12/26/2018 Report - 2000-Year-Old-Ring Found. Cool Images. Thailand Coin. Winning Lottery Ticket Found. Increase in Surf Coming.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Source: IsraelNationalNews.com.  (Link below)

A two-thousand-year-old ring with a solitaire gem stone was uncovered in archaeological excavations in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem.

The ring was found by archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority in what appears to be an ancient mikveh (ritual bath) on the Pilgrimage Road which dates back to the time of the second Temple period. The ancient paved road runs up from the Shiloach (Siloam) pool to the Temple Mount and is thought to have been the main thoroughfare taken by pilgrims to the Temple.

According to archaeologists Nachshon Zenton, Moran Hajabi, Ari Levy, and Dr. Joe Uziel: "Just like today, it would appear that in the past, rings and jewellery were removed before bathing, and sometimes forgotten...

Here is the link for more.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/256581

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I received some cool images.  I received this Metal Detecting Santa from Dale J,

The Pirate Santa came from Brian B.

Thanks to all for the greetings.

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Thailand Coin Found in Florida
Find and photo by Steve M,.

Here is another coin I can add to the foreign coins found in Florida list.

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Haiti, European Union, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. 

Here is the updated list of countries from which coins have been reported found in Florida.

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A British man hit one of the largest lotto jackpots in the country’s history — but left the golden ticket unchecked for weeks in a pile of papers in his van, according to local reports.

Andrew Clark, 51, only checked the ticket because his partner and her niece badgered him after they heard about a local unclaimed prize, he told Sky News. “Trisha kept telling me to check the tickets, and her niece Louise, who I was building an extension for, was also in on it once she’d heard about the unclaimed prize in the news,” he said...

Here is the link.

https://spiritdaily.org/blog/news/british-man-finds-86-million-lottery-ticket-in-his-van

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It looks like Thursday we'll get the increased post-Christmas surf that has been predicted for several days now.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

It also looks like we'll be having some decent tides to go along with it.

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Thanks for all the Christmas wishes and greetings.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

4/25/15 Report - Current Beach Conditions. $10 Million Gold Tablet. 2000-Year-Old Owl Clasp. Iridescent Coin Toning.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

A Typical Treasure Coast Beach This Morning Near Low Tide.

Treasure Coast beach conditions remain poor.  On top of that, most are over-hunted.

There was a cluster of targets below the high tide mark at the beach shown above.  I saw the spot as promising as soon as I looked at the beach.  It wasn't very obvious, but did show the subtle signs.

Most signals there were what I've been calling "marginal."  By that I mean they could have easily been missed if you worked too fast.  Most of the targets, both junk and good, were deep.

I got tired of digging deep holes, but did find one piece of gold, which helped.

I checked a few beaches this morning.  At the first beach I didn't see any promising spots and didn't detect much before moving on.

The beach shown in the above quick video clip, is one that I didn't bother detecting at all.  The video does give a good idea of the sand and surf conditions though.

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A $10 million gold tablet, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, was obtained by a holocaust survivor after WW II is being claimed by a museum that held the tablet before the war.

Ancient Gold Tablet Worth $10 Million.
Source: Haaretz.com link below.

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.552636

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Here is a neat 2000 year-old bronze and enamel Roman owl clasp.  I remember an enameled gold ring I found on a Treasure Coast treasure beach years ago.  Back then I didn't know that enameled items were of the time period and wrongly assumed when I dug the item that it was recent, but enameled items can actually be much older than our Spanish shipwrecks.  That is why you should be familiar with things like this.  It helps to have an idea of the age of items when you dig them.

Here is the link to the article about the owl brooch.

Enameled Roman Bronze Brooch.
Source: cphpost link below.

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http://cphpost.dk/rare-roman-iron-age-clasp-found-on-bornholm/

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You might remember that not long ago I did a post about toning on coins.  Here is an article on iridescent toning. The commonly accepted definition involves lustrous toning in which the color pattern changes with the viewing angle of the coin.

In the distant past I showed one nice dug silver coin with very nice iridescent toning.

Here is a link to the article on iridescent toning.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/iridescent-toning-1942-s-jefferson-nickel.89540/

Nickel With Iridescent Toning.
Source: cointalk link above.

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I need to hear from people who have some ideas about beach detecting courtesy.  

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net