6/15/16 Report - 1714 Mexican One-Escudo Found. Pewter Beach Ring. Antiquities Act 110 Years Old. Perceptions of Archaeology.

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Eric Schmitt Showing Newly Recovered 1714 Mexico  One-Escudo
Photo submitted by Dan B.

This escudo is exceptionally nice.  Looks like a royal.

Congrats to Eric and the Aarrr Booty!

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Duane C. found this ring on a North Carolina beach and wondered if anyone could offer any information or opinions.  It seems to be Pewter and and he thought might be hand carved from a spoon.

Pewter Ring Found on N. C. Beach.
Photos and find by Duane C.

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Did you know the Antiquities Act is 110 years-old this year?  Here is a link to a National Park Service site about the act and what it does.

https://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/antiquities/continuing.htm

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Here is an article by the National Park Service from 1999 describing their view of future of archaeology.

https://www.nps.gov/archeology/cg/win_1999/Pubarch.htm

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And here is a report on a lengthy survey of the public's perceptions of archaeology.  Conducted in the year 2000, it is a bit out of date too.

https://www.nps.gov/archeology/pubs/Harris/index.htm

Very revealing was the item on how people learn about archaeology.  Most people mentioned TV.
The survey failed to include the internet as a choice.  As I said, the survey was conducted in the year 2000.  The internet has become much more important in the last 16 years.

Here is one paragraph from the report.

The general public has a strong level of awareness regarding what happens to things that are dug up or found by archaeologists. Ninety-six percent (96%) of the respondents gave an answer to this question and the majority of the answers were accurate. A large percentage of respondents (77%) mentioned that the items are donated/ sold to museums/ museum researchers. This is an interesting finding considering that in questions later in the survey only 9% of the respondents said that they have learned about archaeology through museums, and yet, 88% said that they had visited a museum exhibiting archaeological material. This disparity may be a function of many factors such as that the reason(s) for the public to visit museums may not be to see archaeological material, and the amount and type of publicity that museums receive when they acquire archaeological objects.

If you are interested in the sample population use the link above to check it out.

Below is one of the charts.

Not only is the internet not listed, but neither is museums.  That seems to me to be an odd omission. If they want to do a better job of reaching the public, institutions will have to make better use of information technologies.  The world has changed.  

The war on terror will have to be fought very differently if we are to win.  It is really a new ball game. I'm not going to say any more.  I don't want to give the bad guys any hints.

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On the Treasure Coast, it looks like we'll have a flat surf until Sunday.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

6/24/15 Report - Captain Martinez and Crew of the Capitana Still On The Treasure Trail. Great Finds!

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There they are.  That is a super bunch of reales, and if you look down around the middle of that bunch you'll see an escudo.

Congratulations to Captain Jonah Martinez and the crew of the Capitana!  Really great job!

Who said it has all been picked?

Treasure is still there.  The problem for beach hunters is getting to it.  We can't use blowers so we'll have to wait until Mother Nature uncovers whatever is out there and kicks it up.

Stormy weather is the time for beach hunting, and calm weather is the time for the treasure salvors.

These guys are already having a great year.  Who knows what's next?

You can see every denomination of reale there.

The escudo is a one-escudo.  The other escudo was incorrectly reported as a two escudo.  It is also a one-escudo.

Dan sent me the correction saying, The gold coin that we recently found is also a 1 escudo. Same as the first. And the 51 silver reales and gold coin was our earlier finds. Two day total.


Great two days, for sure!

It would be fun to study the entire group.

Below are close-ups of the escudo.   All of these photos were sent by Captain Jonah.

The Capitana Busy Finding Treasure.

You can't ask for flatter water and bluer skies.  Beautiful day for finding treasure.

Artifact and Escudo.

Bet that gave a screaming signal.

Thanks Captain for sharing your great adventure with all of us.

The Treasure Coast beaches are about as poor as I've ever seen.  Nothing real promising in the forecast either.

I've been doing some experimenting and scouting.  I can't wait for a something to move some sand.  I'm ready.



Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net

12/13/13 Report - One Treasure Coast One-Escudo, Erosion and Raid on Fort Pierce Civil War Reenactment

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Escudo Beach Find

Very nice find!!!

Its always nice to see some old gold coming from the beach.

One reader of this blog found this one-escudo and submitted the photo.

One thing you should know about it is that it did not come from one of the well known shipwreck beaches.

I've said in the past that you should scout around and this is a good example why.

Some beaches that are not known as treasure beaches will produce treasure.

Below is the other side of the same escudo.  I'll probably take some time to discuss some of the details seen on the cob in the future.  But for now, I'll let you see what you can see on it.

Other Side of the Same Escudo.

Take a look and see if you can see a date or evidence of a mint or any other information you can make out.  It will be good practice.

Also, some reales came from the same beach.


The blog polls have provided a lot of food for thought and discussion.

I've received a number of emails with comments concerning the polls.  You always have to figure a margin or error.  The polls I construct for the blog certainly leave a lot to be desired.  I only have the ability to enter a small number of characters and can only do so much in a single poll.  Overall I'm happy about the data that I'm getting and especially the data from the various polls that support each other.   Some conclusions I am fairly confident about.  Others leave a lot of uncertainty.   Over time I'll try to obtain additional data that will help to support or refute conclusions.  One thing is for certain, there is a margin of error.

Different peope will have more or less confidence in the poll results, depending upon their own preconceptions and experiences.  All of the data is there for your own personal interpretation and discussion.  Thanks to all who participated and commented.


I wanted to post the following today in case you were making plans for the weekend.  You might enjoy it.

I haven't had a chance to check out the beaches myself lately but GoldNugget of N. C. reports a new four-foot cut at Jupiter and erosion at other Martin County Beaches.

Take a look at the Jupiter Inlet and Martin County web cams.

Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net