7/4/18 Report - Super Quick Way to Scan Coins. Applied Lip 19th Century Bottles.

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

Using a Magnet To Quickly Separate Coins.

One convenient but often overlooked tool for the treasure hunter is the magnet.  It can be used in many ways.  One thing you can do with a magnet is quickly separate different kinds of coins.

   

Some coins will stick to a magnet - others won't.  Steel pennies will stick to a magnet.  Silver coins won't.  You can use convenient facts like that.

One man discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars a valuable magnetic coins.  Here is a bit of that story.

... in the first roll of 50 pennies Ed opened up, there were a couple with no logo. He opened another roll, and another. By the time he was done, he had turned up more than 500 no-logo coins.

And yet, the respected International Coin Certification Service – which doesn’t sell coins, just grades them – had only 290 on record until Ed’s find.

If you discover a 2006 magnetic, no P, no logo specimen in your penny jar, you might get $50 for it. But the real prize is for uncirculated coins – factory fresh, mint condition.

And on eBay, one of the uncirculated pennies recently sold for $500, uncertified. Ed’s are certified, and he’s going to sell them for $635...

Here is the link for the entire article.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/talk/paul-wilson-ed-checks-his-penny-jar-and-finds-300-000-1.1380742

There are times when a mint produces coins on the wrong type of planchet.  And there are times when a magnet can be helpful in identifying those coins.

Did you know that most many Canadian coins are magnetic.  I had a pile and wanted to find any that might be silver.  After separating the non-magnetic copper pennies, I simply used a magnet to eliminate all of the magnetic coins, which were all but two.  One was a penny that I overlooked and the other was a 1963 Canadian dime.

I recreated the process for the following video.  

https://youtu.be/dO9HNBp-GDk

When I originally did this, I started with a much larger pile.  It only took seconds to eliminate all but the silver dime and copper penny.  I had no idea if there were any silver coins in the pile, but knew this was one quick way to tell.

Don't leave the coins in a big pile.  Spread them out.  Otherwise magnetic coins under non-magnetic coins may not get picked up, and non-magnetic coins on top of magnetic coins will get picked up and stuck between the magnetic coins and the magnet.

Now for the precautions.  This is a strong magnet.  It should not be used with valuable coins that can be damaged by scratches.  You can use a less strong magnet with no sharp edges.   You can cover the magnet with a cloth.  It will still work.  But if you have uncirculated or mint coins that might be valuable, this is not the right procedure.  For miscellaneous coins that you aren't worried about, it is a much quicker method of scanning coins than going through and checking the date of each one.

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Two  Brown Applied Lip Blown Bottles From Late 1800s.

These were probably beer or ale bottles.  The bubbles in the glass show they are blown as opposed to machine made bottles, and the lips are applied.  They probably both date to around 1880 or 1890.

The bottle on the left has I. C. CO. L.  on the bottom.

I.G.CO.L indicates the Ihmsen Glass Company, Limited, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (c.1876-1900). Also listed as Ihmsen Window Glass Company. Pittsburgh directory listings show this company included the “Limited” in their name from 1876 to c.1896.

Bottle on Left Above.
Applied Lip

Bottle on Right Above
Showing Applied Lip and Bubble Near Shoulder.

More views of these bottles are available in TGBottleBarn.blogspot.com.

Happy Independence Day.

Be Safe,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

1/20/18 Report - Dredge Pump. Holocaust Remembrance Day. Old Beer. Jewelry Values. Big Surf.

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

Clip From Damen DOP Submersible Dredge Pump Video Animation.
See link below.

Here is a video/animation of a big submersible dredge pump.  Seems like it could be useful.  That is the type of thing that makes me start thinking how I might use it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhtGAKNiVNA

I think they are digging new renourishment material for the Fort Pierce beach just north of the Fort Pierce docks.

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The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  

I'll have more on that before the 27th.  My wife traced the history of one of her ancestors that died in a German concentration camp.  The United States Holocaust Museum, located in Washington, DC, on the National Mall, just south of Independence Avenue, SW, between 14th Street and Raoul Wallenberg Place (15th Street), helped with that.

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What did thirsty Greeks drink in the Bronze Age?  It appears that not much has changed.  It looks like some of them drank beer.

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/19/thirsty-greeks-brewed-beer-in-bronze-age/


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Pieces of wine and beer bottles were among objects found by the excavation team with bits of fine 18th Century porcelain, buttons and a butchered sheep shin bone also discovered...

Thirty coins were also found at the Wilkhouse site, including a French Louis XIII Double Tournois which dates from between 1610-1643. These finds suggest the site was used as a stopping place by travellers long before the inn was built, Dr Lindsay said...

Here is the link for more of that article.

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/18th-century-inn-abandoned-during-clearances-is-unearthed-1-4666340

Did you know that  beer of various styles has been brewed in Scotland since prehistoric times, but Scottish or Scotch ale as a style of beer originated in the 18th century in Edinburgh. 

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Have some fine jewelry and want to know what it might be worth?  Sotehbys will give you an auction estimate.  Qualifying jewelry will be worth over $5000 US,

Here is how you can get your estimate.

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auction-estimates.html?cmp=banner_marin_estimate-jewelry-retarget-us_1-jan-2018

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What I learned from the media this week is that counties that oppress their populations and keep them in desperate poverty should be admired and described in glowing terms while the United States government should be described in the most derogatory terms.  Huh?


Her e is another way to look at something.  Why should the United States be allowed to continue to take so many of the fine hard working immigrants from the poorest nations that need them so desperately?  How will the poor countries ever thrive as long as the U. S. continues to take their most aspiring people?

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I got tired of talking about the skill factors for metal detecting success for a while.  Just felt like taking a short break from that but will get back to it before long.  I intend to refine my success formula.  That means giving all the factors weights based upon importance.

Here are the MagicSeaWeed surf predictions for next week for the Fort Pierce area.

Source: MigicSeaWeed.com

They dropped the maxmum surf by about a foot.  I hope that doesn't continue through the week.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net