5/1/19 Report - Florida Fort Found. Antiquarian Book Treasures. Victorio Peak. Numismatics.

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

1615 Bible Stolen and Recovered.

I used to be amazed by the valuable treasures that you could find on the shelves of lending libraries.   Library staffs were not always aware of value of some of their books.  Back twenty or thirty years ago I noticed a very old book of Durer prints that was very valuable on the shelves of one library.  Someone was making photocopies of each of the valuable full-page Durer prints.  They evidently knew they were of value, but in the process of spreading the prints out on the photocopier were damaging the old book. I hated to see valuable antiquarian books like that being ruined.

It would have been easy for anyone to walk out of the library with an antique book worth tens of thousands of dollars and never return.  If they were to be charged with late fees, they could have probably paid a ridiculously low fee for "losing" such a rare book.  I was amazed that such books were on the shelves and that they didn't disappear.

The Bible above was part of the $8 million dollars of books stolen by one group, including an library archivist so I guess that some of those old books did disappear.  The stolen Bible shown above, and printed a hundred years before the wrecking of the 1715 Fleet was recovered in the Netherlands.

I noticed a rare collection of valuable books at one local library that was going to get rid of the entire collection of valuable books for essentially nothing.  I told one librarian what they were worth and that they should be saved.  Several of the books were worth hundreds, and a few, thousands of dollars.

Here is the link for more about the stolen and returned Bible.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/400-year-bible-stolen-us-found-netherlands-62627071

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Hurricane Michael uprooted trees in north Florida and revealed artifacts from 'Negro Fort' where 270 escaped slaves died.

Here is the link for more of that story.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/04/27/hurricane-michael-unearths-artifacts-historic-apalachicola-river-negro-fort/3472717002/

I always like to check in the roots and in the hole created by uprooted trees.

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I posted a link the other day to the Doc Noss Victorie Peak treasure story.  Here is another.

https://dailyoddsandends.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/victorio-peak-treasure-milton-doc-noss-biggest-con-of-the-20th-century/

Thanks to Norbert B. for that link.

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Here is a great video and discussion of some of the earliest ancient coins ever created.  It is very educational.

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/watch-talking-ancient-coins-with-mike-beall-and-mike-markowitz-part-i/

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I once created a video while I walked along a good shell line and picked up a sea glass and fossils that I saw.  It wasn't a very good video.  It was my first attempt at doing something like that and every time I bent down to pick up a piece of sea glass the camera didn't catch a good picture of the item I picked up.  If you wanted to get a real good look at the find, you could stop the video and get s somewhat better look at it.

Yesterday I got notice of a comment on the video.  The comment was, "Horrible video."  I wouldn't argue with that.  My reply to the comment was, "Thanks. Great comment."

Another person had commented on the video a long time ago, and said that I was being intentionally evasive and I "wasn't fooling anybody."  I think I fooled him, but not intentionally.

I don't know what those people were looking for, but I  suspect the second person wanted to gain something from the video that he failed to get from it.  He was evidently unhappy about that.  People reveal a lot about themselves from their comments.

Those are the only two comments that the video received over maybe a year or so.  The video did get a lot of "thumbs up," and almost as many "thumbs down."  Some people evidently got something out of the video, and some people didn't.

Rightly or wrongly, I expect treasure hunters to be able to take advantage of small signs, and anything that might be provide a hint or clue.  I don't think a treasure hunter of any type should expect somebody to tell them exactly where to go and where to dig.  That would not be treasure "hunting."

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/21/18 Report - The Importance of Tracking Beach Movement Over Time. Big Surf Predicted.

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

Florida's Changing Coastline.

Beaches move.  Beach sand moves constantly.  It is a complex choreography with countless moving grains - some moving in one direction and others moving in another direction - some moving rapidly and some moving slowly.

Sand is moved by wind and water.  I'm sure that doesn't surprise you, but the consequences are important for the beach hunter.

People talk about how items sink on a beach.  As I've argued before, items on a beach rarely move if the sand doesn't move.  Prove it for yourself.  Get a bucket of sand, put a coin on the top of the sand, and you'll be able to observe that a coin won't sink in resting sand.  Coins don't work their way down into sand like sand-fleas, moles or worms.  The biggest factor is the movement of the sand.

If I wanted to find old things at the beach, one thing I'd really like to know is the history of the beach and how it has moved over time.  The beach won't be where it used to be.  The sand will come and go many times in a year.  Beach could be a long distance from where it used to be. And even when the surface looks the same, the sand could have eroded several times and then filled again.  As that happens, objects will generally tend to settle lower.

I can remember times when local different Treasure Coast beaches were very different from what they are like today.  I'm sure you can too.  I remember, for example, when an old concrete foundation was exposed at the water's edge between John Brooks beach and the condos to the north.  I only saw it once, but I'm sure it is still there.  Of course the waterline is not where it was then.  In the same area, there was also once a line of tree stumps in the shallow water.  I haven't seen them again either.  The water line at that time was much closer to the condos than it is today.

I'd love nothing more than to have a overhead stop-motion video history of the beach changes.  You'd see the beach move in and out, slowly sometimes and at other times very quickly.

People often use stationary landmarks to judge beach changes and determine when old items might appear.  It wasn't long ago that I posted how people used a car frame up by Vero to judge when hunting would be good.  That car frame is gone now, but it provided a marker to estimate the movement of sand.

The illustration at the top of the post shows how much the Florida coastline has changed.  It changes year to year to, and even day to day.  Those changes are important to the beach hunter.  Many old objects that were once in the water are now covered by the beach, and other objects that were once on the beach are now in the water.

The beach can change quickly when there is a big storm.  Here are some photos of changes caused by hurricane Michael that did so much damage not too long ago.

The photos show how one section of beach disappeared in a very short time.  Here is the link for more about that.

https://www.usgs.gov/news/and-after-coastal-change-caused-hurricane-michael

Here is another example from the same article.

These changes caused by Michael are easy to see.  Most of the time the movement of sand occurs more slowly, but it does occur nearly continually. I'm sure that some of the erosion that occurred during Michael has been reversed by now.

I'm often amazed that people, sometimes conducting very big operations, are so far off simply because they failed to take into account beach movement. Remember, the beach is now different than it was a year ago, ten years ago, and certainly hundreds of years ago.

One of my old favorite shallow water hunting spots is now under the beach and the new waterline is out at least a hundred yards from where I hunted in the water about thirty years ago.  A beach renourishment project caused that.  If I went back there today and walked out into the shallow water, I'd be far from the area where I used to hunt and the old stuff would be deeply buried under the beach.

If you have a beach target that is dated to a general time period, one of the first things I'd recommend is that you do some research and try to find maps from that time and figure out where the beach was then relative to where it is now.

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A six to nine foot surf is predicted for Friday.  That is a bit of an increase since yesterday.  It could get interesting.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

Happy Thanksgiving,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/24/18 Report - Dog Island Shipwrecks Surface After Hurricane as Expected. Bronze Age Dagger Found. Martyrs of North America.

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

Dog Island Shipwreck Uncovered by Hurricane Michael.

On 10/11/18 I posted the following.

As you know by now, the portions of the Florida Panhandle got hit hard by Hurricane Michael.  I have not doubt that some old things will be uncovered up around Alligator Point and Dog Island, where nice old Spanish coins have been found before.

If you want to become a little more familiar with the shipwrecks of the area, here is a link to a lengthy and  detailed archaeological report.

You will find a lot of interesting information in that report.

Some of the uncovered wrecks, such as the one or two shown above are now in the news.

It looks like that photo was taken by a drone.

An article in TampaBay.com published the photo at the top of the post and said, But among the destruction is also a reemergence of history.  The storm's surge unearthed a shipwreck from the 19th century, one or possibly two sunken ships that were washed up on Dog Island by a 1899 hurricane.  According to Sarah Revell, spokeswoman for the Department of State, the wrecks "have been mapped and investigated scientifically multiple times," and parts of them have been exposed in the past.

Here is the link for the rest of that article.

http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/10/23/hurricane-michael-unearthed-a-19th-century-shipwreck-on-dog-island/

I also recommend reading the extensive archaeological report, if you haven't already done that.

Other sources also talked about Dog Island shipwrecks exposed by hurricane Michael.  The following appeared in MyFox8.com.

Here is the link for more about that.

https://myfox8.com/2018/10/20/hurricane-michael-exposes-120-year-old-shipwrecks-off-florida-coast/

Thanks to TekLord Doug for the lead on these articles.

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Bronze Age Dagger.

Source: Spectator.sme.sk

Here is an excerpt from an article about another interesting find.

A local man has found a unique Bronze Age dagger on the banks of the Slanec stream in Hriňová. The dagger is probably between 3200 and 3600 years old. More specific data will be available after more detailed research by preservation offices.

“It is the oldest finding from the area around our town and may reveal significant new historical connections to the region,” said the Hriňová project manager, Michal Machava, as quoted by the TASR newswire...

Here is the link for more about that.


https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20940695/bronze-age-dagger-unearthed.html

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Here is an excerpt from an interesting article about martyrs of North America.

In the summer of 1642, Jogues and the surgeon-turned-Jesuit brother, St. René Goupil, were accompanying a large group of Huron warriors homeward when they were ambushed by Mohawks (part of the Iroquois Confederacy) at Lake Champlain. Many died, but the rest were taken prisoner, with Jogues and Goupil among them. Both were victims of torture and Jogues had most of his fingers cut off. Goupil was martyred shortly after professing his religious vows in the presence of Jogues for teaching a small boy the Sign of the Cross. Commenting on this, Jogues wrote, “this angel of innocence and martyr of Jesus Christ gave his life for him who had given him his.”

And here is that link.

https://www.osv.com/Article/TabId/493/ArtMID/13569/ArticleID/20406/North-American-Martyrs.aspx

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Friend, physician and detectorist Russ P. confirms that the Red Tide that has been plaguing our beaches does cause coughing.  I understand that if you have asthma, it could be dangerous.

There are no storms in the Atlantic.

A cool front came through last night with some northeast winds.  I haven't seen the beaches yet.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/23/18 Report - Oldest Intact Shipwreck Found. 1715 Fleet Olive Blossom Chain and Other Artifacts. Florida Panhandle Still Recovering.

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World's Oldest Intact Shipwreck.
Source: See MSN link below.

Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea where it appears to have lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years.

Here is the link for more about that.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/worlds-oldest-intact-shipwreck-discovered-in-black-sea/ar-BBOLpXU?ocid=spartandhp

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1715 Fleet Gold "Olive Blossom" Chain in the Current Sedwick Auction.
Lot 1658.

Here is the lot description.

Gold "olive blossom" chain, intact, from the 1715 Fleet. 43.91 grams, 32-1/2" long. A very desirable type of gold chain from the 1715 Fleet, consisting of small, tight links with six-petal flowers on two sides (each one a little bit different) in high-grade gold, famous as the same design as the eleven-foot chain found with the "dragon whistle" (Captain-General's badge of office) by Rex Stocker in 1962, this example intact and uncut (rare thus) and a great length for wearing as a necklace today. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to our Auction #16, with original lot-tag #1041 and our photo-certificate.


https://auction.sedwickcoins.com/Treasure-World-U-S-Coin-Paper-Money-Auction-24_as55485

The chain has a current bid of $6000 and an auction estimate of 6 - 9 thousand.

Here are some other featured items.

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Don't forget about the hurricane victims.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A family can begin to grieve after officials confirmed Friday the death of a 79-year-old Florida woman who had been missing since Hurricane Michael left her Mexico Beach home in rubble.

Here is the link for more about that.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/victims-ided-as-hurricane-michael-recovery-effort-drags-on/ar-BBOCBUw?ocid=spartandhp

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You don't know what you are going to face or what your situation is going to be.  I never guessed that I would be caring for an aging parent - especially not for so many years - and I could not have imagined how emotionally difficult and consuming it could be.  Caring for a parent is not a bad thing.  The thing that is difficult is trying to do things to help when there are no solutions.  I can provide necessities.  I can try to entertain and make things comfortable, but I can not improve their state of mind.  I hate to see it but can do nothing about it.  I try my best, but things are headed in the same direction and at the same speed.  I can't do a thing about it, no matter how hard I try.  As much as they try to cover it up and deny it, even with their failing abilities on some deeper level they realize it too.  You want to be able to have reasonable conversations and discuss things, but that is futile and only leads to frustration.  As much as I want to provide some level of contentment, everything fails. I never guessed that I would be in that spot.  I had no idea.  

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There is nothing new on the hurricane map.  At least it is not so hot.

The surf will be only two or three feet for a few days.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/15/18 Report - Deep Water Shipwreck Salvage Diving Dangers in the Great Lakes. Fine Shipwreck Artifact Display.

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

Artifacts Found and Displayed by Sebastian Steve.

Below is the email message that accompanied the above photo sent to me by Sebastian Steve.  You'll enjoy it.

Hey "Boss"!

It’s been a long time since we shared a story of this one “old, bold diver” who beat the odds.  Remember the old (but often quite true) adage: 

“There are old divers, and bold divers.”
“But never any “old, bold divers.” 

I credit surviving about 30 years of the deep 150-200’+ deep shipwreck diving  on over a hundred wrecks, to a couple key factors...

The blessings and Safety Net of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  “He” got me out of many a terminal jam...period.

Respecting the weather... no matter what the cost per day of just sitting around.

Never even “suiting up,” if you don’t feel 100%.  If you’re not feeling well now on the surface, how to do think you’ll feel at 150 feet???

Highly respecting not only your computer with the modern algorithms, but comparing and backing that up, with the good ole “NAVY TABLES”.  Memorizing your decompression stops, regardless if your computer would fail.  And yes... I had diving computers fail twice on me. 
It goes without saying that you have a backup depth gauge to monitor your bottom time and ascent rate.  And always remember the simple rule to come up no faster than your medium sized bubbles.

Sorry...this is not diving school, but if any of this helps one person in need...know my words are set in stone...accurate and correct...simply from experience!

Did we make mistakes?  Of course...dozens of them...and serious mistakes too.  Like the time in the early 70s, when deep water regulators were first arriving on the scene for pleasure scuba diving. 

But the engineers at Scuba Pro and Aqualung had never considered anyone would want to take these regulators down deep in ice cold water... 140-200’ deep in 38-40 degree water.

But down at 170-180’ deep, the air was already like pulling on a straw filled with maple syrup.  You had to be extremely careful to not out breathe your regulator!  No hard exertion of any kind...because the gasping sneaks up on you from behind.  One breathe is fine, the next hard to pull.  And the next having you pull for air and starting to panic if not extremely careful.  Because the harder you tried to pull air, the more desperate the situation became! 

Often the Best was to simply grab onto the wreck and close your eyes, and try to relax and catch up.  Or the safest, if near the ascent line, was to “bail out,” and immediately work to reduce the depth until the breathing was easier.

And often in that heavy breathing, now you had another monkey on your back to contend with!!!  The heavy volume of air passing through the 1st Stage of your regulator (the part clamped onto the tank top) would literally “ice up.”  Just as you feel the cold of quickly releasing air from under pressure from a tank or tire...so the divers regulator chills until it freezes! 

And it would freeze open to where if you ignored the bubbling you hear in the background besides your own breathing, each breath you take exasperates the situation.  Faster and faster the free flow!  Until you had a massive “run away” that could drain your tank in only a minute or two at depth.

And so a “free flow” situation was to be avoided at all costs.  So the regulator manufacturers knew little themselves how to prevent this in the early years.  So we experimented.  Our best hope was to fill a small rubber boot on the 1st Stage.  What to use...that was the question...

And so we all agreed that a good choice for a non-toxic “antifreeze” would be  “Bacardi 151 RUM”!!!  I was the first to test the ole “151” in other than the normal oral fashion!  I can still remember the “burning shots.”  Actually lit on fire B4 you drank them!  Oh...what us foolish “children” all did at 18!

So I have the “151” installed in the little freeze cup and off I went to see the ship’s wheel on the sailing schooner “Silver Lake” in 207 feet.  A line had been tied from the main mast out horizontally to the wheel. 

So I  came down the main mast that started at 90 feet deep.  But at 130’ there was an ugly, heavy trawl net tangled in the main mast, still catching fish...sad.  But a fish is still far better than a diver.  The net was somewhat still open in parts, so you had to swim back, away from the mast, keeping a wary eye on this net. 

After you passed the net...you could rejoin the mast to take the “elevator” on down to the deck.  The mast was smooth and slippery, with nothing to hang you up, until you hit the pile of wooden sail hoops stacked at the base of the mast. 

Well as I neared the deck in about 180’ deep, I spotted the line running aft to the wheel.  Off I went for a glimpse of the ship’s wheel and a little exploring.

Then everything went wrong!!!  Right out of the blue...or should I say BLACK...because it was PITCH DARK other than my light.  Here I am half way out this line, about 50 feet in 180’ of water... and one breath was perfect, easy and smooth....  ....  ....   .... and the next NOTHING!!!  ZERO, NO AIR WAS AVAILABLE!  I think I sucked that regulator out the back of my skull!

Now...as I weighed my options knowing this was clearly a “life or death situation”... I knew I had to find my way back to the mast.  Because the mast and only the main mast had the ascent line up to the boat.  The firm, taught line that I so desperately needed now... for my decompression stops at 20 and then 10 feet!

I let my light go, hanging by the tether, and raced hand over hand along that line to rejoin the main mast!  Finally...there it was!  And all this while...not one tiny sip of air...NOTHING!!! 

And so I started heading up, now having to watch my speed for both the bends or an air embolism. 

The bends from rising too fast B4 the nitrogen taken on during the dive in the blood stream can  go back out into solution.  Like a soda bottle uncapped.  Still under pressure, you can shake it gently and nothing happens.  But now pop that cap off, and look out!  Same thing with the divers body... the bubbles form in your joints and lungs and heart and spinal cord, and can hurt and cripple you up so bad...the early divers laid on the salvage boat decks, literally “bent up” in excruciating pain, that is how the “bends” got their name.

And rising to fast can also damage your lungs or even kill you.   Literally the bursting of your lungs from over expansion.  The little air sacs in your lungs begin to rupture.  A very serious condition!

Thankfully through all my P.A.D.I., professional training,  I had reached my “Advanced Diver” Status in 1971.

And so I continued up the mast.  But now trying to get a grip on myself...I could slightly feel the residual air trapped in my lungs beginning to expand.   Slightly backing off the burning need to breathe.  Because we were headed straight up at a brisk clip.  Thankfully,  I had the peace of mind to remember the trawl net, still waiting with her cold arms outstretched to —embrace me—and hold me in her arms forever...

I thrusted back and away from the net but maintained a forward, upward momentum .  I punched through ninety feet.... and like magic... like nothing had happened, a sunny day in the park... THE REGULATOR KICKED BACK IN WITH A HEAVY BURST OF THE BEST AIR I HAVE EVER GOT MY MOUTH AROUND!   Sweet fresh air... I just may live Yet???  Praise the Lord and oh I Did...again and again.

The remainder of the ascent went normal and by the book.  As did the decompression stops.  Plenty of air to finish my stops.  And after a total dive time of about 50 minutes, I exited the water ok but totally exhausted.  I never did see that wheel.  Nor have I drank a shot of “151” Run.  Powerful Stuff... but just not right for deep divers.

And so another 100% True Tale has been told of the old salvage days primarily on The Great Lakes.  But I have also worked in Central & South America, The Philippines, and the Caribbean Sea.

The showcase below is some of artifacts recovered from all over The Great Lakes primarily.  To be truthful... these are my left-over actifacts that have not been sold to privately funded museums and individuals with a great appreciation in our early days along our waterfronts.

It would be nice to say “I can financially afford to donate these items to maritime museums.  But the truth of the matter is that these old, bold divers...are not given a pension to assist in their later years.  So what is carefully disbursed among the public... you know your artifacts have found very, very, good homes!

This set of shelves is literally my leftovers that have not sold.  And so until interest arises in any one piece...or the remaining collection as a whole...these artifacts will remain under my watchful eye...shining off into the dark.

Thank you,
SebastianSteve

Thanks for sharing Steve.  I know that everybody enjoyed your 100% true story and your artifact display.  

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LYNN HAVEN, Fla. — Mayor Margo Anderson drove through the neighborhoods of her small bayside city on Sunday to deliver some unwelcome news: The electric power knocked out nearly a week ago by Hurricane Michael might not be restored for two months.

Behind the wheel of a black golf cart, she made the rounds as shellshocked neighbors emerged from houses with busted windows and walls and front porches, the damage from the punches of fast wind, rushing waters and toppled trees.

“Just about every tree is down,” said Ms. Anderson, a fifth-generation citizen who was elected mayor of Lynn Haven, Fla., three years ago. “The power lines are destroyed. The transformers are destroyed. The power grid is destroyed. We have to start over.”

Here is the link for the rest of the article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/us/hurricane-michael-florida-power-electricity.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov

There is only that one system on the NOAA map this morning.  It has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours.  That one is almost exactly where Michael formed.  Michael hung around down there for quite a while before shooting up through the Gulf.  Hopefully this one won't do the same thing.

Steve made my job real easy today.  I'm hoping to get photos of artifact and coin displays from other readers.  It doesn't have to be a big collection, and don't think you have to be able to write like Steve.  It would take a Mark Twain to do that.  Just send in a photo of your favorite display.  It can be a single item or a large collection.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/10/18 Report - Hurricanes and Finds. It's All About the People. Michael Hits. New Named Storm.

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

Family Gathering.

How quickly things change!  This photo is about 65 years old.  It is a photo of a family gathering that occurred twice every year back in the 1950s. It doesn't seem very long ago to me, but the little girl standing middle-front is now a great grandmother, and six of the nine adults are deceased.

So what does that have to do with metal detecting?  Those family gatherings happened every year in the same two yards, alternating spring and fall.  There was a lot of fun and laughter.  Coins and other things were lost in those yards during those gatherings and at other times.  Even the dimes and quarters that were brand new at the time were silver.  And then there would be the older coins and things that that were lost in earlier years.

I've talked about metal detecting your own family history before.  I was able to go back and detect the yard where I grew up and found some of my old metal toy soldiers and trucks exactly where I remember playing with them.  It brings back a lot of memories.  But the main point I wanted to make today is that there are real people behind those coins and things you dig up, no matter how new or old they are.  Those items can mean a lot to someone.  They might not mean as much to you. Your finds will mean more to you if you let your imagination wander when you dig up a object, and think about how it got there, and think about the people that came and went and laughed and played on that very ground before you got there.

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Michael, unfortunately, is no angel.  It came ashore pretty much where predicted, but as a stronger storm than expected.  There was time to prepare, but you are never fully prepared for something like that.

There will be improved metal detecting in various areas, especially up around the Florida Panhandle, but just like with finds, it is about the people.  Help however you can.  There will be a lot of people that will have a hard time recovering from this.

I heard on the radio that despite the King Tides, the flooding was less than expected.  I thought I heard something about the sea levels not being high.  I couldn't believe my ears, and maybe I didn't get it right.  I didn't catch it all.

Another Named Storm.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

As you can see there is another named storm out there: Nadine.  I don't think we have to worry at all about either Leslie or Nadine.  They are expected to stay far out in the Atlantic.

Expected Track of Michael.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

As you can see, Michael is going to remain strong a storm as it crosses various southeast states.   The northeast will get some northeast winds and possibly some erosion.  We won't get much.  The Treasure Coast is on the wrong side of that storm for much erosion.

It seems trivial to talk about metal detecting when so many people will be having so much to deal with.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

10/9/18 Report - Hurricane Michael and Tropical Storm Fifteen. Treasure Auction Now Online For Bidding. Erie Shipwreck.

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

The Sedwick Coins treasure auction # 24 is now online.  Here is the link if you want to start browsing.

https://auction.sedwickcoins.com/auctionlist.aspx

I took a look and was impressed.  This auction has almost everything - treasure coins, gold and silver bars, nuggets, emeralds, chains, porcelain, clumps of coins, artifacts, paper money, etc.   In my opinion it is one of the most diverse and extensive auctions yet.

I thought a couple of the cobs were really strange looking.  There are a lot of silver coins in all kinds of condition.  There was even a heart cob.

There are tons of mounted coins - too many for my taste, but only a couple US gold coins.

You can register now if you wish to bid.  There are a few bids already in.

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Shipwreck hunters who spent eight days this summer unearthing and examining the remains of a schooner in Lake Erie in Ohio think it’s most likely a sailing ship that sank nearly two centuries ago.

That would make the wreckage the oldest ever found in the shallowest of the Great Lakes.

But there’s a bit of debate among the marine archaeologists and shipwreck hunters who are trying to identify the wreck about how confident they are it is indeed the Lake Serpent that sank in 1829...

Here is the link for more about that.

https://apnews.com/ceecc0f9727248459aa77e5025c7d539

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The big news is Hurricane Michael, which appears to be headed towards the Florida Panhandle as a major hurricane.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

There is also a new tropical storm - fifteen.  It looks like it will head north instead of coming towards Florida.

Expected Path of Michael.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov

Today we'll have a four to six foot surf along with a nice King tide.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

After today the surf will be decreasing.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net