7/1/18 Report - Farmer Finds Gold Digging Drain. Some Say Cape Canaveral Shipwreck Likely Trinite. Shipwreck Site Sampling Plan.

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Norman Witherow uncovered the gold objects on Saturday when he was digging a drain in a field near Convoy.

The artefacts remained in his kitchen and car boot until Tuesday when his friend, who is a jeweller, told him that it needed to be reported.

Initial observations by staff from the National Museum of Ireland date the gold from the bronze age or earlier.

Here is the link for the rest of the story.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44644347


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Chuck Meide of LAMP recently wrote in the St. Augustine Report about the GME discovery of the shipwreck near Cape Canaveral that I recently posted about on 6/25/18.  Meide thought it was almost certainly the Trinite, one of Ribault’s 1565 shipwreck.  Anyhow, it appears the case is closed and the shipwreck will be the property of France.

In the report Meide states,  We led a search for Ribault’s wrecks in 2014 in the waters of Canaveral National Seashore, near the French survivor camp sites on land. This was probably in the vicinity of the other three shipwrecks, as opposed to Trinité further south. NOAA helped fund our research, as did the State of Florida...  In addition to all of these searches, the State of Florida also led a marine survey searching for the remains of the Trinité, around Cape Canaveral, starting in 2014. They were probably pretty close to the site discovered by GME.

To sum that up, a lot of tax payer dollars went to organizations that failed to find the Trinite, but a private company without tax dollar support, Global Marine Explorations, actually found it.  Never mind, GME will get totally cut out of the deal so state employees, and their contractor friends can get the credit and more trips to Paris.

Here is the link for more of that article.

http://staugustinereport.net/index_htm_files/Trinite.pdf

Like I've said multiple times, I'll be very surprised if Florida ever issues a new treasure salvage lease.

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Source:: See link below.

You might find the following interesting.  It is, A STRATIFIED SITE SAMPLING RESEARCH PLAN FOR THE 2005-2006 INVESTIGATIONS AND RECOVERY AT NORTH CAROLINA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SHIPWRECK SITE 31CR314 Mark Wilde-Ramsing, May, 2006.


 Introduction: North Carolina shipwreck site 31CR314 has been under investigation since its discovery in 1996 and continues to reveal a rich assemblage of early 18th century maritime cultural materials. The analysis of datable artifacts that have been collected from the site provides a mean date of manufacture of 1706 with predominately French and English affiliation (Wilde-Ramsing 2006). Ship's features reveal a vessel of 200 to 300 tons (Moore 2001; 2006). Armament represented on the site is equivalent to that of a Royal Navy Sixth Rate warship, while the presence of langrel shot in one of the small caliber guns suggests a predator or heavily armed merchantman rather than a Royal Navy warship (Henry 2006)...

This is about shipwreck sites and artifact distribution.

Here is the link.

https://files.nc.gov/dncr-qar/documents/files/32-Spring-2006-Recovery-Plan.pdf

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This feels unfinished.  I might rework or add to it tomorrow, but decided to go ahead and post it now.

Happy hunting,
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6/25/18 Report - Standing of Shipwreck Off Cape Canaveral. Favorite Bottle Find. Coins Without Rims.

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Bicentennial Kennedy Half Dollar.

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1889 Henry Muhler, N. Y. Blob Top Bottle

This is still my favorite bottle find.  There is only one that comes in at a close second.

I just like blob tops, and of those that I've found this one has the most information embossed on it.  It is in very good shape too.

I put additional pictures of this bottle in TGbottlebarn.blogspot.com.

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At the top of this post is a Kennedy half dollar.  It looks pretty normal from the front, but here is a picture of the edge.

Edge of Kennedy Half Dollar

Much of the edge is missing.

If you've found many coins, you've probably found clad coins including dimes, quarters or halves that have the missing edge.  You can see the copper core and the clad layers very well.  I don't know how this happens and would like to hear what you think about that.

The edge feels sharp.  You'll often feel it before you see it, especially on dimes.

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An item exactly like the glass mystery item that has recently been discussed much in this blog was being sold on eBay and described as a Common Sense Inkwell.  That might be what it is.  I just don't understand what the tube that has a compartment has to do with how the item functions as an ink well and why it would be open on the bottom or how it would be corked or whatever.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1876-Clear-Glass-Base-Funnel-Common-Sense-Inkwell-/392026183578?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D44040%26meid%3D64ab1c2090b244559699b7b87a064744%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D391984781786%26itm%3D392026183578&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=Oin98X7132lAezuXJMj1Rke4ShI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Thanks to Mark S.

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The State of Florida filed in a United States court in Orlando to gain a summary action against Global Marine Exploration who was awarded a limited permit to search and identify an "unidentified" shipwreck  just off of the Cape Canaveral Air Force base.  The State claimed that GME had violated the conditions of the permit, even though they admit that the permit, as amended, allowed for the use of blowers and suction dredges.   The bulk of the State's argument seems to me to be that the items recovered were "embedded" because they could have only been uncovered by using tools of excavation, such as the equipment they allowed. To me their argument is very weak and depends entirely upon their definition of "embedded."

As I said about a year ago, I do not think Florida will give any new salvage leases.  They'll issue exploratory leases and then take what is learned and take over the shipwreck.  They'd rather give it to a foreign country than allow it to be salvaged.

I recommend reading the filing.  You will learn something about how shipwrecks in Florida waters will be treated.  You'll also find the coordinates of the exploratory area.

Here is the link.

https://www.scribd.com/document/372448621/Florida-Motion-for-Sum-Parju-d?campaign=SkimbitLtd&ad_group=1629X854141X8262a1cdb173e9e3b05edda8a3c2452a&keyword=660149026&sourc 

Thanks to Brian B. for that link.

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Let me know how you think coins lose the rims.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

12/3/16 Report - Historic Florida Shipwreck Claimed by France. Your Attention and Action Needed. Antique Bottle Find.

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100-Year-Old Cures Bottle Found This Morning.

I found this bottle in the water yesterday.  On one side it reads "Chattanooga Tenn," and the other side reads "Manufactured by F. M. Plank."

After a little research I found that this is a cure bottle, often listed as a "quack cure" bottle.

Here is an ad that I found from 1906.

The ad was found in the 1906 Proceedings of the Florida State Pharmaceutical Association.

The other Plank bottles that I've seen have the bust of a man embossed on the bottle.  This one, however, has a diamond-shaped depression, that I imagine once had a paper label.  I haven't yet found when this type of bottle was used.  The bottle with the embossed bust is always described as being from the late 1800s.

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Below is a link to an article that you need to read and leave your own comments on.  I recently said that it is impossible to separate politics from treasure hunting.  This illustrates that.

France has filed a legal claim to an ancient shipwreck discovered off Cape Canaveral, saying it was part of the French fleet that in 1565 went to the aid of that country’s doomed colony at Fort Caroline in Jacksonville.

That follows a claim by the private treasure salvage company that found the wreck, and seems likely to lead to a dispute in U.S. District Court in Orlando over ownership of the artifacts.

It would be a high-stakes battle: A state archaeology report says the wreck, if it is indeed connected to the French fleet, “would be of immense archaeological significance...”

The identity of the ship is in question.  Rather than being a French ship, it might actually be something else, perhaps a Spanish ship which was carrying a stone marker used by the French to mark land claimed in the New World.

The article says,  ...If the wreck is of a merchant vessel, Global Maritime Exploration, which had a state permit to look for wrecks, would be entitled to 80 percent of what is found. The state would get 20 percent.

If it is determined to be part the royal French fleet, however, France could be granted ownership of it.

A marine archaeologist quoted in the article would prefer that rights to the ship be awarded to France rather than the company that found it.  If that were to happen, none of the items would go into the Florida Collection to be maintained for the benefit of the citizens of Florida.  

Not surprisingly, the archaeologist is a globalist that opposes capitalist ventures and evidently also the long-standing arrangements worked out by the State of Florida to preserve Florida history for its citizens.

Not only should you read this article, but also comment and contact your representatives.

Here is the link to the article.

http://jacksonville.com/florida/2016-11-29/france-claims-rights-shipwreck-linked-lost-colony-fort-caroline

Thanks to Brian B. for alerting me to this story and sending the link.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net