5/21/20 Report - Treasure Auction To Go Live May 27. Near Million in Cash Found. Cunneform Tablet. Christogram Medallion.

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Less than a week left.   For more information see https://auction.sedwickcoins.com/auctionlist.aspx

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A family in Virginia trying to escape the boredom of coronavirus lockdown on Saturday did exactly that when they happened upon two duffel bags of cash totaling almost $1 million.

David and Emily Schantz, residents of Caroline County, Va., were out for a drive with their children when they ran over what they thought were trash bags in the middle of the street.

It was only after putting the bags in their truck and driving home that the family realized they were full of cash. According to the family, there were “plastic baggies” inside the duffels that read “cash vault.”...

Here is the link for more about that.

https://justthenews.com/government/local/virginia-family-finds-nearly-1-million-cash-duffels-road

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I just received the following email from a Connecticut person concerning a post I did in 2015 about the Christogram shown above.  I thought it was interesting that people from around the country are responding to posts that are five years old.


Hello,

Regarding this post: http://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2015/12/122415-report-christogram-pendant-find.html

I have an exact duplicate of this medallion that was given to me by my ex-step mother in law. She purchased it in the Vatican and attended a ceremony in the presence of Pope John Paul ii where he blessed the crowd making this medallion the relic of a Saint.

The medallion might very well have more value than its weight in gold.

Susan C.

Stamford, CT

That would certainly make it more valuable to those who appreciate it.  That is the way it is with value.

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NEW YORK – Pursuant to ongoing Cultural Property, Arts and Antiquities investigations by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, a civil complaint was filed Monday to forfeit a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian epic poem considered one the world’s oldest works of literature. Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it originated in the area of modern-day Iraq and entered the United States contrary to federal law. The tablet was later sold by an international auction house (the “Auction House”) to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (“Hobby Lobby”), a prominent arts-and-crafts retailer based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for display at the Museum of the Bible (the “Museum”). Despite inquiries from the Museum and Hobby Lobby, the Auction House withheld information about the tablet’s provenance. The tablet was seized from the Museum by law enforcement agents in September 2019...

Here is the link to the Customs and Immigration Enforcement site for more about that.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/civil-action-filed-forfeit-rare-cuneiform-tablet-hobby-lobby

Of course the ICE website has a lot of info about counterfeits and smuggling.

As I've said before, you can't separate politics from treasure hunting or much of anything.  You have to wonder how much the politics of Hobby Lobby had to do with the enforcement.  As you probably know Hobby Lobby is religious/conservative and in September 2012 filed suit in federal court in Oklahoma based on its First Amendment Free Exercise of Religion right and the RFRA.

Anyone near the top of federal agency is by definition political.  You can be a government scientist, for example, which means that you are a bureaucrat as well as a scientist.

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Surf Prediction.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com

It looks like the surf will build today.  The swells are supposed to be northeast, but I don't know if they'll be enough from the north.

Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net

2/23/20 Report - Treasure Coin Finds and A Couple Other Recent Finds.

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Two Silver Reales Found Yesterday by Josh D.

As I said yesterday, a lot of very good finds were made Saturday.  The find photos are starting to come in.  I'll post a couple find photos myself. 

Not only did the most highly-experience local metal detection experts make finds, but some people made their very first shipwreck treasure finds.  Josh D. was one of those.

Josh found the two cobs shown above.   Congratulations Josh!  Many more to come.

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Brian F. is a nugget hunter but for the past eight years has made visits to the Treasure Coast.  It looks like he possibly made his first 1715 Fleet find yesterday.  He found the following tack along with some copper bits at Ambersands.

Tack Found by Brian F. Yesterday at Ambersands.

You know a nugget hunter is going to pick up smalls.

Way to go Brian.

Some of my favorite shipwreck finds are gold nuggets found on shipwreck beaches.  I showed one or two of those in the past.

I've had some additional material to post on the subject of tacks and will do that sometime in the future.

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First finds are special and I like to celebrate them.  You can probably remember yours.  Making a first find can answer a lot of questions and give a boost to your confidence.  When making a certain type of find becomes commonplace, then you set new goals.

My first Treasure Coast cobs (I found cobs elsewhere before I found my first on the Treasure Coast) were found at John Brooks.  I made a number of failed trips before having any success, so it was memorable.

Yesterday a good number of reales were found, including everything up to and including eight-reales.   Artifacts were also found, including musket balls and other items.

Overall it has been a good winter for finding beach treasures this year.   November, December, January and February have all produced 1715 Fleet beach finds.

Below is a find from yesterday.  After partial cleaning, it appears to be a broken medallion.  The stub where the bail broke off is apparent.

There appears to be some writing or something, but the item is too corroded to make out what is on it.  I can't make out any of the design, but if you think you see something, let me know.

Broken Silver Medallion.

Below is a find I'm not at all sure about, and would like opinions.  It seems fragile so I didn't want to do a rubbing to test the metal.  Looks silver to me, but I'm not totally sure.

Mystery Find.

Mystery Item with Dime for Size.

The copperish color comes from light reflection.  In person it looks more silver.

Same Mystery Object on Edge.

The ends fit flat on a flat object, while the middle appears intentionally bowed.  I just don't know about this one.

Let me know if you have any ideas about what it is.

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Below is John Brooks looking towards Frederick Douglass beach.   Nice smooth beach front near low tide.

South of John Brooks Near Low Tide Today.

John Brooks Looking North.

There is a sand bar in front of the beach and no cuts.

Detectorist Today at John Brooks.

There were three detectorists at John Brooks around low tide today.  Everybody was up north it seems.

There were very few targets there.

The surf was down to 4 - 7 feet today and will continue to gradually decrease over the next few days.

I'll have more find photos for you as they come in.

I've seen photos of a lot of reales that were found in the past couple of days.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

11/12/18 Report - Broken Old Medallion. Repaired Wooden Artifact. Robert Marx Lecture: Archaeology of the Abyss.

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Old Broken Praying Hands Medallion.

Find and photo by John C.

Take a close look and you'll see the praying hands on this broken medallion.  Below is what John C. had to say about it.

Well sorry I know I'm a little off topic again, because as you can see from the picture it's not a drilled coin, but a religious medallion that at some point was purposely drilled.

It has to be over 20 years since I found this medallion, but I still remember it clearly, I think mainly because of how disappointed I was that it came out in three pieces. I'm sure there are other Beach Hunters out there that can remember a time when you attempt to dig a target only to find out that your shovel or scoop will only go down two or three inches at a time because of the thick layer of shell that's just below the sand. I hate that when that happens. Fortunately those conditions don't happen too often, so as you can see The Medallion broke at its weakest point where it was drilled,, makes you wonder why someone would drill a hole and ruin a beautiful medallion, but I sure would love to know the history and the story behind this medallion, but it looks like the original bezel ring at the top may have broke off long before it was drilled, so maybe it was lost and found several times,?

But I think what really inspired me to share this photo the most, was not so much the drill hole, but the image itself on The Medallion, "praying hands."

It says in Scripture that we should "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances"

So I think some will agree, that if there has ever been a time in the past say 50 years when our great country and all the movers and shakers of this country need prayers, it's now, but it's always encouraging to remember that God has a plan and a purpose for everything, and no matter how dark things may seem he's still in control.

Thanks again, for all your hard work an effort, that you put into your blog. JC 

Thanks for sharing John.   Fascinating medal.

The hole in the body of the medallion could have been created after the original loop broke.  People were not so quick to throw broken things away in days gone by.  They would often repair or repurpose broken items.  When trying to identify and date an artifact, you have to take into account that the item may have been used over a period of many years and could have been repaired or repurposed.

Hard to tell how old that medallion is but it certainly looks old.  I'd like to see some research and history on the motif of the praying hands.  Maybe someone will be able to provide that.

Back to the subject of repaired items.

Archaeologists found a 2000-year-old wood bowl that had been repaired with rivets and staples.

2000-Year-Old Repaired Wood Bowl.

Source: See BBC.com link below.

Here is the link to the article.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-46124211

And here is a wood bowl that is probably a hundred or more years old, but certainly not thousands of years old.  It is 17.5 inches in diameter.

Antique Wood Bowl.

It is badly cracked and was repaired a long time ago.  I added some wood glue to it, but before that it was repaired with wire.

Two Sets of Holes and Wire Used to Repair Cracked Wood Bowl.

Below is the other side.

Wire Used to Repair Crack Exposed.

On this one the wood chipped off exposing the wired used to repair the crack.

It can be difficult to determine the age of old items like this because they can be repaired and used for a very long time, and then repurposed and used for something else yet again.

A piece of an old copper kettle, for example, can be cut and turned into any number of things.

There isn't a huge difference between this wood bowl and the 2000-year-old bowl discussed in the article.

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SIR ROBERT MARX LECTURE SERIES

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ABYSS

Shipwreck Treasures from the Deep

By Sir Robert Marx

At the bottom of bodies of wa

SIR ROBERT MARX LECTURE SERIES

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ABYSS

Shipwreck Treasures from the Deep

By Sir Robert Marx

At the bottom of bodies of wa

SIR ROBERT MARX LECTURE SERIES

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ABYSS

Shipwreck Treasures from the Deep

By Sir Robert Marx

In this lecture Sir Robert, a pioneer in deep water archaeology, talks about early robotic

equipment and recoveries he made on deep-water shipwreck sites and submerged

settlements. He will take us around the world, from Singapore to the Azores, to

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fascinating sites that he and others have explored.

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The surf on the Treasure Coast is supposed to be about four to six feet today, slacking off gradually through the rest of the week.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

6/8/18 Report - St. Ann Medallion. Napoleon War Graves Excavated. Silver Jubilee Coin. Cod Liver Oil Bottle.

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Saint Anne Medallion Find.

I found this some time ago, but it was heavily encrusted.  Just recently I cleaned some of the crust off to get a better look at it.  I wondered about the age, but what I found that was now revealed, suggests, if I am correct that it can be no earlier than 19th century.  On the left, behind St. Ann's shoulder, is stamped "ITALY."  My understanding is that Italy became a nation state in 1861.  It appears that a small amount of silver gilt is still present.

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According to some estimates, 55,000 soldiers died when Napoleon Bonaparte's troops clashed with the Austrian army during the Battle of Wagram between July 5 and 6, 1809. Many of them were buried directly on the plain, and for the first time, archaeologists are systematically excavating the battlefield...

Since the soldiers were buried fully clothed, buttons and other items were present in the graves making it possible to identify at least one officer.

Here is the link for more about that.

https://www.livescience.com/62774-mass-grave-napoleonic-wars.html

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I think I started to write about this once before, but I don't think I actually finished.  I often start to write about something and then get off on something else before I get the first thing posted.

This is a coin that I found during my first year of detecting and it was probably the first more interesting coin that I found.  At the time I didn't know much about it and you couldn't find stuff on the internet like you can today.

Isle of Man Silver Jubilee Coin.

I think some of these were made in silver.  I don't know which this is, but if it is silver there is about $13 of silver melt value in it.  I think I'll have to get it tested.

At the time I found it, I just put it in a coin holder and saved it.  The only scratch on it was made by my scoop.  That happens, especially when you are just a beginner.

What it was doing on a Florida beach is anyone's guess.  I have no idea why a coin like that would be there.

Reverse of Same Coin

There are at least two lessons that you can get from this.  First, if you keep at it long enough, you will find surprises.  Secondly, be careful recovering coins.

Most of the things I repeat here are things that I learned the hard way.

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If you hunt bottles you might find that there are a lot of cod liver oil bottles around.  My mother recalled cod liver oil as the medicine she received most back in the 1920s. 

Most of the cod liver oil bottles that I've found show a man with a large fish hung over his shoulder.  This one is a little different.  It is a more recent bottle, but a particularly nice looking cod liver oil bottle.

More Recent But Attractive Cod Liver Oil Bottle Find.

It is covered with high-relief scales.

I'm not absolutely sure it is a code liver oil bottle, so if you know otherwise, please let me know.

I recently added this bottle along with some others to my bottle barn site.  You can find the link at the top left of the opening page for this blog

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Here is a nice beach cam to Flagler Beach.

http://flaglersurf.com/webcam/

Thanks to Brian B. for that link.

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Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

8/3/15 Report - Layers of Sand Holding Coins. Classification Of Objects On A Beach. Hurricane Vulnerable Cities.

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Beach Illustration.

The thing that I want to point out using this illustration is the layers shown both under the shallow water and under the berm crest.

You can sometimes clearly observe different layers of sand when you dig a target.   You'll see one color of sand over another.  Sometimes the different layers are the same color but one layer will be more course or fine than the other layer.

There are times when coins and things wash up with sand.  When that happens, the coins will be in that layer of sand.  That layer can then either get covered up by newer layers or eroded away.

Once you find a coin in a layer of sand there will probably be others in the same layer.  You can then  look for the layer containing the coins.  That layer might be covered by other layers or exposed by erosion.

So when you find a coin that has washed up, pay attention to the type of sand it was found in.

A lot of times I've dug coins that were right at the dividing point between two layers of sand.  I've found that a lot.

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How are birds and treasure coins alike?  They flock together.

You might remember me saying this before.  Birds of a feather flock together.  So do treasures.

When you find one of a particular kind, there is a good chance you'll find more around the same area.

That was demonstrated very well this year when the guys on the salvage boat Capitana found hundreds of musket balls.  They went many days without finding any, then all of a sudden found hundreds together.  It wasn't an accident.

The longer things have been in the ocean and the more they have been affected by moving water, the more they are classified or grouped together.  One of the most repeated myths of treasure hunting is that items are classified by weight.  As I've said before, a ton of Styrofoam will still float, and so will an ocean liner made out of steel.  It isn't weight so much as it is density, and also, by shape.  In my opinion both of those are big determinants of how items are classified by moving water.

Things that are recently dropped or are dropped on the high and dry beach won't be sorted.  It takes time and force.  So the longer things are exposed to more force the more classification you will see.

It is a lot easier to learn about classification where a lot of targets are lost.   Where there are few targets you won't see the patterns nearly as easily.  I was fortunate to be able to quickly learn about classification when I first started detecting in South Florida where you have a high population density of beach goers.

Objects don't have to be identical to be grouped or clustered together.  They just have to be similar - in density and size and shape.  The more similar they are the more they will tend to cluster.

People often don't take shape into account, but shape is important too.  I've talked before about how different shaped objects move differently.  I've even reported my own experiments.  Using a splash test, I predicted how different size and shaped sinkers moved different amounts when hit by splash of water.  Round objects moved more on a sand surface than flat coin-like objects of the same density and weight.  When objects are the same density and shape, larger and heavier objects were moved less.

There are also objects that trap air.  Those are mostly more recent objects such as watches, for example.  Watches move easily and tend to stay in higher and looser sand because the trapped air makes them act as if they are less dense.  The bands, if still present, also affects how watches move in the water.

Of course, sometimes items are found together because they were lost together, such as coin spills.  Take a look at items found together to see if you can get any idea about how long ago they were lost.  Corrosion or patinas will sometimes give you some idea.

If you find an item take a look at it to see if it provides any clues.  If it looks like it was lost a good time ago and has been subject to moving water, be sure to look for other similar items in the same area.  That is one of the main things you can do to hunt more effectively and efficiently.  Get as much information out of finds as you can.

When you see one Robin, there is a good chance that there will be a flock.

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If you find a medallion take a look at the edge of the medal.  Often you'll find helpful markings there.

Medallion Showing Marks On Edge.

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Here is a listing of the cities or towns that are most vulnerable to hurricanes.



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The Treausure Coast will have another week or so of one to two foot surf, so no big changes.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

2/11/15 Report - 6 PM Conditions Update. Cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit. One Remarkable 1715 Fleet Artifact.

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Photo source: Wikipedia link below.

The Order of the Holy Spirit was created by Henry III in 1578.  The Order of Saint Michael was an older and less exclusive honor.

Knights of the Order wore a medallion such as the one shown to the left.  It is a gold cross with gold fleur-de-lys and white enamel.  The dove, of course, signifies the Holy Spirit.

Knights of the order were supposed to wear the medallion at all times.  It was worn on a blue silk ribbon or with an elaborate collar.

Nearly 27 years ago, on June 9, 1988, Captain Mo Molinar amd the crew of the Virgalona found the medallion pictured below about a mile north of the main pile of the presumed Nieves wreck site in the area of the famous "carpet of gold"

The Order of the Holy Spirit was a French Order, so what would a knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit be doing on a Spanish treasure ship? 

John de Bry's article The Order of the Holy Spirit: An Important Decoration from a 1715 Plate Fleet Wreck (The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol 74. No. 1. pp. 50-63) gives us an idea.


De Bry says, The present decoration is extremely rare in historical significance.  It is one of the few 1715 Plate Fleet artifacts which have been the focus of thorough historical research.  It is inconceivable that it could have been anything other than the rightful property of a knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit, and the 1715 dating strongly suggests that the knight was Don Isodore-Juan-Joseph Domingo de la Cueva y Benavides, he first Spanish recipient of this prestigious award.



Artifact Found By The Crew Of The Virgalona
Source of photo: Florida Historical Quarterly link above. 

It appears that this artifact has been traced to a particular passenger on the 1715 Plate Fleet.  Few artifacts are remarkable enough that they can be identified with such specificity.  It makes you think of Don Isodore, esteemed and knighted, perhaps wearing this decoration with color and cord, when disaster strikes. 

You can look out at that same area of the ocean the next time you are at Douglass Beach and imagine how Don Isodore became separated from this unique artifact that remained on the ocean floor for hundreds of years before being discovered again by the crew of the Virgalona.


Here is a link to the de Bry article..  You might have to register with JSTOR to be able to gain access to the article.  Yesterday I talked about JSTOR and some of the ways you can access it.

And here is the link to the Wikipedia article.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Holy_Spirit#Habit_and_insignia

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The wind is from the North on the Treasure Coast and the surf on the southern end of the Treasure Coast is about 4 - 6 feet, and more up north, more like 6 - 8 feet.

As of 6 PM Douglass Beach had big waves but no erosion.  You can see what that looked like in the picture below.  The waves were hitting straight on, and the front beach was mushy.

600 PM Beach View.

Tomorrow it should be a little higher.  We'll see if that actually happens.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

12/14/14 Report - Our Lady of Guadalupe Imagery and St. Juan Diego. New Poll. November Favorites. Token Found.

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Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe 

I believe I at least did one post on Our Lady of Guadalupe.  I found a medallion with the image on it and gave the history, however as long as I searched I could not come up with that old post or the picture of the medallion.  I gave up on finding the photo and didn't want to make a new photo so I'll take the easy way out and use the picture from wikipedia.

I think I probably found more than one of those medallions but don't remember for sure.  I do make mistakes.  I'm sure you are all aware of that.

While going through the search for that old post, I noticed that I posted the photo of the wrong object a couple of times.  It happens.

Anyway, I found this interesting article about Our Lady of Guadalupe and wanted to post a good picture to go with the article, so I used the picture from wikipedia.

To give just a little background, below is the first paragraph from the article that gets into the symbolism of the image and how the imagery communicated to and helped evangelize the Aztecs.

Mary appeared on Tepeyac Hill in 1531 to a new convert to Christianity, St. Juan Diego.  This was the site of the temple of the pagan mother-goddess Tonantzin. The fact that the Mother of the true God appeared on Tepeyac Hill told the people that Mary was to replace Tonantzin and that Christianity was to replace the Aztec religion.

Here is the link to an article about the imagery of Our Lady of Guadalupe.  It tells what the imagery meant to the Aztecs, how it was used to communicate Christianity and some other good history.

http://spiritdaily.com/A1313guadalupesymbols.htm

It is very possible that you've found a medallion bearing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe so you might want to understand the significance of the image.

The feast day of Our Lady of Gaudalupe was held on Dec. 12 this year.

http://www.catholicworldreport.com/NewsBriefs/Default.aspx?rssGuid=our-lady-of-guadalupe-mass-draws-thousands-in-la-71803/

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I posted a new poll.  You might find it difficult to give one answer since there is probably more than one reason that you like metal detecting, but try to decide which is the biggest or best reason for you.  If you've been metal detecting for a long time, maybe the main attraction for you has changed over time.  It has for me.

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The most read post of November was the 11/11/14 Report - Detecting Up North On A Quick Trip. Decoder Mystery Solved. Orphan Annie Radio Program. Fort Pierce Shark Attack,  while the most Google Plused post of November was the 11/25/14 Report -  Metal Detecting Target Distribution Patterns and Search Strategies - One Excellent Example.   Sedwick Auction Results Online.

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Nice Token Found by Dan B.
Photo by Dan B.

On the Treasure Coast we have a 2 -3 foot surf today and tomorrow.  It looks like it will be less than that for the next few days.  There are a few select spots where it might be worth checking the low tide zone after the high water and waves we had.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net

5/26/14 Report - Memorial Day, Dug Fire Fighter Medal, and Prayer Medals Old and New

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Fire Fighter Prayer Medal Dug Last Friday.

It is Memorial Day.  I was thinking of taking the day off.  It seems like a day meant for serious reflection.

I've learned a lot of history in the past year through genealogical research, and that has made history seem much more real and meaningful to me. 

This is one of the items that I dug Friday.  Obviously it is a Fire Department token or medal, but I have no idea if it is a local thing, where it comes from or how old it is.  I'd guess that it is not very old, although it was very encrusted before I cleaned it with acid.

Any ideas on this?  Let me know.

It is about the size of  silver dollar. 

The back of the medal has a prayer for fire fighters on it.  Not a bad fit for Memorial Day.

I think that people too often say that their "thoughts and prayers" are with so and so.  It has become too politically correct for my liking.  It is easy to say and sounds good in public, but I wonder how often the people that say it actually pray.  It has become so popular that I wouldn't be surprised if even atheist use it. 

This isn't the first prayer medal that I've found and shown.  I've found a few. 

You might remember a prayer medallion from a 1715 Fleet beach that I showed some time ago.   It was found back quite a few years ago.  I don't remember the date.






1715 Fleet Prayer Medallion.

That one is shown here.  It is a St. Francis of Assisi medallion, and the prayer on the back is known as the May the Lord Give You Peace prayer.

It still has faint traces of silver gilt on it.  

I've told this story before, but this medallion was so encrusted that I thought it was a coin.  It sat in a box of coins that needed to be cleaned for a long while before I discovered that it was not a coin.  Yes, it was that encrusted.

Inspect your finds when you get them home - even coins.

Translated from Latin the prayer reads, The Lord bless you and keep you, may He show His face to you and have mercy, May He turn His countenance to you and give you peace.

Thanks to Tom Guidus who originally sent me the translation of that prayer.

One medal that I found with a prayer on it is an AA medal which has the Serenity Prayer on it.  That one was found in a lake in Minnesota along with a variety of silver religious medallions.



I've heard from a number of detectorists lately, some from PSL and some from other areas.


Joe G. is one.  Joe has lived in Floridian for 5 years.   He said, I detect up and around Indialantic, Paradise, Melbourne beach. I used to detect up in New York when I lived up there, detecting a few parks at that time. When we were doing the parks, all of a sudden we were told we could not detect them by the park workers. So we stopped as soon as we were told this. But come to find out through the (GRAPEVINE), LOL. That the park workers were detecting it shortly afterwards, LOL. They wanted it all for themselves !

I've personally seen examples of that myself.   I have no evidence that is case with the PSL Parks personnel.  It does happen though. 

One time I was detecting a park just after a fair had just left.  The parks people turned on the sprinklers to both chase me off and uncover coins on the dusty fair grounds.  They were disappointed to learn that I had already done a good job of cleaning up.  There were literally rolls of coins in concentrated areas where the ticket booths were located.


Beach conditions have not changed on the Treasure Coast lately.  Still a calm surf.   There should be plenty of newly lost items out there as a result of all the holiday activities.

I think I'll quit there today even though I have a lot more to talk about. 

I hope there are others prepared to take action to preserve our freedom to metal detect.  

Remember,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net