking more about that in the future.
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DJ sent me a database of pocket watch serial numbers, and I found the information on the ILLINOIS watch that I showed yesterday. The production year was 1888.
If you have a pocket watch to research, here is the link. The site gives a lot of details on each watch.
https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/guide/company/illinois/serial-number-lookup
Here is the information I found.
Grade: I.W.C.
Manufacturer:
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Manufacturer Location:
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Springfield, Illinois
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Movement Serial Number:
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Grade:
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Model:
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2
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Estimated Production Year:
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1888
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Run Quantity:
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14,000
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Total Production:
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Size:
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Jewels:
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Movement Configuration:
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Movement Finish:
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Movement Setting:
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Plate:
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Barrel:
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Going
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Train:
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Coarse
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Railroad Grade:
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No
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Quality Rating:
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Dial Feet Locations:
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Case Screw Locations:
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23.5, 51.5
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It was recently the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Here is another old item I once found in an old book.
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1944 Military Issued Ten Francs.
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The Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories issued French Franc banknotes in 8 different denominations, including this 10 French Francs banknote (Allied Military Currency 1944). They are part of the WW2 Allied Military Currency (1944) series. The Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories started issuing these 10 French Franc banknotes in 1944. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1945.
The French note of dix francs features the French tricolor flag. On the banknote a caption reads ‘Émis en France’. The banknote was issued during the Allied liberation of France in WWII.
I think that is from Wikipedia.
This bill or note has some tape on it. I've seen various methods for removing tape. You can use an clothes iron on its lowest setting, or a hair dryer to warm the tape, which can then be pealed off. I've haven't tried that yet, but from the videos, it seems to work.
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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
