12/23/15 Report - Recent Treasure Coast Reale Finds. Collection of Small Gold Ornamental Finds.

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Cob Find and Photo by Terry S.

Terry says this and the following reale were found about a week ago.  Nice finds Terry!  They cleaned up very nicely.

Another Cob Found by Terry S.

You can see from the cross that these cobs are from Mexico.  Only a small amount of the shield is showing.

Thanks for sharing Terry.

There were other cobs found in December and some other things I plan to show.

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Nice Collection of 16th Century Gold Items Found by Detectorists.

Here is a collection of small gold decorative items found by detectorists on the banks of the Thames over a period of years.  It is thought they could all be from the same ornate hat.

Here is the link for that story.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/23/tiny-tudor-treasure-hoard-found-in-thames-mud

It is nice when related items can be assembled into a cohesive meaningful collection.  That is one thing the Antiquities Scheme accomplished in this case.

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Can you believe we are coming to the end of 2015?  Sees like not very long ago I was talking about starting a new year.  Time flies.

It looks like there won't be any improvement in beach detecting conditions for the next week or so.  The wind will be mostly from the southeast and the surf will be around three feet.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

5/17/14 Report - Beaches Fill, Wreck of the London, Huge Carved Rudder and Largest Fossil Ever

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One Treasure Coast Beach Just After High Tide Today.

The front beach changed shape since yesterday.  This is the same beach I showed yesterday. 

The cuts filled in some.  Now the cliff here are at least a foot less high.

Also the beach in front of the cut got straightened out.  As I showed yesterday there was a hump in front and then a small dip in between the hump and the cliff. 

Now the beach is pretty much straight up at an angle from the water (a couple of hours after high tide) to the cut. 

Here is a quick video of the surf.  Not very big.

Despite the wind today and the high tide, the beach conditions did not improve at all since yesterday.


The high tides are going to be nice and high, but the surf is still pretty small.  In a couple of days, though, a five or six foot surf is predicted.  That might help some.


Here is link to an article about a nice old 17th Century wreck that has remained in pretty good shape due to being covered with silt and being in cool water.  It is the wreck of the London in the Thames.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/16/divers-emergency-thames-shipwreck-climate-change-London

It has a picture of the wreck and some artifacts.


A huge carved rudder from a 17th shipwreck washed ashore after 400 years and is being preserved.

This is an older article but interesting.

Carved 17th Century Rudder.
Source: link immediately below.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/20/poole-wreck-rudder-comes-ashore

Wood from wreckage will occasionally wash ashore.  A couple of years ago, I think it was, a lot of wood from old shipwreck washed up on Treasure Coast beaches.

You can see pictures of some of that if you go back in this blog.

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And here is an article about the largest fossils ever found - 80 tons, from Argentina

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/16/largest-dinosaur-unearthed-in-argentina

Pretty amazing.


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