6/9/2015 Report - Rare Indian Head Penny Found. Olive Jar & Musket Ball. Deep Quarters.

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1872 Indian Head Found by William M.
Photos by William M.

William M. made a very rare find.
He found this 19th Century Indian Head, which is a rare key date -  1872.

You can see what the coinstudy.com site says below.  The 1872 is one of the most rare Indian Heads.  In fact it is so rare, that even worn coins bring a minimum of $80, and the price quickly escalates with condition.

Great find William!

Congratulations and thanks or sharing.













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Joe D. sent in a report on the Palm Beach beaches.

Hello, your description on the 6/6 post pretty much matches Palm Beach now. I took my son today to hunt for sharks teeth that were recently discovered after the renourshment. Many people had obviously  been doing the same! I've got to say that I was shocked at the amount of holes that were dug and left open on the beach! Some of the holes were huge! Others were small but deep enough to break an ankle. The sand is full of shells and coral, and is much harder packed than original sand! ...  I think we spent more time covering holes than we did hunting! I Guess we will see what happens here! All the old finds are covered under a million cubic feet of sand now anyway!

Thanks for the report Joe, and for covering holes even though they weren't yours.  Even when a hole isn't dug by a detectorists, detectorists might get the blame.  We don't need that.

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Olive Jar Bottom And Musket Ball Found
By The Crew of The Capitana.

Yesterday I showed a cannon ball found by the crew of the Capitana on the Treasure Coast.  Here is an olive jar bottom and musket ball that they found.








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I went out to the beach early Monday morning to do a little detecting.  As soon as I got there I could see it was no different than the three South Hutchinson Island beaches that I showed you on the sixth.

The front beach was higher than it was a few months ago.  And it was littered with sea weed.  Very few shells.

Here are a couple of pictures showing what it looked like.

Treasure Coast Beach Monday Morning Near Low Tide.

I did a little detecting even though conditions looked poor.  I scanned the front beach just to see.

Every target was deep.  The first three or four targets were too deep and close to the water to be removed.  The hole kept filling before I could get the target out.

I did eventually get a few quarters.  They were all a foot or so deep.  It was unusual to get quarters and not hardly any other coins.  I figured that was because the smaller coins were too small to detect that deep.  I'm not absolutely sure any smaller coins were there but it would be unusual for such a high proportion of quarters, so I'm guessing that most everything, including the quarters were under about a foot of sand, and the smaller items weren't detected that deep.

If you pay attention to target depth and what you are getting as well as what you aren't getting, that will help you analyze just what is going on.

Also check the holes for any layers of different types of sand or shells or whatever.

There were no layers visible in the holes this day.  It was all one thick layer of the same type of fine brown sand, undoubtedly accumulated over the recent weeks of unchanging calm surf.

I didn't have much hope of finding much of anything very good, but managed to find one piece of gold, which was only and inch or so deep - evidently a recent drop.

I'm going to be talking more about analyzing a detecting site and how it might have developed  over time.  If you get a good idea of what has been going on, you'll have a better idea of where to spend your time and where you shouldn't spend your time.

As usual, the dry sand had very little.  There were few good targets and very little junk.  As I said recently, some of these beaches have been cleaned up.  I'm proud of how little junk is left at some of these previously junky beaches.

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A boy was bitten by a shark off Daytona Beach on June 7.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/boy-bitten-shark-florida-beach/story?id=31594612

Shark bites do occur but they are probably much more rare than you might think.

I've seen a few while I was in the water.  One was very large, but seemed startled by me and went the other way.  I always wondered if he didn't sense the metal detector pulses.  Or he might just have left for some unrelated reason.

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A nuclear physicist and an archaeologist at the University of York have joined forces to produce a unique appraisal of the cultural significance of one of the world’s most important locations for scientific inquiry.

In a paper published in the journal,Landscapes, Professor David Jenkins, of the Department of Physics at York, and Dr John Schofield, Head of the University’s Department of Archaeology, have investigated CERN, the home of the Large Hadron Collider on the Franco-Swiss border.

Situated between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, CERN was established in 1954 to promote peaceful co-operation between nations still recovering from the Second World War.

The study, the product of a visit to the complex near Geneva, focuses on physicality of a location of which researchers say: “It is hard to think of anywhere more significant for all of humanity.” They describe this as an archaeological enquiry, with the buildings, the equipment within them, and a range of everyday objects at the center of their research.

Here is the link.

http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2015/research/cern-heritage/

Is there anything that they do not or will not consider to be an archaeological site?

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It looks like we'll have another week of calm surf.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/16/14 Report - 15 Million Year Old Shark Skeleton Found in Back Yard. More Treasure Coast Finds. Erosion Found On One T. C. Beach.

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A Few More 2014 Finds By Michael E.\
Photo submitted by Michael E.

Here are some more 2014 finds from Michael E.  I showed some of his gold finds from this year a day or two ago.

Congratulations Michael!

Anyone know about the U. S. Customs pin?

Nice Indian Head!









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A complete skeleton of a 15 million year old Snaggle Tooth shark was found in the backyard of a Maryland home.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/rare-shark-skeleton-inbackyard/357579843922/Comcast/StrangeVideos?cid=hero_sf_weird


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Typical Treasure Coast Beach This Morning

Here is a typical Treasure Coast beach.  Sand has been accumulating on this front beach lately.

This photo was taken near low tide this morning.

The surf is going to around three or four feet until Tuesday.

I did find one beach that had some cuts.  As you might expect, the erosion was in renourishment sand.  One poor turtle was tricked by that and the eggs were being uncovered.

One to Two Foot Cut On One Treasure Coast Beach This Morning Near Low Tide
 

You can see a smattering of shells and a little black sand.  There were coins and thing below the cut.

Too bad this renourishment sand doesn't seem to hold much of anything any good.

A few older items evidently washed up onto the beach here.




Waves In Front Of The Cut Beach.

One of the most important things I've learned about in recent years is the effect of the trigger point.  I've explained a little about trigger points in previous posts. Maybe I'll expand on that soon.

It looks like the surf will only bump up a foot or two in the next week or so.  Too bad.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

10/9/14 Report - Eye-Balled Indian Head Penny. Erosion. Piece of Shipwreck. Hitting The Same Sites Again Differently. Negative Tide.

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Indian Head Penny Eye-balled By William M.
Photo by William M.

I often remind you to keep your eyes open while detecting.  There is actually a skill to eye-balling.  If  you are effective at eye-balling you'll probably be more successful at metal detecting because productive eye-balling requires knowing where to look and where things are most likely to be uncovered.

William M. recently eye-balled this 1906 Indian head penny.

Wind and rain will uncover old items, as will construction projects.

I've known people who have collected a lot of coins simply by walking the beaches.

I've seen a cob that was uncovered right before my eyes while detecting.  I saw it before my detector went over it.

I once wrote an article for a treasure magazine on eye-balling.  Eye-balled finds included everything from grape shot, to twenty dollar bills and watches and bracelets.

 Here are two photos of the Indian head penny that William eye-balled.

It is in nice condition.

Thanks for sharing William.





I told you the other day about some of the erosion I found a few days ago.  It was in renourishment sand.

Joan T. found erosion in renourishment sand north of Walton rocks.  Below is a photo of that.

Walton Rocks Erosion
Photo by Joan T.

Joan also sent photos of turtle nests being destroyed here.

Turtles lay their eggs in renourishment sand and then the nests get washed out and destroyed when the renourishment sand goes.

Joan also found a piece of a boat that washed up down at Jensen Beach.

Below is that picture.

Thanks for sharing Joan.

Dan B.wrote and said he has been ... hitting my {his}old spots with different settings.

I've heard from a few people commenting on how they are surprised by how much they find on sites that have already been hunted.

Dan, for one, said  ... Cleaned out areas seem to still provide every time I do something differently.

I talked about that not long ago.  Go back over sites using different settings, different detectors or different scan patterns.  You might be surprised how much you find.

I did an entire post one time on how to cover a site multiple times, making changes each time based upon what you have learned about that site.

Part of Boat on Walton Rocks Beach
Photo by Joan T.

Dan B. also had a good report on warranty service provided by Garrett. 

He said, Also, my detector housing became separated from the arm. Sent to Garrett, and they had a brand new everything back within a week. All covered under warranty.

It is always good to hear about good service provided by detector companies. 

As I've said before, Tesoro advertises a lifetime warranty, but it doesn't turn out to be a lifetime warranty.  They'll not service a detector once they declare a detector obsolete.  I have two of those.  So don't be fooled by their claim of a lifetime warranty.


On the Treasure Coast we'll have a two to three foot surf for a few days.

We had a Blood Moon the other night.  And finally we're getting a negative low tide.  The tides have been pretty flat.  I'm glad to see the tide going down.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

6/3/14 Report - New Sand at Fort Pierce Eroding, Gold Rings, Indian Head Penny and Shark Attack in the Intercoastal

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The above picture shows the typical beach on the Treasure Coast now.  Not very promising at all.

The picture below is of Fort Pierce South Jetty Park.  It isn't typical.  It has recently been renourished. 

The cliff at the bottom of the photo was over six feet and straight down.  Some drunk could come out there at night and walk right over it. 

The newly added sand which you see at the bottom of that picture is comprised of course broken shells.  It is a yellow brown sand.

There is also some very fine powder that was dumped on this beach, which I wouldn't even call sand.  You can see that lighter color material above the people in the picture.

The erosion up in that area was exposing pieces of aluminum cans that were dumped on the beach along with the so-called sand.  It was filled with a lot of junk aluminum and very little else.

I really have a hard time finding any benefit in this most recent project.  

Small Gold Ring
Find and photo by Robert H.

Here is another of the three small rings found by Robert H. in a fresh water lake recently.

And below is another ring find photo submitted by Robert.  Not the same fresh water lake.

Ring Found by Robert H.
Photo by Robert H.

Dan B. found an Indian Head penny.  It was a 1905.

Below is the photo of that find.

1905 Indian Head Penny
Find and photo by Dan B.

It isn't surprising that a lot of the finds lately have been coming from places other than the beach.

Here is a nice web site that gives the values of Indian Head pennies.

http://coins.about.com/library/US-coin-values/bl-US0001-Indian-Head-Penny-Values.htm


I have a lot more find photos to show, but I'll have to get back to that some other time.






Here are a couple of detectorists that were out yesterday afternoon.

Couple Treasure Coast Detectorists on June 2.

I'll continue the discussion that I started yesterday some other time.


I reported once on watching a shark swim down the Indian River.  A girl recently was injured by a shark in the Intercoastal Waterway at Fort Lauderdale. 

Here is that link.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/Shark-attack-victim-recovers-after-harrowing-encounter/272709699526/Comcast/Today_in_Video/?cid=hero_sf_TIV


The surf on the Treasure Coast today is up to about five feet.  The tide is pretty flat.  The waves, unfortunately, are still hitting from the east/southeast.


If perception is reality, so is deception.  Quote from the TreasureGuide.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

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11/24/13 Report - Indian Head Pennies and Higher Wind and Surf Predictions

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Fort Pierce Surf Predictions from Magic SeaWeed.

The wind picked up this morning on the Treasure Coast about nine o'clock.  It was blowing pretty much from the North.  That is a good thing.

Later, more like around noon, we got rain and more wind.  And the wind continued to come from the North.

The wind and surf predictions is what I'm interested in today.

According to the predictions, we're going to have something close to a seven foot surf on Monday.  If the wind continues from the North through tomorrow, there is a good chance we will see some erosion.

There has been some filling where the beaches previously eroded, so it will probably take a little time to get back to previous levels, but when and if it does, we should start seeing treasure again.

Also, the predictions are for another increase in surf again the following week again.  That has happened a few times already, and I'm not unhappy about it.

There hasn't been a lot of difference between the high and low tides lately.

I've had a 1 (poor) rating on my Treasure Coast Treasure Beach Detecting Conditions Rating Scale so much this year that November has been a welcome change.  I'm holding with a 2 rating until we get some additional improvement.


The early results on the blog poll look interesting.  If you haven't participated yet, I hope you will.


Below are a couple of recent Treasure Coast beach finds that aren't cobs or treasure coins.

Indian Head Finds.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

1/29/2011 Report - Barber Dime & Other Old Coins From the Port Salerno Area

A Few Nice Metal Detector Finds.

Photos submitted by Mike T. who found these items.

Since shipwreck beach conditions haven't been very good lately, a few times I've mentioned the idea of hunting some different places and going after different types of things. Doing some different things every once in a while can improve your chances of success and you'll learn some new things in the process. In sports they call that type of thing cross training.

One of the guys I talked to on the beach a couple of days ago was from Arizona and mostly hunted ghost towns. He said he missed finding silver dollars and things like that.

Everyone, I think, has a special interest in a particular kind of treasure. For some people it is gold and diamond jewelry, for others it is old coins, for others it is gold nuggets, others like fossils or Indian artifacts, and for others it is shipwreck treasures. But for treasure hunter there alwasy seems to be one type of treasure that gets them most excited.

What you hunt to some extent is determined by where you live and what you know about that can be found in the local area. When I was talking to the fellow from Arizona, I pointed out that there were a couple of 17th Century shipwrecks just a short distance from where we were. He thought you would have to get in the water to be able to get anything off of those shipwrecks. You certainly have a better chance at things like that with a salvage boat, blowers, tanks etc., but sometimes things like that do wash up onto the beaches.

But the point I wanted to make is that most people focus on one or two specific types of treasure, and most people know about those types of treasures and how to hunt them, but they don't know as much about how to hunt other types of things.

Hunting coins is definitely much different from hunting fossils or Indian artifacts. You can use a metal detector to find coins but fossils can't be detected with a metal detector. You have to use other techniques to find them. You have to develop a different set of skills and a different knowledge base to do well hunting fossils or Indian artifacts.

You'll probably be best at finding what you hunt the most. But if you hunt other types of things and do other types of hunting, you'll learn things that can help you no matter what you hunt. You can always learn something from one type of hunting that will help you with another type of hunting. That is one reason, I recommend doing something different every once in a while.

Mike said that in South Stuart near Port Salerno ...there is quite a bit of history dating back the early 1900’s due to the railroad, the fishing industry and of course pineapples. Over the last few months Martin County has been making improvements in the downtown and waterfront areas of Port Salerno. This included adding some water lines, drainage and most specifically digging up an old alley between the current Post Office and one of the oldest buildings in town. In the early 1900’s this dirt “alley” was used extensively as a means to get fish from the fish houses down on the Manatee Pocket up to the railroad for shipment. So when the County started digging up this old alley way I just couldn’t believe it! What an opportunity to hunt some well traveled ground that might hold some treasures from long ago.

Fortunately the contractor was slow and made a number of mistakes along the way which gave me ample opportunity to hunt it on a number of occasions at different stages and depths of digging. As you can see from the pictures included there were some treasures there indeed and I'm sure many more which are now covered in concrete for another 100 years. The venture yielded a 1912 Barber Dime in excellent condition, a1902 Indian Head also in excellent condition, a 1945 East Indies Penny and several wheat cents and of course quite a number of modern coins as well. One of the most interesting things was an original COTY lipstick case circa 1920’s. Unfortunately it was a bit damaged but it has a beautiful design etched into the case and it still has lipstick in it! There were also a number of old bottles found too which was really cool to see and of course due to the fact that it is a fishing village we must have dug at least 10lbs of old lead sinkers from all the old fishing nets. There was no shortage of trash either which called for the use of a 6” coil and what a difference that made in picking out the good stuff!

I must say though that one of the best treasures I found in all was meeting a fellow treasure hunter named John who was visiting from the North East. I was a really pleasure meeting someone else with the same enthusiasm for finding “stuff” as me!

Thanks for the story Mike. It should give some people some hints.

Even though Treasure Coast residents hunt the shipwreck beaches a lot, there are other places to detect on the Treasure Coast. In fact I've mentioned the Bulldozer Hoard that was found on the mainland near Sebastian. I'm sure there are other mainland Spanish Colonial coins to be found as well.

Mike noticed the construction that was going on in an area with a lot of historic activity. It is good to take notice whenever old ground is being turned up. That can bring old treasures into detecting range just like erosion can uncover old coins on the beach.

To summarize my two main points today, first is try new things and places occasionally, and second, always watch for newly disturbed earth, no matter what the cause.


Forecast and Conditions.

Not much new to talk about here. The wind is from the northwest and the seas are calm and will remain calm for a few more days. That means no significant change in beach conditions.

The low tide areas are still pretty accessible. I noticed that the second low tide today will be the lowest.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net