6/8/17 Report - Various Finds in One Treasure Coast Beach Hole. Diver Finds WW II Trumpet With a Story. Old Woodworking Tools Book.

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Iron, Glass, Copper and Pottery
Fins and photo by Darrel S.

In May Darrel found this variety of object of widely different dates and composition all in the same hole.  Here is what Darrel said.

I found all these objects in the SAME HOLE!

The button, I think is part of the smaller brass or copper object. I think it is a snap off pair of pants that broke. The glass could be from bottom of gin or mallot bottle. The iron objects are from small spikes.

Imagine digging all of that from one hit! I was shocked when I saw the glass, but the shard baffled me until I turned it over and the button was attached to it. At first, I thought a maravedis coin, but after removing, could see a button. Later inspection leads me to think the button is part of the rivet or snap and somehow found it attached to middle period pottery 300 years later!

Same objects.
Photo by Darrel S.

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Trumpet Recovered From Sunken WW II Ship.
Souce: See Washington Post link below.

Navy conservator Shanna Daniel carefully cleans a smashed trumpet that was retrieved by a diver from the wreck of the USS Houston, which was sunk in battle by the Japanese in 1942 during World War II. Navy experts believe the owner's DNA might be preserved inside the instrument. (Michael Ruane/The Washington Post)...

The trumpet arrived at the lab 2 1/2 years ago, handed over by an Australian diver who found it in the wreck of the USS Houston, a World War II cruiser, off the coast of Java in Southeast Asia.

The Houston, which had been President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s favorite vessel, was the elegant flagship of the Navy’s Asiatic fleet when it was sunk in a fierce battle with the Japanese three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor...


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-broken-trumpet-from-a-sunken-warship-holds-its-secrets-from-wwii/2016/02/02/f5972f38-bfa0-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html?utm_term=.b61b44933a45

That is one very nice artifact with a cool story, and it was great that the Australian diver turned it in.

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As I said before I don't generally post YouTube videos.  I posted one, and then I received so many that I can't keep up with them, so I'm just saying that I'm not going to be posting links to YouTube videos.  I'm going to keep doing this blog as I've done it in the past.  There are some videos that are worth posting and that I'd like to post, but it opens up a whole new can of worms and would change what I do.  Thanks for all who have submitted YouTube links anyhow.

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I get a lot of mystery items.  It always helps to be familiar with a large variety of items, so that you have a better chance of  identifying odd finds.

Here is a neat free ebook that might be of some help.  It is Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27238/27238-h/27238-h.htm

Lots of pictures.

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More rain.  Rain continues to uncover items along the beaches.  We have a sustained weather pattern. Too bad it isn't a pattern of strong northeast winds.

The surf is going to increase a little.  Expect a two to three foot surf Friday and Saturday.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/27/14 Report - Vero and Sebastian Beach Conditions. Abandoned Burt Reynolds Property. USS Houston. Flourescent Fossil Shell.

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Corrigans

Turtle Trail Access Looking North

Sebastian North of McCarty

I took a look at a few beaches this morning.  Here are some of them.  I also looked at Rio Mar.

All of the beaches looked pretty much the same.  They all still have some renourishment sand. 

I didn't see any cuts.  There were a few scallops around Rio Mar. 

Nothing to make me upgrade my beach conditions rating.  They were all pretty mushy.  And all had a some new sea weed - not a good sign.

As it turns out, Christobal didn't do much for us.


The first target I dug produced this very small children's silver ring.

The small items tell you that you probably aren't missing much.


Here is an interesting video.   I thought it was anyhow.   It shows the abandoned and neglected Burt Reynolds property in Jupiter.

There are over grown paths, old docks falling apart, old film sets and all kinds of junk.

I found it interesting.  Think about where you would detect as these two looney guys explore the property.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-xVB-FfKLM

Navy divers explored the wreck of the USS Houston.

http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/010301


Christobal is up by North Carolina now.  There are two other disturbances that could develop.  One nearing the West Indies and one in the Gulf by Texas.

Source: www.nhc.noaa.gov

We still have a 3 to 5 foot surf on the Treasure Coast.  The surf is supposed to decrease a bit after Thursday.   Maybe the next system will kick things up again.

Right now it will be hard to find anything but modern items. 


There haven't been hardly any shells on the beach lately.  And I haven't seen any fossils for a while.  I did run across my old black light and took a photo of a phosphorescent fossilized shell

I didn't know if I could take a photo of it or not.

Not bad.

The crystals glow yellow.

Haven't posted any fossils lately.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

6/13/14 Report - Silver Penny Sells for Over $100,000, Mystery Find Solved, USS Houston & Inca Road Found

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Silver Anglo Saxon Penny Found by Detectorist.
Source of photo: See link.

This Anglo Saxon silver penny sold for over $130,000.

The detectorist who found the coin split the proceeds with the farmer who owned the land.

Here is the source link.


http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2014-06-11/rare-coin-found-by-man-in-sussex-fetches-78-000-at-auction/



The other day I showed a mystery object found by Robert H. and asked you what it is.  One common answer was urn.  Another answer was container for holding things such as drugs.

After William H. sent me a picture of another very similar pendant, I did some additional research and came up with my conclusion.  The item is what I believe to be a prayer box.  They come in different sizes, shapes and designs and can indeed be used to carry things such as those I just mentioned.

One site specializing in prayer boxes said that it is thought by some that prayer boxes originated in the Buddhist or Hindu faith.  They are today, however, used by many faiths as well as nonreligious people.  Prayer boxes are often used today as jewelry and worn for sentimental purposes.

Although they come in many shapes, styles and sizes, the one thing in common is that they are small containers for cherished items of religious or personal significance.

Bali and Indonesia are known for their prayer boxes, but others around the world craft prayer boxes as well.


Here is one example of a prayer box.

As you can see it could easily be used to hold many different types of small things.

... U.S. Navy divers, assisted by personnel from the Indonesian navy, will survey the World War II wreck of the cruiser USS Houston (CA 30) in June.

The purpose of the mission is to determine the vessel's current condition and provide real-world training to rescue and salvage divers in maneuvering around a sunken ship.

Here is the link for more about that.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/06/09/navy-to-dive-on-wreck-of-uss-houston.html?comp=7000023468025&rank=3

If you are interested in military events and history, you might find this web site worth checking.    www.military.com



A very old Inca road to Machu Pichu was recently discovered.  It was previously hidden by vegetation.

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-new-inca-road-to-machu-picchu-discovered-103165


One of the biggest keys to finding a lot is hunting a lot.


Tomorrow I'll show you some brand new Treasure Coast Spanish shipwreck finds from one of the salvage crews.


On the Treasure Coast we had some nice rain yesterday.  The wind continues out of the South.   The surf is down to around one foot, but we'll have a very nice high tide tonight.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net